COVID 19, political ecology and wildlife
New research project & seminar series
The funded period of the BIOSEC project ended in August 2020. However, our work continues and the website is still regularly updated with news, publications and our latest research.
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BIOSEC Bitesize series: Defining Wildlife Crime. Taking a look at the key publications, blogs and podcasts that define our research.
Our six short films draw attention to overlooked issues in the illegal wildlife trade, as well as the wider political and ethical questions surrounding conservation.
Our BIOSEC Policy Briefs have now been released! Spanning a variety of species and issue areas, our aim is to inform and influence key stakeholders and decision-makers engaged in tackling […]
Airports may seem unlikely sites for research into conservation issues - but they can reveal a lot.
Anh Vu presents her paper at DSA 2020: 'Illegal wildlife demand reduction campaigns in authoritarian Vietnam: ungrounded environmentalism'
In the advent of what infectious disease scientists have labelled a 'novel coronavirus', Sarah Bezan argues that zoonotic disease transfer is in fact far from new. Instead, it is an emergent iteration of the ‘old’ violences of extractivism, colonial expansion, and animal commodification.
BIOSEC is one of seven EU-funded research projects featured in 'Biodiversity: A New Deal for Nature'.
The BIOSEC team have used insights from their research to provide feedback on the 2016 EU Action Plan Against Wildlife Trafficking.
On the day of the UK's departure from the European Union, Teresa Lappe-Osthege and Hannah Dickinson reflect on their recent IWT Knowledge Exchange at the European Parliament.