St Edmund Hall

ST EDMUND HALL SCHOLARS

from left to right:

Tafadzwa Matika (Zimbabwe, MSc International Health and Tropical Medicine), Melissa Penagos (Colombia, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management), Andrés Ordoñez-Buitrago (Colombia, MSt Diplomatic Studies), Darin Hussein (Palestinian Territories, Master of Public Policy)

The current rates of biodiversity loss are so high that ecologists believe we are reaching the sixth mass extinction on the history of the earth, driven by human action. This not only represents an invaluable loss of nature but also put our future generations in danger, making urgent the need for action. My “ scholarship allowed me to come to a world-class institution to pursue my degree my MSc in Biodiversity Conservation and Management, and I realised that to be effective, conservation must involve scientific, social and political approaches. I believe that development and environmental protection are compatible, but actions must be taken now.”

Melissa Penagos

Colombia, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation and Management Julius Baer Scholarship, St Edmund Hall