by simone | Mar 30, 2022 | Uncategorized
Since the 1970s, an iconic case of infrastructure development continues to cause controversies amongst wildlife experts about mammals’ capacity to learn and about their ecological stakes in modified areas: the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS). Simone Schleper...
by simone | Nov 1, 2021 | Uncategorized
In November 2021, Monica did fieldwork and archival research at Prague Zoo. Prague Zoo has been active in breeding the Przewalski’s horses from the 1930s, and did the first zoo driven reintroduction of Przewalski’s horses in Mongolia, hiring army aircrafts. Monica...
by octopusgarden | Oct 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
Recently, Raf De Bont’s monograph Nature’s Diplomats appeared with the University of Pittsburgh Press. The book explores the development of science-based and internationally conceived nature protection in its foundational years before the 1960s, the decade...
by simone | Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
On September 24, 2021, Raf de Bont talked to Koen Fillet for the Radio 1 podcast series Het Geheugen van de Mug. You can listen to the episode on ‘Cecil the Lion’ (in Dutch) here https://radio1.be/cecil-de-leeuw. *Credits picture: Vince O’Sullivan...
by simone | Oct 6, 2021 | Uncategorized
On September 19th, 2021, Willem Schoonen interviewed Raf de Bont for the newspaper Trouw. You can read the interview (in Dutch) here: https://www.trouw.nl/wetenschap/vogels-wezen-de-vroege-natuurbeschermers-de-weg~be9adb5e/ *Credits picture: Yrjö Jyske (2001),...
by simone | Sep 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
On 7 September, Monica Vasile gave a presenation for the BASN (British Animal Studies Network) Autumn Meeting on ‘LOSS’, called “History of a Clone: Losing and Reviving the Przewalski’s Horse.” The presentation has been recorded and can...
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