Local Borneo Partner Danau Girang Field Centre (DGFC)
Benoît Goossens is the Director of the Danau Girang Field Centre in the Lower Kinabatangan Wildlife Sanctuary, a research and training facility co-managed by Sabah Wildlife Department and Cardiff University, where he leads projects on biodiversity responses to habitat fragmentation and degradation. He is also a Professor at Cardiff University and has more than 25 years of experience in the field of conservation genetics, conservation biology and landscape ecology.
Benoît holds a PhD in biology from University of Grenoble, France. He started working in Sabah back in 1999. He is holding a work permit from the Sabah State Government and is acting as an advisor for the Sabah Wildlife Department. Benoît is a member of the IUCN SSC Asian Wild Cattle, Asian Elephant, Crocodile and Primate Specialist Groups.