Daisy Bartholemew will join the CEG in October 2015 as an MBiol student, working on the impacts of climate change on the conservation of birds and mammals across Africa.  Daisy will use results from Species Distribution Models already developed in the CEG research group to project the current and potential future ranges of African mammals and birds. We will combine these projections with Site Prioritisation Algorithms to establish the most cost effective conservation solutions for biodiversity across Africa under various future climate change projections.

Harriet Newhouse will join the CEG in October 2015, having been awarded a Grevillea Trust Studentship, to undertake a research MSc studying the drivers of global ecotourism. Ecotourism is a major income source from biodiversity and can contribute substantially to GDP in developing countries. This project will explore the characteristics that attract visitors to sites around the world, and will explore the potential impacts of climate change on ecotourism attractions worldwide.