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
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