Alison ORMSBY

Alison Ormsby has a PhD in Environmental Studies and was a professor of Environmental Studies for 20 years. Dr. Ormsby has taught human ecology and policy courses and published about topics that relate to the interaction of people and nature, including sustainable communities, wildlife policy, citizen science, sustainable tourism, and ethnobotany. She is a member of the IUCN Citizen Science Task Force, the Specialist Group for Cultural and Spiritual Values of Protected Areas, and the SSC Medicinal Plant Specialist Group. She has conducted research on sacred forests and protected areas in Sierra Leone, Ghana, Madagascar, Thailand, and India.