In his paper, published in the International Journal of Evolutionary Biology, Dr Simon Black discusses the recommended reclassification of lion subspecies and its practical implications … Read more
Category: DICE
Enhancing environmental resilience in oil palm landscapes via improved design and monitoring of riparian reserves
Principal Investigators: Dr Matthew Struebig Project dates: 2016 – 2018 Funding: The Newton-Ungku-Omar Fund (British Council, and Malaysian Industry-Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT)) UK … Read more
Marrying community land rights with stakeholder aspirations in Indonesian Borneo
Principal Investigator: Dr Matthew Struebig and Dr Freya St. John Project dates: 2016 – 2019 Funding: The Darwin Initiative (DFID) Collaborators: Fauna and Flora International Indonesia programme, … Read more
International Impact Award Success
The School is pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Silver International Impact Award by the University’s Dean for Internationalisation. The International Impact … Read more
Times Higher ranks Kent fifth in UK for teaching performance
Kent has been ranked fifth out of 120 UK universities in a mock Teaching Excellence Framework (TEF) exercise modelled by Times Higher Education (THE). According … Read more
Translocating conservation success and skills-exchange across four Indian Ocean countries
Many global conservation success-stories originate from Seychelles and Mauritius. Remarkably, however, propagating these much-needed skill-sets elsewhere doesn’t happen naturally, particularly across low-income and island nations. … Read more
POSTPONED – Photographic slideshow and book-signing by SAC alumnus
**Please note: this event has now been postponed until Tuesday 5th April.** On Tuesday 5th April, School of Anthropology and Conservation alumnus Dr Charlie Gardner … Read more
Annual DICE lecture 2016 – 10th March
This year’s lecture, entitled Badgering: The Science, Policy and Politics of Managing Cattle Tuberculosis, will be delivered by Professor Rosie Woodroffe, Senior Research Fellow at … Read more
Early warning system to save species
Dr Simon Black of DICE has developed a number of techniques that are more commonly seen in business settings to encourage improvements in conservation management. In his latest … Read more
PhD Studentship available in ‘The Benefits of Biodiversity: Human-Wildlife Interactions in Urban Guyana’
Description: Over 50% of the global human population now live in urban areas. Future rates of urbanisation are expected to be rapid and pose a … Read more







