Pria Ghosh

About Pria Ghosh

Senior Programme Officer

Before joining Synchronicity Earth, Pria was researching amphibian chytridiomycosis, a disease that has caused unprecedented species declines globally.

As well as a long-standing interest in amphibian conservation and she is especially interested in how community and ecosystem health can be improved together, synergistically.

Pria has continued working along these themes at Synchronicity Earth, where she supports work on our Biocultural Diversity Programme and leads our Amphibian Programme.

She completed a PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Environmental Sciences at Imperial College London and North West University, South Africa, and an MSc in Conservation Science at Imperial College London.

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Pria Ghosh

Pria Ghosh

Senior Programme Officer
Amphibian Programme
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Pria joined Synchronicity Earth in October 2020. Before this she was researching amphibian chytridiomycosis, a disease that has caused unprecedented species declines globally. She developed cost-effective molecular diagnostics for Bd, the fungal pathogen which causes chytridiomycosis. These diagnostics are now used to identify local disease dynamics and carry out ongoing monitoring of areas deemed to be high risk for pathogen emergence, primarily in Southern Africa. As well as a long-standing interest in amphibian conservation, she is especially interested in how community and ecosystem health can be improved together, synergistically. She completed a PhD in Infectious Disease Epidemiology and Environmental Sciences at Imperial College London and North West University, South Africa, and an MSc in Conservation Science at Imperial College London.
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Amphibians and culture III: restoring positive narratives in India and South Africa

Amphibians occupy a complex place in cultures around the world. Throughout history, these vibrant, shape-shifting creatures of land and water have been met with both wonder and hostility. In the final part of this series Amphibians and Culture, Senior Programme Officer Pria Ghosh discusses how strong feelings about amphibians—both positive and negative—shape amphibian conservation [...]

By |2024-04-17T10:28:22+00:00June 6th, 2023|Amphibians, Amphibians and Culture|Comments Off on Amphibians and culture III: restoring positive narratives in India and South Africa

Amphibians and culture II: mutual flourishing in Central and South America

Amphibians occupy a complex place in cultures around the world. Throughout history, these vibrant, shape-shifting creatures of land and water have been met with both wonder and hostility.  In the second part of this new series Amphibians and Culture, Amphibian Programme officer Pria Ghosh discusses the cultural role of amphibians in Central and South [...]

By |2024-04-17T10:25:55+00:00May 24th, 2023|Amphibians, Amphibians and Culture, Conservation Optimism|Comments Off on Amphibians and culture II: mutual flourishing in Central and South America

Amphibians and culture I: European superstition and ambivalence

Amphibians occupy a complex place in cultures around the world. Throughout history, these vibrant, shape-shifting creatures of land and water have been met with both wonder and hostility. In the first part of this new series Amphibians and Culture, Senior Programme Officer Pria Ghosh discusses how European societies constructed negative views of amphibians through [...]

By |2024-04-12T15:16:29+00:00May 11th, 2023|Amphibians, Amphibians and Culture, Culture|Comments Off on Amphibians and culture I: European superstition and ambivalence

What is agroforestry?

The agroecological systems of farmers, growers, and Indigenous Peoples everywhere have shaped and cared for landscapes for millennia. Ecosystems that we may perceive as pristine wildernesses are in fact culturally rich, productive, and carefully managed landscapes which have supported both people and wildlife since time immemorial thanks to the stewardship of those living there. [...]

By |2024-04-08T11:15:36+00:00July 11th, 2022|Biocultural Diversity, Biodiversity, Community, Indigenous Peoples, Interviews|Comments Off on What is agroforestry?

Not forgotten any longer: the Gigantes forest frog

Pria Ghosh introduces one of our Amphibian Programme partners: Project Palaka, the first amphibian conservation programme using captive breeding in the Philippines. On a group of remote islands of the Philippines, amid growing tourism, white-sand beaches, and dramatic limestone caves, a small brown frog has been quietly slipping away. The [...]

By |2024-03-13T13:05:33+00:00March 29th, 2022|Amphibians, Asian Species, Conservation, Endemic species, Project Palaka|Comments Off on Not forgotten any longer: the Gigantes forest frog
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