Joshua Powell
PhD Project
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PhD Title
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Challenges and Opportunities for Transboundary Conservation of Amur tigers (Panthera tigris tigris) in North-East Asia
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Research Theme
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Biodiversity, Ecology and Conservation | |
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Primary Supervisor
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Primary Institution
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IOZ | |
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Secondary Supervisor
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Secondary Institution
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UCL | |
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Additional supervisor(s)
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Linda Kerley (ANO Amur in partnership with ZSL, Russia),John Ewen (IoZ),John Linnell (Norwegian Institute for Nature Research), | |
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Abstract
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My PhD research focuses on the transboundary conservation of large carnivores, primarily focused on north-east Asia and the world’s largest extant cat, the Amur tiger (Panthera tigris tigris). This necessitates the use of a range of research techniques from the biological and social sciences within an inter-disciplinary framework, in order to evaluate threats to transboundary Amur tiger populations at both a local and regional scale, as well as the potential opportunities and limitations for conservation interventions, including international wildlife law, conservation translocations and mitigation of human-tiger conflict. I am a National Geographic Explorer and one of the faces of WWF’s #WWFVoices campaign on global biodiversity. |
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Policy Impact
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Background Reading
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Collaborators
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Hang Lee (Seoul National University College of Veterinary Medicine; Tiger and Leopard Conservation Fund in Korea) | |
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Grants and awards
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Publications
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Media
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“Death by Tiger” – Korean Tiger Hunters of the Joseon Dynasty. Podcast Interview. Contributors: Working Over Time with Dr Karen Bellinger, by LittleFire & Past Preservers.Rewilding in the UK. Podcast Interview. Contributors: For Goodness Sake Podcast with Phil Baker and Rich Scully, by Will Walter.Josh Powell | National Geographic Explorer & WWF Voices Presenter. Podcast Interview. Contributors: Conservation Careers Podcast with Dr Nick Askew.Where learning turns to conservation with Joshua Powell. Podcast Interview. Contributors: Nature Talks with Erfan Firouzi. | |
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News & Blogs
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Meet the meat-eating ducks of South Georgia, Metro Meet the meat-eating ducks of South Georgia, WWF Meet the meat-eating ducks of South Georgia, The Conversation Meet the meat-eating ducks of South Georgia benefiting from human help, i (newspaper) Island conservation: protecting global biodiversity, ZSL Science Blogs Making the film ‘Saving Britain’s Islands’, ZSL Science Blogs Getting a job in island conservation, ZSL Science Blogs Inside South Korea’s defunct bear farms, Mail Online South Korea is bringing back bears in a country of 52 million people – I went to find out how, The Conversation How South Korea is bringing back bears in a country of 52 million people, Phys.org |
