Wild Nature with Martyn
Wild Nature with Martyn
February 23rd, 2011
Martyn will be appearing at Waterstone's Bookshop, 127-147 High Street, Ayr on Wednesday, 23rd February at 6.30 pm to give a talk on The Storm Leopard. All welcome.
January 27th, 2011
Martyn will be presenting a lecture on "Natural Resource Management - An Ecologist's Perspective" at the Centre for the study of Environmental Change and Sustainability in the Crew Building, Kings Buildings, University of Edinburgh on Thursday, 27th January at 2.00 pm. All welcome. For further details, please contact Dr. Barbra Harvie tel: 0131 650 7211.
It will be argued that neither the 'Tragedy of the Commons' nor the 'Theory of Wildlife Harvesting' provide an adequate explanation of natural resource management. They cannot address the foremost predicaments of our age - how to harvest resources without impoverishing the biosphere and how to share resources without dividing society – because they do not incorporate the core underlying process of resource competition. In this talk I will briefly outline some recent developments in ecological competition theory and then show how they can be used to justify a simple planning framework for sustainable and equitable management of natural resources.
October 14th, 2010
When Martyn Murray realised that 30 years of wildlife research and practical conservation were making little difference, he set out on a journey across Africa in search of answers. Launching his new book 'The Storm Leopard’, Martyn will recall highlights from his journey, and will be joined by zoologist, conservationist and BBC presenter, Aubrey Manning for the evening. Thursday 14th October at 8.00 pm. Tickets £5 (£4 members) from the Scottish Seabird Centre in North Berwick.
July, 2010
The Storm Leopard is released by Whittles Publishing in the UK (ISBN: 978-184995-004-6; 240 x 170mm, 272pp, 24 sketches, map + 16pp colour section, softback). Martyn will be talking about the book over the coming months at events planned in Ayr, Cambridge, Edinburgh, Haddington and North Berwick. Thanks to all who helped!