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: Places & Ecosystems
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 […]
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 […]
Jabal Qara
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 […]
The Road to Rakhyut
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. […]
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 […]
An Adventure in Madagascar
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 […]
Will biodiversity pay the price for development yet again?
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 […]
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 […]
Lawrence Ball - Conservation Science 