Social-ecological system dynamics
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One of the main barriers to the application of ecosystem services as a concept for understanding human relationships with nature is that current practice in the face of ecological and social complexity, service inter-dependencies and uncertainty is to build static, pattern-based maps of service provision, which cannot be predictive in...
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Management of natural resource use
Because conservation resources are so limited, it is critical that we develop methods for prioritising effort and funding. We focus on a decision theoretic approach, where the objectives, costs, state of the system, our understanding of the system dynamics and uncertainties are made explicit and clear. This enables a transparent...
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Incentives and attitudes of natural resource users
Human behaviour drives biodiversity change, and individual decisions are set within an institutional framework. If we are to design interventions that are effective in changing behaviour, we need to understand the incentives that people face, and the underlying attitudes, norms and institutions which constrain their choices.
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Conservation ecology of the saiga antelope
ICCS has a twenty-year research programme on the saiga antelope (Saiga tatarica), and this research group is a world leading centre for saiga research. This research programme has ranged from fundamental work on life history strategies, population dynamics and behaviour to highly applied studies addressing questions of the effectiveness of...
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