21 05, 2017

Shooting for the Earth: Malta opti-hunt 2025

By |2017-05-21T17:46:49+00:00May 21st, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation Policy, Technology empowered conservation|Comments Off on Shooting for the Earth: Malta opti-hunt 2025

In 2012 I was invited by Cerry Levy to visit Malta with a group of artists seeking to offer new thinking on the campaign to stop springtime hunting on Matla.  Below is my contribution - an imaginary article in published in online newspaper in 2025. It offers a vision of a future Europe where opti-hunting is

16 05, 2017

Living landscapes as new natural assets

By |2017-05-16T17:24:27+00:00May 16th, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation finance, Conservation Policy, Naturalistic grazing, Rewilding, Uncategorized|Comments Off on Living landscapes as new natural assets

Good morning all, and thanks for the invitation to present today. Gary asked me to present some thoughts on new paradigms for conservation. My aim is to do just this. I will argue that we need to seize the opportunity of Brexit to reframe how we think and talk about rural lands. Brexit is a

3 05, 2017

David Novillo: conservation entrepreneur and innovator

By |2017-05-11T07:18:49+00:00May 3rd, 2017|21st Century conservation, Blog, Conservation finance, Conservation Policy, Protected Areas, Rewilding|Comments Off on David Novillo: conservation entrepreneur and innovator

David Novillo opened his presentation to my Masters students with the words “Do today what you want to happen tomorrow” Using an engaging mix of stories, facts  and mine he went on to describe with humour, candour and humility his work to restore the marine ecosystems in the municipality of Adeje, Tenerife.  But David is

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