Tag: field work

Stopping wildlife poisoning in Cambodia
In parts of Cambodia, wildlife poisoning occurs as a method of hunting for meat consumption. Changing people's behaviour is a challenge for conservation.

A quasi-experimental study of impacts of Tanzania’s wildlife management areas on rural livelihoods and wealth
Abstract Since the 2000s, Tanzania’s natural resource management policy has emphasised Wildlife Management Areas (WMAs), designed to promote wildlife and biodiversity conservation, poverty alleviation and rural development. We carried out a quasi-experimental impact evaluation of social impacts of WMAs, collecting data from 24 villages participating in 6 different WMAs across two geographical regions, and 18 ...

Dteu srok Khmer veng (Back to Cambodia)
An update on Emiel's PhD research as he heads back out to Cambodia.

Harriet’s fieldwork diaries
Catch up with Harriet's video diaries documenting her recent field season in Keo Seima Wildlife Sanctuary, Cambodia

Fieldwork: deeper into the forest
Emiel's latest update about his fieldwork and all the challenges of surveying households in rural Cambodia.

Fieldwork: Getting stuck in
Emiel describes the first phase of his PhD fieldwork: a survey of ten villages, spread across two protected areas in Cambodia’s Preah Vihear province

The start of fieldwork: a first pilot study
"Let this be a warning to my future self: one month into the trip and none of this has gone as planned..."