Fiona M Underwood

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Using Bayesian Belief Networks to assess how to manage commercial wildlife trade in a complex world

International commercial trade is one of the greatest threats to many wildlife species. The conservation community is often deeply divided on how to manage the trade to ensure the long-term sustainability of these species. Trade strategies range from a ban on all trade, to various forms of regulated trade. The impact a strategy will have […]

Filed Under: Bayesian Belief Networks, Causality, Illegal wildlife trade Tagged With: Bayesian Belieft Networks, Collaboration, wildlife trade

Statistical challenges in sustainable management of natural resources

I recently ran a short workshop on the statistical challenges in the sustainable management of natural resources (SMNR) for wellbeing. The participants were a mix of scientists working in SMNR and statisticians working in areas that I thought might be relevant. We had lots of interesting and lively discussions. In particular around the types of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Collaboration, Interdisciplinary work, Sustainable management of natural resources for poverty alleviation

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I have experience of collaborating on problems in natural resources management, food security, climate change, international development and the illegal wildlife trade. For more see [...]

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