Conserv'Session

24/04/2021

A very special Snakker giving the parole to Jasmin Ramsey (affiliated with the Center for human rights in Iran in NYC), Elise Auerbach (affiliated with Amnesty International USA in Chicago) and Vivi S

04/03/2021

Our last session started with a small warm-up... by asking participants of their previous experience regarding "Close-proximity pictures with wildlife" [-fossils do not count]. We then went on to insightful chats with Prof. Jo Setchell. Must reads/links related to this Conserv'Session #31 are available here: https://pws.wrc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/en/ConservSession/20210301-responsible-images-with-wildlife.html. Thanks for joining/reading!

24/02/2021

NEW EVENT on "Close-Proximity Pictures with Wildlife" 🤳 🦍 🐬 🦎 🦅 🦒 🦓 🦔 🦧 at the forthcoming 15th International Symposium on Primatology and Wildlife Science (PWS) 京都大学　霊長類学・ワイルドライフサイエンス・リーディング大学院. Participants of the conference will be able to discuss and play games around that 🥵 topic! We are delighted to announce that our guest for this event will be Prof. Jo Stechell from Durham University (who recently co-authored the Best Practice Guidelines for Responsible Images of Non-Human Primates). Meeting on March 1st at 6:30pm on Zoom after the conference. Awesome flyer credit: Tamao Maeda

26/01/2021

A very important read for anyone working with or for - also in line with our talk (" : Lessons learned from Conserv'Session") at the Primate Society of Japan last month

A summary of the "Best Practice Guidelines for Responsible Images of Non-Human Primates": https://www.orangutan.com/nonhuman-imagery-guidelines/

03/12/2020

Now featuring Conserv'Session member Tamao Maeda and her awesome graphic designing skills (-that we are grateful to have)! Have a look at her illustration of Asian elephants counting...

03/12/2020

Congratulations to Conserv'Session members Vanessa Gris and Kenneth Keuk for winning awards at the HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2020! They had to present their theses within 3 minutes and make it accessible to non-specialists. Have a look at their awesome presentations:

[Kenneth Keuk, Winner and Springer Nature Award]
Cheesy epidemiology: studying the biodiversity-disease relationship in Bornean primates

[Vanessa Gris, Japan Steel Works award]
Do monkeys have a pain face?

Kenneth Keuk and Vanessa Gris won the HIRAKU 3MT Competition 2020

31/10/2020

Diamonds made from air and water! As Cátia Caeiro reminds us: "The diamond industry is one of the cruelest in the world, so creating an alternative that doesn't exploit people or destroy the environment is such great news!"

30/10/2020

Roots & Shoots is about to launch again its “No Waste November” (NWN) campaign. What are you up to reduce in the month to come? See their page below if you have no idea ;)

Tag a friend in the comment section to invite them to join ❣ 🙌 Check out our story to see an example. It's much more fun reducing waste together! 🍂
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25/10/2020

Always dreamed of visiting great apes in their natural habitat? Responsible great ape tourism = 😷 +----10m----- 🦍 is crucial to protect them, to protect us!

15/10/2020

Following up on our great collaboration with Nerd Nite Kansai, talks on the exotic pet trade and animal cognition are now available separately!

Here is "How to study animal cognition?" from Dr. Yena Kim. Watch out for the great intro and analogy on practicing research in everyday life...

Nerd Nite Kansai is teaming up with Conserv'Session again! Yena Kim, a postdoc at Leiden University, the Netherlands, joins us to talk about how do you study...

15/10/2020

Following up on our great collaboration with Nerd Nite Kansai, talks on the exotic pet trade and animal cognition are now available separately!

Here is "The anaconda in the living room: What’s wrong with the exotic pet trade?" from Dr. Marie Sigaud. Have a listen before you consider having an exotic pet!

Nerd Nite Kansai teamed up with Kyoto University student group Conserv'Session to bring you Nerd Nite Kansai #16 x Conserv'Session event! Marie Sigaud from K...