Information on previous programmes

10 July 2012 The evolution and life history of parasitism: the good, the bad and the ugly - Communicating Science series

12 Oct 2010 Wildlife in a changing world: tracking the fate of declining vertebrates - Wildlife Conservation series

9 Nov 2010 DEBATE: Is the coalition government's proposal for a 'science-led programme of badger control' an effective way to reduce tuberculosis in cattle? - Communicating Science series debate

18 & 19 Nov 2010 Disease invasion: impacts on biodiversity and human health - Royal Society / ZSL joint symposium

14 Dec 2010 Investing in natural capital and green infrastructure - Wildlife Conservation series

11 Jan 2011 Life on the EDGE - Wildlife Conservation series

3 & 4 Feb 2011 Marine Protected Areas on the high seas - ZSL symposium

8 Feb 2011 Why be nice? Understanding cooperative behaviour in humans and other animals - Communicating Science series

8 March 2011 Climate change in Africa: more than melting icebergs and drowning polar bears - Communicating Science series

12 Apr 2011 Communicating Science: Wildlife forensics: using tools from medicine and crime scene investigation to help save wildlife - Communicating Science series

5 & 6 May 2011 Sustainable palm oil: challenges, a common vision and the way forward - Symposium

10 May 2011 Biodiversity Big Brother - Communicating Science series

14 June 2011 Biodiversity in a corporate landscape: what can we afford to destroy? - Wildlife Conservation series

21 June 2011 Possible Creatures: an evolutionary vision - 2011 Stamford Raffles Lecture

12 July 2011 Cryptozoology: science or pseudoscience - Communicating Science series

13 Jul 2010 'Re-wilding' Europe and the return of predators - Communicating Science series

15 Jun 2010 The new biology of ageing - 2010 Stamford Raffles Lecture given by Professor Linda Partridge, Director of the UCL Institute of Healthy Ageing.

8 Jun 2010 Conservation, values and religion - Wildlife Conservation series

11 May 2010 Success and failure in conserving species of extreme rarity: lessons to be learnt? - Communicating Science series

28 & 29 Apr 2010 Linking biodiversity conservation and poverty reduction: what, why and how? - Symposium

13 April 2010 Conservation with shifting goalposts: polar conservation and climate change - Communicating Science series

30 Mar 2010 Using timber certification as a tool for wildlife management: experiences from West and Central Africa - additional event in the Wildlife Conservation series

9 Mar 2010 The human animal: biological basis of mate choice - Communicating Science series

25 & 26 Feb 2010 Foundations of biodiversity: saving the world's non-vertebrates - Symposium

9 Feb 2010 Making good decisions: how humans and other animals deal with an uncertain world - Communicating Science series

12 Jan 2010 Conservation biology of the European eel - Communicating Science series

7 Dec 2009 The secret world of 'naked snakes' - Communicating Science series

10 Nov 2009 South Asia vultures: catastrophic declines and environmental impact - Wildlife Conservation series

15 & 16 Oct 2009 Impacts of environmental change on reproduction and development in wildlife - Symposium

13 Oct 2009 Conservation and the world in 2050 - Wildlife Conservation series

Details of scientific events in the 2008/09 Scientific Meetings programme

18 & 19 Jun 2009 Biodiversity monitoring and conservation: bridging the gaps between global
commitment and local action - Symposium

16 Jun 2009 Biodiversity and ecosystems in a changing world - the 2009 Stamford Raffles Lecture was given by Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the UK Government

9 Jun 2009 Bushmeat and fisheries within the livelihood context - what are the implications for conservation? - Scientific Meeting

20 May 2009 Climate change and wildlife conservation: crisis or opportunity? - the second event in our Conservation Challenges for the 21st Century series

12 May 2009 Extinction risk in common species - Scientific Meeting

14 Apr 2009 The climate change threat to corals - Scientific Meeting

10 Mar 2009 Understanding variation in population sizes: does the biological model matter? - Scientific Meeting

10 Feb 2009 Darwin's Legacy: the fate of the icons of evolution - Scientific Meeting

13 Jan 2009 Environmental influences on development - Scientific Meeting

9 Dec 2008 Communication in mammals: deciphering messages in visual, acoustic and olfactory signals - Scientific Meeting

20 & 21 Nov 2008 Halting the global decline in amphibians: research and practice - Symposium

11 Nov 2008 Monitoring of wildlife: from individual behaviours to global distributions - Scientific Meeting

28 Oct 2008 Saving Africa's athletes: conserving cheetahs and wild dogs - part of the new ZSL/WCS Conservation Challenges for the 21st Century series