RESEARCH

J. Carter Ingram is a first year Earth Institute fellow and will be researching the relationship between conservation and poverty alleviation in developing countries. The research will explore typologies of biodiversity conservation “success” including an assessment of the environmental and socio-economic factors that contribute to the conservation project viability. Carter completed her Doctorate at the University of Oxford where a departmental studentship funded her to research deforestation and forest conservation issues in Madagascar using a combination of satellite remote sensing techniques and ground collected ecological data. Prior to her doctorate work, she was granted a Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship to support her Master’s of Science degree in Environmental Change and Management at the University of Oxford. She wrote her Master’s dissertation on human impact on coastal ecosystems in the Seychelles. Before studying at Oxford, Carter worked at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s Marine Laboratory and, following this, the Center for Sustainable Development Studies in Atenas, Costa Rica, where she assisted with program logistics and conducted research on environmentally sustainable coffee plantations and certification schemes for small farmers.