Prof. Bill Sutherland: Using Evidence to Save Wildlife More Effectively

Описание: Bill Sutherland is Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge, Department of Zoology, and founder of Conservation Evidence. For over 20 years he’s been asking a deceptively simple question: if a doctor can look up the evidence for any treatment before prescribing, why can't a conservationist do the same?

Conservation has long relied on tradition, intuition, and accumulated experience. But the tools being used today are often the same ones used 50 years ago, while every other field has been transformed by innovation. Bill's work is changing that, by making evidence accessible, pushing practitioners to test what actually works, and challenging the field to ask whether its standard practices are as effective as assumed.

In this conversation:
0:00 - Introduction
6:04 - Bridging the gap between conservation scientists and practitioners
9:50 - Conservation Evidence: the database changing how we save wildlife
11:30 - Why conservation lags 50 years behind every other field on innovation
15:55 - How funders can drive evidence-based practice
27:03 - Indigenous and traditional knowledge: opportunities and challenges
46:18 - Horizon scanning: predicting the next big threats to biodiversity
49:50 - AI in conservation: promise and risk
53:10 - Where conservation is headed in the next 5 to 10 years


About Bill Sutherland:
Bill Sutherland is the Miriam Rothschild Professor of Conservation Biology at the University of Cambridge and founder of Conservation Evidence. He coined the term "evidence-based conservation" and has spent over two decades building the tools and frameworks to make it a global standard. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society and was appointed Commander of the British Empire (CBE) in 2021 for services to evidence-based conservation. He also runs Conservation Concepts, a YouTube channel making ecology accessible to anyone curious about the natural world.

About Conservation Evidence:
Conservation Evidence is a free, open-access database and journal summarizing scientific evidence on the effectiveness of conservation interventions. From managing invasive species to restoring habitats and protecting threatened wildlife, it gives practitioners, funders, and policymakers the evidence they need to make better decisions, in plain language anyone can understand.

Learn more:
Bill's Conservation Concepts on YouTube:    / @bill_sutherland  
Conservation Evidence: https://www.conservationevidence.com/
Conservation Concepts video library: https://www.britishecologicalsociety....

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