Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology

Research Projects

Current projects conducted by DICE staff

 

Mapping the Falklands: Facilitating Systematic Conservation Planning and Implementation

Researcher: Zoe Davies and Bob Smith

Socio-ecological landscapes for biodiversity conservation and climate change adaptation

Researcher: Prof. Douglas MacMillan

Exploring Illegal Environmental Behaviour

Researcher: Freya St. John

Implementing CITES in Madagascar

Researcher: Richard Griffiths

Costs, Benefits and Trade-Offs in Creating Large Conservation Areas

Researcher: Zoe Davies and Bob Smith

SCALES: Securing the Conservation of biodiversity across Administrative Levels and spatial, temporal, and Ecological Scales

Researcher: Joseph Tzanopoulos

Examining the fate of local great crested newt populations following licensed developments

Researcher: Richard Griffiths

Market-based scheme for conservation in La Primavera Forest, Mexico

Researcher: Douglas MacMillan

Monitoring the factors that influence rhino managers decision making

Researcher: Bob Smith and Freya St. John

The Kinabatangan Corridor: Designing living landscapes for conservation in Sabah, Borneo

Researcher: Douglas MacMillan and Nicola Abram

A cutting-EDGE approach to saving Seychelles' evolutionarily
distinct biodiversity

Researcher: Jim Groombridge

Spatial ecology of a tropical seabird

Researcher: Jim Groombridge

Protected Areas Resilient to Climate Change (PARCC) in West Africa

Researcher: Bob Smith

Conservation of Threatened Species in Oil Palm Estates

Researcher: Matt Struebig

Responses of Tropical Biodiversity to Habitat and Climate Change

Researcher: Matt Struebig

Systematic conservation planning in the Maputaland Centre of Endemism

Researcher: Bob Smith

 

Completed Projects

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From native to invasive: using DNA to characterise the spread of introduced ringneck parakeets from Asia/Africa to Europe

Researcher: Jim Groombridge and Hazel Jackson

Assessing reptile and amphibian populations

Researcher: Richard Griffiths

Chameleon trade and conservation in Madagascar

Researcher: Richard Griffiths

Paul Kay: Peacock Worms (Sabella pavonina) amidst Seagrass (Zostera marina). All British coasts/patchy.

Balanced Seas Marine Conservation Zones project

Principal Investigator: Prof. Douglas MacMillan

Molecular genetics and infectious disease in red squirrels on Jersey

Researcher: Jim Groombridge

Axolotls: Integrating conservation and tourism in Mexico.

Principal Investigator: Prof. Richard Griffiths

Investing in island biodiversity: restoring the Seychelles Paradise Flycatcher

Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge

Historical genetic profiles for Hawaiian bird populations: genotyping feathers from museum material

Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge

Historical population bottleneck in the Seychelles kestrel

Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge

MHC diversity and emerging infectious disease in parakeet populations on Mauritius

Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge

Phylogeographic patterns of island radiation in extinct parrots of the Indian Ocean

Principal Investigator: Dr Jim Groombridge

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RELU: Collaborative frameworks in land management : A case study on integrated Deer management

Principal Investigator: Prof. Douglas MacMillan

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Implementation of International commitments on traditional forest related knowledge (TFRK)

Principal Investigator: Dr Helen Newing

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Collaborative wildlife management and changing social contexts in Amazonian Peru

Principal Investigator: Dr Helen Newing

 

 

 

 

 

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