Celina sits on a panel titled, ‘No Nature, No Future’ following an opening speech by Dr. Jane Goodall. Moderated by Stewart Patrick Senior Fellow and Director, Global Order and Institutions Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (CEIP), panellists included: H.E. Alvaro Leyva Duran, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Colombia; Virginijus Sinkevičius, Commissioner for the Environment, Oceans and Fisheries, European Union; Christophe Guilhou, Director of Sustainable development, Ministry of Europe and Foreign affairs, France; Tahir Aziz, Senior Adviser South Asia, Conciliation Resources.

Celina hosts a roundtable at the 2023 Paris Peace Forum exploring the paramount role of forests in achieving climate and biodiversity goals and their alignment with the COP15 roadmap.

Celina moderates a COP28 panel hosted by the Kingdom of Bhutan, “Inspiring partnerships for sustainable financing for tiger landscapes” convening the CEOs of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF-INT, WWF-US), Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS), Panthera, and representatives from the Kingdom of Bhutan, UNDP, IUCN and Fauna and Flora International.

Celina joins the Board of Directors of Panthera

January 2023

Celina launches a collaborative exhibition with Dolce&Gabbana of her fine art photography alongside the fashion house’s iconic leopard creations.

October 2022

The new Chair and Jury of the Natural History Museum of London’s prestigious 59th annual Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition is announced.

September 2022

Celina is a judge on the Cameras Don’t Lie Campaign orchestrated by Actions Speak Louder to target Canon’s funding of climate misinformation.

February 2023

Celina’s portfolio on Primates in Captivity was featured as part of an ‘Everyday Everywhere’ exhibition with World Press Photo in Oldenburg, Germany.

March 2023

Celina is a finalist in this year’s prestigious Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition. From over 50,000 entries from 96 countries, Celina’s photograph was Highly Commended in the photojournalism category.

October 2021.

Celina was interviewed by the Natural History Museum of London’s magazine regarding her Highly Commended photograph in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition.

November 2022

At 17, Celina Chien was invited to speak at the Institut Le Rosey annual TEDx conference. Before she had even come across conservation photography as a discipline, Celina was already a fervent environmentalist. She discusses what sparked her fascination with wildlife, and details an historical ecological catastrophe.

November 2015.

Celina features on the Unmapped podcast alongside Mike Kelly speaking about all things conservation storytelling, cross pollination, and harnessing empathy.

April 2023

Celina features as a guest of the Specimens Podcast hosted by Elle Kaye, speaking about all things intersectional environmentalism and storytelling.

April 2023

Celina speaks at a COP15 session hosted by Reserva Youth Land Trust at the Youth Pavilion in Montreal. “A Case for Funding Youth-led Conservation” was presented as part of her presence at COP15 with the Global Youth Biodiversity Network delegation.

December 2022

October 2020.

Celina was featured as a guest in discussion with Tori Tsui in an episode titled “Celina Chien on the biodiversity crisis and decolonising conservation.” They discuss the biodiversity crisis, how it differs from the climate crisis, and the need to incorporate social justice into practice.

July 2021.

Celina was invited as a panel member on the 2022 World Rainforest Day Science x Storytelling event to speak about her experience as both a scientist, creative and storyteller. She also gave a short presentation at another event called ‘Global Youth Call to Action for Rainforests’ as a Youth Council member of the Reserva Youth Land Trust.

June 2022

April 2021.

July 2021.

March 2021.

Celina was invited to speak on a live panel discussion on Anti-Racism in Biology and Conservation for the Bio-Diverse Festival. “Biologists and conservationists from around the world talk about their experiences and research relating to racism and anti-racism within their fields and discuss solutions to barriers they faced.”

October 2020.

Celina was featured as a guest alongside Momoko Hill on the Bad Activist podcast in discussion with Tori Tsui in an episode released titled “What colour even are you? Navigating EurAsian identity”.

September 2020.

September 2020.

May 2021.

Celina was featured as a guest on the Projects for Wildlife Podcast in an episode released in titled “Celina Chien begins her conservation career using photographs to tell biological stories”.

March 2020.

October 2019.

Celina was interviewed by CGTN Europe for an article on the International Day of Youth, How the pandemic may scar the ‘lockdown generation’ by Giulia Carbonaro.

August 2020.