The Wildlife Conservation Research Unit
The planet’s human population increases by more than 200,000 people every day. This exerts ever more severe and intensifying pressure on finite natural resources throughout the world. The resulting environmental degradation, biodiversity loss and climate change destroys nature and impacts human well-being. The mission of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) is to achieve practical solutions to conservation problems through original scientific research. Our research is used worldwide to advise environmental policy-makers. The need for our efforts is greater than ever.
Part of the University of Oxford’s Department of Zoology, WildCRU is a pioneering, inter-disciplinary research unit in a world-class academic centre. We underpin solutions to conservation problems through primary scientific research of the highest calibre. Our approach is empirical, interdisciplinary and collaborative, seeking to include all four elements of our “Conservation Quartet” research to understand and address the problem; education to explain it; community involvement to ensure participation and acceptance; and implementation of long-term solutions.
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News
Since the 1970s Borneo has lost a staggering 30% of its forests. What next?
May 26, 2017
The answer comes from a new study that will help conservation planners not only in Borneo, but for forests around the world. This novel approach models the factors ... Read full story
Oxford University collaboration wins ‘green Oscar’ for conservation
May 18, 2017
WildCRU congratulates Ximena Velez-Liendo who, on 18th May, won a prestigious Whitley Award, present by HRH Princess Anne. Ximena is the first post-doctoral Chester Conservation Fellow at the ... Read full story
First Madagascan in 800 years of Oxford University’s history to submit a doctoral thesis, writes David Macdonald
May 11, 2017
We were proud when, in 2008, Mr Herizo Andrianandrasana came to the WildCRU to study for our Recanti-Kaplan Centre Postgraduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice - ... Read full story