Yolarnie Amepou

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Yolarnie Amepou (born May 20, 1988 in Madang , Madang Province ) is a zoologist and conservationist from Papua New Guinea , best known for her work to protect the Papuan softshell turtle ( Carettochelys insculpta ) in Kikori . In 2017 she was named “Youth Champions for the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations ” for her commitment .

biography

Papuan softshell turtle ( Carettochelys insculpta )

Yolarnie Amepou studied at the University of Papua New Guinea and graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science with a focus on marine biology, followed by a one-year honorary degree with an honorary degree. During graduation, she volunteered for the “Piku” project, a Canberra University research and conservation program to protect the threatened Papuan softshell turtle ( Carettochelys insculpta ) at Kikori , funded by ExxonMobil as part of the Papua New Guinea LNG Project and was set up. The project enabled her master's degree at the Institute of Applied Ecology at Canberra University. In 2019 she became director of the Piku Biodiversity Network Inc., which emerged from the "Piku" project.

In addition to her work on the project, she works and researches as a herpetologist. In 2015 she described the new species Elseya rhodini and the subgenus Hanwarachelys within the genus Elseya as part of a revision of the species complex around the New Guinea snapping turtle Elseya novaeguineae in a team of Australian scientists . The working group worked on the entire species complex and, in addition to the newly described species, also raised Elseya schultzei , previously regarded as a synonym , to species status. In 2017 she was part of the team that recorded the status of the Papuan softshell turtle for the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). In June 2019, an article appeared on the status of the chytrid fungus ( Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis ), which is pathogenic in numerous amphibians and which, despite its widespread distribution on the island of New Guinea, had not occurred until the time of publication, for which Amepou was also a co-author.

Awards

  • Youth Champions for the Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations 2017

Publications

  • C. Eisemberg, M. Rose, B. Yaru, Y. Amepou, A. Georges: Salinity of the coastal nesting environment and its association with body size in the estuarine pig-nosed turtle. Journal of Zoology, London 295, 2015; Pp. 65-74.
  • Scott Thomson, Yolarnie Amepou, Jim Anamiato, Arthur Georges: A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006 (1), August 21, 2015. doi : 10.11646 / zootaxa.4006.1.3
  • C. Eisemberg, Y. Amepou, M. Rose, B. Yaru, A. Georges: Defining priority areas through social and biological data for the pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) conservation program in the Kikori Region, Papua New Guinea. Journal for Nature Conservation 28, 2015; Pp. 19-25.
  • C. Eisemberg, M. Rose, B. Yaru, A. Georges: Spatial and temporal trends in pig-nosed turtle (Carettochelys insculpta) harvest in Papua New Guinea. Oryx 49, 2015; Pp. 659-668.
  • Y. Amepou: The Piku Project: Saving Papua New Guinea's endangered pig nosed turtle. The Tortoise 5, 2016; Pp. 52-19.
  • D. Bower, S. Clulow, Y. Amepou, A. Georges: Diaries of Frog Research Adventures in Wau Creek Research Station, Papua New Guinea. FrogLog 25 (2), 2017; Pp. 17-21.
  • Deborah S. Bower, Karen R. Lips, Yolarnie Amepou, Stephen Richards, Chris Dahl, Elizah Nagombi, Miriam Supuma, Lisa Dabek, Ross A. Alford, Lin Schwarzkopf, Mark Ziembicki, Jeffrey N. Noro, Amir Hamidy, Graeme R. Gillespie, Lee Berger, Carla Eisemberg, Yiming Li, Xuan Liu, Charlotte K. Jennings, Burhan Tjaturadi, Andrew Peters, Andrew K. Krockenberger, Dillian Nason, Mirza D. Kusrini, Rebecca J. Webb, Lee F. Skerratt, Chris Banks , Andrew L. Mack, Arthur Georges, Simon Clulow: Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, June 2019; doi : 10.1002 / fee.2057 .

supporting documents

  1. ↑ a b Yolarnie Amepou , portrait at the ExxonMobil project
  2. ↑ Piku Biodiversity Network launches on Arthur Georges' website, July 24, 2019; accessed on November 29, 2019.
  3. ↑ Scott Thomson, Yolarnie Amepou, Jim Anamiato, Arthur Georges: A new species and subgenus of Elseya (Testudines: Pleurodira: Chelidae) from New Guinea. Zootaxa 4006 (1), August 21, 2015. doi : 10.11646 / zootaxa.4006.1.3
  4. ↑ C. Eisemberg, PP van Dijk, A. Georges, Y. Amepou: Carettochelys insculpta. Profile in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018: e.T3898A2884984. doi : 10.2305 / IUCN.UK.2018-2.RLTS.T3898A2884984.en ; accessed on November 29, 2019.
  5. ↑ Deborah S. Bower, Karen R. Lips, Yolarnie Amepou, Stephen Richards, Chris Dahl, Elizah Nagombi, Miriam Supuma, Lisa Dabek, Ross A. Alford, Lin Schwarzkopf, Mark Ziembicki, Jeffrey N. Noro, Amir Hamidy, Graeme R Gillespie, Lee Berger, Carla Eisemberg, Yiming Li, Xuan Liu, Charlotte K. Jennings, Burhan Tjaturadi, Andrew Peters, Andrew K. Krockenberger, Dillian Nason, Mirza D. Kusrini, Rebecca J. Webb, Lee F. Skerratt, Chris Banks, Andrew L. Mack, Arthur Georges, Simon Clulow: Island of opportunity: can New Guinea protect amphibians from a globally emerging pathogen? Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, June 2019; doi : 10.1002 / fee.2057 .

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personal data
SURNAME Amepou, Yolarnie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Papua New Guinea zoologist and conservationist
DATE OF BIRTH May 20, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Madang , Madang Province