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Enforcement: is more always better?

17/03/2022

Malta is renowned as a “blackspot” for illegal bird hunting. This article describes Malta’s current enforcement efforts which, assisted by the Army, and surveillance technology such as drones, and have likely led to a reduction in crime. However, this article also describes how current conservation policies are being counterproductive. They are fostering a culture of … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Biodiversity, Bird, Conservation, Hunting, Malta, Mediterranean, science, widllife

Culturomics to monitor attitudes towards wildlife

05/06/2020

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…]

Posted in: Conference Tagged: atitudes, BES, British Ecological Society, Conservation, Culturomics, Human dimensions of Wildlife, Montor, Online, science, Wildlife

New to conservation marketing? Start here!

23/01/2016

The OpenChannels, Forum for Ocean Planning and Management, asked me to put together a short list of Top Resources for Learning about Conservation Marketing. I tried to be as eclectic as possible and provide a glimpse of what the most recent literature looks like. I also purposely focused on Open Access literature as I know … [Read more…]

Posted in: In the popular press Tagged: articles, bibliography, Conservation, literature, marine, Marketing, Open Channels, Resource list, science

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

Challenging the traditional conference model

30/08/2015

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…]

Posted in: Conference, Talk Tagged: Biodiversity, Conference, Conservation, conservation biology, culture, dialogue, Diogo Verissimo, Environment, ICCB, international congress for conservation biology, SCB, science, science communication, scientific meeting, Society for conservation biology

Conservation beyond science: Scientists as storytellers

04/12/2014

Scientists love to talk to other scientists but while this is an importance part of the scientific process, the reluctance to engage with those outside scientific circles is a likely contributor to the growing distrust between scientists and the public. The project “BIOgraphies: The lives of those who study life”, in the original Portuguese “BIOgrafias: … [Read more…]

Posted in: Publications Tagged: Biodiversity, biologist, biologo, biology, book, communication, Conservation, Diogo Verissimo, field, historia, livro, Miguel Pais, science, Story, storytelling

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