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Anna Heath

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Programme and Partner Manager
Programmes

About Anna Heath

Throughout her time at Synchronicity Earth, Anna has had the opportunity to work across the Asian Species, Biocultural Diversity, and Congo Basin Programmes, but her main focus has been on our ocean work. She led the establishment of the High and Deep Seas Programme in 2017, as well as the development of this into the wider Ocean Programme from 2021.

Anna is also closely involved in wider work on how to ‘Reimagine Philanthropy’ by increasing funding and shifting power to locally-led organisations.

Anna has had an international upbringing, spending most of her life in Thailand before gaining an MSci in Environmental Biology from University College London. Following her degree, she spent two years building her experience in field research, which took her to the Philippines, Malaysian Borneo, and Mexico and built her skills across a range of conservation research approaches, as well as deepening her love for the natural world.

Anna loves wild swimming, snorkelling and SCUBA diving, and long walks with her rescue lurcher.

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Anna Heath

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Anna joined Synchronicity Earth in September 2016 as a Junior Research Analyst. She had an international upbringing, spending most of her life in Thailand before moving back to the UK for university. She managed to stay in one place long enough to gain an MSci in Environmental Biology from University College London, but soon headed off to get experience in various forms of field research overseas. This involved freediving with whale sharks in the Philippines, tracking groups of howler monkeys in Mexico, and monitoring small mammal populations in the jungles of Malaysian Borneo. Her experience in the field has given her a broad understanding of both the science and the practicalities behind conservation work, which she enjoys applying to her role at Synchronicity Earth.
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Reflections from the United Nations Ocean Conference

Anna Heath (left) with Camille Rivera from Oceanus Conservation. How to scale up action for the ocean? This was the focus of the 2022 United Nations (UN) Ocean Conference, which opened in Lisbon, Portugal, on 27 June. Our Programme and Partner Manager, Anna Heath, went along to support our partners and add [...]

By |2024-08-27T09:12:56+00:00July 13th, 2022|Deep-sea mining, Fisheries, Marine, Ocean, Oceans|Comments Off on Reflections from the United Nations Ocean Conference

The new and improved Ocean Programme sets sail

Our High and Deep Seas Programme has been focused on these two overlooked areas of marine conservation for seven years. Building on its success, this programme has now been redeveloped into a broader Ocean Programme, expanding into new areas of critical but underfunded marine conservation. Programme and Partner Manager Anna Heath describes this exciting [...]

By |2024-12-11T09:18:26+00:00June 8th, 2022|Fish, Fisheries, Marine, Ocean, Oceans|Comments Off on The new and improved Ocean Programme sets sail

The glass slipper of the greenhouse: what is the cost of the orchid trade?

The protection of endangered plants is often overlooked in the world of conservation. But not only is the conservation of plant species vital for overall ecosystem survival, there are also specific threats facing plant species which need to be tackled and protecting them is a far more fascinating endeavour than you might expect. Anna [...]

By |2024-09-19T13:42:36+00:00May 5th, 2022|Asian Species, Captive Breeding, Orchid Specialist Group, Plants, Southeast Asia|Comments Off on The glass slipper of the greenhouse: what is the cost of the orchid trade?

Painting a new future for a Critically Endangered terrapin

SatuCita Foundation is one of the newest partners in Synchronicity Earth’s Asian Species Programme with a particular focus on one Critically Endangered species: the painted terrapin. Anna Heath writes about the mission of a young Sumatran conservationist to save a remarkable freshwater turtle from extinction. “Someone must do something to [...]

By |2024-11-21T14:23:10+00:00December 20th, 2021|Asian Species, Captive Breeding, Conservation Optimism, Southeast Asia|Comments Off on Painting a new future for a Critically Endangered terrapin

An overlooked ecosystem: seagrass meadows

When we think about important habitats, we often imagine a coral reef, a tropical rainforest or maybe the African savannah. But there are many less celebrated, often overlooked ecosystems that are equally deserving of our attention: these habitats help regulate our climate, stock our food supplies and supply us with clean water, and are [...]

By , |2024-12-03T14:17:26+00:00October 26th, 2021|Marine Programme, Seagrass|Comments Off on An overlooked ecosystem: seagrass meadows

Funding destruction: we need to talk about fisheries subsidies

Fishing for human consumption is thought to be the biggest driver of biodiversity loss in our oceans, according to the recent Living Planet Report by the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) and Zoological Society of London (ZSL). Seafood is an important part of the diet of more than 3 billion people, and fisheries and aquaculture [...]

By |2024-11-21T10:45:07+00:00October 20th, 2020|Fish, Fisheries, Food, Ocean, Oceans|Comments Off on Funding destruction: we need to talk about fisheries subsidies

Home is where the heart is: the true meaning of community conservation

The Mabuwaya Foundation is a conservation organisation based in Isabela province, in Northern Luzon, the Philippines. The organisation was started to build local protection for the Critically Endangered Philippine crocodile, or “bukarot” as it is known locally. The Philippine crocodile has the unwanted label of being the world’s rarest crocodile, and is only known [...]

By |2024-11-21T10:45:58+00:00November 13th, 2019|Asian Species, Community, People and Wildlife|Comments Off on Home is where the heart is: the true meaning of community conservation

A crocodile success story (in pictures)

The Philippine Crocodile is one of the rarest and most endangered crocodiles in the world. Once found throughout the Philippines, in 2001 there were only 12 known individuals left in the wild due to habitat loss, pollution and overfishing. However, local people have pulled together to support a strong comeback for their crocodiles, and [...]

By |2024-08-27T08:40:14+00:00July 31st, 2019|Asian Species, Captive Breeding, Community, Conservation, Conservation Optimism, People and Wildlife, Southeast Asia, Species|Comments Off on A crocodile success story (in pictures)

Lights, Camera, Heron!

Conservation Research Analyst Anna Heath on how a camera trap set up to capture images of one of the world's most iconic species, the tiger, may help in the battle to save one of the world's least well-known, the White-bellied Heron. Earlier this month, I arrived at work to a flurry of excited [...]

By |2024-11-21T10:14:04+00:00April 24th, 2019|Asian Species, Biodiversity, Captive Breeding, Conservation, White-bellied Heron|Comments Off on Lights, Camera, Heron!
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