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Professor Zoe Davies is a Professor of Biodiversity Conservation at the University of Kent, affiliated with the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (DICE). She holds roles including Senior Associate Editor for Conservation Letters, Chair of the British Trust for Ornithology Board of Trustees, and member of Natural England committees. Her research focuses on conservation policy, biodiversity-human wellbeing relationships, urban ecology, and rewilding, emphasizing empirical data for management and policy. She has supervised numerous PhD and MSc students, contributing to over 117 publications in conservation science. Notable contributions include frameworks for global conservation area coverage and studies on tropical deforestation impacts.
Education: BSc Zoology (Royal Holloway, University of London), PhD (University of Leeds). Professional memberships include the British Ecological Society. Her work addresses conservation challenges through interdisciplinary approaches, including participatory research and robotics for biodiversity monitoring.
Publications highlight her expertise in urban green spaces' mental health benefits, tropical forest degradation thresholds, and stakeholder-driven conservation strategies. Awards include DICE’s 2019 Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher Education (institutional). Advising spans rewilding, deforestation, and urban biodiversity, with grants supporting global projects in Guyana, Indonesia, and Kenya.
Labs/teams: Active in the Biodiversity and Macroecology Group (BIOME) and robotics for environmental sustainability initiatives. Collaborates internationally on projects like the BIO-WELL wellbeing scale and Wallacea conservation efforts.
