Beth A. Kaplin

Beth Kaplin is an American conservation scientist, professor and researcher. She is professor of conservation science in the College of Science and Technology at the University of Rwanda. She is also a research professor in the School for the Environment and a senior fellow at the Centre for Governance and Sustainability, both at the University of Massachusetts Boston.

Career From 2006 to 2015, Kaplin raised over US$1 million from the MacArthur Foundation to develop BSc and MSc programs in biodiversity conservation at the National University of Rwanda.

Kaplin serves as the director of the Centre of Excellence in Biodiversity and Natural Resource Management (CoEB) at the University of Rwanda. The CoEB focuses on advancing research and knowledge exchange and sustainable practices in biodiversity conservation and natural resource management. Under Kaplin's leadership, the centre has become a prominent hub of conservation and sciences in the region. the main area of the study is Biodiversity information system, a subspecies of the blue monkey, residing in the Virunga volcanic mountains of the central Africa. Found in national parks such as Volcanoes, Virunga, and Kahuzi. The golden monkey lives in social groups of up to 30 individuals and feeds on bamboo leaves fruits and probably insects. Kaplin in her publication concluded that "unfortunately due to habitat destruction and recent conflicts in their limited range, the golden monkey is classified as endangered species on the IUCN Red list".