Dr Simon Black appears in a broadcast for NDR German Television in Hamburg on the 1st April for the popular science programme “W wie Wissen” … Read more
Category: Research
New Research Project for Dr Bob Smith
Project aims to reduce conservation impacts of climate change on protected areas in West Africa How to mitigate the conservation impacts of climate change on … Read more
How best to monitor biodiversity in REDD+ projects?
If done well, REDD+ projects (Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and Forest Degradation) may not only save carbon rich forests, but also protect embattled biodiversity. But … Read more
Research breakthrough in dental development of humans
Forensic practitioners and anthropologists will be among those to benefit from new University of Kent research on the dental development of humans. The research, which … Read more
From native to invasive: using DNA to characterise the spread of introduced ringneck parakeets from Asia/Africa to Europe
Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge Co Investigators: Dr. Diederik Strubbe, University of Antwerp Researcher: Hazel Jackson Project dates: February 2012 – January 2013 Funding: £12,467: … Read more
Glenn Bowman speaking in New York
Glenn Bowmn will be away from campus next week as he heads to New York to speak at The Center for Religion, Culture and Public Life … Read more
CBCD staff working in India
Honorary Professor Patricia Howard is leading a multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional effort, including School staff members Rajindra Puri and Michael Fischer, to develop conceptual frameworks, methods and a science … Read more
From genes to environmental change: the spatial ecology of a tropical seabird
Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge Project dates: 2011-September 2016 Funding: NERC/University of Reading (£35,596) Collaborators: Prof. Ken Norris and Dr. Malcolm Nicoll, CAER, University of … Read more
Protected Areas Resilient to Climate Change (PARCC) in West Africa
Principal Investigator: Dr Bob Smith Project dates: 2011 to 2015 Funding: Global Environment Fund UK Project Partners: Led by UNEP-WCMC, with Durham University, IUCN Species Programme, BirdLife International, and … Read more
Examining the fate of local great crested newt populations following licensed developments
Principal Investigator: Professor Richard Griffiths Project dates: 1 May 2011-30 November 2013 Funding: Defra: £190,296 Collaborators: Amphibian and Reptile Conservation The demand for housing … Read more