OUTREACH
TALKS
2023. Ana Benítez-López. Impactos de la sobreexplotación sobre aves tropicales: defaunación y efectos cascada en el funcionamiento de ecosistemas tropicales. Delta Birding Festival 2023 (MónNatura Delta, Spain). (21-24 September 2023) (Invited by Francesc Kirchner, Oryx – Tienda del Amante de la Naturaleza)
2022. Ana Benítez-López. Quantifying vertebrate defaunation and trophic cascading effects at the pantropical scale. Online seminar, Museo Natural de Ciencias Naturales (MNCN-CSIC, Spain) (4 November 2022). (Invited by Dr. Robert J. Wilson)
2021. Ana Benítez-López. Las últimas áreas remotas: efectos globales de la accesibilidad humana en la distribución y abundancia de mamíferos. Online seminar, V Jornadas Paraguayas de Mastozoología. Asociación Paraguaya de Mastozoología (APM, Paraguay) (1-6 November 2021). (Invited by Dr. Viviana Gómez)
2021. Ana Benítez-López. Defaunation and trophic cascading in the Anthropocene: ecological erosion in the tropics. Online seminar, Oxford Centre for Tropical Forests (OCTF, Oxford University, UK) (22 October 2021). (Invited by Prof. Yadvinder Mahli)
2021. Ana Benítez-López. Quantifying defaunation and impaired ecosystem functioning in tropical forests. EBD Seminar, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD-CSIC). (8 April 2021).(Invited by Dr. Irene Mendoza, Dr. María José Ruiz and Dr. Agustín Camacho)
2021. Ana Benítez-López. Defaunación y efectos cascada en el Antropoceno: erosión ecológica en bosques tropicales. Instituto de Ecología, Universidad Autónoma de México (UNAM, Mexico). (26 March 2021). (Invited by Dr. Alejandro Gómez-Voyer)
2021. Ana Benítez-López. Cuantificando la defaunación y la pérdida de funciones ecosistémicas en bosques tropicales. e-seminar for the Programa de Doctorado de Biología Integrativa. University of Sevilla, Spain (4 March 2021).(Invited by Prof. Susana Redondo).
2021. Ana Benítez-López. Quantifying defaunation and impaired ecosystem functioning in tropical forests. Ecology and Conservation e-seminar. University of Sheffield, UK (23 February 2021). (Invited by Prof. David Edwards).
2021. Ana Benítez-López. Defaunation and trophic cascading in the Anthropocene: Ecological erosion in the tropics. CBCS e-seminar, University of Queensland, Australia (19 January 2021).(Invited by Dr. Matthew S. Luskin)
2018. Ana Benítez-López. Predicting hotspots of hunting-induced defaunation in the tropics. Seminar on Wildlife crime: from source to market. Future for Nature Academy. Wageningen University, the Netherlands (24 August 2018). (Invited by Future for Nature Academy committee)
2018. Ana Benítez-López. Roads, human accessibility and hunting-induced defaunation. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Sweden (27 February 2018). (Invited by Dr. Erick Öckinger)
2017. Ana Benítez-López. Modelling human-induced species declines at large scale. Humboldt-University Berlin, Germany (15 October 2017). (Invited by Prof. Tobias Kuemmerle)
2017. Ana Benítez-López. Quantifying hunting-induced defaunation across the tropics. Utrecht Sustainability lecture: Impact of land use change and hunting on biodiversity. Utrecht University (14 September 2017). (Invited by Dr. Pita A. Verweij)
RADIO INTERVIEWS
Defaunación de aves tropicales; extinción asociada al síndrome insular; impacto de renovables en aves esteparias
La regla de la isla.
¿Por qué la caza furtiva mueve tanto dinero como el oro o las drogas?
NEWSPAPERS
3 May 2021
La caza ilegal es un negocio multimillonario como la droga o las armas (diariocordoba.com )
16 April 2021
Las especies de las islas evolucionan hacia el enanismo y el gigantismo (cope.es)
14 April 2017
La caza extermina la vida de la selva (elpais.com)
MEDIA COVERAGE
Media coverage - Frontiers in Forests and Global Change (April 2021)
The Guardian:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2021/apr/15/just-3-of-worlds-ecosystems-remain-intact-study-suggests
New Scientist:
https://www.newscientist.com/article/2274576-just-3-per-cent-of-the-land-on-earth-is-still-ecologically-intact/
Zeit Online:
https://www.zeit.de/wissen/umwelt/2021-04/studie-oekosystem-lebensraum-artenverlust-forscher
Science News:
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/earth-land-ecosystems-ecology-intact-species
Media coverage - Plos Biol (May 2019)
Eurekalert (press release):
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2019-05/p-hrf050719.php
RTL Nieuws (NL):
https://www.rtlnieuws.nl/nieuws/nederland/artikel/4713031/gevolgen-van-de-jacht-aantal-zoogdieren-met-40-procent-gedaald
Scientas (NL):
https://www.scientias.nl/de-jacht-zorgt-voor-flinke-afname-van-het-aantal-tropische-dieren/
World Pro News (GER):
http://de.worldpronews.com/11805/3335/109/d578607fe5fe4158d55b45cd2b967fd24a29ffd1
Focus (GER):
https://www.focus.de/wissen/natur/tropen-jagddruck-gefaehrdet-saeugetiere_id_10714055.html
Scinexx (GER):
https://www.scinexx.de/news/biowissen/tropen-jagddruck-gefaehrdet-saeugetiere/
IPS News (BEL):
https://www.ipsnews.be/artikel/meer-dan-helft-van-tropische-gebieden-onder-druk-door-jacht
Down to Earth (International):
https://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/forests/hunting-has-affected-more-than-half-of-tropical-forests-study-64543
Weekend Knack (BEL):
https://weekend.knack.be/lifestyle/reizen/natuur/meer-dan-helft-van-de-tropische-wouden-bedreigd-door-jacht/article-news-1464243.html?cookie_check=1558006533
Long Room (USA):
https://www.longroom.com/discussion/1485131/hunting-responsible-for-mammal-declines-in-half-of-intact-tropical-forests
Phys (ENG):
https://phys.org/news/2019-05-responsible-mammal-declines-intact-tropical.html
Cosmos Magazine (AUS):
https://cosmosmagazine.com/biology/hunting-by-humans-takes-huge-toll-in-pristine-forests
Eurasia Review:
https://www.eurasiareview.com/16052019-hunting-responsible-for-mammal-declines-in-half-of-intact-tropical-forests/
Agencia Sinc (SP):
https://www.agenciasinc.es/Noticias/La-caza-se-ceba-con-los-mamiferos-de-los-bosques-tropicales-intactos
Hipertextual (SP):
https://hipertextual.com/2019/05/caza-indiscriminada-zonas-mas-remotas-planeta
Noticias de la Ciencia (SP):
https://noticiasdelaciencia.com/art/32717/la-caza-esta-reduciendo-en-un-40-las-poblaciones-de-grandes-mamiferos-en-los-bosques-tropicales-inalterados
El Tiempo (CO):
https://www.eltiempo.com/vida/medio-ambiente/la-caza-pone-en-peligro-a-casi-la-mitad-de-mamiferos-361550
Montevideo (UR):
https://www.montevideo.com.uy/Ciencia-y-Tecnologia/La-caza-acabara-con-el-40-de-los-grandes-mamiferos-de-las-areas-tropicales-uc718370
Pagina 12 (AR):
https://www.pagina12.com.ar/193791-grandes-mamiferos-en-riesgo-de-extincion
Science Daily:
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2019/05/190515175435.htm
Le Monde (FR):
https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2019/05/14/la-chasse-vide-les-forets-tropicales-de-leurs-mammiferes_5462087_3244.html
Independent (UK):
https://www.independent.co.uk/environment/hunting-40-per-cent-decline-large-mammals-tropical-forests-a8913096.html
Vox Web (NL):
https://www.voxweb.nl/nieuws/jacht-leidt-tot-steeds-minder-jungledieren
El País (SP):
https://elpais.com/elpais/2019/05/14/ciencia/1557821475_820513.html
Yahoo News:
https://in.news.yahoo.com/tropical-forests-empty-illegal-hunting-170005456.html?guccounter=1
CS Monitor (mentioned within the article):
https://www.csmonitor.com/Environment/2019/0514/So-1-million-species-are-at-risk-of-extinction.-Now-what
RADIO (Podcasts)
Forschung aktuell, Deutschlandfunk
Podcast:
https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/forschung-aktuell.675.de.html
Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) – Alexandra Hostert
La Noche de Cope: Beatriz Perez Otín (21 Mayo, 21:15)
Media coverage - Science (April 2017)
El Pais
https://elpais.com/elpais/2017/04/11/ciencia/1491929803_554985.html
El Periódico
https://www.elperiodico.com/es/sociedad/20170414/caza-amenaza-vida-silvestre-regiones-5972967
El Pais (Brazil)
https://brasil.elpais.com/brasil/2017/04/11/ciencia/1491929803_554985.html
DerStandard (Austria)
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000055998235/jagd-sorgt-in-den-tropen-fuer-erhebliche-artenverluste
Knack Weekend (Belgium)
https://weekend.knack.be/lifestyle/reizen/natuur/jacht-zorgt-voor-fikse-afname-van-dieren-in-de-tropen/article-normal-840979.html?cookie_check=1610193515
Utrecht University News (NL)
https://www.uu.nl/en/news/masters-research-into-effect-of-hunting-leads-to-publication-in-science