Research Fellow, Political Ecology, Queen's University Belfast
Jonny is an academic and award-winning social entrepreneur who set up and managed Northern Ireland’s first community-owned farm. Raised between Malawi, Africa, and Monaghan, Ireland, he has a PhD in snow leopard conservation from the University of Cambridge and is an Associate of the Snow Leopard Conservancy.
Jonny is currently a research fellow in the ARK social policy hub at Queen's University Belfast, where he studies the social aspects of conservation and agriculture, and how these relate to other social processes, including tourism and enterprise.
His first book, 'Coexistence: learning to live with lynx, wolves and bears', is out with Pelagic in early 2025.
www.jonnyhanson.com
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Farmers told me what they really think about reintroducing lynx and wolves to Britain and Ireland
Jun 20, 2024 05:39 am UTC| Nature
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