# Humans, Animals and Environment

**Source**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/groups/humans-animals-and-environment
**Parent**: https://www.brookes.ac.uk/engage-and-innovate/consultancy

Group Leader:
[Dr Susan Cheyne](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/susan-cheyne), [Professor Giuseppe Donati](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/giuseppe-donati), [Professor Catherine (Kate) Hill](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/catherine-hill)

Contact:

[humansandwildlife@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:humansandwildlife@brookes.ac.uk)

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## About us

Our group provides a forum for multi-, inter- and trans-disciplinary research into relationships between humans, animals and their environments.

Areas of particular expertise include:

- changing land use and impacts on wildlife behaviour and ecology
- evolutionary ecology
- people-wildlife interactions
- primate conservation
- conservation social science.

Group members have extensive experience of fieldwork across Africa (West, East and South), Madagascar, Southeast Asia and the UK.

### Part of

- [School of Social Sciences](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/about-brookes/structure-and-governance/faculties-and-schools/social-sciences "School of Social Sciences")
- [Centre for Environment and Society (CES)](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/research/units/hss/centres/centre-for-environment-and-society)

### Related courses

- [Anthropology (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/anthropology)
- [Geography (BA (Hons) / BSc (Hons))](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/geography)
- [Primate Conservation](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/courses/postgraduate/primate-conservation)

## Research impact

Research carried out by members of the HAE group has significant impact on biodiversity conservation and conservation conflicts beyond academia.

Group members’ research informs conservation policy and practice directly through inclusion in International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Guidelines documents and policy statements, training materials and training events for wildlife agency staff.

Members of the group also make a significant contribution to conservation policy and action through their individual work with various conservation and development NGOs, consultancies and local/national/international government departments, and through their public engagement and knowledge exchange activities, locally, nationally and internationally.

## Membership

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Research students

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### Staff

| Name | Role | Email |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Dr Susan Cheyne](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/susan-cheyne) | Senior Lecturer in Biological Anthropology and Primate Conservation | [s.cheyne@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:s.cheyne@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Professor Giuseppe Donati](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/giuseppe-donati) | Professor in Biological Anthropology | [gdonati@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:gdonati@brookes.ac.uk) |
| [Professor Catherine (Kate) Hill](https://www.brookes.ac.uk/profiles/staff/catherine-hill) | Professor in Anthropology | [cmhill@brookes.ac.uk](mailto:cmhill@brookes.ac.uk) |

## Seminar series

Our 2021 seminar series theme was **One Health**.

We inaugurated the series with the talk "**Conservation of Gorillas Through a One Health Approach**" by **Dr. Gladys Kalema-Zikusoka**. She provided an overview of the activities led by Conservation Through Public Health to support gorillas’ conservation during the pandemic. CTPH promotes biodiversity conservation by enabling people to coexist with wildlife through improving animal health, community health and livelihoods.

[Access seminar recording](https://brookes.cloud.panopto.eu/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=a8793963-1571-401a-bb5c-ae5401028c20 "Access seminar recording")

**Image Credits:**

- Banner: 'Teresia and Tim' (credits: Harrington Photography)
- About-us section: A ring tailed lemur (*Lemur catta*) sunbathing on a reproduction of a traditional funeral pole sculpture at Berenty Private Reserve, Southern Madagascar (credits: Dr Giuseppe Donati)
- Impact section: 'This is our playground' (credits: Dr Elena Racevska)

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