Dear SHAIR/BERGers,
UFAW just opened on-line registration for their Animal Welfare conference 10-11 July. If you are interested you can find details about the conference and register at https://ow.ly/WWHr50ShLuJ<http://hannq.smtptrack.com/tracking/qaR9ZGxkZwD4BQZkZmtkZQHjZGLmZvM5qzS4qaR…> (£35 for students, £75 for UFAW members, free to eligible countries)
Best wishes,
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Dear All,
Some of you might be interested - please see the below message from Sophia.
Best wishes,
Pawel
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Dr Pawel Fedurek (he/his)
Lecturer in Psychology
Behaviour and Evolution Research Group (BERG)
Division of Psychology, Faculty of Natural Sciences
University of Stirling
Stirling, FK9 4LA
Scotland, UK
Tel: +44 (0)1786 467844<tel:+441786467844>
Twitter: @fedurekp<https://twitter.com/fedurekp> @BERG_Stirling<https://twitter.com/BERG_Stirling>
Staff page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/people/1080868> | BERG page<https://www.stir.ac.uk/about/faculties/natural-sciences/our-research/resear…>
I aim to reply within 3 working days (my working days are between Monday and Friday).
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From: Sophia Daoudi-Simison <Sophia.Daoudi(a)newcastle.ac.uk>
Sent: 07 June 2024 17:21
To: Pawel Fedurek <pawel.fedurek(a)stir.ac.uk>
Subject: FW: Interested in Joining ASAB Council?
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Hi Pawel,
I hope you’ve had a good week? I just wanted to share the below, which may be of interest to BERG members? Would you mind sharing? Please feel free to pass on to others too!
Positions on ASAB Council
Several positions are available on ASAB Council to begin in January 2025 (or earlier). Deadline for Applications is 14th June 2024.
The positions are: Secretary of the Ethics Committee, Secretary of the EDIA Committee, Secretary of the Education Committee, Meetings Secretary and two Ordinary Members of Council (one of which should be an Early Career Researcher).
If you are interested in being nominated for one of these positions, and contributing the work of ASAB, please send a 150-word statement outlining your motivation, experience and suitability for the role, to the current ASAB Secretary, Sasha Dall (s.r.x.dall(a)exeter.ac.uk<mailto:s.r.x.dall@exeter.ac.uk>) by June 14th 2024.
Your nomination should be supported by at least two members of the Association, also by email to s.r.x.dall(a)exeter.ac.uk<mailto:s.r.x.dall@exeter.ac.uk> by June 14th 2024.
Nominated candidates will be put forward for an online election by the membership. Council may nominate candidates and reserves the right to add nominations after the closing date in the event of a lack of suitable candidates. Council also reserves the right to generate a short-list of not less than three candidates per position for online elections.
Officers and ordinary members of ASAB Council will normally serve three calendar years, commencing 1st January. Reasonable expenses are reimbursed to support attendance at Council meetings and associated ASAB conferences, and a small annual research grant is provided for ASAB Council Officers in support of animal behaviour research activity.
Further information on the roles can be found on the ASAB webpage here<https://www.asab.org/opportunities>.
Best regards, Sasha Dall (ASAB Secretary)
Sophia Daoudi-Simison | PhD | Animal Behaviour, Conservation & Welfare
School of Psychology
(Pronouns: She/Her)
School of Psychology, Newcastle University, UK
EVOMINDs<http://evominds.co.uk/>
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E: asabwebeditor(a)gmail.com<mailto:asabwebeditor@gmail.com> (ASAB Communications Officer)
T: 0191 208 3108
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Note: My normal working hours are 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday. I will reply to student emails within 2 working days (excluding weekends and bank holidays), unless I am otherwise unavailable (i.e. when I have an out of office response in place, when the University is closed, or when I am on annual leave). My e-mail practice conforms to the Faculty of Medical Sciences E-mail Guidelines https://newcastle.sharepoint.com/hub/medical/Pages/policy-procedures.aspx
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Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
Funded MPhil in chimpanzee conservation. Project description below - further details in link.
Closing date 17th June
https://www.derby.ac.uk/research/degrees/applicants/studentship-opportuniti…
Project description
Best-practice guidelines for surveying and monitoring of great apes are outdated (i.e., Kuehl et al., 2008) and new guidelines are urgently needed that adequately incorporate the latest technological advances that are rapidly transforming wildlife monitoring. Great apes are elusive species, which poses many challenges to their detection, and available methods for monitoring differ in terms of feasibility, outcome, effort, and cost. Line transect nest counts are a standard method, yet time-consuming and expensive. In contrast, passive acoustic monitoring, camera traps and drones are less labor-intensive and thus more cost-effective. Collecting environmental DNA (eDNA), traces of DNA left by individuals in the environment, is a promising tool to target species such as great apes which are elusive, occur at low population sizes, and are endangered. Despite its potential to guide conservation efforts, the feasibility of using eDNA for primate monitoring remains little explored. Community-led conservation activities can play a crucial role in informing about a species’ distribution and conservation status, and Citizen Science approaches have gained traction for involving stakeholders in species monitoring. However, despite their cost-effectiveness and great potential for aiding great ape conservation (McCarthy et al., 2021), citizen science approaches are lacking for most great ape countries. Given the pros and cons of these methodologies, it is important to understand how they complement each other and their applications to countries where great ape surveys are still underrepresented. Since 2003, Guinea-Bissau is a priority area for chimpanzee conservation in the Regional Action Plan, but within-country population trends are still unknown. Thus, this project aims to reassess the conservation status of chimpanzees in Guinea-Bissau and to provide insights into Best Practices (Strategy 1) and eliminate Research and Data Gaps (Strategy 2 in Regional Action Plan 2020-30).
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Scotland’s University for Sporting Excellence
The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159
