WildCRU publishes Wildlife & Farming handbook

January 24, 2014

WildCRU's Dr Ruth Feber, and Director Professor David Macdonald have co-authored a wildlife conservation handbook for lowland farms. The 150 page handbook contains information and management advice for a range of farmland habitats and species. The handbook is available for download here.

WildCRU’s Amy Dickman becomes James Marsh Professor-at-Large

November 13, 2013

WildCRU is pleased to announce that Amy Dickman was recently appointed as a James Marsh Professor-at-Large at the University of Vermont. The James Marsh Professor programme selects experts from a wide range of disciplines, and enables them become non-resident faculty members of the University of Vermont, visiting there for short periods to give lectures and ... Read full story

Transfrontier Conservation of Tigers and Other Endangered Species

September 5, 2013

Date: 29th July - 2nd August 2013 Hosted by the Chinese Government's State Forestry Administration and Beijing Forestry University's Wildlife Institute, and supported by the World Bank Global Tiger Initiative (GTI), WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Association of China, WildCRU's Dr Philip Riordan is facilitating an International Workshop on Transboundary Conservation of Tigers and Other ... Read full story

Range Countries Pledge to Save Snow Leopard

November 14, 2013

Countries Converge in Kyrgyz Republic for New Global Initiative to Conserve the Snow Leopard and High-Mountain Ecosystems. President Atambayev announces snow leopard recovery program to confront poaching, manage landscapes, assist mountain communities and address climate change threats. October 23, 2013, Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic – President Almazbek Atambayev of the Kyrgyz Republic and officials representing 12 Central and ... Read full story

Dr Krystyna Golabek describes cutting edge new tracking and remote measure technology for cheetah research

September 11, 2013

Exciting new technology developed by Prof. Alan Wilson's Structure and Motion Laboratory at London's Royal Veterinary College has allowed precise tracking and remote measures on wild cheetah at the Botswana Predator Conservation Trust's study site. This new technology, armed with solar-power cells, GPS-loggers, and 3D activity sensors, is incredibly power-efficient and is programmed to collect ... Read full story

Shared Planet: Living with Carnivores

September 5, 2013

On the Tuesday 16th July edition of BBC Radio 4’s Shared Planet, Monty Don spoke with Professor David Macdonald regarding the potential impact that fencing could have in African lion conservation. From the BBC website: “Lion biologist Craig Packer from the University of Minnesota will be speaking to Monty about his observations in Tanzania where upward ... Read full story