Based on extensive ethnographic fieldwork, the research of Dr Natalia García Bonet, Lecturer in Social Anthropology, shows how the practice of informal (illegal) gold mining … Read more
Category: Research
‘Study shows Village Forests in Indonesia can protect the environment and reduce poverty’ – Dr Matthew Struebig writes for The Conversation
President Joko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo’s administration will continue giving permits for local communities and indigenous peoples to manage forests under the Social Forestry Scheme during his … Read more
DICE researcher Jeanne Mckay quoted in BBC article on Muslim clerics preaching for climate change
Restoring peatland, rather than burning it, is currently one of Indonesia’s priorities to reduce its annual carbon emissions. Worldwide, peatlands in their natural waterlogged state can … Read more
Dr Emmy Bocaege receives Cozzarelli prize for her paper investigating human remains from Neolithic Çatalhöyük
The Cozzarelli Prize is awarded annually to six research teams whose PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America) … Read more
New research into flightlessness in the Aldabra rail indicates it could be a distinct species
A new research paper published on Aldabra’s endemic white-throated rail Dryolimnas [cuvieri] aldabranus has shown two new facts about this unique bird: it evolved among the most … Read more
Crops provide chimpanzees with more energy than wild foods
A study conducted by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that cultivated foods offer chimpanzees in West Africa more energetic benefits … Read more
The benefits of using flagship species in conservation campaigns
New research co-authored by the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has validated the wider conservation benefits of using flagship species as the faces … Read more
DICE research shows that extinction is difficult to prove for Earth’s ultra-rare species
A recent study from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has called for an increase in scientific surveys and collection of specimens to … Read more
DICE research shows potential for zero-deforestation pledges to protect wildlife in oil palm
New research from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE) has found that environmental efforts aimed at eliminating deforestation from oil palm production have … Read more
Governments must put biodiversity at the heart of climate policy
Protecting biodiversity needs to be addressed as critically and rapidly as the climate, argue conservationists from the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE). In … Read more