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Scientific Evidence Supports a Ban on Microbeads

03/09/2015

Microplastic has been reported in every major open ocean and many freshwater lakes and rivers. Its small size makes it bioavailable to thousands of species across nearly all trophic levels. Because of the difficulty of large-scale cleanup, environmental managers, scientists, and environmentalists have stressed that the best solution to microplastic pollution is source reduction. Recently, … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: ban, bead, Biodiversity, Conservation, David H Smith, Environment, microbead, ocean, plastic, policy, pollution, Publication, sea, Smith Fellows, trash

Understanding what matters for local communities is key to conserving tigers

21/06/2015

Conserving biodiversity in human-dominated regions of the world is complex, particularly in case of large carnivores where perceived conflicts exist with economic development, expanding human populations and livelihoods. In a new paper I co-authored with Abishek Harihar and Douglas MacMillan, we used choice modelling to understand the preferences of local communities and explore alternative strategies … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Biodiversity, choice experiment, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, Flagship species, India, policy, protected area, relocation, tiger

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