James Borrell is a conservation scientist, and science communicator with a passion for adventurous expeditions and conservation fieldwork.
He has been involved with a variety of research expeditions, from the Peruvian Amazon to the Dhofar Mountains and more. James is an accomplished public speaker and writer having spoken at TEDx and been published in The Biologist and The Guardian. He is also a keen advocate of ‘Citizen Science‘ and founder of Discover Conservation believing that science and adventure go hand in hand.
James runs this website, with a focus on encouraging young conservationists. He blogs about expeditions, motivation, adventure and how to get involved. He writes a monthly newsletter with the most popular articles and news. Find out more about James or get in touch.
Expedition Angano
In December 2015 James led a team of international scientists on an expedition to a remote part of Northern Madagascar. Here, in collaboration local conservationists, they worked to understand the effects of habitat fragmentation and disturbance on animals communities.
Despite heavy rain and challenging field conditions, the team managed to gather valuable data. This short clip gives an overview of the expedition.
Explore This Site:
Film Premiere: Life on the Edge
Of all the adventures that working in conservation has brought my way, premiering a film has to be the one that I least expected. I’ve never been to a premiere before, I don’t know anything about films – in essence, I really have no idea what I’m doing!
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Saying Goodbye to Toughie (the last suriving Rabbs fringe-limbed treefrog)
The last known observation of the frog in the wild was that of a single male heard calling (but not seen) in 2007.
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The Conservation Guide (How to find honest volunteer project reviews)
So you want to get involved in conservation? Perhaps a little frustratingly, everyone so far has told you that the first thing you need to do is ‘get experience’.
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Why Volunteering With Animals Does Nothing For Conservation
Saving individual animals should always come second to saving species, which in turn comes second to protecting habitats.
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The one image that I use in all of my talks
t is, incredibly, the first image ever taken by a human of Earth from space way back in 1968.
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Top 100 Conservation Twitter Accounts to Follow in 2014
Interested in conservation? Here’s 100 of the best conservation related Twitter accounts, including official organisations, scientists, campaigners, journalists, photographers and news sites.
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13 Most Popular Articles From 2013
I’m really pleased that 2013 has seen the readership of this blog more than double.
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A Quick Summary For First Time Readers
One day we climbed a hill. Slipping and sliding through the mud past great iron wood trees draped with vines until the breeze wafted through the understory and we could climb no higher.
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How to… Have a citizen science microadventure
Science and adventure go hand in hand. In the same way that you don’t need to fly to the other side of the world, climb mountains or row oceans to have an adventure. You don’t need to lead an expedition to the depths of the unexplored amazon to do science.
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On Graduating and The Real World (it’s OK to do something different)
When you graduate, a lot of people tell you that you need to join the real world. That you can’t necessarily expect to enjoy work because it’s work.
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Twitter:
- The forest birds captured for their tuneful voices https://t.co/2h8dRGa3xw #java2 hours ago
- Reading up on the world’s rarest wading bird https://t.co/mcObSUi3Si #conservation10 hours ago
- Leopard prints strolling past Ensete plants in Hwassa University campus, Ethiopia! #wildlife… https://t.co/7DMq34cGTmyesterday
- Ethiopia also has crazy high Yam diversity, and for some varieties, this is what the inside… https://t.co/EvGmGeMe1Hyesterday
- Dr Wilkin in the field next to a staggeringly enormous Ensete plant. Planning to measure the… https://t.co/UndxmXA2td3 days ago
Instagram:
Ethiopia also has crazy high Yam diversity, and for some varieties, this is what the inside looks like. Tastes good too apparently! #foodsecurity #africa #crops #kew #ethiopia
Leopard prints strolling past Ensete plants in Hwassa University campus, Ethiopia! #wildlife #crops #africa #foodsecurity
Email Newsletter:
A very occasional email newsletter with expedition news, conservation resources and speaking dates.
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