The presentation I gave at the fantastic Human-Wildlife Conflict and coexistence is now online! A summary of the findings can be found below: This study looked at whether a natural history film about elephants, called The Elephant Queen, could make communities living near elephants more tolerant of conflicts with them. The researchers surveyed people before … [Read more…]
The 15th Conference of the Parties of the Covention for Biological Diversity. also known as COP 15 is starting in the Canadian city of Montreal. I am about to get moving there (Oxford posted about it) to talk about the Nature Attitude Tracker, a platform that uses mass media and social media data to understand … [Read more…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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…]
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)
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…]
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…]