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About Conservation Issues UK

Conservation Issues UK has been established for all those conservation enthusiasts who are dedicated to the conservation of the Britain's natural landscape and our threatened wildlife heritage.

The aim of CI-UK is to provide our readers with up-to-date conservation news and to discuss the conservation issues that are at the top of the conservation agenda today.

CI-UK is also intended to be a forum people involved or interested in UK conservation to discuss the conservation issues that matter to them or to tell people about the projects that they are involved in by submitting their own articles or images.

CI-UK Editor

Dr Nick Paling

Nick is a conservation biologist currently working for the Environment Agency as a GIS specialist. Before that he worked at the University of Reading, Berkshire, in the subject area of Zoology and Applied Ecology where he worked on several projects designed to develop the Cole Museum of Zoology and the research community of the Centre for Wildlife Assessment and Conservation (CWAC).

Nick's research interests include the use of GIS in studying the ecology of native British orchids and the development of conservation strategy maps to aid their conservation.

He also lectures to the MSc in Wildlife Management and Conservation in the subject areas of conservation genetics, plant conservation and GIS for wildlife managers.