Tag: Conservation

• Jonny’s penultimate PhD paper published

  Jonny’s penultimate PhD paper on human-snow leopard coexistence in Nepal’s Everest & Annapurna regions has just been published open access in Springer Nature’s Environmental Management journal. Click here to read or download the article.

  May 13, 2022

  Nepal, Snow leopards

• Dr Jonny Hanson Showreel

  Highlights from seven short documentary films written, produced, directed and presented by Dr Jonny Hanson. Watch the full versions via YouTube.

  November 6, 2021

  Documentaries

• Your Place and Mine Halloween interview

  Without nature there is no human nature – Jonny was talking pigs & pumpkins with Glynn Primary School pumpkin art and the Northern Health and Social Care Trust’s social farming referrals. Plus wildlife and wellbeing with Jubilee’s new National Lottery Heritage Fund Northern Ireland-funded conservation project, all on BBC Radio Ulster’s Your Place and Mine…

  October 30, 2021

  Community farming, Radio

• Mountain Ghost: The Science of Snow Leopards

  Today, International Snow Leopard Day 2021, join conservationist Dr Jonny Hanson for an interactive and engaging exploration of the science of snow leopards. From natural selection and camera trapping to social surveys and ecosystem services, learn about the natural history of and threats to this elusive big cat, its coexistence with local communities, and the…

  October 23, 2021

  Conservation, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Nyika-Vwaza Trust 2021 Lecture & Social

  The Nyika-Vwaza (UK) Trust’s 2021 Lecture Night & Social Evening. Featuring ‘A Botanists take on conservation’ by Jonathan Timberlake. Tickets £16/£8 student via sec.nvt@gmail.com More information here.

  October 16, 2021

  Conservation, Malawi

• Dr Jonny Hanson YouTube channel launched

  This is the trailer for my new YouTube channel, where you can watch all of my videos. Thanks to the Northern Ireland Science Festival, Jubilee Community Benefit Society, the Snow Leopard Conservancy and everyone else who has played a part.

  October 11, 2021

  Carnivores, Documentaries, Food and farming, Rewilding, Snow leopards

• Mountains of the mind

  It’s not the imposing spires of the Himalayas that are the world’s most challenging peaks; it’s the mountains of the mind. These mental massifs also dictate the success or failure of snow leopard conservation, and of nature conservation in general. Some parting thoughts from the series in Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 19.

  July 7, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• The voices of those who matter II

  Conservation = nature + human nature. But it’s the human nature bit that’s the tricky part, especially where large carnivores are concerned. Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries explores the nuances of these relationships in Nepal’s Annapurna Conservation Area.

  June 29, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Seven days in Little Tibet

  One of the world’s most remote and extraordinary places, Nepal’s NarPhu valley has everything: stunning scenery, challenging trekking, Tibetan Buddhist culture, Cold War history. And did we mention the snow leopards? A week of wonder in Snow Leopard Fieldwork Diaries 17.

  June 23, 2021

  Fieldwork Diaries, Nepal, Snow leopards

• Tax dodging and conservation

  With tackling tax loopholes making global headlines, as nations seek to simultaneously finance post-COVID and green economy investments, it’s worth taking a fresh look at the significance of this for conservation, as we seek to stem the loss of genes, species and ecosystems by investing in the global public good that is biodiversity. My blog…

  June 21, 2021

  Conservation