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São Tomé and Príncipe

Demarketing sea turtle meat and eggs

11/02/2020

We recently published a paper on the effective use of consumer research methods to inform demand management interventions, based on work carried out in São Tomé and Principe regarding sea turtle meat and eggs. The full text can be found here, but we have a variety of other formats we are using to disseminate our … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Africa, conservation science and practice, consumer behaviour, demand reduction, demarketing, Open Access, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe, Social Marketing, survey, widllife trade

Sea turtles of São Tomé: Selling what can’t be sold

20/03/2017

Today I bring you my latest blogpost on the National Geographic Voices blog! It talks about the work I have being doing with ATM, a Portuguese NGO dedicated to the conservation of marine turtles in Portuguese speaking countries.  We have been working on a social marketing campaign to reduce the demand for sea turtle meat … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: Africa, behaviour change, bushmeat, campaign, demand reduction, Marine turtle, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sea turtle, Social Marketing, widllife trade

São Tomé TV features timber management on prime time

22/10/2016

The only TV channel in São Tomé e Príncipe featured a workshop on timber management in the country on the main evening news! See it here. Great to see conservation getting some prime time! The workshop was part of a Conservation Leadership Programme sponsored project entitled “Towards sustainable logging in São Tomé, São Tomé and … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: Biodiversity, CLP, conservation leadership programme, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe, Society for conservation biology, timber, TV, workshop

Environmental education in São Tomé

10/04/2013

Last November I went out to work on a Environmental Education project lead with Ricardo Lima, in the small island country of São Tomé and Príncipe in West Africa. We visited hundreds of people in rural communities and dozens of classrooms across the country in an experience that undoubtedly made us realise how important these activities are and how they should … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Biodiversity, Environment, Environmental Education, Publication, Report, São Tomé, São Tomé and Príncipe, West Africa

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