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More than 250 IWT experts will come together to explore how evidence can help prompt effective policy and action at the Evidence to Action: Research to Address Illegal Wildlife Trade event. The live streaming programme will also draw from the event’s Briefing Note on Research to Address for Illegal Wildlife Trade. This event is organised ahead of the UK Government’s London Conference on Illegal Wildlife Trade, that recognises the growing importance of evidence base action on wildlife trade.
Schedule (London time):
- 9:00-9:45 – Evidence to Action Opening Ceremony chaired by Bob Smith, Director of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
- 9:00-9:15 – Opening Remarks with Dominic Jermey, Director General of the Zoological Society of London
- 9:15-9:45 – Evidence to Action plenary with Ian Boyd, Chief Scientific Adviser at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
- 10:20-11:20 – Panel on Militarization and Conservation organised by Rosaleen Duffy, University of Sheffield
- Bram Buscher, University of Wageningen
- Rosaleen Duffy, University of Sheffield
- Jasper Humphreys, Kings College London
- George Wambura, Community Voices
- Charles Jones Nsonkali, Community Voices
- 11:30-12:30 – Using ranger-generated data for predictive patrol planning organised by Colin Beale, University of York; Drew Cronin, WCS/SMART; Rohit Singh, WWF; Andrew Dobson, University of Edinburgh and Milind Tambem, University of Southern California
- Drew Cronin, SMART Partnership
- Rohit Singh, Zero Poaching Lead, WWF Wildlife Crime/SMART Partnership
- Andrew Dobson, University of Edinburgh; Colin Beale, University of York
- Milind Tambe, University of Southern California
- 14:00-14:45 – Effective Use of Evidence chaired by E.J. Milner-Gulland, Tasso Leventis Professor of Biodiversity of the University of Oxford
- Ling Xu, Acting Head of TRAFFIC China and WWF China-Wildlife Trade Programme
- Edson Gandiwa, Professor of Wildlife Conservation and Management and Dean, Chinhoyi University of Technology
- Rosaleen Duffy, Professor of International Politics, University of Sheffield
- Scott Roberton, Director for Counter-Wildlife Trafficking, WCS Asia program
- 14:50-15:50 – Challenges and solutions for tackling cyber-enabled illegal wildlife trade organised by David L. Roberts, Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, University of Kent
- Lucas Joppa, Microsoft
- David Roberts, University of Kent
- Joss Wright, University of Oxford
- Caroline Cox, University of Portsmouth
- Anita Lavorgna, University of Southampton
- Alan Roberts, National Wildlife Crime Unit
- 16:15-17:15 – Gender – a missing link in efforts to eradicate the Illegal Wildlife Trade organised by Helen Anthem, Fauna & Flora International and Rebecca Drury, Fauna & Flora International
- Helen Anthem, Fauna & Flora International
- Rebecca Drury, Fauna & Flora International
- Francis Masse, University of Sheffield
- Meredith Gore, Michigan State University
- Moses Muthoki, Ol Pejeta Conservancy
- 17:30 – 18:15 – Bridging the Gap Between IWT Researchers, Communities and the Media chaired by Keith Somerville, Honorary Professor of Journalism at the University of Kent
- Rachael Bale, National Geographic Society Wildlife Trade Investigative Reporter
- Estacio Valoi, Freelancer Investigative Journalist
- Jonathan Watts, Global Environment Editor of The Guardian
- 18:15-18:25 – Evidence to Action Closing Remarks chaired by Jacob Phelps, Lecturer in Tropical Environmental Change and Policy at the Lancaster Environment Centre, University of Lancaster
More information on the sessions highlighted can be found on our Plenary Panels and Guest Panellists page.
More information on the other live streamed sessions (in blue) can be found in the Evidence to Action Abstract Book_3 Oct 18.