Next week I will be starting a new role as an Environmental Grants Manager with Arcadia Fund and I’m thrilled about supporting ambitious conservation projects around the globe.
Tag Archives: biodiversity
A Sri Lankan sea
The sun has just set over a coconut fringed headland on our last night in Sri Lanka. These few weeks have offered a fantastic contrast to the short, chilly days in London at this time of year, and have also highlighted the incredible biological riches this country has to offer.
Protecting Great British Oceans
Today I am starting as Coordinator of the Great British Oceans campaign with the Marine Reserves Coalition.
Results and reflections
With an eye to the future, our fieldwork in French Polynesia ended last week with project lead Yadvinder Malhi joining us for a whirlwind tour of Moorea and Tetiaroa.
Sharing science
One of the best things about studying forests is that our research subjects (the trees!) are easy for other people to work with too.
This is not a holiday…
To borrow Rob Whittaker’s favourite saying on Oxford Geography field trips – “this is not a holiday”… despite what it looks like!
But it’s all just coconuts, isn’t it?!
We are regularly asked – ‘Why are you studying forests on Tetiaroa? It’s just all coconuts trees isn’t it?’, and it’s easy to understand why people are surprised!
‘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.
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.
Dr Emma J McIntosh 