News archive
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Historic and contemporary issues around the ivory trade.
Molly Brown draws on sources from across the UK, Africa and Asia to highlight the role that demand has played in forming our values towards ivory and elephants.
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A walk on the (re)wild side
Postdoctoral researcher, Hanna Pettersson, looks back on her first year with the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity and discusses the contemporary topic of Rewilding.
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To deliver successful conservation, let’s consider why past efforts haven’t worked.
Postdoctoral Research Associate Jamie Carr describes why he feels greater attention should be given to the non-environmental enabling conditions that can facilitate better conservation outcomes.
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Conversations on Conservation for the 21st Century: Rewilding and Beyond.
Postdoctoral research associate Dr Tabitha Kabora reports on the International Congress for Conservation Biology, held in Kigali, Rwanda 23-27 July 2023 by the Society for Conservation Biology.
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Dr Jonathan Cane’s recent research trip to Brazil
In May 2023 LCAB Fellow Dr Jonathan Cane and his research collaborator Dr Andre Prado Fernandes visited Manaus and the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project Area of Relevant Ecological Interest (DBFFP) in Brazil.
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De-Extinction and the Meta-Mammoth: Reality Made Fiction, and Fiction Made Reality
Sarah Bezan considers the cross-dissemination of artistic and scientific practices and their bearing upon one another.
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Arboreal Nationalism and Species Variety in Early Nineteenth Century Scotland
In early nineteenth century Scotland a wave of popular interest in trees swept the nation. Harrie Neal considers the implications.
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Why should we bring back extinct species in virtual reality?
Postdoctoral research associate Sarah Bezan delves into an imaginative space of future revived species.
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From the remarkable to the banal
Postdoctoral research associate Michael Stratigos considers Archaeology’s role in wetland environment restoration.
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Some thoughts on artistic representations of the complexities of biodiversity change.
LCAB PhD student Chantal Berry suggests that non-visual forms of communication has great potential in conveying the complexities of biodiversity change
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Biodiversity and Invasive Species in Queer Brighton
Postdoctoral researcher Harrie Neal considers the need to think about the history of human relations to land in debates about non-native species.
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An Archaeological Perspective on Rewilding
Michael Stratigos illustrates how Archaeology provides an important perspective in addressing what rewilding actually means and how it could be implemented.
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Trees and bogs - Anthropocene challenges in wetland environments
Postdoctoral Research Associate Michael Stratigos considers the importance of knowing where to plant trees versus where to reinstate and promote the development of bogs.
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The Endling Taxidermy of Lonesome George, The Last Pinta Island Tortoise
Dr Sarah Bezan, LCAB postdoctoral researcher, explores how the category of “endling taxidermy” has emerged in the wake of the sixth mass extinction.
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Introducing the European bison to Britain
A couple of our researchers give their points of view on the planned release of a small herd of wild bison in Kent, as part of a £1m project to reintroduce the animals and help secure the future of an endangered species.