CBER News and Events http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-viewer/rss admin 2012-08-17T08:21:08Z Identifying vulnerable species and climate change http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/13062013-1 Professor Georgina Mace , Director of CBER, has co-authoured a paper which identifies species which are the most vulnerable to the effects of climate change.  Chris Langridge 2013-06-13T13:31:10Z The Decline of Darwin's Frogs: PLOS ONE Paper http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/13062013  A paper has been published in PLOS ONE, highlighting the decline of Darwin's frog, found in Chile and Argentina. The paper was co-authored by CBER Lecturer, Dr Ben Collen . Chris Langridge 2013-06-13T08:55:43Z Professor Mace's Publication http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/11062013 This week Professor Georgina Mace , Director of CBER, has been published in the journal of Environmental and Resource Economics. Her paper 'Perspectives on International Trends and Dynamics in Population and Consumption' looks at population dynamics and models future growth. Chris Langridge 2013-06-11T09:01:14Z New Journal Article - Habitat Loss in South Asia http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/060613 CBER Director Georgina Mace and Post-doc researcher, Liz Boakes, have co-authored a paper entitled 'Protected Areas in South Asia Have Not Prevented Habitat Loss: A Study Using Historical Models of Land-Use Change Chris Langridge 2013-06-06T09:23:18Z New Paper in Poverty Alleviation http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/10052013 CBER Post doc, Caroline Howe , has written a paper entitled 'Elucidating the pathways between climate change, ecosystem services and poverty alleviation' which has been published in the Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability. Chris Langridge 2013-05-10T15:37:54Z New Journal Article - Habitat Loss in South Asia http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/06062013 CBER Director Georgina Mace and Liz Boakes, Post-doc researcher, have co-authored a paper entitled 'Protected Areas in South Asia Have Not Prevented Habitat Loss: A Study Using Historical Models of Land-Use Change ' which has been published in PLOS One. Chris Langridge 2013-05-10T15:37:54Z Professor Kate Jones talks to Guardian Science http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/22042013 Prof. Kate Jones was recently invited to give a podcast interview with the Guardian. Kate discusses the recent TEDx conference which she presented at and about the science involved in bringing back extinct species. Chris Langridge 2013-04-22T09:01:37Z Professor Kate Jones' TEDx Talk http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/16042013 Professor Kate Jones recently gave a talk at TEDxDeExtinction, watch the whole talk of Kate's talk below. For more talks from this TEDx event please visit the organiser's website; Chris Langridge 2013-04-17T13:35:26Z Ben Collen http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/17042013 Ben Collen has joined CBER as a lecturer.  Ben completed a PhD at Imperial College London on vertebrate extinction risk before taking up a post doc at the Institute of Zoology, Zoological Society of London, where he went on to become a Research Fellow, and Head of the Indicators & Assessments Unit. Chris Langridge 2013-04-17T13:20:58Z Publication by Dr Ben Collen http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/12042013 Dr Ben Collen has today had published a book which he edited, entitled: Biodiversity Monitoring and Conservation: Bridging the Gap Between Global Commitment and Local Action (Conservation Science and Practice) Chris Langridge 2013-04-12T13:45:22Z Synthetic Biology and Conservation of Nature: Wicked Problems and Wicked Solutions http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/09042013 Professor Georgina Mace is one author on a perspective in PLoS Biology “Synthetic Biology and Conservation of Nature: Wicked Problems and Wicked Solutions” . This is an Editor’s pick, and already has 68 ‘social shares’ and over 3,500 views! Chris Langridge 2013-04-09T13:09:27Z Opening of York Environmental Sustainability Institute http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/08042013 Professor Georgina Mace gives a public lecture on the topic “A Planet and its people under pressure" at the opening of the York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI).   Chris Langridge 2013-04-09T12:56:06Z CBER Administrator appointed http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/21032013 Georgina Mace and colleagues warmly welcome Mr Christopher Langridge as the new CBER Administrator, who joined on 18 March 2013. Jane Dempster 2013-03-21T18:13:08Z African Catfish Radiation article by Julia Day in 'Systematic Biology' (Oxford Journals) http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/15032013 To investigate the build-up of diversity in a tropical aquatic continental radiation, Julia Day and colleagues tested different models of lineage diversification with a broad distribution across all major tropical African drainage basins. Jane Dempster 2013-03-15T16:40:03Z Prof Georgina Mace presents at IPBES http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/201330Jan IPBES (the news Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services) held its first plenary meeting in Bonn, Germany ( http://www.ipbes.net/ ) from January 21 to 26 th . Georgina Mace attended as a member of the ICSU delegation and presented the work on a draft conceptual framework for IPBES. Jane Dempster 2013-01-30T18:16:57Z Paper on methods for scaling-up predator-prey dynamics co-authored by David Murrell and Frédéric Barraquand http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/201320Jan Paper on methods for scaling up predator-prey dynamics co-authored by David Murrell and Frédéric Barraquand recently accepted. Jane Dempster 2013-01-21T10:47:39Z Dr Richard Pearson to join CBER http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/201218Dec Richard Pearson will join GEE as a lecturer in June 2013, though he will be working in the department prior to his official start date.  He is currently Director of the Biodiversity Informatics Research at the American Museum of Natural History, New York City.  Richard works on phylogenetic aspects of biodiversity and conservation, with a special interest in Madagascan reptiles and amphibians, and he studies the relationship between ecological niches and geographic distributions, and the impacts of climate change on biodiversity. He has recently written a book, ‘Driven to Extinction: The Impact of Climate Change on Biodiversity'. Jane Dempster 2012-12-18T12:01:40Z CBER Monthly Update Meetings (staff and affiliates only), Friday 5 April, 1:00-2:00pm in Darwin 114. http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/201203Dec If you have an interest in the new Centre for Biodiversity and Environmental Research or anything related to it, Georgina Mace would welcome seeing you at the planning/discussion meetings, usually held on the first Friday of each month, from 1 – 2pm in the Darwin Building meeting room 114. Jane Dempster 2012-12-03T13:32:11Z Biodiversity Technology Conference Soon http://www.ucl.ac.uk/cber/cber-news-publication/bio-info admin Sonja Van Praag 2012-08-24T13:45:09Z