Beth Kaplin
{{Short description|American conservation scientist, professor and researcher}}
{{Infobox scientist
| name = Beth Kaplin
| image = File:Beth Kaplin.jpg
| nationality = United States
| fields = Conservation biology
| workplaces = {{hlist|National University of Rwanda|University of Rwanda|University of Massachusetts Boston|Antioch University New England}}
| alma_mater = University of Wisconsin–Madison
| occupation = {{hlist|Conservation scientist|professor|researcher}}
}}
Beth Kaplin is an American conservation scientist, professor and researcher. She is professor of conservation science in the College of Science and Technology at the University of Rwanda.{{Cite web |title=RBIS {{!}} Beth A. Kaplin |url=https://rbis.ur.ac.rw/page/our-team/beth-kaplin/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=rbis.ur.ac.rw}}{{Cite web |title=UMass Boston |url=https://www.umb.edu/faculty_staff/bio/beth_kaplin |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=www.umb.edu}} She is also a research professor in the School for the Environment and a senior fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability, both at the University of Massachusetts Boston.
Education
She received a Ph.D. Dept of Zoology, University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1998; an M.Sc., department of Zoology; University of Wisconsin–Madison, 1994; and B.Sc Wildlife biology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, 1986. As an undergraduate, she studied Biological Sciences at Purdue University, 1981-83 with a focus on ecology and conservation science.https://bethkaplin.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Kaplin-CV-2019-academic.pdf bethkaplin.org (PDF)
Career
From 2006 to 2015, Kaplin raised over US$1 million from the MacArthur Foundation to develop BSc and MSc programs in biodiversity conservation at the National University of Rwanda.
From 1998 to 2018, Kaplin served as a faculty member in the Environmental Studies Department at Antioch University New England in the U.S. During her tenure, she held the position of program director for the Ph.D. program.{{Cite web |title=Beth Kaplin {{!}} Antioch University New England - Academia.edu |url=https://antiochne.academia.edu/BethKaplin |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=antiochne.academia.edu |language=en}}
Kaplin serves as the director of the Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB) at the University of Rwanda. The CoEB focuses on advancing research and knowledge exchange and sustainable practices in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. Under Kaplin's leadership, the centre has become a prominent hub of conservation and sciences in the region.{{Cite web |title=Center of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resources Management (CoEB) |url=https://coebiodiversity.ur.ac.rw/ |access-date=2023-06-08 |website=coebiodiversity.ur.ac.rw}}
Research
Much of Kaplin's research focuses on tropical ecology and conservation{{cite web |title=Tree phenology in a tropical montane forest in Rwanda |url=https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=view_citation&hl=en&user=f2yJoR4AAAAJ&citation_for_view=f2yJoR4AAAAJ:u5HHmVD_uO8C |website=scholar.google.com}}{{cite journal |last1=Sun |first1=Chin |last2=Kaplin |first2=Beth A. |last3=Kristensen |first3=Kurt A. |last4=Munyaligoga |first4=Viateur |last5=Mvukiyumwami |first5=Joseph |last6=Kajondo |first6=Kanyoyo Ka |last7=Moermond |first7=Timothy C. |title=Tree Phenology in a Tropical Montane Forest in Rwanda |journal=Biotropica |date=1996 |volume=28 |issue=4 |pages=668–681 |doi=10.2307/2389053 |jstor=2389053 |bibcode=1996Biotr..28..668S |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/2389053|url-access=subscription }} the main area of the study is Biodiversity information system,protected areas conservation, seed dispersal ecology and many more.
Kaplin recently studied the golden monkey,{{cite journal |last1=Kaplin |first1=B. A. |last2=Munyaligoga |first2=V. |last3=Moermond |first3=T. C. |title=The Influence of Temporal Changes in Fruit Availability on Diet Composition and Seed Handling in Blue Monkeys ( Cercopithecus mitis doggetti ) 1 |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00369.x |journal=Biotropica |pages=56–71 |language=en |doi=10.1111/j.1744-7429.1998.tb00369.x |date=March 1998|volume=30 |issue=1 |bibcode=1998Biotr..30...56K |url-access=subscription }} a subspecies of the blue monkey,{{cite journal |last1=Nokelainen |first1=Ossi |last2=Winters |first2=Sandra |last3=Rowe |first3=Zeke |last4=Campos |first4=Fernando A. |last5=Wikberg |first5=Eva C. |last6=Howell |first6=Natasha |last7=Caro |first7=Tim |title=Black-and-white pelage as visually protective coloration in colobus monkeys |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s00265-024-03434-x |journal=Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology |pages=23 |language=en |doi=10.1007/s00265-024-03434-x |date=6 February 2024|volume=78 |issue=2 |bibcode=2024BEcoS..78...23N |doi-access=free }} residing in the Virunga volcanic mountains of the central Africa. Found in national parks such as Volcanoes, Virunga, and Kahuzi. The golden monkey lives in social groups of up to 30 individuals and feeds on bamboo leaves fruits and probably insects.{{cite journal |last1=Kaplin |first1=B.A. |last2=Moermond |first2=T.C. |title=Foraging ecology of the mountain monkey (Cercopithecus l'hoesti): Implications for its evolutionary history and use of disturbed forest |url=https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200004)50:4%3C227::AID-AJP1%3E3.0.CO;2-S |journal=American Journal of Primatology |pages=227–246 |language=en |doi=10.1002/(SICI)1098-2345(200004)50:4<227::AID-AJP1>3.0.CO;2-S |date=April 2000|volume=50 |issue=4 |pmid=10768348 |url-access=subscription }} Kaplin in her publication concluded that "unfortunately due to habitat destruction and recent conflicts in their limited range, the golden monkey is classified as endangered species on the IUCN Red list".
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