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Category: Conservation Biology

So you want to be an ethnobotanist?

By gs510 | 22 February 2021

Kent MSc Graduate Kay Evelina Lewis-Jones explains what one is and how she came to be one in this weekend’s Guardian Education section. School of … Read more

Biodiversity Net Gain policy may fail to deliver benefits to nature

By jk393 | 22 December 2020

England’s Biodiversity Net Gain Policy could fail to deliver on promises to increase biodiversity when new buildings are developed, according to research presented at the … Read more

Research Scholarships 2021 – SeNSS and Graduate Teaching Assistantships

By cb386 | 21 December 2020

Anthropology and Conservation at Kent offers a supportive, dynamic and diverse environment for creative research and learning. Our lecturers and research students are engaged in exciting projects … Read more

DICE research informs report on the role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities to conservation efforts

By jk393 | 21 December 2020

Historically snubbed by exclusionary conservation, the role of Indigenous and local communities is integral to achieving the UN’s ambitious 2030 global biodiversity agenda. Over 1.65 … Read more

“We need to rewrite the stories we tell ourselves!” – Harnessing agency to effect change in the age of eco-anxiety

By jk393 | 14 December 2020

Natasha Jacob, studying for a BSc in Human Ecology with a Year in Professional Practice writes the third in a series of blogs about how … Read more

Ecologist and DICE alumna to give guest online lecture as part of the DICE Talk series

By jk393 | 20 November 2020

Dr Kirsty Swinnerton, an alumna from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) will give a guest talk about the conservation of threatened island … Read more

What will be the impact of £40m funding for English green spaces?

By jk393 | 17 November 2020

Following the announcement that the UK Government will invest £40m into green spaces in England to help restore species and combat climate change, Dr Ian Bride, … Read more

Conversations in Conservation Taster Event 2020

By cb386 | 10 November 2020

The School of Anthropology and Conservation event is pleased to offer an online Conversations in Conservation Taster Event for undergraduate applicants and enquirers on Tuesday 1 … Read more

DICE research shows palm oil certification brings mixed outcomes to neighbouring communities

By jk393 | 09 November 2020

Research led by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that Indonesian communities living near oil palm plantations are impacted in different … Read more

“We need to take accountability for the destruction on our doorsteps” – Interview with environmental journalist Sophie Yeo

By jk393 | 08 November 2020

One of the greatest differences between humans and our fellow tenants of the Earth is the ability to know what is happening thousands of miles … Read more

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