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Oxford-led paper exploring impacts of wildlife trade bans wins Unjournal research prize
30/01/2024A recent paper led by WildCRU Research Associate Takahiro Kubo, with Diogo Verissimo and co-authors has come first in The Unjournal’s “Impactful Research Prizes”. Entitled “Banning wildlife trade can boost demand”, the work provides evidence that trade bans on some threatened species may increase demand for other non-banned species. With reference to ... Read full story
Cumulative conservation impact – WildCRU Diploma alumni news
25/01/2024WildCRU’s Diploma in International Conservation Practice gives conservation biologists and practitioners, often from less developed countries, invaluable skills to increase the impact of their work. Since the course’s establishment in 2009, alumni from nearly 50 different countries have furthered their studies, authored publications, won awards, gained prestigious positions and contributed significantly to global conservation efforts.... Read full story
Researchers develop hedgehog safety test for robotic lawn mowers
16/01/2024WildCRU Research Associate Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen has led new work assessing how dangerous robotic lawnmowers are to hedgehogs. The authors hope this will lead to a certification scheme that will allow consumers to choose ‘hedgehog-friendly’ mowers. European hedgehog populations (Erinaceus europaeus) are in decline - increasingly sharing habitat with humans and being ... Read full story
Understanding consumer preferences in Singapore’s shark fin trade
26/01/2024Sharks and rays are among the world’s most threatened species, primarily due to overfishing - some of which is driven by the shark fin market. To date, fisheries and trade regulations have often not resulted in positive conservation outcomes for threatened sharks and rays. Therefore, more avenues need to be explored to reduce consumer demand ... Read full story
The Oxford Pakistan Programme and WildCRU Diploma collaborate
19/01/2024The Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) has teamed up with WildCRU to offer funding for postgraduate study and training on wildlife conservation practices to talented Pakistani origin conservationists. The OPP and WildCRU's joint initiative will see an OPP-WildCRU Scholar supported at Oxford each year. The inaugural OPP-WildCRU Scholar, Bilal Mustafa ... Read full story
Impact on species’ online attention when named after celebrities
19/12/2023Celebrities can generate substantial attention. So, what happens when species are named after them? Do these species receive more online attention? This question was explored by WildCRU’s Katie Blake and Diogo Verissimo, alongside colleagues Sean Anderson and Adam Gleave. Using Wikipedia page view data for over 4,000 species pairs, the ... Read full story
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