[BERG] Talk Wednesday 26th

Dear all, Hope you had a great weekend. In the next BERG/SHAIR meeting this week, Alice Turner will present her latest work on her project: Human-Beaver Coexistence in a Nature Emergency. The meeting will take place in the Common Psychology room at 4pm, Wednesday. Abstract: We are in a nature emergency, and the re-establishment of beavers is one solution to restore biodiversity and ecosystem function. Yet, their relationship with humans, with whom they share their environment, remains largely under-researched. There are many studies which demonstrate the impact of human activity on wildlife, as well as how species adapt to human proximity, but our understanding of this in a beaver context is limited. Future ecosystem management must go beyond reintroduction schemes and allow both humans and beavers to engineer the environment without generating conflict. This talk outlines a PhD study into human-beaver coexistence, describing methodology and preliminary findings and potential applications to beaver policy and practice. link for online attendance: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NTliODBlNDQtMzM1MC00… best, Alex ________________________________ Scotland's University for Sporting Excellence The University of Stirling is a charity registered in Scotland, number SC 011159