PhD Candidate in Human-Wildlife Conflict, University of Sydney
Lily is a PhD student at the University of Sydney, where she investigates conflict between humans and wildlife. Specifically, she uses interdisciplinary approaches to understand management of the Australian dingo. Lily completed a Masters in biodiversity conservation at the University of Oxford, producing a thesis on the politics of dingo management. Prior to returning to postgraduate study, she worked in environmental research and consulting in Australia, the US, UK, and China.
When introduced species are cute and loveable, culling them is a tricky proposition
Feb 10, 2020 23:51 pm UTC| Nature
Almost one in five Australians think introduced horses and foxes are native to Australia, and others dont want cute or charismatic animals culled, even when they damage the environment. So what are the implications of...
Guardian dogs, fencing, and 'fladry' protect livestock from carnivores
Sep 27, 2018 10:16 am UTC| Insights & Views Nature
Farmers have struggled for millennia to protect their livestock from wolves, lions, bears, and other large carnivores. Its expensive and time-consuming for farmers, governments and related agencies. Many current approaches...
Why the WA government is wrong to play identity politics with dingoes
Sep 02, 2018 22:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
Australias Commonwealth Coat of Arms depicts two iconic native animals the kangaroo and the emu. Both are unquestionably fair dinkum Aussies, unique to this continent and having lived here for a very long time. A very...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight