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Date Announced for Conservation Geopolitics Forum 2018
July 16, 2018The WildCRU Forum on Conservation Geopolitics: developing conversations across disciplines Save the Date 19th - 22nd March 2019 Worcester College, Oxford Wildlife is threatened by challenges that are global in scale. These challenges are influenced by geopolitical relationships between countries, and their multiple, sometimes conflicting but often overlapping interests. Understanding and addressing the role of geopolitics in wildlife ... Read full story
The impact of habitat and tourist abundance on cheetah cub survival
June 26, 2018New research from Kenya shows that both open habitat and the number of tourists could have a negative impact on the number of cubs that survive to independence. The study was carried out by WildCRU’s Femke Broekhuis in the Maasai Mara using over four years of data on individually recognised cheetahs. Cheetahs have experienced drastic ... Read full story
Large fenced reserves an effective way to bring wolves back to Scotland
June 14, 2018David Macdonald led the WildCRU component of a team including the Universities of Sussex and Kent, that indicates that for wolves to be effective at directly reducing red deer numbers and allowing nature to recover in the Scottish Highlands they may need to be reintroduced to very large fenced reserve. A fenced area, which would also ... Read full story
Moreangels Mbizah represents Oxford at its best
July 3, 2018Moreangels Mbizah represents Oxford at its best – finding, and nurturing, talent from wherever it may come, writes David Macdonald in celebration at the new National Geographic film about WildCRU’s Moreangels. In her case, that talent was found in Zimbabwe and, fired by relentless dedication and the inspiration of nature, it propelled her from rural ... Read full story
WildCRU Research Fellow lauded at ZSL awards
June 18, 2018We all congratulate Mark Stanley-Price, a current member of WildCRU, and Susan Cheyne, one of our distinguished former members for the awards they received at ZSL. Mark has devoted much of his professional life to reintroductions, whereas Susan devotes hers to gibbons. We are so proud of their achievements and their association ... Read full story
How international treaties can help lions
June 12, 2018Lions are, collectively, in trouble. Recent estimates suggest populations of wild lions in Africa have fallen below 30,000 in number. In an ongoing collaboration with legal researchers Arie Trouwborst and Melissa Lewis at Tilburg Law School, researchers at WildCRU have been asking how international treaties can help to save the species. In ... Read full story
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