Tropical forests play an important role in the in the global carbon cycle and in regulating our climate. If it wasn’t for tropical forests, carbon dioxide in the atmosphere would be rising by 17% higher than currently observed.
Author Archives: Emma McIntosh
‘ia ora na!
When you stop and listen, there’s a constant rumbling around Moorea’s coastline – it’s where the ocean waves are crashing against the reef on the edge of the shallow lagoon.
Freakonomics as inspiration
It’s time to admit, the popular podcast series ‘Freakonomics Radio’ produced by Dubner Productions and WNYC Studios is amongst the most insightful resources I draw on as a PhD student studying impact evaluation.
Planning to limit cumulative impacts
Amy Whitehead and colleagues from the University of Melbourne have recently published an article about the application of systematic conservation planning in conjunction with a major urban planning project.
All eyes on the viva
At our lab meeting today the topic was the research viva – how to prepare for them, what to expect and how to defend your work when challenged.
Historic landscape, uncertain future
The New Forest, where a national park is home to grazing animals, and the name ‘New’ is almost a century old.
Synthesising environmental evidence – how to better use existing research
This week we were privileged to attend the First International Conference of the Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE) in beautiful Stockholm! Attending were a diverse collection of 100 other students, researchers, consultants, policy makers and NGO staff, from a variety of nations.
My Big Idea
The My Big Idea campaign has been inviting everyday Australians to stop and think about what we’d like to see improved about our country. Anyone can submit an idea and vote for other peoples’ ideas, and the top 10 winning ideas will be brought to life. A further 500 people will be invited to participate inContinueContinue reading “My Big Idea”
Modern day Intrepid Explorers
This blog is based on an event report co-authored with Briony Turner. The Intrepid Explorer launch event at the School of Geography and the Environment (SoGE) on 16 June was a huge success, involving over a dozen fieldwork presentations and many more amazing photographs from across the School. The Intrepid Explorers model is based on theContinueContinue reading “Modern day Intrepid Explorers”
Make room Attenborough, nature documentaries are becoming even more awesome
Very occasionally, you stumble across something amazing and unexpected. Today, for me, it was a talk by someone I had never heard of and may never have met, had I not thought ‘that looks interesting’, and raced out of work just in time to slip in the door before he started speaking. The before unheard-ofContinueContinue reading “Make room Attenborough, nature documentaries are becoming even more awesome”
Why ‘it’s scary’ is a lame excuse for not engaging in science communication
Today I woke up to an email alert announcing that I am now on YouTube, standing there delivering a talk for all the world to see.
Conservation connections: Oxford & Bangor
I was recently fortunate enough to visit Julia Jones and her research group at Bangor University in North Wales. This was the second of what is hoped to be many visits and connections between the Grenyer Lab at Oxford and the Conservation@Bangor group and was a fascinating exchange of ideas and cultures.
Dr Emma J McIntosh 
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