International Advisory & Governance Roles

Dr Paul O’Donoghue has served in advisory and governance roles across international conservation initiatives, contributing scientific expertise in conservation genetics, species recovery strategy, wildlife forensics, and field systems design. His advisory work bridges academic research, governmental coordination, and non-governmental conservation operations.

His institutional work reflects an emphasis on system-level conservation leadership, integrating science, governance, and operational implementation across complex conservation environments

Roles

Conservation Governance & Advisory Roles

  • Scientific Advisor, Great Bustard Project (UK)

  • International Advisor, FLIGHT Indonesia

  • Advisor, Atlantic Whale and Dolphin Foundation

  • Director, Linz UK Trust

  • Contributor, IUCN/SSC Cat Specialist Group – Cat Classification Task Force

  • Contributor to global wild cat taxonomic revision framework

Governmental & Protected Area Collaboration

  • Research collaboration with South African National Parks

  • Conservation planning input, Government of Sierra Leone

  • Genetic advisory to European Endangered Species Programme (EEP)

Wildlife Forensic Systems

  • Co-developer of validated STR genetic markers for black rhinoceros forensic identification

  • Contributor to rhinoceros horn traceability methodologies used in wildlife crime prosecution

Anti-Poaching Systems Innovation

  • Co-author of one of the first peer-reviewed publications describing real-time anti-poaching alert systems (Journal of Applied Ecology)

  • Integration of GPS telemetry, satellite communications, and ranger rapid-response frameworks

Applied Conservation Genetics

  • Genetic erosion analysis — Black Rhinoceros (Scientific Reports)

  • Genetic management frameworks — Asiatic Lion

  • Marker system development — Pygmy Hippopotamus & Mountain Bongo