© A. Prokopec
Before global warming, even before the human population exploded to 6.7 billion, scientists, philosophers and lovers of nature were already concerned with the conservation of plants, insects, fish, amphibians, birds and mammals, both in terrestrial and marine settings, and in ecosystems as diverse as tropical forests through to the Antarctic. As a conservation ecologist, therefore, I am carrying on a long tradition of studying ecosystems and trying to understand the complex interactions between the diverse plants and animals that inhabit them; and what happens when ecosystems begin to unravel as habitats and their inhabitants are lost due to the effects of human activity.
To appreciate the impact of deforestation, pollution, habitat loss, extinctions, over-grazing, over-fishing or warming seas, I analyse information about different ecosystems worldwide to estimate the impact of human activity. I specialise in applying mathematical models to large multi-species datasets to determine global-scale patterns of threat to biodiversity. The research involves the use of cross-disciplinary (standard sampling of species abundance, genetics, physiology, behaviour, economics, policy) data and methods; the results are quantitative, sound and defendable. In a world where human activity has precipitated the current ‘Anthropocene’ extinction event and the subsequent loss of hundreds of thousands of species, my aim is to provide evidence that is irrefutable to influence government policy and private behaviour.
Only with rational data can human attitudes and behaviours be shifted away from the wholesale modification of the biosphere and towards the conservation of the ecosystem services that support life, such as pure water and clean air, along with habitat and species diversity.
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For more information, view my CV, publications list and recent media appearances. I am available for contract work at a daily rate. I can be contacted via the form below:
Te Tūhonotanga “The Joining”
[...] warming is trivial - the weather fluctuates more than that one a day-to-day basis! Guest Speaker: Associate Professor Corey Bradshaw, is Research Director of Marine Impacts at the Research Institute for Climate Change and [...]
[...] by Barry Brook on 14 November 2008 As part of a recent textbook I wrote with Prof Navjot Sodhi and Assoc Prof Corey Bradshaw (Tropical Conservation Biology, Wiley-Blackwell, 2007), we interviewed some well known scientists [...]
Hi There!
I thought you might like to know about a global action campaign I have started to free bears from horrible crush cages on bile farms. Most people don’t even know these places of hell exist for bears. Having you include our action campaign on your blogsite could help generate more awareness and direct action to end bile farming and free the the 9,000 bears that are locked in crush cages so small they can’t even move.
Here are some sites that can provide more information:
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http://ursafreedomproject.blogspot.com
http://ursafreedomproject.ning.com
http://www.animalsasia.org
Thanks, and I”ll be looking for you!
Jeanette
hey, just read your thing on Sharks its great
i’m in a metal band and this month we are to release our new Cd “sharks”
i was wondering if we could have permission to use the image you used in that article
many kind returns
Josh
As Hope Falls.
Josh – no problem, but you’ll have to ask the photographer directly, Rob Harcourt. I’ll send his email.
CJAB
HI CJAB, Thank you for your kind response. Would you be willing to let the world know about the plight of the monarch butterfly? As a species in Canada, USA and Mexico the butterfly is at risk from a collapsing natural world often caused by man’s indifference. Then along comes drought and the pine beetle in the Mexican monarch butterfly sancutary which further complicates the butterfly’s existance.
You can read our information on our blogs at http://www.insectamonarca.wordpress.com, http://www.happytonics.wordpress.com and from our Web site at http://www.happytonics.org
Thank you for explaining about the interdependance of all species.
What we do to the butterfly, we do to ourselves. I am looking forward to your future articles on biodiversity and sustainability in the midst of a collapsing natural world. It takes people like you to make the world see that we are all related.
Best wishes,
Mary Ellen
[...] and why climate scientists consider them to be so robust. (Incidentally, on my research front, Corey Bradshaw and I are currently working on a new systematic analysis of the Australian temperature station [...]
[...] CJA Bradshaw [...]
Dude!
Abbs said she caught up with you yesterday and recommended I have a look at your blog and steal all your ideas. Impressive mate, too much for me to contemplate thieving in one go.
How the hell are you and when can we all catch up and drink heavily?
PS Antarctica was awesome (again!)!
Imminent meetings required, my friend. Will email.