Diogo Veríssimo

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How good are we at changing behaviour for nature? 300,000 papers later here is what we found

18/10/2022

I recently wrote a short summary of a review we published recently (more on that soon) for the excellent blog Please keep to the path! See below.. In a nutshell: When it comes to looking at changing actual behaviour to conserve the environment the evidence base is limited as most studies do not measure actual … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: behaviour, behaviour change, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, Environment, green, research, review, systematic

As times and tastes change, Vietnam’s bear bile industry is fading away

18/11/2021

What do consumers of a wildlife product do when a market closes? We mostly have no clue. Today we had a paper published on the intentions of bear bile consumers to the closing of the market in Vietnam. We sampled at seven areas across the country of Vietnam (total respondents = 2,463). We found low … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications, Uncategorized Tagged: bear bile, Illegal wildlife trade, research, survey, vietnam, widllife trade

Not a cookie-cutter approach: how the uses and trade of giraffe parts vary across Africa

07/07/2021

The giraffe is an icon of the African subcontinent, and yet, there are many gaps in knowledge about giraffes in the wild and how to best protect them. In the 21 countries where giraffe populations are found, their conservation status differs depending on the species, geography, and threats they face. Coupled with the threats of … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: Africa, Biodiversity, Conservation, giraffe, illegal, research, review, Wildlife Trade

Understanding the public debate about trophy hunting in China as a rural development mechanism

29/09/2020

This NEW paper in Animal Conservation looks at the trade-offs made by people in China across rural and urban areas when it comes to the use of trophy hunting. Download it here! The use of trophy hunting as a wildlife management option has been a highly controversial topic, especially in southern Africa, but trophy hunting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: china, choice experiment, Hunting, research, trophy

Understanding Urban Demand for Wild Meat in Vietnam

23/01/2016

Just out in PLOS One, a paper (get it HERE!) I co-authored with colleagues at the University of Kent on the preferences of wild meat consumers in Vietnam. The country is a significant consumer of wildlife, particularly wild meat, in urban restaurant settings. To meet this demand, poaching of wildlife is widespread, threatening regional and … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Asia, bear, bush meat, civet, cobra, consumer, demand, pangolin, paper, research, study, vietnam, wild meat

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

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