Gabriella Santini
@gabriellasantini.bsky.social
PhD in Environmental Anthropology @UCLanthropology & @officialZSL studying people-lion interactions | @SSHRC_CRS Fellow | @ESACcanada Board Member | Co-founder of The Creative Collective
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Hi there -- my name is Gabriella. I'm a PhD student in Anthropology at UCL. I do research on people-lion dynamics in Kenya's Amboseli and Mara ecosystems. My aim is to learn from Maasai pastoralists' ecological knowledge to rethink predator conservation.
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Reposted by Gabriella Santini
Starting to get in the festive mood? So are we!
Read our latest, where @gabriellasantini.bsky.social reflects on celebrating the festive season deep in Kenya’s Maasai rangelands, where the pulse of lion movements, community life, and holiday traditions come together🦁
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Read our latest, where @gabriellasantini.bsky.social reflects on celebrating the festive season deep in Kenya’s Maasai rangelands, where the pulse of lion movements, community life, and holiday traditions come together🦁
buff.ly/ctKzFpn
December 12, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Starting to get in the festive mood? So are we!
Read our latest, where @gabriellasantini.bsky.social reflects on celebrating the festive season deep in Kenya’s Maasai rangelands, where the pulse of lion movements, community life, and holiday traditions come together🦁
buff.ly/ctKzFpn
Read our latest, where @gabriellasantini.bsky.social reflects on celebrating the festive season deep in Kenya’s Maasai rangelands, where the pulse of lion movements, community life, and holiday traditions come together🦁
buff.ly/ctKzFpn
Why is tree cover disappearing in Nyekweri Forest, #MaasaiMara? I break down the reasons and effects in my latest piece for The Conversation. 🌳🇰🇪
Maasai Mara’s indigenous forest is disappearing, with drastic consequences
For the Maasai, Nyekweri forest has such a high ecological and socio-cultural value. But new conservancies aren’t working as best they could.
theconversation.com
June 2, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Why is tree cover disappearing in Nyekweri Forest, #MaasaiMara? I break down the reasons and effects in my latest piece for The Conversation. 🌳🇰🇪
Reposted by Gabriella Santini
My new perspective is out in Conservation Biology. I argue attempts to integrate emergent thinking on human–wildlife #coexistence into the #conservation mainstream bring us to a moment worthy of pause. Coex offers key new dimensions we shouldn't lose conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../10.../co...
December 19, 2024 at 3:47 PM
My new perspective is out in Conservation Biology. I argue attempts to integrate emergent thinking on human–wildlife #coexistence into the #conservation mainstream bring us to a moment worthy of pause. Coex offers key new dimensions we shouldn't lose conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/.../10.../co...
Reposted by Gabriella Santini
Our review about the value of older animals appeared this weekend in the Age of Extinction series www.theguardian.com/environment/...
December 7, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Our review about the value of older animals appeared this weekend in the Age of Extinction series www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Hi there -- my name is Gabriella. I'm a PhD student in Anthropology at UCL. I do research on people-lion dynamics in Kenya's Amboseli and Mara ecosystems. My aim is to learn from Maasai pastoralists' ecological knowledge to rethink predator conservation.
Send me a dm if you'd like to connect!
Send me a dm if you'd like to connect!
December 6, 2024 at 10:38 AM
Hi there -- my name is Gabriella. I'm a PhD student in Anthropology at UCL. I do research on people-lion dynamics in Kenya's Amboseli and Mara ecosystems. My aim is to learn from Maasai pastoralists' ecological knowledge to rethink predator conservation.
Send me a dm if you'd like to connect!
Send me a dm if you'd like to connect!