A major new report, evaluating progress on the environmental dimensions of the sustainable development goals, has been launched by DICE researchers at an international conference … Read more
Category: Conservation Biology
Professor Keith Somerville on BBC Dynasties series’ ‘distorted’ view of conservation issues
Commenting on the BBC’s new flagship wildlife documentary series, Dynasties, DICE’s Professor Keith Somerville says: “The problem with most wildlife documentaries now is that they … Read more
DICE talk: ‘The Triple Challenge: Food, Climate and Forests’
The School of Anthropology and Conservation has created a new series named DICE Talks that will take place every month and will consist of a … Read more
Lifting the ban on rhino horn and lion bone could be sustainable
Commenting on the unprecedented move by China to lift a quarter-century ban on the scientific and medical use of tiger bones and rhinoceros horn, Professor … Read more
Professor Keith Somerville on the WWF report that current food production is unsustainable
Commenting on the report from the WWF that indicates a major decline in species and numbers of wildlife globally over the last five decades, DICE’s … Read more
Professor Keith Somerville on a lioness killing father of her cubs
Commenting on news reports that a lioness in Indianapolis Zoo has killed the father of her three cubs in their enclosure at the zoo, DICE’s Professor … Read more
BSc student makes a short film about his research
BSc Wildlife Conservation student Will Clothier has made a short film about the research and monitoring team he is working with as part of his … Read more
Sundarbans tigers reveal fine-scale genetic signature of population isolation by wider rivers
Tigers (Panthera tigris) in the Sundarbans mangrove forest of Bangladesh reveal a signature of population genetic isolation as a result of wide rivers, according to … Read more
Dr Matthew Struebig awarded large NERC grant to research land-use policy in Indonesia
NERC has chosen to award just short of one million pounds to a UK-Indonesia research collaboration under the Wallacea scheme, of which £395,000 is granted … Read more
DICE Talk: ‘A pandemonium of parakeets!’
The School of Anthropology and Conservation has created a new series named DICE Talks that will take place every month and will consist of a … Read more