New research has demonstrated that many species groups representing the highest extinction risk are actually underrepresented in zoo breeding programmes

Researchers at the University of Nottingham have been investigating the viability of landscape-level ecosystem conservation and community development in the context of coffee production, consumption and trade.

Vital baseline information on bats is being collated at Iwokrama Forest in Guyana. The data will provide indications of wider species diversity and abundance.

New research suggests that wise management of mixed predator-prey communities can often create desirable indirect effects for the conservation of native biodiversity

Monitoring the sustainability of hunting levels within the Pacaya-Samiria National Reserve, Peru, is proving successful in maintaining stable populations of animals taken as bush meat whilst ensuring the needs of the local Cocama Indian communities are met

Southern Transylvania’s relatively unspoilt countryside yields a glimpse of an older Europe and the grasslands of Transylvania contain a wealth of biodiversity but are increasingly under threat

Recent work on bird populations on the Wakatobi archipelago has revealed that many smaller bird species are morphologically and genetically distinct from their mainland relatives. The outcome could be that the Wakatobi islands qualify for Important Bird Area status