Denise Taylor (by William Lynn)
I have the great pleasure of introducing Denise Taylor as an advisor with Practical Ethics, and a contributing author to this blog.
Denise Taylor is an entrepreneur and conservationist whose primary interests are in education and learning in wildlife conservation.
A life-long passion for wildlife led Denise into becoming a volunteer conservationist in the early 1990s. Denise initially worked with Wolf Watch UK before moving to the UK Wolf Conservation Trust to become the founding Editor of Wolf Print magazine, which now enjoys an international reputation and is supported by wolf biologists, conservationists and researchers throughout the world. Wolf Print synthesises the work of academics for a lay-audience, and the content is often about the human dimensions of wolf conservation and wolf population recovery with a particular focus on wolves in Europe. Denise later became a director of the Trust.
Denise was awarded her degree in Business Administration in 1995, and is currently in the final stages of writing up her doctoral thesis at the University of Nottingham, England. Her research interest is the efficacy of wolf conservation education programmes throughout the world, with a focus on hard to reach target groups who are, or perceived to be, resistant to the primary goals of wolf conservation and consequently to any education strategy which has this aim, taking into account the cultural, socio-economic and political issues involved. Although a wolf advocate, Denise has a pragmatic approach to wolf conservation and along with colleagues is keen to engage and work with the various stakeholders in the conservation of wolves.
As a result of her research and her work with the UKWCT, in 2003 Denise founded E4C (www.education4conservation.org) which provides resources for conservation educators throughout the world. E4C also acts as a partner organisation with other NGOs to maximise funding opportunities for the benefit of wildlife conservation, education strategy development, community capacity building and helping to alleviate conflict situations involving predators and livestock depredation. The most recent of these partner projects raised significant funding to help set up and equip a Large Carnivore Centre in the Pirin Mountains in Bulgaria.
In the UK, E4C takes a more hands-on approach to conservation education; planning and implementing nature-based workshops, activities and festivals. Using a combination of nature, the arts and technology, the Inspired by Nature programmes are values-based and achieve a dual impact aimed at fostering respect for wildlife and nature and at the same time providing different perspectives, and new knowledge and skills, particularly for socially disadvantaged young people.
For the past few years Denise has combined her business and academic interests. She strongly believes that her background in the corporate world gives her a pragmatic approach to conservation that helps to bridge the gaps between the different disciplines and complements the work of science-based colleagues.
Denise is also a member of the IUCN (The World Conservation Union) Canid Specialist Group; comprising a group of 100 international experts from around the world. (www.iucn.org).
If you would like to get in touch with Denise, her contact information is below.
Denise Taylor
Founder and Executive Director
Education 4 Conservation Ltd
Hillcrest, Pailton Fields
Pailton
Rugby
Warwickshire CV23 0QJ
England
Tel: +44 (0) 1788 833232
Denise.taylor@btinternet.com
www.education4conservation.org
www.ukwolf.org
William Lynn :: Aug.07.2007 :: Environmental Studies, Human-Animal Studies, Wolves :: No Comments »