B.Sc. in Biology, Universitas Indonesia, Indonesia
M.Sc. in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation with concentration in Tropical Conservation and Development, University of Florida, USA
conservation science and policy; wildlife trade and hunting; community-based approach; bat ecology
I am interested in conservation science and policy. For my PhD, I plan to conduct impact evaluation studies on potential OECMs (other effective area-based conservation measures) in the Wallacea region of Indonesia (Sulawesi, Maluku, North Maluku, and Lesser Sunda).
Before joining the Brashares group, I worked as a conservation scientist in the Wildlife Conservation Society Indonesia Program, covering a wide range of conservation issues in partnership with local to national governments. This included protected area management, wildlife trade and policy, One Health, nationwide capacity-building initiatives, and impact mitigation of infrastructure development.
My specialization is also in bat ecology and conservation, quantifying their ecosystem services and threats. For almost ten years, I have studied bat hunting throughout Sulawesi and worked together with the local community to protect them. This work lays a foundation for the establishment of a conservation NGO called PROGRES (www.progressulawesi.id) which I have co-led to protect Sulawesi's threatened yet overlooked wildlife, from bats, tortoises, marsupials, and freshwater fish.
Sheherazade, S.M. Tsang, & A.A. Lanusi. 2022. The power of woman-to-woman mentorship creating long-term changes in biodiversity in Southeast Asia. Frontiers in Conservation Science (3): https://doi.org/10.3389/fcosc.2022.1006437.
Sheherazade, H.K. Ober, & S.M. Tsang. 2019. Contributions of bats to the local economy through durian pollination in Sulawesi, Indonesia. Biotropica 51(6): 913-922. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12712
Struebig M.J., S.G. Aninta, M. Beger, A. Bani, H. Barus, S. Brace, Z.G. Davies, M. de Brauwer, K. Diele, C. Djakiman, R. Djamaluddin, R. Drinkwater, A. Dumbrell, D. Evans, M. Fusi, L. Herrera-Alsina, D.T. Iskandar, J. Jompa, B. Juliandi, L.T. Lancaster, D. Limmon, Lindawati, M.G.Y. Lo, P. Lupiyaningdyah, M. McCannon, E. Meijaard, S.L. Mitchell, S. Mumbunan, D. O'Connell, O.G. Osborne, A.S.T. Papadopulos, J.S. Rahajoe, Rosaria, S.J. Rossiter, Rugayah, H. Rustiami, U. Salzmann, Sheherazade, I.M. Sudiana, E. Sukara, J.S. Tasirin, A. Tjoa, J.M.J. Travis, L. Trethowan, A. Trianto, T. Utteridge, M. Voigt, N. Winarni, Z. Zakaria, D.P. Edwards, L. Frantz, & J. Supriatna. 2022. Safeguarding imperiled biodiversity and evolutionary processes in the Wallacea center of endemism. BioScience 72(11): 1118-1130. https://doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biac085
Ocampo-Ariza, C., M.Toledo-Hernandez, F. Libran-Embid, D. Armenteras, J. Vansynghel, E. Raveloaritiana, I. Arimond, A. Angulo-Rubiano, T. Tscharntke, V. Ramirez-Castaneda, A. Wurz, G. Marcacci, M. Anders, J.N. Urbina-Cardona, A. de Vos, S. Devy, C. Westphal, A. Toomey, Sheherazade, Y. Chirango, B. Maas. 2023. Global South leadership towards inclusive tropical ecology and conservation. Perspectives in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pecon.2023.01.002.
Sheherazade & S.M. Tsang. 2015. Quantifying the bat bushmeat trade in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, with suggestions for conservation action. Global Ecology and Conservation 3: 324-330. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gecco.2015.01.003
Sheherazade, E. Hesdianti, & M. Indrawan. 2017. 7- Moluccan Babirusa Babyrousa babyrussa (Linnaeus, 1758). In M. Melletti & E. Meijaard (Eds.), Ecology, Conservation and Management of Wild Pigs and Peccaries (pp. 70-75). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316941232.009
Matthew, S.L., E. Meijaard, S. Surya, Sheherazade, C. Walzer, & M. Linkie. 2020. African Swine Fever threatens Southeast Asia’s 11 endemic wild pig species. Conservation Letters: https://doi.org/10.1111/conl.12784
Setyawati, U., S. Nando, W. Marthy, N. Andayani, Sheherazade, & M. Linkie. 2020. Planning to remove UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Sumatra from being ‘In Danger’. Animal Conservation: https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12626.
Sheherazade, & S.M. Tsang. 2018. Roost of gray flying fox (Pteropus griseus) in Indonesia and records of a new hunting threat. Diversity 10(3): 102. https://doi.org/10.3390/d10030102
Arini, D.I.D., M. Christita, Sheherazade, A. Mayasari, R. Suryaningsih, & A.T.A.J. Simamora. 2020. A review of Anoa conservation efforts in Sulawesi, Indonesia. IOP Conf. Series: Earth and Environmental Science 533: 012003.
Turton, S.M., A. Lynam, A.C. Hughes, P. Parolin, S. Calme, J.M.V. Fragoso, Sheherazade, M. Linkie. 2020. The future for ATBC conservation declarations. Biotropica 52(5): 795-802. https://doi.org/10.1111/btp.12846
Mary-Ruth Low, W. Z. Hoong, Z. Shen, B. Murugavel, N. Mariner, L.M. Paguntalan, K. Tanalgo, M.M. Aung, Sheherazade, L.A. Bansa, T. Sritongchuay, J.H. Preble, S. A. Aziz. 2021. Bane or Blessing? Reviewing cultural values of bats across the Asia Pacific region. Journal of Ethnobiology 41(1): 18-34: https://doi.org/10.2993/0278-0771-41.1.18
Sheherazade, Yasman, D.H. Pradana, & S.M. Tsang. 2017. The role of fruit bats in plant community changes in an urban forest in Indonesia. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 65: 497-505. http://zoobank.org/urn:lsid:zoobank.org:pub:E7A1E7BD-0334-4FF8-865E-6CDB...
2022 - People Choice Award Conservation Optimism Southeast Asia Awards
2021 - Luis F. Bacardi Advances in Tropical Conservation Award for works on ‘Community-based conservation of bats on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi: special thanks to durian’ in the Virtual Meeting of Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ATBC), July 21st-23rd, 2021 ‘Lessons, advances, and opportunities in the face of global change’
2020 - Peter Ashton Prize, Biotropica Editorial Board-selected outstanding paper, “Contributions of bats to the local economy through durian pollination in Sulawesi, Indonesia”
2019 - Highly commended, Tony Whitten Conservation Prize
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UC Berkeley
130 Mulford Hall #3114
Berkeley, CA 94720
