Dr. Gabriella Fredriksson

Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics/University of Edinburgh

Gabriella Fredriksson finalized her PhD at the University of Amsterdam, Netherlands, focusing on the effects of El Niño and forest fires on sun bears. She received a knighthood in 2004 for her conservation work in Indonesian Borneo. She is currently actively working on habitat conservation in Sumatra, has pioneered the development of an innovative conservation education center in East Kalimantan, and is co-chair of the sun bear expert team of the IUCN/SSC Bear Specialist Group. She is associated with the Institute for Biodiversity and Ecosystem Dynamics, and guest lecturer at the University of Edinburgh.