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Category Archives: Oman

peru dragon anax

Why Dragonflies?

June 14, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 4 Comments

After explaining what I have been getting up to over the last few years, people will often ask me “why dragonflies?”. In all honesty, I love hearing this question because […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Dragonflies, Madagascar, Oman, Peruvian Amazon, Research
sea to the sky

From the Sea to the Sky

June 6, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

The Dhofar mountain range is a unique tropical pocket on the southern coast of Oman. Here the Indian monsoon causes dense mist and fog to cloak the southern slopes for […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Oman, Places & Ecosystems
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Base Camp

June 5, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

Base camp is the living breathing heart of a conservation expedition. It is from here, that daily plans are formed, and where the daily activities culminate. It is home where […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Madagascar, Oman, Peruvian Amazon, Places & Ecosystems
Striped Hyena

Arabian Leopard Camera Trap Footage

May 29, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 1 Comment

Caracal             Leopard              Hyena              Sand Fox With less than 200 individuals remaining in the wild, the […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Oman, Photography, Research, Species Conservation
Arabian Leopard

Panthera pardus nimr

May 17, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

The Arabian Leopard is listed as critically endangered by the IUCN with a declining population estimated at less than 200 individuals scattered throughout a handful of mountainous regions in the […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Oman, Places & Ecosystems, Research, Species Conservation
Orthetrum sabina

Dragon Hunting

May 14, 2012by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

I first became fascinated by dragonflies during my gap year expedition to Madagascar. There was a dusty track that led from camp down to Tsarakibany village which we would walk […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Dragonflies, Madagascar, Oman, Peruvian Amazon, Research

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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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