CONSERVATION SCIENCE

Balancing making a difference with making a living in the conservation sector

We asked 2694 conservationists working globally how satisfied they were with progress toward goals important to them and examined how this varied among different groups.

Aidan on October 11, 2021

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Publications

Potentially harmful World Bank projects are proximate to areas of biodiversity conservation importance

We examine the relationship between potentially harmful World Bank-funded project activities and areas of conservation importance. We find that 5 by 5 km cells containing a project activity are more likely to contain a Key Biodiversity Area, or a biodiversity hotspot, and have on average greater richness of globally threatened species, than those without.

Aidan on September 29, 2021

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Effects of social networks on interventions to change conservation behaviour

We investigated how network processes such as information flows and social influence influenced behavior change in the context of a social marketing campaign to promote a wildlife poisoning hotline in Cambodia.

Aidan on September 15, 2021

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Using mixed methods to understand sensitive wildlife poisoning behaviours in northern Cambodia

Using the theory of planned behaviour, informant interviews and focus group discussions, we investigated drivers of wildlife poisoning across ten communities in northern Cambodia.

Aidan on November 3, 2020

Completed PhD project

Contesting elephants: behavioural interventions in conservation conflicts

Zac's PhD project uses experimental approaches to study conservation conflicts in northern Tanzania

By Aidan on October 1, 2015

Teaching

Conservation Science Undergraduate Course

Our award-winning fourth year module introduces the field of conservation science focusing on changes in biodiversity, threats to biodiversity, protected area management, and people-focused conservation.

By Aidan on October 1, 2015

Former PhD student

Zac Baynham-Herd

Zac’s PhD explores how conflicts are conceptualised and how conservationists intervene to resolve them, focusing on a Wildlife Management Area in Northern Tanzania as a case-study.

By Aidan on September 21, 2015

Completed PhD project

Using game theory for understanding and managing conservation conflict

Chris's PhD research uses frameworks from common-pool resource literature and game theory to explore conflict over goose numbers in the Scottish islands.

By Aidan on January 1, 2015