Mr Neil Dawson
| Job Title | Contact | Location |
|---|---|---|
| Research Student |
Neil dot Dawson at uea dot ac dot uk
Mobile: 0044 7960 545 370 |
Biography
Over the last three years I have worked in areas where natural resource management has strong implications for local livelihoods: looking at fisheries in Alaska, wetland management in Belarus and in 2010 helping to monitor the ReDirect PES project in Rwanda. These experiences have fuelled my interest in the social and economic details required to realise development at the same time as conserving ecosystems.
Up to 2007 I spent five very happy years as warden and researcher on some of the UK’s islands, looking at ways of protecting vulnerable seabird populations both on land and through marine protected areas. And even further back I studied economics and qualified as a chartered accountant ….. one who enjoyed being outside too much for it to be a feasible career path.
Contact
Neilm_dawson@yahoo.co.uk
Neil.Dawson@uea.ac.uk
Mobile: 0044 7960 545 370
Website
Key Research Interests
My research seeks to better understand the links between human wellbeing and natural resources. Focussing on rural communities on the edge of Nyungwe Forest in mountainous southwestern Rwanda, I will investigate the dynamics of wellbeing, the values people place on ecosystem services across habitats, and priorities for enhancing local livelihoods. I am interested in how household level wellbeing research may inform mechanisms to promote long-term rural development, agricultural sustainability and provision of ecosystem services. The study hopes to build upon work performed as part of the ReDirect project, a payments for environmental services (PES) scheme currently being piloted in the region.
Research topic
Linking wellbeing research with the ecosystem services approach to natural resource management.
Supervisors
Publications
Dawson, N., Bishop, M.A., Kuletz, K. Seabird habitat associations during the non-breeding season in Prince William Sound, Alaska (in prep).
Zuur A.F., Dawson N.M., Bishop M.A., Kuletz K.J. Zero inflated Common Murre density data. In: Zuur A.F., Saveliev A.A., Ieno E.N. (eds) Analysing Ecological Data - Practical Solutions When Things Get Complicated (in prep).
Dawson, N.M., MacLeod C.D., Smith, M. and Ratcliffe, N. 2011. Interactions with Great Skuas Stercorarius skua as a factor in the long-term decline of an Arctic Skua Stercorarius parasiticus population, Ibis, 153:143-153.
Dawson N., Wilson L.J., Dean B.J., Webb A. and Reid J.B. 2009. The numbers of inshore waterbirds using Scapa Flow during the non-breeding season, and an assessment of the area’s potential for qualification as a marine SPA, JNCC Report, No. 407, Peterborough.
Dawson, N., Söhle, I., Wilson, L.J., Dean, B.J., Webb, A. and Reid, J.B. 2008. The numbers of inshore waterbirds using the Firth of Forth during the non-breeding season, and an assessment of the area's potential for qualification as a marine SPA. JNCC Report No. 402, Peterborough.
Söhle, I., Dawson N., Wilson L.J., Dean B.J., Webb A. and Reid J.B. 2009. The numbers of inshore waterbirds using the waters around Mull, Coll and Tiree during the non-breeding season, and an assessment of the area’s potential for qualification as a marine SPA, JNCC Report No. 416, Peterborough.
Thorne, R.E., Bishop, M.A. Dawson, N., Kuletz, K. and Crawford, R. 2008. Interactions Between Herring and Predators in Prince William Sound, Alaska. Presentation at International Symposium ‘Linking Herring’, Galway.
