Driverless cars could see humankind sprawl ever further into the countryside

August 29, 2017

WildCRU's Dr Timothy Hodgetts, Research Fellow in the Geopolitics of Wildlife Conservation, has recently published an article in The Conversation. Read the full article here.

Mongabay reports on the difficulties facing young conservationists

August 17, 2017

Mongabay.com spoke to young conservationists about their experiences finding work. The article examines how a tight job market and high educational and experience requirements are preventing many finding paid positions, which may be a detriment to conservation efforts in the future. The interviewees included Lucero Vaca, currently completing a PhD at WildCRU on human-wildlife conflict ... Read full story

Why we need trees outside woods

August 15, 2017

Trees outside woods, such as copses, hedgerows, scattered and urban trees, provide multiple ecosystem services and are incredibly important in today’s human dominated and fragmented landscapes. Yet they face a variety of threats, and optimal management is required to meet the needs of both people and wildlife. WildCRU’s Dr Ruth Feber has been working with ... Read full story

Mongabay reports on the threat to Clouded Leopards posed by palm oil

August 23, 2017

Mongabay reports on how palm oil threatens the Clouded Leopard. They spoke to WildCRU's Andrew Hearn, and Ewan Macdonald for comment. “Oil palm plantation habitats, particularly recently cleared areas…tend to resist the movements of these cats, whereas forest habitats facilitated their movements.”  https://news.mongabay.com/2017/08/a-clouded-future-asias-enigmatic-clouded-leopard-threatened-by-palm-oil/ 

The crude aphorism has it that money talks, but according to an Opinion piece just published by John Vucetich and David Macdonald, it doesn’t talk loudly enough to deliver carnivore conservation

August 15, 2017

Professor Vucetich, a Visiting Scientist at WildCRU, and David are keenly aware that there are circumstances where wildlife can pay its own way, and that these credits to the balance sheet are very important to conservation. However, they argue that there are, and indeed need to be, other motives if, specifically carnivores, are to be ... Read full story

A cultural conscience for conservation?

August 4, 2017

If I had a pound (even a penny) for every time …… might be the refrain of  grumpy old men, but think how grumpy you’d be if you were a lion, writes David Macdonald, reporting on a new WildCRU paper led by Caroline Good, WildCRU’s Recanati-Kaplan post-doctoral fellow in Art and Conservation. After all, since ... Read full story