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 […]
Category Archives: Conservation & Development
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. […]
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 […]
Have a break..have a dishdash
A dishdash is one of many names given to the long poncho-like article of clothing worn by most Omani men. This is of little relevance to this post apart from […]
Dahak, Aqathoo & Hafof
After 8 interviews in Hakab we moved to the neighbouring village of Dahak. Here we spoke to 4 more livestock owners, including one lovely man who fed me some tasty […]
Hakab
So after some juggling of resources, I was able to make it out to the village of Hakab on the southeastern hillsides of Wadi Sayq. We practised with one of […]
Omani time
Time for an update! After meeting up with Hadi yesterday, I spent this morning briefing the rangers on the methods we will be using in the study. Simple questions, such […]
London-Muscat-Salalah
I have arrived in Salalah at midnight on the equivalent of our UK Saturday night and people are chilling and hanging out all around town. A Thursday-Friday weekend can throw […]
Lawrence Ball │ Conservation Science 