Dr. Elvina Henriette is a Seychellois Docteur of the Muséum National d’Histoire Naturelle in Paris, where she specialised in ecology at the Institut d’Écologie et de Gestion de la Biodiversité (Conservation des Espèces, Restauration et Suivi des Populations; UMR 7204). She also holds a Master’s degree from the Université de La Réunion and a BSc degree from the University of East Anglia (UK).

Her areas of expertise and research interest include birds and other terrestrial vertebrates, invasive species, freshwater fishes, botany, mangroves, and wetlands. She has worked with the World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UK) and, for many years, in Seychelles as a conservation biologist and practitioner with the Ministry of Environment and Dr Gérard Rocamora. She later served as an independent consultant for private islands, the Seychelles National History Museum, and local NGOs.

Over the past 15 years, Dr. Henriette has gained substantial experience in the management of invasive species—particularly plants and invertebrates—as well as in species reintroductions, faunistic inventories, and island restoration techniques.

She coordinated the development of the Environmental Science BSc degree at the University of Seychelles and is a co-founder of both its Island Biodiversity & Conservation Centre and the Terrestrial Restoration Action Society of Seychelles. She is also a collaborator of the Invasive Species Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission and a licensed bird ringer with SAFRING (University of Cape Town).

Fluent in all three national languages of Seychelles, Dr. Henriette is the lead zoologist of the Key Biodiversity Areas inventory for Seychelles. She has authored or co-authored numerous scientific publications and technical reports on birds, plants, corals, mangroves, invasive species, and wildlife in general.