This is a one hour long video of the seminar I recently gave at the ANU, disseminating my results from the CKGR lion research project. … [Read more]
The Ecology and Management of Kalahari Lions in Central Botswana
Posted on February 18, 2015 // Leave a Comment
Salient statistics about Botswana…
Posted on January 31, 2015 // Leave a Comment
581,730 square kilometres (48th) 0.45% arable Population 2,155,784 (145) 32.9 under 14 years of age. Life expectancy 54 23% adults estimated to carry HIV 85% Literacy rate Source: CIA World Factbook, 2015 … [Read more]
Human vs Livestock vs Wild mammal biomass on Earth
Posted on January 16, 2015 // Leave a Comment
At some time in recent pre-history, there were fewer than 100,000 humans, hunter gatherers all, while the rest of mammal diversity was wild. Then humans domesticated plants and animals, and together they came to dominate the landscape in a very … [Read more]
Lion strongholds around Africa
Posted on November 16, 2014 // Leave a Comment
I owe this data 100% to Jason Riggio and others, where they provided the data and shape files in this paper. The map is now a visualisation of the strongholds for lions around Africa, and does not include areas that are privately owned ( very … [Read more]