Browse Hierarchy BIO774P: Biodiversity Loss - Challenges and Solutions

This module examines the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss from the landscape- to global-scale, alongside the strategies being adopted to mitigate and reverse these effects. You will learn about the impacts of climate change, pollution, habitat loss and agriculture, as well as national, regional and international policies and frameworks (e.g. EU Biodiversity Strategy, CITES, IUCN and Nagoya). You will be trained in how to evaluate data quality for evidence-based recommendations, and in grant writing for real-world projects, case studies, such as illegal wildlife trade and plastic pollution. Interactions with practitioners will offer direct insights into the pressing threats to biodiversity and its conservation. This core module is taught at both Queen Mary and the Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew.