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Wildlife Conservation Course 2019 – Game of Thrones theme
May 7, 2019From the Kingdom of Westeros, we hear about the storms of swords, a clash of kings, and even a dance with dragons. Steering clear of the fantasy and the action, we are left with something obvious: Man-made conflicts that leave the world exposed to larger threats. This calls for a conservation course that equips fearless ... Read full story
Lions found in south Cameroon forest, far from their known range
May 7, 2019When the Warden of Mpem and Djim National Park heard rumours of lions around his park, he decided to investigate. The nearest known lion population is in Faro National Park 300km to the North, and it seemed impossible that these lions could have dispersed across the human-dominated landscapes all the way to Mpem and Djim. ... Read full story
Land use and biodiversity conservation highlighted in two new WildCRU book chapters
April 23, 2019WildCRU’s Ruth Feber, Paul Johnson and David Macdonald are delighted to have contributed chapters to two ground-breaking books, published this spring. In the first of these, “The Science Beneath Organic Production”, (edited by David Atkinson and Christine Watson), experts explore the cultural context of food production and examine the historical aspects, ... Read full story
New WildCRU study accompanies the creation of a development Tool Kit for planners in important areas of high biodiversity
May 7, 2019It’s one thing to document forest loss, to understand its detailed ecological consequences and, even, to predict that in the face of inevitable development it will get worse. But can something useful be done? That was the question that lay behind more than five years of intensive fieldwork, and the collection of thousands of camera-trap ... Read full story
WildCRU Camera Trap Internships
May 3, 2019We are pleased to announce that we are looking for early career undergraduates or masters students to work closely with our camera trapping co-ordinator. The internships will contribute to consolidating WildCRU’s wide-spread and long-term camera trapping dataset spanning South East Asia to West Africa to Scotland. The interns will learn a variety of skills, attend WildCRU’s ... Read full story
Effects of publication bias on conservation planning
April 15, 2019We may be able to see everywhere, but we don't know everything: David Macdonald reports on a remarkable study led by WildCRU's Raffael Hickisch which reveals an all-too-conscious bias in where wildlife is studied. Raffael, an alumnus of WildCRU's Recanati-Kaplan Centre's Postgraduate Diploma in International Wildlife Conservation Practice, has spent years working with ... Read full story
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