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Wednesday’s Opening KEYNOTE SESSION

Dr. Luke Dollar

Sponsored by National Geographic
Dr. Dollar will present

on Wednesday, Session 1
at 7:00 pm Ballroom A.

Ups, Downs, Problems, & Solutions: A

Treasure Trove of Data

Luke Dollar is a National Geographic Explorer and a wildlife biologist

with more than 25 years' experience coordinating conservation,
research, educational, and development programs. Dollar’s scientific
research focuses on carnivores ranging from big cats to Madagascar’s

largest carniovore, the fosa (Cryptoprocta ferox), and satellite analyses
of their habitat. More than 50 percent of his overall efforts are
concentrated on grassroots education and sustainable employment
programs for local people sharing space with Africa’s predators. Dollar’s

efforts have not only yielded a trove of data on carnivore biology and
behavior, but his programs have led to the development of scholastic
and sustainable business programs benefiting thousands of local

subsistence farmers and their children. He served as program director
of National Geographic’s Big Cats Initiative from 2009 to 2017 and is
currently Bashore Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department

of Environment and Sustainability at Catawba College and Adjunct
Professor of the Environment at Duke University.

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