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Sybille Klenzendorf

Managing Director, Species Conservation Program

Education

  • PhD - Wildlife Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • MS - Wildlife Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute
  • BS - Biology, George Mason University

Areas of Expertise

  • Tiger conservation
  • Bears and other large mammal conservation
  • Human-wildlife conflict
  • Carnivore ecology
  • Game warden training

"Young people are the future of conservation. We must inspire them and we must lead them by our example."

About Sybille Klenzendorf:

When Sybille was a little girl in Heidelberg, Germany, she wanted to help animals in a big way. Today she's doing exactly that, leading conservation initiatives for the likes of elephants, rhinos, tigers, orangutans and leopards around the world. Sybille oversees the training of game wardens, carnivore ecology, human-wildlife conflicts and anti-poaching units for some of the most critical wildlife habitat on Earth. But she hasn't ever lost the wonder and appreciation for animals she first experienced all those years ago.

"It was a June morning in Virginia and I came up a ridge," Sybille recalls, "and in the valley I saw a mother black bear and her two cubs. I watched as the mother nursed them and made them climb a tree, how they played and interacted. Seeing how she cared for them was amazing."

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Publications

Setting Priorities for the Conservation and Recovery of Wild Tigers: 2005-2015. A user's guide. Dinerstein, E., C. Loucks, , E. Wikramanayake, J. Ginsberg, E. Sanderson, J. Seidensticker, G Bryja, J. Forrest, A Heydlauff S. Klenzendorf, P. Leimgruber, J. Mills, T. O'Brien., M. Shrestra, R. Simons, and M. Songer. WWF, WCS, Smithsonian, and NFWF-STF, Washington, D.C. - New York. 2006.

Awards

Awards Include
2002 Virginia Tech College of Natural Resources Outstanding Graduate Student Award

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