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DICE research shows EU fisheries failures jeopardise small fishing communities

By jk393 | 03 October 2018

Traditional fishing has been harmed by EU fishing policies that favour big businesses and ignore sustainable approaches to conserving fish stocks. This is the main finding of … Read more

Expanding habitat protection in Guyana

By jk393 | 01 October 2018

Research to identify priority areas for conservation in Guyana is one of the School’s many projects that are having real-world impact. Since 2011, DICE researchers … Read more

Kent and the International Encyclopaedia of Anthropology

By jk393 | 27 September 2018

Wiley Blackwell have just published their seven-volume International Encyclopedia of Anthropology, which will be an essential and definitive work of first reference, shaping the image … Read more

Inaugural DICE talk: ‘How can we save ugly species?’

By jk393 | 26 September 2018

The School of Anthropology and Conservation has created a new series named DICE Talks that will take place every month and will consist of a … Read more

DICE research uncovers illegal ivory dealers starting to use similar code words to hide online sales

By jk393 | 25 September 2018

Ivory sellers in Europe are using the same code words in different languages to covertly advertise items for sale, potentially making it easier for law … Read more

Conservation-themed film festival comes to Gulbenkian

By jk393 | 21 September 2018

This Autumn, in collaboration with the School of Anthropology and Conservation, the Gulbenkian cinema is hosting a series of environmental documentary films to help raise … Read more

Global trade in exotic pets threatens endangered parrots through the spread of a virus

By jk393 | 20 September 2018

Beak and feather disease virus (BFDV) in wild parrot populations has been detected in eight new countries, raising concerns for threatened species. The new countries … Read more

DICE alumna Anita Diederichsen on why she chose Kent

By jk393 | 14 September 2018

“I chose Kent because of the reputation of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology and the Taught Masters’ degree they offer,” testifies Brazilian scholar … Read more

DICE research finds that serial criminals could help save tigers

By jk393 | 04 September 2018

A geographic profiling tool used to catch serial criminals could help reduce the casualties of human-tiger conflict, according to conservationists who collaborated on an innovative … Read more

Annual Distinguished Ethnobotanist Lecture 2018

By njm37 | 30 August 2018

Tuesday, October 9th, 17:00 at Jodrell Lecture Theatre, Kew Gardens, London ‘Discovering new wild edible plants in Europe: from 19th century famine potherb to 21st … Read more

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