Alison Wadmore |
|||
|
|||
| My interests lie in natural resource management, particularly with regard to conservation of large mammals. I believe in the importance of good governance: the alignment of legislation, policy, strategy, and management plans to deliver the best return in investment of limited funds. Success indicators must include a combination of socio-economic and ecological measures. These should be identified and planned from the outset – not over bureaucratically but pragmatically, to ensure that real progress in being made in all dimensions. I am deeply concerned that with a number of species there is little success to show for the vast amount of ‘conservation’ funding to date. | |||
|
|||
| Current research | |||
There are three key threats to the survival of wild tigers: habitat degradation, prey depletion and poaching. Of these, poaching is the most serious due to the potential rate of decimation. This study is unique in scientifically investigating tiger poaching from a socio-economic perspective, complementing existing ecological research. The role of local communities living in and around relevant protected areas (PAs) is examined, investigating attitudes towards tigers and the influencing factors, to identify incentives and deterrents that motivate current behaviour. Attitudes can vary widely from poacher to protector. Similarly, the role of PA management and staff is studied to identify motivations and effectiveness in tiger conservation. The findings are used to construct a generic rapid risk assessment framework that can be populated by natural resource managers to identify high risk poaching scenarios, as well as share best practice, by providing comparative frameworks from different locations across tiger range states. The desired outcome is to build a strategy for co-existence: improving relations with local communities neighbouring large mammals, promoting equity in PA resources and revenue, gaining their trust and support in mitigating the poaching threat, aiming to transform them into protectors wherever possible. Overall this risk management approach can play a significant role in improving the return on investment in tiger conservation, benefiting both local people and wild tigers. |
|||
| Brief CV | |||
Education: 2004 - Present: PhD, based at South Kensington Campus, Imperial College London 2004 NVQ3 Dist.Diploma in Computerised and Manual Book-Keeping, IAB 2002 MSc Dist. Environmental Technology, Imperial College London (Business
and Environment option). MSc Thesis: Feasibility study for defining an
adaptive methodology to assess the poaching threat to tigers in Protected
Areas.
Employment: 1985-2001: Glaxo Group Research / GlaxoSmithKline - Various positions |
|||
| Publications | |||
MSc Thesis: Wadmore, A (2002). Feasibility study for defining an adaptive methodology to assess the poaching threat to tigers in Protected Areas. MSc Thesis from Imperial College, London. (PDF) Food miles Report: 10-week Case Study with Marks & Spencer to initiate evaluation of “Food Miles” (Authors: L. Crocicchi, D. Ferguson, P. Suvaree, A. Wadmore) |
|||
