Discover Conservation
All too often we hear of the doom and gloom surrounding biodiversity loss and environmental destruction, be it how many acres of rainforest we are losing per second, or how […]
Author Archives: Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist
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When I first proposed a study on dragonflies be undertaken on the British Exploring 2012 Oman expedition I can’t say the idea was met with the untameable wave of excitement […]
i Seahorse – citizen science for seahorse conservation
Guest post by Katelyn Dick (Project Seahorse) Who wouldn’t be excited to spot a seahorse in the wild? They’re fascinating, mysterious, and compared to other fish they look pretty unusual. […]
3 Endangergraphics to get stuck in to…
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Ten Conservation Quotes, that make you stop and think…
“You cannot get through a single day without having an impact on the world around you. What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of […]
Umbrella Conservation
You may or may not have heard of the term ‘umbrella species’ before? A couple of definitions include: “A wide-ranging species whose requirements include those of many other species” “The […]
5 tips for social science in Oman
1. Learn Arabic Of course this applies to any country you’re working in where you don’t speak the language. I only know a few basic words of Arabic and would […]
Jabal Qara
Today I drove directly north from Salalah in to a mountain range known as Jabal Qara. I have spent several days in Jabal Samhan to the east and many weeks […]
I can’t find any more livestock owners…
After 30 interviews I think I have reached an information saturation point. Further interviews are failing to produce new information and I can’t find any more livestock owners! This is […]
The Road to Rakhyut
Construction of the road between the city of Salalah in southern Oman and the town of Rakhyut near the Yemen border began in 1980 and took many years to finish. […]
