Alice Catherine Hughes

My work focuses on the interface between conservation ecology and conservation action. This involves primary research on the distribution of species, drivers of loss, and the development of mechanisms to reduce biodiversity loss, reduce spillover risk through OneHealth approaches, and the development of frameworks to manage landscapes and species to enable a more sustainable future. I and my team utilise diverse data to enable the development of new approaches, then integrate this into policy and practice through my roles on various NGOs, IGOs and through UN meetings such as the CBD and CITES where our data has enabled the uplisting of various species for more effective conservation. By providing a bridge between science and filling key data gaps we hope to enable a transition to a more sustainable, and biosecure future.