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What I’ll miss most about living in Borneo’s rainforests
One week ago, I landed back in surprisingly sunny England after a month and half spent in the rainforests of Northern Borneo. We were continuing our previous work looking at how macheting vines could be used as a strategy for speeding up the recovery of heavily logged forests. For me, […]
17 people who have made a difference in preventing species extinctions
Proof that one person really can make a difference in an age of extinction.
The Norway of Arabia and other such silliness
Tea, goats and wadi beds
Building an ecosystem for change
It seems to me that we are stuck in a rut. The demise of wildlife and wild places continues unabated and although conservation works, it’s still stuck in the “small movement” phase. The restoration of an area of forest, or the down-listing of a species on the IUCN Red List […]
10 reasons to go on a rainforest adventure
With the tapestry of life untangling at its fastest in the wildlife-rich tropics, purposeful adventures in rainforests have never been more important. I’m a big believer that the more people that get to experience the wonder of Earth’s greatest ecosystem, the more will choose to defend it. So whether you’re […]
Conservation Podcast: Resilient Rainforests and Fighting Extinction
A few weeks ago, it was my pleasure to be jointly interviewed on the Conservation Careers and Wild Voices Podcasts. It’s been a while since I dabbled in the podcasting world myself and I keep meaning to get back into it. So, it was great fun to talk with Nick […]
How Colombia’s orchid hunter is saving cloud forests
An interview with my friend and hero, who is using orchid surveys to save cloud forests in Colombia
This is what extinction looks like
Three days after the tragic death of Tam, the last male Sumatran rhino in Malaysia, I travel two kilometres down the logging track to the only place nearby where I know I can still come close –at least in spirit –to a rhino. Here, surrounded by the logged and old-growth […]
Climate change may increase death count of tropical storms
This article was originally published on Mongabay. New research suggests that tropical cyclones may become deadlier under climate change. According to simulated estimates of past storm mortality in Mexico, storm-related deaths are projected to increase under five out of six climate change models, in one case by as much as […]