Dr Shari Mang

Dr Shari Mang is an ecologist interested in the impacts of anthropogenic activity on species and ecosystem dynamics and ways to improve human-wildlife coexistence. She has a background in community ecology, forestry, and remote sensing and has worked on projects across the Asia-Pacific, Indonesia, and the UK.

Shari is currently a Postdoctoral Research Associate with RENEW, focusing on ways to improve biodiversity in and equality of access to urban green space, as well as exploring creative ways to understand peoples’ connection with urban biodiversity through mediums such as poetry.

Shari did her PhD at University of Exeter, focusing on mammal biodiversity and deforestation in the Rungan, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.