Join Rolex National Geographic Explorer of the Year and EC50 Honoree Krithi Karanth to learn about her work on human-wildlife conflicts across the Indian subcontinent.
As a scientist, Krithi’s research in India and Asia, spanning 28 years, encompasses many issues in the human dimensions of wildlife conservation. She has conducted macro-level studies assessing patterns of species distributions and extinctions, impacts of wildlife tourism, consequences of voluntary resettlement, land use change and understanding human-wildlife interactions. She has published 150+ scientific and popular articles in English and Kannada. Dr. Karanth served as an editor for Frontiers in Ecology and Environment, Human Dimensions of Wildlife, Conservation Biology, and Conservation Letters. She has mentored over 300 young scientists from India, US, Chile, UK, Australia and Indonesia and engaged over 1,000 citizen science volunteers in her research and conservation projects. As a conservationist, she has designed the Wild Seve, Wild Shaale, Wild Surakshe, Adopt-a-PHC, Wild Carbon and Wild Saakshi programs. As a storyteller, Dr. Karanth has collaborated with painters, illustrators, film-makers and photographers.
RESERVATIONS
This will be an in-person lecture at Explorers Club Headquarters.
In-person tickets are $20 for Members, and $35 for the General Public.
Check-in will begin at 6:00 pm, with a beer and wine reception from 6:00 – 7:00 pm
Krithi Karanth
Dr. Krithi Karanth, a visionary explorer and esteemed conservation scientist, hails from a lineage deeply dedicated to environmental stewardship. The daughter of a tiger biologist and conservationist, Karanth grew up with an abiding love for India’s natural wonders. By the age of two, she regularly saw tigers and leopards, at eight years old she was tracking tigers with her father, and by the time she was a teen she was out setting camera traps in the surrounding environment.
Armed with a Ph.D. in Environmental Science and Policy from Duke, a Master’s in Environmental Studies from Yale, and a B.S. and B.A. in Environmental Science and Geography from the University of Florida, she brings a formidable academic foundation to her pioneering work. Her research in India and Asia spans 25 years and encompasses many issues in human dimensions of wildlife conservation. She has conducted macro-level studies assessing patterns of species distributions and extinctions, impacts of wildlife tourism, consequences of voluntary resettlement, land use change, and understanding human-wildlife interactions. She has published 100+ scientific and popular articles.
