Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Zoology, London, addresses the scientific evidence surrounding badger culling on Thursday 10 March.
Professor Rosie Woodroffe, who features on the BBC’s Wildlife Power List 2015, carries out research at the interface of conservation biology, disease ecology and animal behaviour.
In the annual DICE (Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology) lecture, she explores the science behind badger culling, discussing how this evidence has influenced the decisions made by policymakers, lobbyists and activists, and draws wider conclusions for the development of evidence-based environmental policy and the application of conservation science.
Professor Woodroffe has been extensively involved in research on the transmission of Mycobacterium bovis, the causative agent of bovine tuberculosis (TB), between badgers and cattle in the UK, having been a member of the team that designed and oversaw the Randomised Badger Culling Trial.
The lecture is free and open to all. There is a drinks reception at 5.30pm in Grimond Foyer, with the lecture running from 6.30pm-8pm in Grimond Lecture Theatre 2 (GLT2).
Further information – E:F.Greenwood@kent.ac.uk
http://www.kent.ac.uk/sac/events/lectures-seminars/dice-lecture/index.html
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