Sophus zu Ermgassen appears on the first ever environmental ‘Power List’ The ENDS Report has published their first ever Power List of the most influential … Read more
Category: DICE
Pink pigeon population increases but extinction risk remains high
The authors of a major study, including Professor Jim Groombridge and Dr Hazel Jackson warn that boosting species numbers of the once critically endangered pink … Read more
DICE Lecture 2022: Finding optimism in a time of biodiversity crisis
Conservation Scientist Professor EJ Milner-Gulland will give this years lecture in person from the Keynes Lecture Theatre. The annual DICE Lecture will be held on … Read more
Bird Conservation Research in Guyana
PhD candidate Will Hayes is currently out on fieldwork in Guyana; ‘Human settlements might have a role to play in biodiversity conservation going forward’. From … Read more
From Publications to Public Actions for Scientists
What is the role of scientists in the planetary emergency? We welcomed Dr Charlie Gardner back to talk to us about activism and academia. On … Read more
One billion dollars insufficient to halt orangutan decline
A new study shows that orangutans, are still rapidly declining despite more than one billion US dollars invested in their conservation between 2000 and 2020 … Read more
Listening out for bats, using machine learning in Southeast Asia
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
Worrying signs of a resurgence in South Africa rhino poaching
Professor Keith Somerville gives his expert comment on the announcement of the most recent rhino poaching figures. On 8 February, South Africa’s Minister of Forestry, … Read more
On the Trail of the Midwife Toad in Great Britain
PhD candidate Steve Allain gives a talk on his sideshow interest, Alytes Obstetricians for the Herpetofauna Worker’s Meetingm non-native species symposium. PhD candidate and Herptologist … Read more
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