Author: Grace Shore Banks

Students, alongside the University’s Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), will work with the Wilder Blean Initiative, a Kent Wildlife Trust, RSPB and Woodland … Read more

The first Centre for Ethnography at Kent event this term will take place on Monday 13th February 2023. Welcoming Theodoros Rakopoulos, from the Department of … Read more

Setting aside patches of original forest on oil palm plantations boosts biodiversity and reduces some of the negative environmental impacts associated with this land use, … Read more

In 2022, 87 rhinos were poached for their horns in Namibia, up a staggering worrying 93% on the figure for 2021, when 45 were killed, … Read more

We are delighted to announce that this year’s DICE Lecture will be given by Professor Dave Goulson, a world expert on insect ecology and conservation, with … Read more

We know that our students are particularly aware of the climate crisis, and some of you have told us about the anxiety this causes you. … Read more

The time people spent with family over the festive period could have improved their health, according to new research which examined how social bonds with … Read more

Dr Chris Deter has been appointed as Head of School. Biological Anthropologist Chris had been in the role on Interim Head of School since August, … Read more

Logging affects many of the world’s tropical forests, this new study examines whether the ecological health and functionality of these ecosystems. Tropical forests, after logging, … Read more