Richard Markham joins SBBT as Honorary Coordinator on the Natewa Swallowtail

SBBT is delighted to welcome Richard as Honorary Coordinator for Natewa Swallowtail studies in Fiji, where he is closely involved with our project with NatureFiji Marequeti-Viti to conserve and breed Papilio natewa,  a very rare species discovered only in 2017. Richard is the Director of Kokomana Pte Ltd., a cocoa plantation and chocolate company based on the Natewa Peninsula itself, in Vanua Levu. His career has principally been as a research scientist and entomologist working on tropical crops, most recently as the Research Programme Manager on Pacific Crops at the Australian Centre for International Research.