Cheetah Conservation Project Zimbabwe, a new addition to WildCRU’s Trans-Kalahari Predator Programme

April 30, 2021

WildCRU is pleased to announce that Lovemore Sibanda will be leading the Cheetah Conservation Project Zimbabwe (CCPZ) as a new addition to WildCRU’s Trans-Kalahari Predator Programme (TKPP). Lovemore  has been part of the WildCRU family since 2010 when he worked as a Community Liaison Officer for Hwange Lion Research. He later joined ... Read full story

Evaluating the effects of non-representative sampling designs on species distribution models

April 28, 2021

By Luca Chiaverini Species distribution models are a powerful tool for investigating the main factors driving the selection and the avoidance of certain habitats and environmental features by species. Theoretically, distribution models should be produced by evenly sampling all the environmental conditions of the study area in which the focal species is being investigated, in ... Read full story

Research into the impact of robotic lawn mowers on hedgehogs

April 26, 2021

Robotic lawn mowers running at night have, by some, been declared a new threat to European hedgehogs. Now a recently published study conducted by Dr Sophie Lund Rasmussen and colleagues from Oxford University and Aalborg University sheds light on the topic. They found that different models of robotic lawn mowers vary substantially in their capability to detect and avoid ... Read full story

First comprehensive report on the wildlife economy in Africa

April 29, 2021

Delighted to see the major new report on The State of Wildlife Economy in Africa from the ALU School of Wildlife Conservation. WildCRU Research Visitor, Dr Frank Vorhies, is Academic Director of ALU’s School of Wildlife Conservation and a main contributing author to the report. It is ... Read full story

Useful insights into legal wildlife trade revealed in new paper

April 27, 2021

The legal wildlife trade tends to receive relatively little research attention compared with the illegal wildlife trade. Yet, legal wildlife trade is huge (in terms of value, and the numbers and diversity of species involved). Legal wildlife trade sometimes provides important sources of income for local communities, but it is often not well documented or ... Read full story

The Web of Life: A Transhimalayan Animal Adventure

April 26, 2021

“Children are our future, so we created a book to playfully teach them about the importance of the different animal species in their Himalayan ecosystem. But really the book is for people of all ages”, explains Geraldine Werhahn, Director of the Himalayan Wolves Project. Geraldine and her research colleague Naresh Kusi, Country Programme ... Read full story