{"id":4991,"date":"2013-11-29T18:07:42","date_gmt":"2013-11-29T18:07:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bvblog.wpengine.com\/?p=4991"},"modified":"2014-04-25T12:34:45","modified_gmt":"2014-04-25T11:34:45","slug":"qa-jen-chapman-belize-conservation-coordinator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.blueventures.org\/en\/qa-jen-chapman-belize-conservation-coordinator\/","title":{"rendered":"Staff Q&A with Jen Chapman, Conservation Coordinator, Belize"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the fourteenth instalment in our series of Q&As with Blue Ventures staff, we ask Jen Chapman, our Conservation Coordinator in Belize, some searching questions about science, conservation and superpowers\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n

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What is your scientific background?<\/strong>
\nBeing brought-up by a biologist, my fate was sealed from day one! I was lucky enough to start diving as a child, and fell in love with the sea. After completing a BSc in Biology, I volunteered and worked in a few different fields, finally settling comfortably in coral reef ecology and conservation!<\/p>\n

Why do you do what you do?<\/strong>
\nThere are so many reasons\u2026 Because when I was a child, I used to see big fish and lots of them, but when I revisit these same reefs, they are quiet. Because when I was 10, I found a turtle drowned in a gill net. Because the sea doesn\u2019t have a voice, and few people have the privilege of getting to know it intimately enough to see how it is suffering. Because I have visited communities that have lost their reefs through dynamite fishing, and have seen what happens when a marine resource is not well-managed. Because despite my upbringing and love for the ocean, I ignorantly ate shark fin soup until I was 14. Because we need the sea: for food, cultural identity, to regulate our climate\u2026 and just the pure pleasure of it!<\/p>\n

What is the best\/worst thing about being a conservation scientist?<\/strong>
\nThe best thing is to be doing something that I am totally passionate about and never bored by. There is no such thing as a typical day at work, and you have to learn to wear lots of hats! My least favourite hat is the one I have to wear when doing budgets.<\/p>\n

What do you enjoy most about your job?<\/strong>
\nI love project planning \u2013 it\u2019s so exciting! Talking to different partners about what you hope to achieve, defining your objectives and figuring out how you\u2019re going to get there. It\u2019s a process filled with hope, anticipation, optimism and collaboration.<\/p>\n

What is your favourite species and why?<\/strong>
\nWhen I\u2019m in Asia, every dive I do is all about finding the tiniest, most beautiful nudibranchs. Given they aren\u2019t quite so abundant in the Caribbean, I\u2019ve had to change my approach \u2013 here, diving is really about the big stuff. Bottlenose dolphins, Antillean manatees, goliath grouper and loggerhead turtles\u2026 seeing these graceful giants underwater is truly awesome.<\/p>\n

What would your scientific superpower be?<\/strong>
\nI\u2019d like to be able to absorb greenhouse gases and convert them into a usable, clean fuel.<\/p>\n

What is one of the strangest things that has happened to you while working on conservation?<\/strong>
\nI have witnessed too many people getting mounted by male turtles on the prowl!! Fortunately, I am clearly not a very sexy turtle, and have always been able to float there and laugh as my dive buddy attempts to gently remove the confused animal. Not as bad as a friend of mine who was mounted by a dugong whilst doing a seagrass survey, though\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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