Diogo Veríssimo

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Culturomics to monitor attitudes towards wildlife

05/06/2020

Yesterday I gave a talk as part of the Ecology Live series organized by the British Ecological Society. I talked about some recent research around the use on online data to build a global and real time monitoring system of attitudes towards wildlife. Have a look below if that sounds interesting… It was a great … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference Tagged: atitudes, BES, British Ecological Society, Conservation, Culturomics, Human dimensions of Wildlife, Montor, Online, science, Wildlife

And the 2016 IUCN Commission on Communication and Education (CEC) Young Professional Award goes to…

19/09/2016

ME! I am excited to announce that I was one of the recipients of this distinction, awarded during the recent World Conservation Congress in Hawaii. Here is what I had to say: I am honored to receive this distinction. This award will give me additional energy to continue to positively influence the source of all … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference, Good news Tagged: Award, Biodiversity, CEC, communication, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, Education, IUCN, Marketing, Nature, World Conservation Congress

Why we need conservation marketing

22/10/2015

Fresh off the press is the latest paper on conservation marketing: Competitive outreach in the 21st century: Why we need conservation marketing. This is an output from the last International Marine Conservation Congress (IMCC), which took place in Glasgow, Scotland. This was also where the Conservation Marketing Working Group of the Society for Conservation Biology … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference, Publications Tagged: article, behaviour change, Biodiversity, Conservation, marine, Marketing, Ocean and Coastal Management, paper, Social Marketing

Challenging the traditional conference model

30/08/2015

Published originally at http://conservationbytes.com/ — Just a few weeks back, more than 2000 conservationists got together in Montpellier, France, for the 27th International Congress on Conservation Biology (ICCB). I have been attending these conferences since 2008, and once again had a blast. Yet as I went through the usual talks, posters, work meetings, and this … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference, Talk Tagged: Biodiversity, Conference, Conservation, conservation biology, culture, dialogue, Diogo Verissimo, Environment, ICCB, international congress for conservation biology, SCB, science, science communication, scientific meeting, Society for conservation biology

Marketing makes it big at the ICCB 2015

20/08/2015

Another great International Congress for Conservation Biology ended in Montpellier a few weeks back. For it was a great opportunity to show case my research and network but I was particularly excited about the developments on the marketing side of things. Not only the Symposium I co-organized with Andrew Knight and Kevin Green had a … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference, Good news Tagged: Biodiversity, Conservation, ICCB, Marketing, Montpellier, SCB, Social Marketing, Society for conservation biology, Working group

How effective are campaigns to reduce demand for wildlife products

25/06/2015

Last week I presented at Towards a sustainable and legal wildlife trade: An international 2-day symposium, and event organized by the Durrell Institue of Conservation and Ecology and the International Trade Centre. My talk, entitled How effective are conservation interventions at managing demand for wildlife products? is now available online (from minute 25 onwards)  

Posted in: Conference Tagged: Biodiversity, campaign, consumer, demand reduction, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, effectiveness, impact, International Trade Centre, research, Symposium, Wildlife Trade

ICCB 2015 research highlighted by SCB Marine Section

23/06/2015

My research has been highlighted in the blog of the Marine section of the Society for Conservation Biology: Dr. Diogo Veríssimo, works on the application of marketing principles to address biodiversity conservation challenges. His research has focused, amongst other topics such as conservation conflict or the wildlife trade, on the use of marketing principles to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference, In the popular press Tagged: Biodiversity, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, ICCB, international congress for conservation biology, marine, Montpellier, Social Marketing, Society for conservation biology

Biodiversity goes to Bangalore

19/10/2013

A few weeks ago I had the great chance of presenting at this year’s SCCS Bangalore! I was very happy with the great response my presentation, entitled  “Show Me The Money: Understanding Online Donations For Biodiversity Conservation“, received. It was a great opportunity to meet up with old friends and bring a bit of marketing … [Read more…]

Posted in: Conference Tagged: Biodiversity, Conference, Conservation, India, SCCS Bangalore

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