research

Nov
13
Rethinking narratives about pre-colonial Tanganyika: notes on Kjekshus' Ecology Control and Economic Development in East African History

Rethinking narratives about pre-colonial Tanganyika: notes on Kjekshus' Ecology Control and Economic Development in East African History

“The basis for economic development is an ecological system controlled by man.” Kjekshus (1977) A couple of years ago I
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Aug
28
Paper summary: Fencing and subdivision across Kenya's southern rangelands jeopardizes biodiversity conservation and pastoral livelihoods

Paper summary: Fencing and subdivision across Kenya's southern rangelands jeopardizes biodiversity conservation and pastoral livelihoods

I'm only now catching up on writing up summaries for a number of recently published papers, and I&
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Mar
19
Compromise and collaboration - my experience writing our paper on "Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond"

Compromise and collaboration - my experience writing our paper on "Conserving Africa’s wildlife and wildlands through the COVID-19 crisis and beyond"

My favourite part of this paper was highlighting some of the systemic flaws in contemporary conservation and identifying some opportunities to restructure for greater resilience.
4 min read
Feb
24
Paper summary: Defining pathways towards African Ecological Futures

Paper summary: Defining pathways towards African Ecological Futures

Back in 2021, a small team of us published a paper on the process of imagining and defining African Ecological Futures, here's a short summary.
4 min read
Jan
27
Current Conservation Special Issue on African conservation today - our small contribution on livestock and wildlife

Current Conservation Special Issue on African conservation today - our small contribution on livestock and wildlife

Healthy rangelands for people and their livestock can mean healthy rangelands for all.
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May
04
Bringing back complex socio-ecological realities to the study of CBNRM impacts: a response to Lee and Bond (2018)

Bringing back complex socio-ecological realities to the study of CBNRM impacts: a response to Lee and Bond (2018)

This article was a response that Dr. Jevgeniy Bluwstein [https://www.unifr.ch/geo/humangeography/en/group/team/people/237861/
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Apr
29
Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn

Reach and messages of the world's largest ivory burn

This original research article was written by Alex Braczkowski [http://www.alexanderbraczkowski.com/] et al. (full list of authors at
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Apr
28
What’s good for livestock can be good for wildlife

What’s good for livestock can be good for wildlife

This article was written by Dr. Peter Tyrrell [https://www.wildcru.org/members/peter-tyrrell/], Dr. David Western [http://www.davidjonahwesternconservation.
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Apr
26
Meet the ‘Irish Attenboroughs’ who answer call of the wild

Meet the ‘Irish Attenboroughs’ who answer call of the wild

This article, which features several passionate Irish conservation scientists, including me, was originally published in The Irish Times, by Jennifer
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Apr
26
Corpus Postgraduates: Resilience to drought in East Africa

Corpus Postgraduates: Resilience to drought in East Africa

This article was originally published in the University of Cambridge, Corpus Christi College's The Letter, Michaelmas 2017, No.
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