WildCRU’s 2025 Impact Report

WildCRU’s 2025 Impact Report is now available, showcasing a year of research, training and conservation action that is helping improve outcomes for wildlife and people around the world.

From understanding wildlife behaviour, ecology and ongoing threats, to sustainable wildlife population management, devising community-based conservation strategies and connecting landscapes, the report highlights how evidence-based research can deliver lasting conservation impact.

The report also reflects a significant year for WildCRU. During 2025, the team moved into Oxford’s new Life and Mind Building, launched a new website, celebrated 30 years of the Ethiopian Wolf Conservation Programme and marked decades of African lion conservation research.

Among the highlights featured in the report are:

• Over 90 scientific papers published during the year.
• Launching the WildMAPS tool to make ecological data accessible for conservation planning.
• Supporting policy that recognises invasive species across the EU.
• Summarising 10 years of lion research following the ‘Cecil the lion’ anniversary.
• Continued support for the next generation of conservation leaders through the WildCRU Diploma and doctoral training programmes.
• Practical conservation successes ranging from reducing human-wildlife conflict to restoring habitats and informing national and international policy.

Professor Amy Dickman, Director of WildCRU, writes in the report:

“As we look towards our 40th year, we will be doing all we can to deliver world-class science, conduct effective training, and learn from conservation implementation around the world.”

In 2026 and beyond, WildCRU aims to expand conservation training, strengthen international partnerships and continue translating world-class science into practical conservation action.

Read the full 2025 WildCRU Impact Report here.