Showing posts with label conservation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label conservation. Show all posts
Tuesday, 9 July 2013

What is the influence of climate change on Tanzanian protected areas?

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Pangani Longclaw Macronyx aurantiigula is perhaps the best example of a species extending west, having colonised Serengeti recently. I...
Wednesday, 1 May 2013

Indian house crows and invasive aliens

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Indian House Crow, not the prettiest... Thanks to Dick Daniels There are very few birds I don't like to see, but today's common...
Wednesday, 3 April 2013

How to protect lions?

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Lions: just big kitties really! There have been a couple of lion stories in the news in the last week or two, and enough interest in the...
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Monday, 4 June 2012

More on management of protected areas: the human dimensions.

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Public relations are a huge part of conservation work In the previous post I described two of the ten lessons that we, a bunch of conser...
Saturday, 2 June 2012

On managing protected areas...

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Spot the scientists! Prizes for anyone who can name at least 4... In  a very rare burst of finishing things of, I've managed to subm...
Tuesday, 3 April 2012

African Vulture Declines

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I saw this hooded vulture in Tarangire this weekend, so they are still around! I've spent a bit of time over the last few days analy...
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Friday, 30 March 2012

Revising climate impacts on African vertebrates

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A few weeks ago I wrote a piece on climate change and African vertebrates . As I usually do, and especially in this case as Raquel had po...
Wednesday, 28 March 2012

On cattle in African protected areas

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Typical pastoralist scene near Lake Eyasi Talking about blog topics the other day, a friend asked me about the impact of goats and ca...
Thursday, 8 March 2012

Lewa Downs wildlife corridor really works!

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As regular readers will have realised, I'm something of a sceptic about most things, and one of the things that I've been pretty sce...
Sunday, 4 March 2012

Migrant bird population declines, an African perspective

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Willow warbler singing in Africa - 10g but probably headed to eastern Siberia... March is the month when northward migration of songbird...
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Sunday, 19 February 2012

Threats and opportunities of the bushmeat trade

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Snared giraffe, Serengeti NP Jan 2011. A major target right now Following my post a while back about Dennis Rentsch 's work on the b...
Sunday, 12 February 2012

On introducing elephants to Australia...

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Sometimes scientists suggest the most absurd things. In the news last week (with thanks to an Australian friend for tipping me off) was...
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Wednesday, 8 February 2012

Climate change and African vertebrates

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Last year I spent a very happy evening in Cape Town enjoying some of the local specialities with a colleague and a visiting student. O...
Monday, 26 December 2011

TAWIRI conference discussions continued: Ruaha River

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Wetlands, like Silale Swamp in Tarangire, are vital for feeding rivers Returning to the TAWIRI conference back in December that I posted...
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Friday, 9 December 2011

TAWIRI Conference discussions

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I've spent most of this week at the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute (TAWIRI) conference here in Arusha. This is an event that hap...
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Tuesday, 28 June 2011

Conference insights

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A couple of weeks ago I enjoyed spending the week at a combined meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation and the Soc...