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Category Archives: Ecology
Pathways to sustainability conference
Eleanor presented her work on the evidence for participatory forest restoration in projects, globally, at the recent PECS-III conference (Pathways to Sustainability), Montreal, August 12th to 15th 2024. Co-Organised by Resilience Alliance. PECS-3: Pathways to Sustainability (fourwaves.com) Here are her … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Ecology, forest landscape restoration, Tropical
Tagged forest landscape restoration
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How birds can help farms and forests in the Philippines
Brilliant PhD candidate Jelaine Gan has been developing some cool comics, in collaboration with Jessica Stutman. Printed for engagement with local communities in her field study sites (pdf: in Filipino , in English). The work highlights the functional role of … Continue reading
Posted in agroforestry, biodiversity, Ecology, Fieldwork
Tagged biodiversity, forest landscape restoration
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Trees on farms – agroforestry research at Newcastle University
Since a couple of years, we have been following the establishment of our agroforestry trial plot, Cockle Park (Agriculture Facilities | School of Natural and Environmental Sciences | Newcastle University (ncl.ac.uk)), A mixture of tree lines comprising poplar and willow … Continue reading
Posted in agroforestry, biodiversity, Ecology, Fieldwork
Tagged agroforestry, biodiversity, ecology
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Agroforestry adoption UK
Policy recommendations have a look at the most recent outputs from our agroforestry UK project. We have synthesized key findings into a policy brief (thank you @Eleanor Moore for the amazing leadership on this) .
Posted in agroforestry, biodiversity, Ecology, Microclimate, natural capital
Tagged agroforestry, Farmers, Natural England, Northumberland, Policy
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Four UG students in Peru
Four group members (UG students at NU) recently ventured into the untouched forests of Peru Manu NP to look for jaguars with camera traps, analyse vegetation indicators of disturbance and measure spatial point patterns in fig tree species. Thank you … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Ecology, Fieldwork, Tropical
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Laura won prestigious award
Our PhD student Laura won the prestigious National Geographic Early Career Grant to support her research on road impacts on amphibians and mammals in rainforests. Congratulations!
From the field #South_Africa
Funded by the Royal Society, I was travelling to Southern Africa to do measure & map quality of crop and non-crop habitats. Yes, that’s right. I have started to venture beyond the forest/woodland/shrub/savannah edge and into that thing called matrix … Continue reading
Posted in biodiversity, Ecology, Fieldwork, Mapping, South Africa
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Alexander is still in Costa Rica
Alexander’s work on fungal infection prevalence among amphibians and how it varies (or not) with habitat type and condition is well under way. He has been tracking through remote forests and wetlands in Costa Rica taking skin swabs from tiny … Continue reading