More than 31 villages, in at least four areas of Tanzania, are now using chili fences, according to the Tanzania Wildlife Research Institute.
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"Government and research councils' funding wants you to test hypotheses and produce very specific, short-term high-impact results, " said Chris Newman, one of the researchers from the university's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) who will be making the presentation.
An inaugural symposium was organized in 2010 by the Born Free Foundation and the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) of the University of Oxford and to date there have been three further international meetings in the UK, China, and Australia.
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SeaWorld says it supports wildlife conservation, research and education and has rescued thousands of stranded and sick animals.
Dr Mark Vrtiska and colleagues at the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission recently published research in the Wildlife Society Bulletin saying that organised and licensed hunting has boosted the amount of money being spent of conservation.
Nature groups like the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation and government-funded research organizations such as Connecticut Sea Grant and the Long Island Sound Study sponsored Mr. Yarish's seaweed project to show how seaweed can keep nutrient pollution in check.
Roland Gauvain, manager of the Alderney Wildlife Trust, said the results of the research were exciting.
As a veterinarian, Travis said his interest in wildlife conservation got him into reproductive biology and research aimed at fighting infertility and exploring birth control methods.
The genetic research was supported by the US-based Wildlife Conservation Society.
In the report, the authors also emphasised that further research on the effects of micro-turbines on wildlife was urgently required but said that needed to occur in parallel with the development of guidance on planning.
The research was carried out with the help of the Alderney Wildlife Trust and the British Trust for Ornithology.
Scotland's game and wildlife management sector has a male dominated, ageing workforce, according to new research.
The Yorkshire Wildlife Trust will be recording the water voles' movements at the farm, which will be used for research and educational purposes, allowing the public to catch a rare glimpse of the secretive creatures.
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The new research has been carried out by the Gabonese national parks agency (ANPN) alongside WWF and the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
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The 33 turtles had been rescued more than three months ago by federal officials and state wildlife authorities from Louisiana, Florida and Georgia, as well as the Riverhead Foundation and the In-Water Research Group.
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