Team Nepada Wildlife – Part 1
Like an ecosystem, our association lives from the diversity of its species (or members). We introduce you to the different species behind Nepada Wildlife e.V.
With the help of the following profiles, you will recognize our team in the wild.
1. Chairwoman: Hannah Emde
Name
Hannah Emde
Natural habitat
Rhinelander by birth, lives in Hamburg, but prefers to travel in the deepest jungles with monkeys and leeches
Characteristics
Passionate veterinarian and species conservationist
Special skills
Tracking clouded leopards, counting proboscis monkeys or tagging bull sharks
Greatest Wildlife Moment
Working with the last lemurs, orangutans and leatherback turtles and witnessing the massive destruction of their habitat first hand
2nd Chairman: Jannes Vahl
Name
Jannes Vahl
Natural habitat
Born in Oldenburg, now living in Hamburg and helping Nepada everywhere on our blue-green planet
Characteristics
I try to improve my perception of nature as much as Hannah can, but I have given up hope in the meantime. So I always run after her in the jungle, sweating, but I also always find the most poisonous and dangerous animals
Special skills
As second chairman, I watch Hannah’s back. As a journalist and networker, I communicate about the association. And as founder of two other non-profit associations, I can help Nepada with my experience
Greatest wildlife moment
Directly my arrival to Hannah’s Borneo project in 2017: the first animals I saw were six-meter groin crocodiles on Kinabatangan
Treasurer: Johannes Dierkes
Name
Johannes Dierkes
Natural habitat
Usually near my coffee machine or my piano, but as often as possible on my racing bike or hiking and running on forest paths that are as winding as possible
Characteristics
I’m about the size of an almost full-grown wood bison, though only about as heavy as 4 clouded leopards. And I am about 1/6 as old as the Seychelles giant tortoise Jonathan
Special skills
Excel Magic and Orga Guru
Greatest wildlife moment
Amazed observation of dozens of running giraffes through the steppe of Etosha National Park in Namibia! What majestic creatures
Advisory Board: Franz Emde
Name
Franz August, good friends call me Franz or Fränzchen
Natural habitat
From a city kid from Essen to a forest lover in Freiburg and Bonn. Today I live on the outskirts of Bonn or in Hochsauerland, my second home. I love canoeing in Sweden, hiking with a dachshund, or speeding through the Sauerland on my mountain bike
Characteristics
Looking like a wood gnome with a white beard. Passionate about music, percussion, and nature
Special skills
Specialist in environment and biodiversity and a big admirer of sustainable development
Greatest wildlife moment
My greatest wildlife moments include seeing my first orcas or humpback whales, the bear in the Rockies, or the black stork in the Sauerland. I want my grandchildren to still be able to experience such a diverse animal world
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