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Category: Conservation Biology

When to rescue orangutans, and other conservation dilemmas.

By Grace Shore Banks | 03 June 2021

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?

By gm472 | 13 April 2021

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.

By Grace Shore Banks | 29 March 2021

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?!

By Grace Shore Banks | 25 March 2021

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

So you want to be an ethnobotanist?

By Grace Shore Banks | 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

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

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