Previous scientific events

Long-eared jerboa

The annual programmes of ZSL Science and Conservation Events and Scientific Meetings have included a varied range of topics and speakers. Abstracts have now been made available where possible and can be accessed from the event pages via the links below.

Professor Jeremy Farrar

Health research in the context...

2015 Stamford Raffles Lecture by Professor Jeremy Farrar OBE

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Oil palm plantation, image (c) Sophia Gynch

The future of food - the future...

A major scientific symposium to debate the global impacts of UK food...

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Dead bird of prey / Ian Carter, Natural England

Health and disease in...

Celebrating 25 years of the Zoological Society of London/Natural...

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Conservation science-policy interface

The conservation science/policy...

Good communication between policy makers and scientists is a crucial...

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Cyprinodon by Barbara Nicca

Flagship species for freshwater...

Freshwater ecosystems are essential to life on earth yet they receive little...

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Image of a hump nosed lizard © RUCHIRA SOMAWEERA

50 years of Red List: past,...

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is one of the most important tools...

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Zebra - close-up M. Wegmann

Symposium - Remote sensing for...

22 & 23 May 2014 - Approaches for understanding mechanisms shaping...

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Instant Wild camera trap picture from Kenya

InstantWILD: a revolution in...

8 April 2014 - One of the greatest challenges for wildlife conservationists...

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An Adult Cheetah and it's young, taken during the Institute of Zoology's ongoing Cheetah Conservation Program.

Pricing nature for biodiversity:...

11 March 2014 - As scientists and managers are constantly looking for an...

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A pile of ivory tusks

Symposium: International...

11 - 12 Feb 2014: The two day symposium reviewed the impacts of...

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Image of Iranian grasslands and desert

Biodiversity and conservation in...

14 Jan 2014 - Biodiversity and conservation in the Middle East

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Scalloped Hammerheads - Galapagos

Sharp-toothed jaws and toothless...

10 Dec 2013 - This meeting will focus on the conservation initiatives that...

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Cheetah in Kalahari

Carnivore symposium

Nov 2013 - From energetics to macroecology: carnivore responses to...

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Palm plantation//C.Beamish

Demand for sustainable palm oil:...

8 October 2013 - Already present in over 50% of packaged products on the...

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Image of a macaque, copyright Isabel Rosa

Global land-use change: causes...

Anthropogenic environmental changes, such as global land use and land cover...

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Tokyo skyline by tokyoform, Flickr

Are economic growth and...

Economic growth has undoubtedly improved human livelihoods yet has equally...

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Mangroves being planted by ZSL

Turning the tide on mangrove loss

Mangrove forests are one of the most severely threatened and undervalued...

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Image of a salamander © Frank Pasmans, Ghent University

The devourer of newts: a novel...

Population declines are reported in over 30 per cent of amphibian species...

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Making Brexit work for ecology and conservation science

Making Brexit work for ecology...

This event highlighted the key role UK science plays in helping our society...

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Brown-eared-pheasant, Shanxi Province

Collaborating for conservation...

A first overview of conservation projects being conducted to protect its...

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White rhino landscape in Tsavo, Kenya

The Living Planet Report 2016:...

Symposium on reducing threats that have resulted in a 58% decline in global...

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Bee and pollen_microbes

Ecosystems under the microscope:...

Talks on how microbial communities contribute to healthy ecosystems

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Cormorant in a city

Can I protect the planet? How...

A debate on the motion 'Global biodiversity decline is not impacted by my...

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Common Dolphin_Porthbeor beach_credit Joana Doyle

Cetacean by-catch: casting the...

Discussion of by-catch as a cause of cetacean strandings and how to reduce...

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Fishing in the Arctic

Fishing in the Arctic - is there...

Come along to our free scientific debate.

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The CSIP team performing a necropsy on a porpoise

CSI of the Sea (online event)

Watch a dolphin post-mortem filmed behind-the-scenes at ZSL on the 12 March...

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CSI of the Sea

CSI of the Sea: pollutants in...

A live-streamed porpoise necropsy

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Pangolin credit Dan Challender

Saving pangolins: Earth's most...

Can we save pangolins from extinction? Come to this free scientific meeting...

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Dynamic Drivers of Disease in Africa_photo

One Health for the Real World:...

Ecosystems provide services that maintain and improve human wellbeing, such...

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Mountain Chicken frog

Conserving the mountain chicken...

The latest findings on the status of the mountain chicken frog.

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Komodo dragon, ZSL

Hot and bothered? Species...

Science and Conservation Event

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West African savannah elephant

Wildlife of the West African...

The savannah of West Africa extends from the Atlantic coast eastwards across...

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Beaver, © Makedocreative

What is the future for beavers...

Science and Conservation Event

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Thames Harbour Seal, credit Russ Miles

The state of the Thames

Estuaries are one of the world’s most productive ecosystems but their...

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Stranded killer whale © ZSL

What's killing the killer whales?

Science and Conservation Event

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New Zealand Robin

Immigrants to the rescue! How...

Learn how 'genetic rescue' can save threatened species

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Palm oil plantation boundary, © Oliver Wearn, ZSL

Natural capital: what's in it...

Science and Conservation Event

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BES ZSL early careers day

Establishing a career in...

A workshop on key skills for establishing a career in conservation science...

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Pitcairn © Andrew Christian

Big-ocean commitments in the UK...

What is the UK's marine conservation role overseas?

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Herd of African elephants

Stamford Raffles Lecture 2017

How animals shape habitats, ecosystems and the global biosphere, by...

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Remote sensing and biodiversity monitoring

Space - the final frontier for...

1-day symposium on satellite remote sensing of biodiversity

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Cheetah space for nature

Safeguarding space for nature...

An international science-policy symposium to support negotiations on the...

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Comma: copyright Butterfly Conservation_Neil Hulme

Stamford Raffles Lecture 2016

ZSL's annual premier scientific lecture, by Professor Jane Hill.

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Bairds tapir Nai conservation

Ten years on the EDGE of Existence

Talks to mark the 10-year anniversary of ZSL's pioneering EDGE of Existence...

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Common dolphin, credit Ali Chedgy/Dyfi National Nature Reserve

CSI of the Sea

Join ZSL for a very special event as we take you behind the scenes to see a...

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Tuatara lizard

Reintroductions for saving...

Discussion on using reintroductions of species for conservation

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Sperm whale stranded in Pegwell Bay

Investigating strandings around...

For 25 years, the UK Cetaceans Strandings Investigation Programme has been...

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Heron Island coral reef

Can we still save coral reefs...

Is there a viable future for coral reefs and can they be saved?

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