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
NERC CASE Studentship Awarded
DICE professor, Richard Griffiths, has successfully secured a NERC CASE studentship. This joint venture with ZSL sees Helen Meredith joining DICE as a PhD student on … Read more
Alumni in the news
School of Anthropology and Conservation Alumni in the News: James Wong (Ethnobotany 2005), presenter of the BBC’s Grow your own Drugs, won a Gold Medal at … Read more
Biocultural Diversity Intensive Programme
Biocultural Diversity Intensive Programme was held at Universitat Autonoma in Barcelona, Feb 27-March 12th. 55 postgraduate students and 20 lecturers and researchers from across Europe … Read more
Breaking Convention – Conference on psychedelic consciousness
Drs. Anna Waldstein, Cameron Adams and Axel Klein and several School of Anthropology and Conservation postgraduate students and alumni were panel organizers and presenters at Breaking Convention: … Read more
Orphan chimpanzees are released into the wild using advanced GPS technology
A group of 12 orphan chimpanzees were released back into the wild with the aid of sophisticated GPS tracking technology. The release is the first … Read more
Molecular genetics and infectious disease in red squirrels on Jersey
Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge Co Investigators: Dr Tiffany Blackett and Major Stephen Coleman Project dates: May 2011 – April 2012 Funding: £13,370: Jersey … Read more
Development of standardised protocols for assessing reptile and amphibian populations
Principal Investigator: Professor Richard Griffiths Project dates: 1 January 2011 – ongoing Funding: NERC: £85,866; Freshwater Habitats Trust Collaborators: Natural England; Countryside Council for Wales; … Read more








