Professor of Conservation Science @Uni_Newcastle (all views r my own) w interests in threatened species #ecology, reintroductions & predator-prey interactions.
Newcastle, New South Wales
Joined May 2013
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More publicity for Satem's PhD research on how the modernisation of hunting through technological advances means Naga community cultural activities are now a threat to biodiversity: india.mongabay.com/2025/08/e… A great read and great work Satem Longchar!
Interested in a fully funded PhD focused on forest restoration, conservation, and carbon and biodiversity markets? newcastle.edu.au/study/resea…
Awesome opportunity to join the amazing @BrookeWEcology research group within @ConservationUon .
New paper out by the indominable Satem Longchar on conservation in Nagaland, India: cambridge.org/core/journals/… Great work Satem!
Some have questioned whether the blerb from-Saving Biodiversity-was legit! This pic that proves it-"The book follows the author’s life...being chased by elephants, sniffed by lions, gored by quokkas, and watched by wolves."
Grab your copy at routledge.com/Saving-Biodive…
I joined Mark Kyle on his The Fur Real Podcast to talk about quokkas - great fun: youtube.com/watch?v=obV6S6he…
Litoria littlejohni is #Endangered & @ConservationUon recently got the chance to apply some of our research knowledge to help improve its plight by creating artificial ponds to increase habitat and restore connectivity. Within 3 months, the ponds had LLJ in them @Uni_Newcastle
ALT Alex holding a Littlejohn's tree frog male that had recently colonised the newly constructed ponds in the Watagan Mountains.
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Looking for your first quantitative ecology post-doc? Then get in touch.
I will be co-supervising a post-doc with Lourens Swanepoel (based in SA: @Univenofficial). You will have access to many awesome data sets and the focus will be on applying hierarchical models.
A Wild #Nepal rockstar just got interviewed on @abcnews radio about our @NewColomboPlan trip through @Uni_Newcastle and @ConservationUon (he's kindly spooning me in the pic). It starts from around 1 hour 18 minutes:
[abc.net.au/.../newcastle-dri…](url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com…...)
More than 10,000 First Nations people killed in Australia’s frontier wars, final massacre map shows - phenomenal and painstaking research from @Uni_Newcastle shows the devastation wrought by colonists in Australia theguardian.com/australia-ne…
40 km of trekking through high altitudes in the Annapurna region has left sore muscles & amazing memories, with unforgettable learning experiences of the community conservation initiatives conducted by the @NTNC team. The @uni_newcastle team was supported by the @NewColomboPlan.
Exciting day on the @Uni_Newcastle Wild #Nepal @NewColomboPlan trip where we learned how the local community has worked so successfully to conserve #vultures after the diclofenac devastation. Saw 7 species!
Breakfast with rhinos at the @NTNCBCC camp in #Chitwan NP, #Nepal on the @Uni_Newcastle @NewColomboPlan Wild Nepal trip.
Exciting to be back with the @NTNCBCC in Nepal to learn more about their conservation work alongside 14 students from @Uni_Newcastle supported by @NewColomboPlan #fortress #conservation vs #communityconservation
There’s a cool new book on conservation available for pre-order (at a large discount on US Amazon) - I know the author: amazon.com.au/gp/aw/d/103296…
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NSW’s native forest logging industry is bleeding money — $73M in losses over 4 years. Independent analysis find it’s 'not economically viable'.
Time for Labor to deliver on its promise to end native forest logging & grow tourism-based economies.
abc.net.au/news/2024-12-17/n…
Matt Hayward retweeted
A powerful statement from @LeadersSouthern - 'Our wildlife, our rights, our decision'. It's easy for people like @rickygervais to pose with T shirts: if only he would take time to listen to those doing the hard job of coexisting every day with #wildlife
@rickygervais and @OzzyOsbourne appeared on t-shirts in Zambia! Communities turned the tables on these celebrities, who use t-shirts to support @CBTHunting. Celebrities aren't wildlife experts and do not know what it is like to live with wild animals. 1/
People do care about extinct species, but not for long – the fleeting cares of a devastating species theconversation.com/people-d… via @ConversationUK
Colin McHenry returns to the lectern at the Hunter Regional Frog Conservation Workshop to talk about engaging with a range of stakeholders to support conservation of bell frogs. @nswdcceew @Uni_Newcastle @ConservationUon #frogweek