Entry #3: Restoring Mexico's Biodiversity with Dr. Kathy Slater

Dr. Kathy Slater is Opwall's Research Manager and the Senior
Scientist for our site in Mexico. She oversees the terrestrial
research done in the Calakmul Biosphere Reserve near Guatemala
and the marine research done in Akumal Bay. Kathy's personal
research focus is primatology and she got her start in Mexico
researching spider monkeys for her PhD. She joined her first
Opwall expedition to Indonesia in 2000, then went on to run
terrestrial research in Cusuco National Park, Honduras before
eventually setting up the Mexico project in 2012. Kathy currently
advises a number of PhD students researching jaguars and
Morelete's crocodiles in the reserve. In this episode, we discuss
Kathy's decision to become a field researcher, what is happening
to biodiversity in Mexico, and how data can be used to produce
real conservation outcomes.