Group Industry Placement - Animal Care and Management - Conservation starts at home: looking after our native species and routes into animal conservation with Twycross Zoo
We are excited for all Animal Care and Management educators to join us for this all-encompassing conservation webinar delivered by Denver Anderson, Conservation Education Formal Team Leader, and Erinna Miles, UK Biodiversity Conservation Coordinator, from Twycross Zoo.
Denver Anderson has worked in Conservation Education since 2019, lecturing on Level 3 Animal Management around the pandemic, and now working with learners from EYFS to Higher Education to bring wildlife conservation to life. As Conservation Education Team Leader, Denver works with a team of passionate conservation communicators, teachers and volunteers to help deliver Twycross Zoo's impactful conservation strategy.
Erinna (Ezz) Miles joined Twycross Zoo's Conservation and Research team a year ago and has since stepped up into the new role of UK Biodiversity Conservation Coordinator, overseeing all of the native species conservation work Twycross zoo is involved in. Erinna is passionate about the importance of zoos investing in the protection of native species, and as part of her role will be coordinating the reintroduction of 5 native species as part of Twycross Zoos conservation strategy. Outside of work, Fun fact, Erinna has featured as an ‘expert’ on CBeebies Teeny Tiny Creatures and as a speaker at events such as the BTO annual Youth in Nature Summit.
Erinna will be sharing insights into:
- Finding opportunities into conservation
- A focus on UK species
- The reintroduction process
- Moths and Mice: Twycross Zoo's native species projects
- Research in action
Denver will be showcasing:
- Education in the modern zoo
- Education strategy development through learning theories
- Collaboration and working internationally
- The learner journey to a career in conservation
- The Global Conservation Centre
There will also be a dedicated time for a Q&A during this session.