Dr Heather Koldewey

Heather Koldewey started working for the Zoological Society of London (ZSL) in 1995, initially as a research scientist, then as curator of the ZSL London Zoo Aquarium and currently as Head of Global Conservation Programmes. She finds solutions through interdisciplinary research and conservation action on the interface between communities and environment.

Examples of this include; co-founding Project Seahorse, which is recognised as the world’s leading authority on seahorses; developing Net-Works, an award winning project that has developed a novel community-based supply chain for discarded fishing nets that are recycled into carpet tiles addressing issues of marine debris and poverty alleviation in coastal communities; and Project Ocean – retail activism in action, an innovative and ground-breaking partnership between luxury London department store, Selfridges and ZSL to bring ocean conservation to new audiences and change consumer buyer habits.