Colin Poole is an advisor to the ASAP Governing Council. Colin Poole works for the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) where he is Regional Director for the Greater Mekong. He is based in Phnom Penh from where he oversees WCS operations in Cambodia, Chine, Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam. Colin first moved to Cambodia in 1997, where he started WCS’s Cambodia Program and directed it until 2004. During his time in Cambodia he was involved in writing and publishing the first Khmer language guides to both birds and mammals in Cambodia, as well as “Tonle Sap – the Heart of Cambodia’s Natural Heritage”. In 2003, the Royal Cambodian Government awarded him a Knight of the Order of Sahametrei for his services to the country.