Doris Woo

Doris Woo is the Project Manager, Cetacean Conservation at WWF-Hong Kong.

Doris obtained her MSc degree in Marine Mammal Science from the University of St Andrews, during which she studied habitat use of bottlenose whales around the Jan Mayen Island to support future conservation efforts and inform management measures by reducing spatial overlap between high-use regions and human activities.

 She joined WWF-Hong Kong in 2019 after working as an ecological consultant, and is focusing on conservation of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins and Indo-Pacific finless porpoises in Hong Kong and the broader Pearl River Delta in China. Doris is currently leading the dolphin conservation programme comprised of dedicated research, and work on policy advocacy, stakeholder engagement and awareness raising.

Committed to advocating science-based conservation, she formulated the Emergency Action Plan for the Pearl River Delta Population of the Chinese White Dolphin jointly with authorities, academics, conservationists and cetacean specialists from Hong Kong and the Broader delta region, with identifying key dolphin habitats and recommending threat-specific management measures. In view of the severe underwater noise and marine traffic threats on the declining dolphin population, Doris launched the marine traffic campaign exploring feasible ways mitigating fast-ferry disturbance, advocating for a development-free Dolphin Conservation Management Area, along with the production of “Sea of Noise” documentary bringing underwater noise impacts to public attention.