Supporting the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) MoU on saiga conservation (Funder: CMS, Researchers: E.J. Milner-Gulland, Elena Bykova)
Optimising monitoring as a conservation tool (Funder: Leverhulme Trust; Researchers: Julia Jones, Emily Nicholson, Navinder Singh, Matt Sommerville, Aidan Keane)
Participatory monitoring of saiga antelope population ecology (Funder: British Council BRIDGE; Researchers: Lizzie Whitebread, Helen O’Neill)
Evaluating approaches to public engagement in saiga conservation (Funder: Darwin Initiative; Researcher: Caroline Howe)
Rotating cows as a tool for conserving saiga antelopes (Funder: DEFRA, Researcher: E.J. Milner-Gulland)
Reproductive ecology of the Critically Endangered saiga antelope (Funder: INTAS, Researcher: Aline Kühl)
Conservation of species threatened by the bushmeat trade in Equatorial Guinea ( Funder: Conservation International, Researcher: Noëlle Kümpel, Sophie Allebone-Webb, Janna Rist)
Using saiga antelope conservation to improve rural livelihoods (Funder: Darwin Initiative, Researcher Aline Kühl)
Spatial models of the effect of habitat changes on normadic species in Borneo (Funder: Leverhulme Trust, Researcher: Penny Hancock)
The effects of policy tools on hunter incentives (Funder: Conservation International; researcher: D. Crookes)
Correlates of Extinction Risk for Central Asian Biodiversity (Funder: INTAS; researcher: Stephen Ling)
Conservation of the Paguyaman Forest, Sulawesi, Indonesia (Funder: Darwin Initiative; collaborator: Lynn Clayton)
Desertification and Regeneration: Modelling the Impact of Market Reforms on Central Asian Rangelands (Funder:INCO-COPERNICUS, collaborator Macauley Land Use Research Institute)
The population genetics and conservation of the saiga antelope (Funder: INTAS, collaborator Dr M. Kholodova)
The effect of socio-economic changes on the epidemiology of Echinococcus in Kazakhstan and Kyrgystan (Funder: INTAS, collaborator Dr Paul Torgerson)
The interaction between saiga and domestic livestock in the Aral Sea area through contact, competition, parasites and disease (Funder: INTAS, researchers: Monica Lundervold, Eric Morgan)
Land degradation and agricultural change on the rangelands of Kazakhstan (Funder: INTAS, researcher: Sarah Robinson)
The role of public education in the conservation of the babirusa in Sulawesi, Indonesia (Funder: PTES; collaborator: Lynn Clayton)
Sustainability of wildlife and rattan trades in North Sulawesi, Indonesia (Funder: Darwin Initiative; collaborator: Lynn Clayton)
Current Projects
Details of projects that members of the group are currently involved in can be found in our Current Projects section.
