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A FREE Journal! …from Madagascar!

October 20, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

madagascar

Madagascar Conservation & Development has been publishing research since 2006. It is an electronic, open-access, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal devoted to the swift dissemination of current research in and on Madagascar and the Western Indian Ocean islands.

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Conservation Management, Expedition Angano, Madagascar

The Empty Quarter – Portraits of the Sands

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“No man can live this life and emerge unchanged. He will carry, however faint, the imprint of the desert, the brand which marks the nomad; and he will have within […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Oman, Photography

Biodiversity Loss and Human Wellbeing

September 3, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

Species extinction is a natural process and would occur without the impact of humankind. In fact species extinction has played a role in the evolution of life on earth since […]

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Conservation & Development, Conservation Management

Digital Ecology

August 15, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

“Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better” Albert Einstein Over the last few years digital cameras, like many other electronic gadgets, have become increasingly advanced, opening […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Birds, Photography, Research, Subarctic Finland

Expedition – Kevo Subarctic Research Station, Finland

July 18, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

“Far to the North under the Great Bear, Sápmi shines. Ridge upon ridge, lake stretching into lake. Rocky cliffs, craggy peaks point to the sky. Streams laugh, woods whisper. Steely precipices drop, descend into […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Places & Ecosystems, Research, Subarctic Finland

Conservation Refugees

July 17, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

The Hundred-Year Conflict between Global Conservation and Native Peoples Overview by the Author Mark Dowie Since 1900, more than 108,000 officially protected conservation areas have been established worldwide, largely at […]

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Conservation & Development, Conservation Management, Places & Ecosystems, Species Conservation

Arabian Dragonflies

July 2, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

Sixty four species of Odonata are known from the Arabian Peninsula and 42 species of Odonata are known from Oman, with around 24 recorded from the Dhofar region (J.–P. Boudot […]

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Dragonflies, Oman

In the Press – Muscat Daily & Times of Oman

June 16, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

A couple more Omani newspaper articles about the British Exploring Society Oman expeditions and the research we have undertaken in Wadi Sayq, Dhofar over the last couple of years.   […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Oman

James Borell’s Year of Citizen Science

June 14, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

2013 is James Borrell’s year of citizen science. A whole year championing outstanding conservation projects powered by an army of volunteers. “Science isn’t just for scientists and you don’t have […]

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Conservation Management, Research

Iquitos – The Capital City of Amazonia

June 5, 2013by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

For once, I am not writing about expeditions, ecology or wildlife – but about the city of Iquitos in the heart of the Peruvian Amazon. Why? Because I loved it! […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Conservation & Development, Peruvian Amazon, Places & Ecosystems

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Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist

Lawrence is a ESRC-funded PhD student at the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE), University of Kent. His interdisciplinary research is working towards sustainable pastoralism and biodiversity conservation in Dhofar, Oman. He has been involved in a number of overseas research expeditions in Africa, South America, Europe and the Middle East. Lawrence features in the recent conservation documentary, ‘Madagascar: Life on the Edge’.

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