Work towards your goal and never let anyone stop you
Desiree Gases
Falco de Boer is 22 years old. He is from The Netherlands, where he studies international wildlife management at the University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein.
De Boer started studying there in 2016 at the age of 17. His course is four years long but after the first semester he took a break for personal reasons and restarted his first year in 2018. Varsity Corner asked De Boer what made him choose his current course. “I chose this study course because of my love for animals as well as wanting to help prevent human-wildlife conflict,” he replied.
His dream is to create an environment in which animals can live their natural lives without harming humans, and humans can live without harming the animals. De Boer’s course includes more research than he expected at first, but that is also the best way to understand the needs of animals. When it comes to his course, De Boer’s experience has been wonderful and everything, he dreamt of. “I found out about my university by looking online at animal-related studies and this stood out for me,” says De Boer.
The biggest challenge he has faced at university was with scientific writing, with which he still struggling but slowly getting the hang of it.
De Boer is in Namibia to do research for his course. “My research is creating a map for the Multilateral Environmental Agreement Monitoring Unit. I do this so they have a view of what the current land use is, which can help in multiple other researches in the future,” said De Boer.
When asked what advice he would give to students studying the same course, he said: “I would recommend people to do research like this to learn about how important the land use is for us and wildlife. My final words would be 'things will be hard and sometimes looking endless, but work towards your goal and never let anyone stop you from going for your dreams’.”
Falco de Boer is 22 years old. He is from The Netherlands, where he studies international wildlife management at the University of Applied Sciences Van Hall Larenstein.
De Boer started studying there in 2016 at the age of 17. His course is four years long but after the first semester he took a break for personal reasons and restarted his first year in 2018. Varsity Corner asked De Boer what made him choose his current course. “I chose this study course because of my love for animals as well as wanting to help prevent human-wildlife conflict,” he replied.
His dream is to create an environment in which animals can live their natural lives without harming humans, and humans can live without harming the animals. De Boer’s course includes more research than he expected at first, but that is also the best way to understand the needs of animals. When it comes to his course, De Boer’s experience has been wonderful and everything, he dreamt of. “I found out about my university by looking online at animal-related studies and this stood out for me,” says De Boer.
The biggest challenge he has faced at university was with scientific writing, with which he still struggling but slowly getting the hang of it.
De Boer is in Namibia to do research for his course. “My research is creating a map for the Multilateral Environmental Agreement Monitoring Unit. I do this so they have a view of what the current land use is, which can help in multiple other researches in the future,” said De Boer.
When asked what advice he would give to students studying the same course, he said: “I would recommend people to do research like this to learn about how important the land use is for us and wildlife. My final words would be 'things will be hard and sometimes looking endless, but work towards your goal and never let anyone stop you from going for your dreams’.”
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