Diogo Veríssimo

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Characterizing efforts to reduce consumer demand for wildlife products

02/10/2018

EXTRA! EXTRA! Just out in the journal Conservation Biology is a review of of demand reduction interventions for wildlife trade products. My co-author Anita Wan and I reviewed more than 200 campaigns and look at they were distributed through time, space and in terms of biological groups (see below). We also looked at what information … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: behaviour change, Biodiversity, campaign, Conservation, conservation biology, conservation marketing, demand reduction, Education, Nature, Outreach, review, widlife, widllife trade

To save the planet, this scientist says ‘stay optimistic’

05/07/2017

In a recent interview for Oceana‘s blog, I talked about the importance of positive messaging in conservation and discussed how I think my Lost & Found storytelling project could help address some of the challenges we are currently facing in connecting with the public Read all about it here: http://oceana.org/blog/save-planet-scientist-says-%E2%80%98stay-optimistic%E2%80%99-0

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: Biodiversity, Conservation, Earth, Education, Lost and Found, ocean, Oceana, Online, Optimism, Outreach, storytelling

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

Conservation outreach and the Spix’s macaw

18/05/2013

The “Projeto Ararinha na Natureza” led by SAVE Brasil, launched the first annual report of the conservation outreach activities it is undertaking with the aim of preparing a future reintroduction of the iconic Spix’s Macaw. The species is currently “extinct in the wild” although a number of institutions have been collaboration to return this species to its natural habitat. It has been a great pleasure to … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Brazil, Caatinga, Conservation, Education, Outreach, SAVE Brasil, Spix macaw

Children’s Book is out!

23/02/2012

The Children’s book “Ten friends to remember” written as part of my interhsip with the Centre ofr Eco-cultural Studies in Sri Lanka is now available on Google Books and Mongabay.com . The book has ten stories, all illustrated by a local designer, each of which touches upon a conservation related subject, from human-elephant conflict to wildlife trade and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Biodiversity, Centre for Eco-cultural Studies, Children, Conservation, download, Education, english, Environmental Education, free, reading material, Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, Story Book

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