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Global Conservation & My Disregarded To-Do Lists

About a year ago, I had a mini-revelation about international conservation that made me feel marginally better about my seeming inability…

May 28, 2021

Looking through a window at a ramshackle dock and the sea with small outrigger fishing boats and big bamboo fishing structures scattered around

May 28, 2021

Obstacle, opportunity, outcome: Unpaid internships and inequity in marine mammal conservation…

Allow me to stroll in, fashionably late, on an issue that sparked furor in my corner of the conservation world about a year ago: unpaid…

May 21, 2021

Two young researchers holding binoculars and sitting in the bow of a boat, scanning the sea for dolphins and porpoises

May 21, 2021

Why we need conservation realism

The rationale behind the Conservation Realist series

May 13, 2021

Two intrepid researchers walking through a small fishing village, with thatch huts and wooden fencing, in a torrential downpour.

May 13, 2021

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Bootcamp

Journey mapping: A research tool for empathy

As a conservation researcher whose work focuses on the interactions between conservation efforts and communities, a critically important…

May 5, 2021

A group of people sit on a small porch overlooking a beach. One young researcher is interviewing two fishers, with another student looking on.

May 5, 2021

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Bootcamp

Design thinking & conservation

How thoughtful use of Design Thinking could contribute to more effective, equitable, and ethical nature conservation practices

Mar 24, 2021

Two groups of villagers sit in the ground in circles, sharing ideas with a team of local researchers in Myanmar

Mar 24, 2021

A Street in a Strange World

August 2012.

May 19, 2020

A Street in a Strange World

May 19, 2020

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Age of Awareness

Environmentalism in a Pandemic: The importance of critical, empathetic, and future-driven thinking

About a month or so ago, the grumpy old lady who lives in the not-so-deep recesses of my mind was stirred by social media posts like these:

Apr 24, 2020

Environmentalism in a Pandemic: The importance of critical, empathetic, and future-driven thinking

Apr 24, 2020

What dwells in these muddy waters: The quest for dolphins and porpoises in the Gulf of Mottama…

Rainy season in this part of southeastern Myanmar is miserable. It brings relief to the scorched remnants of the hot dry season, but then…

Apr 21, 2020

What dwells in these muddy waters: The quest for dolphins and porpoises in the Gulf of Mottama…

Apr 21, 2020

A tangled net: Bycatch, dolphin conservation, and human well-being

Zion shot me a look of doubt, which I deftly avoided by gazing off into space. I snuck a glance at the man sitting in front of us — a…

Mar 31, 2020

A tangled net: Bycatch, dolphin conservation, and human well-being

Mar 31, 2020

Rounds of the sun

Commemoration in a time of pandemic

Mar 25, 2020

Rounds of the sun

Mar 25, 2020

TS Whitty

TS Whitty

Exploring the world of coastal conservation & communities, meaningful travel, and life along the way | tswhitty.com | PhD in marine conservation

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