There is a lot of difficult terminology in nature conservation, which can make it uninviting for people without a background in Nature conservation. Therefore, I am starting a series where I explain this difficult terminology, I explain it short and easy so everybody can understand them. Regardless of the fact if you studied in nature …
This week I will tell you all about another step I had on my road to Africa. To finish my bachelor I had to do a graduation research, a thesis or dissertation. Different countries, different names. I wanted to find my own placement to do my research and, of course, preferably in Africa. After many …
My graduation research on trees and arthropods in South Africa Read More »
The first half of 2019 I spend in Australia, I was here for an internship that I did for my bachelor in Tropical Forestry. I did my internship in Uganda first but decided to stop it. I will tell you more about that later. For this internship, I stayed in Cairns, Queensland for four months …
On Instagram I often talk about ‘endangered species’ or ‘vulnerable species’, but what does this mean? And why do we put these labels on certain animals and plants? These categories are selected by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). They use an internationally accepted standard of conservation categories for the status of rare …
Endangered species, what exactly does this mean? Read More »
My experience as an exchange student As part of my bachelor’s, I went on an Erasmus exchange to Norway. It is pretty clear by now that I like to go abroad for new adventures. So, I was looking throughout Europe for an interesting exchange program. I also looked for Erasmus exchange programs to do outside …
My amazing Erasmus exchange in beautiful winter wonderland Norway Read More »
Gorilla trekking in Bwindi Impenetrable National Park When I was travelling for two weeks through Uganda, the Gorilla trekking was my absolute highlight. It was my first time on mainland Africa, and although it was amazing to go on my first safaris. Seeing lions, elephants, giraffes and many more amazing animals. Nothing was as special …
Trekking the endangered mountain gorilla in Uganda, an amazing adventure Read More »
‘What do you want to be when you are old’ The question that you asked, and got asked, countless times when you were a child. And what did you answer? Teacher? Mom? Firefighter? I would have never guessed at that age I would say ‘working on nature conservation in Africa’. But yes, that is what …
The ultimate goal to achieve in my nature conservation career Read More »
Seeing the big five in Africa is on the bucket list of many people. It used to be a dream of mine as well and I was so lucky to see all of them on my first trip to mainland of Africa. I am wondering how many people, that have to wish to see the …
After I went to Madagascar and fell in love with tropical nature and its inhabitants, I decided that I wanted to study nature conservation. I found the study called Forest and Nature Conservation, at a small green university of applied science. Instantly I knew that this was the study I was going for. The reason …
Four years toward graduating with my nature-related bachelor’s study Read More »
Why am I dreaming of a life in Africa, when I have everything I could dream of here in the Netherlands or in Norway? Why would I give up all the luxuries we have here in these ‘rich’ countries? Why do I want to move so far away from my family and friends? Why do …
