Diogo Veríssimo

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Visiting University Michigan – Flint

03/11/2022

I am very excited to be starting my stint as Thompson Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan Flint! In this role I will be giving a keynote lecture as part of Sustainability Week as well as interacting with students across a number of modules such as ecology, wildlife biology and sustainability more broadly. I … [Read more…]

Posted in: Good news Tagged: Biodiversity Management, Flint, Michigan, Thompson Visiting Professorship, University of Michigan Flint

Gaming for conservation

23/10/2020

Mobile games have never been more popular. Some now count their number of players not in the thousands or millions but in the billions, given them a reach that few other channels can compete with. But most of these games have as the main goal to generate revenue. What if we could harness the power … [Read more…]

Posted in: Good news Tagged: EDGE, Game, Kakapo, Mobile, On the Edge Conservation, Online

Lost & Found: It’s here!

21/04/2017

Talking about nature has frequently become talking about extinction, decline and loss. But it does not have to be. The “Lost and Found” project works to bring to life the inspirational stories of those that never stopped believing and whose passion led them to rewrite the history of the species they so deeply cared about. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Good news, In the popular press Tagged: adventure, animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, extinct, Marketing, rediscovery, Society for conservation biology, species, stories, storytelling

Conservation storytelling reaches Google Books

20/12/2016

Back in 2014, I co-led a storytelling project that aimed to take the best stories of field biologists to a broader audience. After all, it’s those episodes that make work so unique and rewarding.  The result was the book BIOgrafias: Vidas de Quem Estuda a Vida, which brings together 18 biologists and more than 35 stories. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Good news, In the popular press, Publications Tagged: aventuras, Biodiversity, Biografias, biologo, biology, campo, Conservation, histórias, livro, natureza, Portugal, Português, Story, Story Book, 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

Success story

02/12/2015

Recently I was interviewed by Global Nomadic for their Success Stories category! In the article I discuss what it takes to make it in the conservation science world, I reveal my favorite quote and even what I had for breakfast that day! Catch the full interview here !

Posted in: Good news, In the popular press Tagged: Biodiversity, career, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, Global nomadic, interview, Marketing, quote, science, success

Creating a Conservation Marketing Community

22/10/2015

After much work the Society for Conservation Biology (SCB) has a new working group: the Conservation Marketing and Engagement Working Group! I am excited to co-chair this new community of practice and loot forward to have as broad involvement as possible from both within and outside the SCB. For those who are SCB members people … [Read more…]

Posted in: Good news Tagged: behaviour change, Biodiversity, conservation marketing, Social Marketing, Society for conservation biology, Working group

SCB Marine Member of the week!

03/09/2015

The Marine section of the Society for Conservation Biology selected me as their member of the week! See below for some fun facts 🙂

Posted in: Good news, In the popular press Tagged: Diogo Verissimo, marine, SCB, 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

I still fucking love biodiversity

02/06/2014

To celebrate the first anniversary of my biodiversity themed social media platform “I fucking love biodiversity” I wrote this blog post on conservation bytes reviewing some of the challenges of keeping this effort going! Have a read here! IFLB has now more than 17 500 fans across Facebook, Twitter and Google+ and we are just getting … [Read more…]

Posted in: Good news Tagged: Biodiversity, conservation bytes, Facebook, I fucking love biodiversity, IFLB, social media
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