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| Sam is an expert on past and present mammal extinctions. His research addresses historical and prehistoric human impacts on global ecosystems and the magnitude of human-driven extinctions over time, and how to develop conservation strategies for today’s endangered mammal species.
Sam is already heavily involved with active conservation projects for top EDGE species. He is co-ordinating the recovery programme for the critically endangered Yangtze river dolphin, and is conducting long-term field surveys for the Hispaniolan solenodon. He has also carried out extensive conservation work in Fiji and New Caledonia, Belize, and Russia, and has substantial additional palaeontological fieldwork experience in Puerto Rico, Egypt, New Zealand and China. |
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