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First comprehensive report on the wildlife economy in Africa
April 29, 2021Delighted 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, 2021The 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
Evaluating the effects of non-representative sampling designs on species distribution models
April 28, 2021By 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, 2021Robotic 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
An update from the Andean Bear Project
April 23, 2021By Ximena Velez Liendo The Andean Carnivore Conservation Program is a community-based conservation initiative that seeks to foster coexistence between people and large carnivores in Bolivia's Interandean dry forest. It aims to understand the ecological and social dynamics of human-wildlife conflicts, to develop innovative and sustainable economic alternatives, which are crucial for the long-term survival of ... Read full story
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