Thursday 21st March

Thematic Sessions on Conservation Geopolitics, International Development, and Innovative Multi-Sector

Stream 1: Auditorium, Sultan Nazrin Shah Centre

Session chair: Shannon O'Lear, University of Kansas, USA

08:30 - 08:54 - Using "spatial subsidies” to address geopolitical imbalances in the ecosystem benefits and conservation costs of migratory species

Charles C Chester (Tufts and Brandeis Universities, USA), James Dubovsky, Michelle Haefelle, Aaron Lien, Brady Mattson, Rodrigo Medellin, Darius Semmens, Wayne Thogmartin and Laura Lopez-Hoffman

08:54 - 09:18 - The geopolitical priorities of US biodiversity conservation: mapping the activities and funding of the US Fish and Wildlife Service's International Affairs Program 

Francis Massé and Jared Margulies, University of Sheffield, UK

09:18 - 09:42 - Geopolitics, meat and biodiversity

Patricia Manzano, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

09:42 - 10:06 - Geopolitics of the blue belt conservation network within UK overseas territories

Peter Howson, Roy Smith and Elizabeth Kirk, Nottingham Trent University, UK

10:06 - 10:30 - Two views for one region, wildlife and the Mexico-US border wall

Rurik List, CBS Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana-Lerma, Mexico

10:30 - 11:00 - Break 

Session chair: Dominic Johnson, Department of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford, UK

11:00 - 11:24 - Geopolitical ecologies: an analytical framework for biological conservation

Benjamin Neimark and Patrick Bigger, Lancaster University, UK

11:24 - 11:48 - Encountering the border: geopolitical ecologies of sturgeon conservation

Hannah Dickinson, University of Sheffield, UK

11:48 - 12:12 - The political ecology of transboundary conservation in northern Rwanda

Shane McGuinness, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland

12:12 - 12:36 - Transnational diplomacies of knowing nature

Jasper Montana, University of Sheffield and University of Oxford, UK

12:36 - 13:00 - Transgressing and dissecting the Chernobyl exclusion zone

Jonathon Turnbull, University of Cambridge, UK

Transboundary criteria to set conservation priorities for carnivorans from the northern Pampas

Diego Queirolo, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, Tirelli, F.P., Pereira, J. and Eizirk, E.

Human dimensions of dog-wildlife conflict in Nepal, Himalaya

Debby Ng, National Geographic Early Career Explorer and University of Tasmania, Australia

Ranger perceptions of cooperation in transfrontier conservation areas

Joshua Powell, National Geographic Young Explorer and Peter Coals, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Decline in the population trends of Asian houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) in the Cholistan desert, Pakistan

Manahal Fatima and Asma Jabeen, Fatima Jinnah Womens University, Pakistan

Horizon scanning for significant global emerging issues in illegal wildlife trade

Nafeesa Esmail, ICCS, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Wild animal species being traded as pets in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan and assessment of their conservation status

Komal Dua and Asma Jabeen, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan

The Cecil Moment: celebrity environmentalism, Nature 2.0 and the cultural politics of lion trophy hunting

Sandra McCubbin, Queen's University, Canada

Investing in change that matters

Nqobizitha Ndlovu, African Leadership University

Session chair: Samuel Cushman, Director of the Center for Landscape Science, U.S. Forest Service, USA

14:30 - 14:48 - Estimating the impact of planned infrastructure projects on chimpanzees in West Africa

Stefanie Heinicke, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Germany, and colleagues

14:48 - 15:06 - How the geopolitics of transport corridors are shaping conservation futures in sub-Saharan Africa

Charis Enns and Brock Bersaglio University of Sheffield, UK

15:06 - 15:24 - Evaluating impact of major developments in Myanmar on clouded leopard connectivity and population dynamics

Zaneta Kaszta, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK, Samuel Cushman and Saw Htun

15:24 - 15:42 - Biodiversity hotspots in the Anthropocene: assessing multi-species – habitat relationships in Southeast Asia 

Luca Chiaverini, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

15:42 - 16:00 - Cancellation

16:00 - 16:30 - Break

Session chair:  John Vucetich, Michigan Technological University, USA

16:30 - 16:48 - Conservation publications and their provisions to protect research participants

Harriet Ibbett University of Oxford and Bangor University, and Stephanie Brittain, University of Oxford, UK

16:48 - 17:06 - Free-roaming dogs and their impact on biodiversity worldwide

Cristián Bonacic, Pontifical Catholic University of Chile, and Tara Martin

17:06 - 17:24 - Unintended consequences: how the animal rights movement inadvertently increased persecution of Namibian carnivores

Aletris Neils, Conservation CATalyst and Humboldt State University, USA

17:24 - 17:42 - Ending consumptive use of terrestrial wildlife

Andrew Rowan, WellBeing International, USA

17:42 - 18:00 - Moral tribalism in global conservation governance: implications for African megafauna

Michael 't Sas-Rolfes, University of Oxford, UK

Stream 2: Nash Suite

Session chair: Mohammad Farhadinia, Oxford Martin Fellow, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

08:30 - 08:54 - Across the Iron Curtain: transboundary research on Eurasian lynx ecology facilitates cooperation between countries

Marco Heurich, University of Freiburg, Germany, Elisa Belotti, Ludek Bufka and Bernhard Malkmus

08:54 - 09:18 - Achieving conservation across boundaries: the Kenya-Tanzania borderland

Peadar Brehony, University of Cambridge, UK and Peter Tyrrell

09:18 - 09:42 - The geopolitics of wilderness: challenges in protecting pristine nature and the prospects of convivial conservation in Europe

George Iordachescu, IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy

09:42 - 10:06 - Big cats and border politics: the status of jaguar conservation in the United States

Christopher Bugbee and Aletris Neils, Conservation CATalyst and Humboldt State University, USA

10:06 - 10:30 - Neighbours across the river: conservation challenges at the Peru-Brazil border

Lyndsie Bourgon, National Geographic Early Career Explorer

10:30 - 11:00 - Break

Session chair: Cosmin Corendea, Jindal Global University Law School, India

11:00 - 11:24 - Big cats in borderlands: challenges and implications for trans-boundary conservation for Asian leopards

Mohammad Farhadinia, University of Oxford, UK, Susana Rostro-García, Limin Feng, Jan Kamler, Andrew Spalton, Elena Shevtsova, Igor Khorozyan, Mohammed AL-Duais, Jianping Ge and David Macdonald

11:24 - 11:48 - Assessing the decline of Punjab urial (Ovis vignei punjabiensis) and its conservation outcomes

Maria Neelum, Asma Jabeen and Arooj Fatima, Fatima Jinnah Womens University, Pakistan

11:48 - 12:12 - Climate change impacts on terrestrial biodiversity: exploring projected changes in a human context

Mark Titley, Durham University, UK

12:12 - 12:36 - Assessing policy implementation using the social-ecological systems framework, one size does not fit all

Peter Tyrrell, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

12:36 - 13:00 Using fine spatial resolution satellite imagery to monitor elephants across national borders

Isla Duporge, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Transboundary criteria to set conservation priorities for carnivorans from the northern Pampas

Diego Queirolo, Universidad de la República, Uruguay, Tirelli, F.P., Pereira, J. and Eizirk, E.

Human dimensions of dog-wildlife conflict in Nepal, Himalaya

Debby Ng, National Geographic Early Career Explorer and University of Tasmania, Australia

Ranger perceptions of cooperation in transfrontier conservation areas

Joshua Powell, National Geographic Young Explorer and Peter Coals, WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Decline in the population trends of Asian houbara (Chlamydotis macqueenii) in the Cholistan desert, Pakistan

Manahal Fatima and Asma Jabeen, Fatima Jinnah Womens University, Pakistan

Horizon scanning for significant global emerging issues in illegal wildlife trade

Nafeesa Esmail, ICCS, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Wild animal species being traded as pets in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, Pakistan and assessment of their conservation status

Komal Dua and Asma Jabeen, Fatima Jinnah Women University, Pakistan

The Cecil Moment: celebrity environmentalism, Nature 2.0 and the cultural politics of lion trophy hunting

Sandra McCubbin, Queen's University, Canada

Investing in change that matters

Nqobizitha Ndlovu, African Leadership University

Session chair: Rosaleen Duffy, University of Sheffield, UK

14:30 - 14:52 - Conservation in a zone of lawlessness and insurgency: the Mali Elephant Project

Susan Canney, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

14:52 - 15:15 - Cultures of nationalism: conservation, insurgency and ethnic violence in the Manas Tiger Reserve, India

Trishant Simlai, University of Cambridge, UK

15:15 - 15:37 - Conservation's geo-ethno-politics: saving Kachin Country or Northern Forest Complex in war-torn Burma?

Laur Kiik, University of Oxford, UK

15:37 - 16:00 - Nature abhors a (legal) vacuum: the protection of wildlife in armed conflicts

Elke Hellinx, KU Leuven, Belgium

16:00 - 16:30 - Break

Session chair: Alexandra Zimmermann, IUCN and WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

16:30 - 16:52 - Snow leopard friendly pashmina – converging traditional livelihoods, culture and wildlife conservation

Abhishek Ghoshal, Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysuru-Bengaluru, India

16:52 - 17:15 - Tourism and wildlife consumption

Jessica Bell Rizzolo, Michigan State University, USA

17:15 - 17:37 - Wildlife, conservation, sustainable development, and policy coherence

Francis Vorhies, Stellenbosch University, South Africa

17:37 - 18:00 - Natural capital market design

Alexander Teytelboym, University of Oxford, UK

Stream 3: Hinton Room Workshops

Session chair: Craig Packer, University of Minnesota, USA

Craig Packer in conversation with Tim Hodgetts, Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes, Alexander Teytelboym, Fred Launay, Marc Ventresca TBC and the audience

Session chairs: Raffael Hickisch and Cedric Tan,WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

Raffael Hickisch and Cedric Tan in conversation with Aaron Appleton, Thomas Brooks, Christina Rodina, James Mc Taggart and the audience

10:30 - 11:00 - Break

Session chair: Nayanika Mathur, University of Oxford, UK

Nayanika Mathur in conversation with Shonil Bhagwat, Michael Marrett-Crosby, Rosaleen Duffy, Alexander Zimmermann and the audience

Session chair: Keith Somerville, University of Kent, UK

Keith Somerville in conversation with William Beinart, Amy Dickman, Ruth Feber, Andrew Loveridge and the audience

13:00 - 14:30 - Lunch: Poster Session

Workshop and panel discussion chair: Ewan Macdonald, Chester Zoo Conservation Fellow, Saïd Business School and WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

14:30 - 14:35 - Introduction and welcome

Ewan Macdonald, Saïd Business School and WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

14:35 - 14:50 - Innovation and disruption, what can conservation learn from business

Marc Ventresca, Strategic Management, Saïd Business School, UK

14:50 - 15:05 - What is marketing and how can it be applied to promote social good?

Andrew Stephen, Director, Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative, Saïd Business School, UK

15:05 - 15:20 - Conservation marketing

Ewan Macdonald, Saïd Business School and WildCRU, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

15:20 - 15:25 - Perspectives from conservation practitioners

Terence Chambati, Cristián Bonacic, Akchousanh Rasphone

15:35 - 16:00 - Panel discussion

Ewan Macdonald in conversation with Marc Ventresca, Andrew Stephen, Terence Chambati, Cristián Bonacic, Akchousanh Rasphone and the audience

16:00 - 16:30 - Break 

16:30 - 16:45 - What can research about online dark markets tell us about illegal wildlife trade?

Felipe Thomaz, Modelling Marketing Strategy, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK

16:45 - 17:00 - The business of biodiversity - insights from a conservation scientist

Prue Addison, ICCS, Zoology, University of Oxford, UK

17:00 - 17:15 - Perspectives from conservation practitioners

Nqobizitha Ndlovu, Rurik List, Cedric Tan

17:15 - 17:50 - Panel discussion

Ewan Macdonald in conversation with Feilipe Thomaz, Prue Addison, Nqobizitha Ndlovu, Rurik List, Cedric Tan and the audience

17:50 - 18:00 - Concluding remarks

Andrew Stephen, Director, Oxford Future of Marketing Initiative, Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, UK