Biographie
Dr. Lilian Pintea brings thirty years of experience in using geospatial technologies to the job of conserving chimpanzees, other wildlife, and their vanishing habitats. As Vice President of Conservation Science at the Jane Goodall Institute (JGI), Dr. Pintea oversees all science activities and functions at the Institute, supporting departments and country offices and bringing targeted research, analysis, and technological innovation to support JGI’s mission. Lilian is passionate about unlocking the potential of science and innovative technologies to address the “last mile” challenges in conservation where local people make daily choices and decisions impacting the environment. He works closely with local communities, village, national governments, academia, other NGOs, and JGI staff in Africa to adopt and build capacity to integrate science and technologies with the local solutions and decision-making processes and tackle some of the hardest challenges in conservation, natural resource management, and climate change. Recognized as a pioneer in applying innovative geospatial technologies to conservation, Dr. Pintea has presented invited talks to numerous conferences and is a member of the IUCN/SSC/PSG/ Section on Great Apes. Dr. Pintea holds a Ph.D. in conservation biology from the University of Minnesota and a M.S. in zoology from Moscow State University, Russia. He is a former MacArthur Scholar of the MacArthur Interdisciplinary Program on Global Change, Sustainability, and Justice at the University of Minnesota and a former Fulbright Scholar in the use of geospatial technologies at the Center for Remote Sensing at the University of Delaware. With frequent trips to the field in Sub-Saharan Africa, Dr. Pintea lives in Silver Spring, Maryland.
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Technology at the service of Conservation: Innovations Driving Shared Impact
oct 11 2025 (11:00 - 12:30)
Room: Hall 4B: Forum - Session Room 2
Combining GenAI with the Jane Goodall Institute’s Community-Led Model to Accelerate and Scale Local Conservation
oct 11 2025 (14:00 - 14:40)
Room: CS-Nature-Climate-People Nexus