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Wallacea UNIVERSITY BROCHURE 2014 Operation Wallacea UNIVERSITY BROCHURE 2014 www.opwall.com SECTION 1 – INTRODUCTION (Pages 1-5) Marine Physiology & Experimental Biology Research Topics What is Operation Wallacea? Fisheries & Freshwater Fish Research Topics Global Research and Conservation Management Strategy Agricultural Research Topics How Can I Become Part of the Programme? Spatial Ecology and GIS Research Topics Health, Safety and Fitness Conservation Management Research Topics How are the Data Used? Genetics Based Research Topics SECTION 2 – ACADEMICS (Pages 6-8) SECTION 5 – ADVANCED FIELD PLACEMENTS (Pages 64-65) Participating Academics Medical Electives Visiting Academic Grants Masters by Research PhD Studentships Academics – Class Groups SECTION 6 – ORGANISING AN EXPEDITION (Pages 66-73) How to Get More Information SECTION 3 – RESEARCH OBJECTIVES AND FACILITIES & Prices and Organising Your Expedition RESEARCH ASSISTANT OPTIONS (Pages 9-31) Fundraising Joining as a Research Assistant Dates for Research Assistants Gaining Course Credit as a Research Assistant Feedback Quotes from 2013 Research Assistants and Dissertation Students Indonesia PHOTO CREDITS Honduras Peru Caroline Acton, Gabby Ahmadia,Henry Ali Singer, Cahyo Alkantana, Anmari Alvarez, Ariel Amir, Mel Andrews, Dr Jorge Angulo Valdes, Dean Ashton, Tom Avent, Rebecca Beber, Wiebke Berg, Jake Bicknell, South Africa Dr Dave Bird, Helene Bonsall, Joe T Bourne, Dr Mark Bowler, Dr Robin Brace, Peter Bright, Hannah Bryan, Madagascar Dr Steve Burrows, Alistair Bygrave, Canopy Access Ltd, Carlos Carias, SaraCarlson, Francis Carnegy, Mexico Andy Clarke, James Coates, Dwi Coles, Dr Tim Coles, Paul Coles, Emily Cook, Coral Divers, Nikolai Cordy, Tim Coulson, Alison Curtis, Dr Jocelyn Curtis-Quick, Theresa Dabruzzi, Rachel Daniels, Alison Darlington, Guyana Dr Caine DeLacy, Buck Denton, Pippa Disney, Carys Edwards, Waldo Etherington, Ben Evans, Dr Dan Exton, Cuba Toby Farman, Ben Farrar, Dr Richard Field, Fiery Sun Photography, Mike Flavell, Allison Foran, Transylvania Rachael Forster, Fundacion ADEPT, Stuart Graham, Emma Gravett, Larissa Gumuchjdian, G Hamilton, Barnabas Harrison, Vivien Hartwell, Peter Herbst, Harry Hilser, Dr Justin Hines, Tom Hodgson, Ashley Holland, Jon Honkala, Dr Kim Hunter, Eleanor Jew, James Johnson, Dr Tim Johnson, Rob King, SECTION 4 – UNDERGRADUATE DISSERTATION / THESIS TOPICS (Pages 32-63 ) Zafar Kizilkaya, Jon Kolby, Ciaran Lang, Andreas Lange, Dr Bjorn Lardner, Adam Laverty, Paul Leafe, Sam Leaney, Etienne Littlefair, Dave Lockie, Manuel Loeffler, Stuart Longhorn, Gerhard Lorist, Oliver Luttem, How to Select and Complete a Dissertation/Thesis Andrew Macbeth, Pippa Mansell, Javier Marin, Dr Duncan May, Niall McCann, Peaches Memishian, Botanical Research Topics Dr Jonny Miller, Andy Milne, Dr Dipak Mistry, Dr Randy Morrison, Ferdie Muller, Tom Mullier, Herpetology Research Topics Dan Newman, Shaneil Patel, George Paul, Dr Rob Pickles, Dr Rob Pinsonneault, Kerry Pitcher, Bird Ecology Research Topics Dr Roger Poland, Adam Powell, Dr Nancy Priston, Dan Pupius, Marc Rabenenadrasan, Adam Radage, Dr Peter Randerson, Lyndsay Rankin, Dr Neil Reid, Ernesto Reyes, Angela Roberts, Blake Roberts, James Ros, Mammal Ecology Research Topics Ben Sadd, Dr Pelayo Salinas de Leon, Dr James Saunders, Johan Scholtz, Florian Schultz, Victor Shegelski, Primate Ecology and Behaviour Research Topics L H Sindel, Brian Skerry, Dr Dave Smith, Andrew Snyder, Lucas Sorbara, Dr Martin Speight, Wes Spence, Marine Ecology Research Topics Kieran Swingland, Hugh Tam, Lara Taylor, Hannah Thomas, Wan Ting Toh, Alex Tozer, Sarah Jane Walsh, Damon Waselenchuk, Dr Graham Watkins, Sarah Wells, Matthew Whiteley, Deena Willmott, Richard Wright, Intertidal Research Topics Julie Zaehringer, Calina Zepeda Environmental Science Research Topics INTRODUCTION WHAT IS OPERATION WALLACEA? GLOBAL RESEARCH AND CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT STRATEGY Operation Wallacea is an organisation funded by tuition fees, that runs a series of biological The vast majority of science programmes that deliver key research outcomes are and conservation management research programmes in remote locations across the world. characterised by short-term funding with restricted aims and bio-geographical ranges. Long- These expeditions are designed with specific wildlife conservation aims in mind - from term projects covering large bio-geographical scales that incorporate more than one identifying areas needing protection, through to implementing and assessing conservation ecosystem are rare. The Operation Wallacea programme provides the opportunity to management programmes. What is different about Operation Wallacea is that large teams consider science and conservation of key ecosystems from a global perspective. Opwall is of university academics who are specialists in various aspects of biodiversity or social and able to draw upon researchers from a wide range of different disciplines and academic economic studies are concentrated at the target study sites giving volunteers the institutions to address major issues related to the sustainable management and conservation of some of the world’s most diverse but threatened environments. opportunity to work on a range of projects. The surveys result in a large number of publications in peer-reviewed journals each year, have resulted in 30 vertebrate species new A global research and conservation strategy has been developed and is applied in 4 stages at to science being discovered, 4 'extinct' species being re-discovered and $2 million levered each of the sites. This includes an initial assessment of the biological value of the site (stage 1). If the site is accepted into the Opwall programme, an ecosystem monitoring programme from funding agencies to set up best practice management examples at the study sites. is established to determine the direction of change (stage 2). If this reveals a continuing These survey teams of academics and volunteers that are funded independently of normal decline, a programme for monitoring socio-economic change in adjacent communities is academic sources have enabled large temporal and spatial biodiversity and socio-economic established to determine how these communities interact with the study site (stage 3). Once data sets to be produced and provide information to help with organising effective data from stage 2 and stage 3 are obtained, funding applications are submitted to establish a conservation management programmes. best practice example of conservation management and the success of these programmes are then monitored (stage 4). There is obviously considerable overlap between these stages and In 2014, the expeditions are operating in 9 countries: Indonesia, Romania, South Africa, stage 1 projects can be running at the same time as a stage 4 programme in order to add Madagascar, Peru, Guyana, Cuba, Honduras and Mexico. In each country, a long-term data to understanding the ecosystem requirements of target species or adding to the overall agreement is signed with a partner organisation (e.g. Fund Amazonia in Peru, Wildlife species lists for previously un-worked taxa. Ecological Investments in South Africa) and over the course of this agreement, it is hoped to achieve a survey and management development programme at each of the sites. BIODIVERSITY SCIENCE Occasionally, a competent local partner organisation is not available. In these cases, Opwall is the publisher of Biodiversity Science (www.biodiversityscience.org) that is Operation Wallacea mentors the formation of a new Non-Government Organisation a quarterly online journal that describes advances in biodiversity monitoring, new (NGO) formed from local staff who have provided successful input to the expedition species discoveries and advances on conservation management. Articles are peer surveys (e.g. Lawane Ecotone for the Indonesian forest and Expediciones y Servicios reviewed by a team of editors from Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge, Ambientales de Cusuco for the Honduran cloud forests). McMaster and Essex Universities, Scottish Wildlife Trust and the Royal Geographical Society. If you are not receiving the quarterly journal then please log onto the Biodiversity Science website and sign up for the free quarterly issues. 01 HOW CAN I BECOME PART OF THE PROGRAMME? The Operation Wallacea surveys require contributions from a large range of people with different levels of academic expertise and training and this brochure describes how the different groups are able to contribute to the programme. Note groups of Sixth Form or High School (16+) students with their teachers in attendance are allowed to participate in some of the programmes but have a much more restricted range of options available to them. The school programme is not included in this brochure and has a separate brochure. Section 1: Describes how the Operation Wallacea programmes are constructed, the health and safety approach used and how the data generated by the programmes in each country are used for conservation management purposes. Section 2: Describes the opportunities for academics to become involved in the programme. Section 3: Describes the opportunities for those in university education or who have recently completed degrees, to join the programme as research assistants to gain field experience or for course credit. Section 4: Describes how you can join to complete an undergraduate dissertation or independent research project in the field with a high level of academic support. There are more than 100 research topics available to develop into dissertations
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