Kenya Field Course Diary
In early January 2014 I spent two weeks travelling around Kenya visiting national parks, private reserves, and community and NGO projects. Alongside my masters degree peers we engaged in a […]
Category Archives: Conservation Management
Kenya Field Course
Tomorrow I will be heading off to Kenya on a two week field course as part of my Masters degree at the University of Exeter. We will be travelling all […]
Tamshiyacu-Tahuayo Communal Reserve
There is increasing demand for protected areas to achieve poverty reduction in addition to biodiversity conservation. However, given the increasing reliance of rural communities on natural resources and the unpredictable […]
A FREE Journal! …from 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.
Biodiversity Loss and Human Wellbeing
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 […]
Conservation Refugees
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 […]
James Borell’s Year of Citizen Science
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 […]
Constructive Criticism in Conservation Management Techniques
Improving management systems and techniques has always been a key agenda throughout all industries to improve efficiency of outcomes, increase profit and minimise downfalls. In many stable industries, those with […]
Galapagos – A Tale of Tourism
“It is the fate of most voyagers, no sooner to discover what is most interesting in any locality, than they are hurried from it; but I ought, perhaps, to be […]
The Rise of the East African Safari
In 1905 a British zoologist, P. L. Sclater, declared that the elephant, rhino, giraffe, eland and zebra needed special efforts in order to conserve them. There was one place in […]
Lawrence Ball │ Conservation Science 