Can Recovery Ecology Be Successful?

Featured Speaker: Ron Swaisgood, PhD

Ron Swaisgood is a passionate advocate for the need for “hope” in conservation, while acknowledging that we are facing unprecedented environmental challenges. His research interests lie primarily in the pragmatic application of ecological and behavioral knowledge to solving conservation problems. In Southern California and around the globe he oversees several species conservation programs. The programs discussed in this lecture will include demonstration of successful displacement and translocation of wildlife endangered by land development.
 

Presenter Biography

Ron Swaisgood is the Brown Endowed Director of Recovery Ecology at the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance and also the General Scientific Director of Cocha Cashu Biological Station in Manu National Park in the Peruvian Amazon. He received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a PhD in Animal Behavior from UC Davis. Besides crediting many publications, Swaisgood is active on several international conservation committees, chairs the IUCN’s Giant Panda Expert Team, and is past chair of the Animal Behavior Society’s Conservation Committee.

Coordinator: Marlene Rayner