Tammy Davies

Curriculum Vitae:

• 2010 – present: NERC funded PhD student, St Andrews University and Institute of Zoology.
• 2008-2010: Researcher to the Assam Haathi Project, Conservation department, Chester Zoo.
• 2007-2008: MSc Conservation and Biodiversity (Distinction), University of Exeter.
• 2006-2007: Marine Science Officer; Reefdoctor, Madagascar.
• 2006: Marine Research Assistant; Asociation ANAI, Costa Rica.
• 2005: Divemaster Internship; Fiji.
• 2001-2004: BSc Biology (Hons), University of Durham.
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Research Interests:

My main interests lie in conservation, and specifically how poverty affects the use of natural resources and how an interdisciplinary approach can be used to develop locally specific and sustainable conservation management solutions. My PhD uses a mixed-methods approach within a participatory framework to explore the links between poverty and provisioning ecosystem services in a remote and poorly studied region of the Solomon Islands, where people are highly dependent on natural resources for subsistence. For further details on my PhD project click here .
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Supervisors:

Dr. Nathalie Pettorelli (IoZ)
Dr. Guy Cowlishaw (IoZ)
Dr. Ioan Fazey (St Andrews)
Dr. Will Cresswell (St Andrews)
Dr. Chris Dibben (St Andrews)
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Publications:

Davies, T.E. et al. (2011) Effectiveness of intervention methods against crop raiding elephants. Conservation Letters 4(5): 346-354.

Zimmermann, A., Wilson, S., Hazarika, N. & Davies, T.E. (2010). Living with Elephants: a practical handbook as an outreach tool. Presented at the IEF Conference on Elephant Conservation and Research in Pretoria, South Africa. 25-29 January 2010.

Davies, T.E. (2010). Living with elephants in Assam. BIAZA LifeLines January edition.

Davies, T.E., Beanjara, N. & Tregenza, T. (2009). A socioeconomic perspective of gear based management of an artisanal fishery, SW Madagascar. Presented at the 6th WIOMSA Scientific Symposium, St. Denis, Réunion Island. 24-29 August 2009.

Davies, T.E., Beanjara, N. & Tregenza, T. (2009). A socioeconomic perspective of gear based management of an artisanal fishery, SW Madagascar. Fisheries Management and Ecology 16; 279-289.

Davies, T.E., Zimmermann, A., Wilson, S. & Hazarika, N. (2009). Living with elephants in Assam: a community-based approach to conservation. RATEL. 36 (2); 9-13.

Zimmerman A., Davies T.E., Wilson, S. & Hazarika N. (2009). Community-based conflict management in Assam. Gajah 30; 34-40.
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Funding:

I am funded by a NERC scholarship. Additional funding for 2012 field work was received from Rufford Small Grants , Lubee Bat Conservancy and Chester Zoo Conservation Grants.