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September 19, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Conservation & Development, Conservation Management, Miscellaneous, Places & Ecosystems, Research, Species Conservation

i Seahorse – citizen science for seahorse conservation

July 30, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

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. […]

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

Ten Conservation Quotes, that make you stop and think…

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“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 […]

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Conservation & Development, Conservation Management, Miscellaneous, Places & Ecosystems

5 tips for social science in Oman

June 6, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist 4 Comments

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 […]

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Conservation & Development, Conservation Management, Oman, Places & Ecosystems, Research

Jabal Qara

May 8, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Oman, Places & Ecosystems, Research

The Road to Rakhyut

May 4, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

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. […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Oman, Photography, Places & Ecosystems, Research

London-Muscat-Salalah

April 24, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Conservation & Development, Oman, Places & Ecosystems, Research

An Adventure in Madagascar

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With a short break in my study deadlines, I have finally got round to doing something I have been meaning to do since 2008; mapping my adventure through Madagascar. So […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Madagascar, Photography, Places & Ecosystems

Will biodiversity pay the price for development yet again?

February 15, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

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 […]

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Conservation & Development, Conservation Management, Places & Ecosystems

Kenya Field Course Diary

February 12, 2014by Lawrence Ball - Conservation Biologist Leave a comment

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 […]

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Adventure & Expeditions, Conservation & Development, Conservation Management, Kenya, 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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