Keynote Lecture: "Injecting Compassion in EU Nature Conservation"

Keynote lecture Prof. Dr. Daniel Ramp
‘An interdisciplinary approach of compassionate conservation’

Daniel Ramp is the Director of the Centre for Compassionate Conservation at the transdisciplinary education and research department of the University of Technology in Sydney.

Prof. Dr. Ramp is a conservation biologist with profound expertise in landscape ecology, behavioural ecology, road ecology, and wildlife-human interactions. At the core of his research lies an adoption of the principles of compassionate conservation,  an expanding international discipline that promotes the wellbeing of individuals in environmental decision making. He is active in creating science that assists in policy change and his primary goal is to incentivise coexistence with wildlife in  gricultural landscapes.

Current research projects include (among others) ‘Compassionate conservation: Bringing individuals into conservation decision making’, ‘Wildlife friendly farming: Helping farmers to benefit from protecting wildlife’, ‘Wildlife welfare: Non-invasive methods for wildlife welfare assessment’, ‘Population modelling: Understanding compassionate management options for wildlife’. Some of his recent research publications are: ‘Animal cognition and culture mediate predator-prey interactions’ (2024), ‘Preventing extinction in an age of species migration and planetary change’ (2023), ‘Ethical Treatment of Invasive and Native Fauna in Australia: Perspectives through the One Welfare Lens’ (2022).

Mandatory Registration (link below) for everyone (except students of the Animal & Law course)

Registration deadline: 16-04-2024

Workshop for studens Animal & Law Course

Following the keynote there is a workshop exclusively for the students of the Animal & Law course (download program & topics)