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The Annual DICE Lecture

DICE holds an annual lecture, given by a person of distinction, that seeks to discuss a topic of wide conservation interest. It is attended by a wide audience from within and outside the University.

Previous lectures

2008/09 - Professor Callum Roberts
The past and future of coral reefs: exploitation, tourism and climate change

2007/08 - Professor Michael Samways FRSSAf
Insect conservation: overcoming the big biodiversity bluff?

2006/07 - Willem Wijnstekers
Can CITES be a guarantee for sustainability?

2005/06 - Professor Bill Adams
Biodiversity, Poverty and Development: the challenge for conservation

2004/05 - Dr John Robinson
The Bushmeat Crisis: hunting for sustainability in tropical forests

2003/04 - Professor Ian Swingland OBE
Capturing Carbon and Conserving Biodiversity: the market approach

2002/03 - Professor John Croxall CBE FRS
The Southern Ocean: a model system for conserving marine resources?

2001/02 - Professor Norman Myers CMG
Perverse Subsidies: bad news for our environments and our economies.

2000/01 - Professor Georgina Mace CBE FRS
Endangered Species: Red Listing for conservation.

1999/2000 - Robin Hanbury-Tenison OBE
International Conservation and the Survival of Indigenous People.

1998/99 - Professor Sir Ghillean Prance FRS
Forest, Fishes, Farms and the Future of the Amazon Region.

1997/98 - Professor Ian Newton FRSE FRS
Birds and Agriculture: pesticides, hedgerows and landuse.

1996/97 - Dr Richard Laws CBE FRS
Conserving the World's Largest Mammals: elephants, whales and river horses.

1995/96 - Sir Crispin Tickell GCMG KCVO
Greenery and Governance.

1994/95 - Sir Robert May AC FRS
What is Biodiversity and Does it Affect Ecosystem Stability?

1993/94 - Rt Hon Michael Howard QC MP
Sustainable Management after Rio.