“Learn to listen. Opportunity sometimes knocks very softly” - Anonymous.

 A couple of years ago, I decided to start a research project on a small-scale fishery in Chile that had a considerable illegality problem. As young and reckless as I was, I went against suggestions to work somewhere else: “It’s too big, too dangerous”, “You’ll never be able to get fishers to talk about it”.

Hace un par de años, decidí comenzar un proyecto de investigación sobre una pesquería artesanal en Chile que tenía un problema de ilegalidad considerable. Joven e imprudente como era, fui en contra de las sugerencias de gente que me recomendaba que eligiera otro lugar donde trabajar.

Our very own Mirjam Hazenbosch took part in the final of the 'Speak Up for Food Security' competition, part of the Cambridge Science Festival, which aims to use storytelling to convey a message about how food system change can be achieved.

Given the COVID-19 pandemic, wildlife conservation may not be the most pressing priority on people’s mind. Worldwide, the normal daily existence of many has slipped away, only to be filled with more bad news. While the field of conservation has been described as a ‘crisis discipline’, even us, as conservationists, are currently struggling to focus on our work.

COVID-19 is causing widespread human suffering, as the most acute global public health emergency of our generation.