PhD student Natalie Yoh’s research focuses on how bats in Malaysian Borneo are impacted by land use change particularly by the use of bioacoustics. He … Read more
Category: Conservation Biology
Breakthrough study of Conservation Leadership Produces a Competence Framework for Professionals in Biodiversity Conservation.
Dr Simon Black has produced the first competence framework for Leaders in conservation, following a study drawing upon the experience of hundreds of conservation professionals … Read more
Applications open for two new PhD Scholarships at DICE in 2022
The School of Anthropology and Conservation is proud to be part of the Advanced Research and Innovation in the Environmental Sciences (ARIES) Doctoral Training Partnership which is funded … Read more
Dr Joe Bull receives government funding for conservation research project
Edited by Lyle Young Dr Joe Bull, Senior Lecturer in Conservation Science for the Division of Humanities and Social Sciences, and a team of Uzbek/UK … Read more
MSc student Ishaan Patil illustrates children’s book about biodiversity
Packed Together is a beautiful children’s book, illustrated by Ishaan Patil, MSc Environmental Anthropology, University of Kent, and Saloni Basrur, MSc Biodiversity, Conservation, and Management, … Read more
Does conservation have a diversity problem?
Below is the winning ECOS essay by Sorrel, outlining the issues that exist within conservation, and the importance of addressing them. When I walked into … Read more
When to rescue orangutans, and other conservation dilemmas.
The DICE Lecture is an annual public event given each year by a distinguished scientist or practitioner on an important conservation topic. Master’s student Isobel … Read more
How Can Protected Area Managers Implement Conservation Goals Without Exacerbating Poverty?
Brittney Vezina, an alumna of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) working with Dr Charlie Gardner, and Malagasy non-profit, Madagasikara Voakajy, has conducted … Read more
Students return to campus for practical fieldwork.
The campus has been relatively uninhabited by humans over the last few months which has left nature alone to do its thing! This is going … Read more
Even older than we thought?!
Current evidence suggests the world’s earliest stone technologies are likely to be older than previously thought. A team led by Kent’s Dr Alastair Key and Dr David … Read more