STICS - Stirling Conservation Science

A different approach—researchers, farmers, environmentalists, politicians and artists looking at the conflict over increased populations of greylag geese in Orkney – together but from different perspectives. During The Wild Goose Chase...

Biodiversity conservation is increasingly in conflict with human livelihoods worldwide. At the core of these conflicts is the involvement of multiple stakeholders with conflicting values, priorities and agendas. Predicting the impacts...

Sunset at Madagascar’s avenue of the baobabs in Morondavo. Chr. Offenberg/Shutterstock This article was written by Sarobidy Rakotonarivo of the University of Stirling. It was originally published in The Conversation on...

This article was written by Jeroen Minderman, and was originally published in The Conversation on the 7th November 2018.  To access the original article please see here Wind turbines are, it appears,...

Conservation conflict in which people disagree about how to manage biodiversity and parties are perceived to assert their point of view to the detriment of others is an example of a...

Author’s note: This is a reposting from my blog malloc(evol_ecol); the post introduces the GMSE R package as part of the ConFooBio project. As part of the ConFooBio project at the University...

April’s Conservation Conversation was inspired by the Future of Conservation Project. This joint project hosted by UN WCMC and including researchers from universities Cambridge, Leeds & Edinburgh looks to explore the...

Kirsty Park, University of Stirling The grand finale of the BBC’s Planet Earth II showcased the ingenious strategies that some animals use to thrive in urban environments. Though impressive, these species...

Mosquito nets are often used for fishing. A smart response is needed Emma Bush, University of Stirling and Rebecca Short, Zoological Society of London The human race is extremely resourceful, particularly...

By Penelope Whitehorn “I arrived confused about this topic and I will leave as confused as ever.” This was the parting comment from the only MP in the room and not...