Andrew Stringer Email & Phone Number

United Kingdom

I am the strategic lead for nature recovery at Forestry England. We are the largest land manager in England, covering an array of different habitats, from upland Sitka spruce plantations, to the diverse mosaic of the New Forest.I lead on the development and delivery of our Biodiversity Plan. Focusing on achieving favourable status on our 68,000 ha of SSSIs, increasing the area of open habitat to 21.1%, restoring our 42,000 ha of PAWS, delivering more and better species reintroductions, and driving innovation within our wild areas such as Wild Ennerdale. I am particularly interested in cost-effective nature recovery at scale, coupled with robust metrics of biodiversity performance such as eDNA and bioacoustics.I represent Forestry England on the National Nature Reserve steering group and Major Landowners Group, and am a member of the England Species Reintroductions Taskforce.I also lead our wider environment team, covering wildlife management, the historic environment, and the Forest Wilding programme, and assist with organisational wide initiatives such as TNFD adoption.I was a winner of a Forestry England People Award, under the category "Be Adventurous", one of Forestry England's four values.

Bristol, United Kingdom

My main role is to lead the Forestry England environment function in the exemplary protection, conservation and restoration of our natural and cultural heritage. This involves shaping our approach to sustaining favourable environmental condition in regard to designated environmental assets, support the organisation to take a natural capital and whole ecosystem approach to planning and management, and championing the environment of the Nation’s Forests.

Coleford

I was project manager on a variety of conservation projects in Gloucestershire. My primary focus was on assessing the feasibility of reintroducing pine martens (Martes martes) to the Forest of Dean. This project utilised IUCN international and national guidelines (Scottish Code for Conservation Translocations) to fully assess the biological, ecological, and socio-economic costs and benefits of a pine marten reintroduction to the Forest of Dean, UK. It was a collaboration between Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust, Vincent Wildlife Trust, and the Forestry Commission, and was followed by a full reintroduction project. I was winner of The Wildlife Trust's Marsh Award for Leadership and Innovation in Nature Restoration.

Inverness, United Kingdom

I worked on a number of projects and issues surrounding species translocations. I was the lead author on a number of chapters within the SNH ‘Beavers in Scotland’ report. A key chapter involved outlining the future scenarios for beavers (Castor fiber) in Scotland, and discussing the pros and cons of each. I was also the lead author on a review of potential beaver interactions with biodiversity in Scotland, and a GIS analysis of potential beaver habitat in Scotland, both published as commissioned reports. In addition to this work, I supported the National Species Reintroduction Forum, in particular helping to test the recently published Scottish Code for Conservation Translocations. Through liaising with a variety of conservation and land-use bodies I set up groups that tested the Code using a variety of species including lynx. During my year at SNH I had two performance reviews, both times being rated ‘Exceptional’.http://www.snh.gov.uk/protecting-scotlands-nature/reintroducing-native-species/

Leeds, United Kingdom

I worked with the bird collection at Leeds Museum. Working with a range of specimens from all over the world I updated the museum database with species taxonomy, photography, and cataloguing.Blog - http://tiny.cc/1801dx

Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, South Africa

I was a research assistant, studying black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) home range sizes and habitat quality in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park. The work involved radio telemetry, triangulation, and behavioural observations of black rhino fitted with radio-frequency transmitters. It also included assisting the black rhino monitor in the park with rhino population surveys.

Freetown And Kasewe Hills Forest Reserve, Sierra Leone

I volunteered for the conservation society of Sierra Leone, which works with the Sea Turtle Trust, the RSPB, and the Darwin Initiative, among others. The core aim of the society is to promote conservation and management of natural resources for sustainable development in Sierra Leone. There I proposed and conducted an exploratory survey in Kasewe Hills Forest Reserve, investigating remaining biodiversity and the extent of habitat fragmentation in the reserve. There we discovered a new population of West African Chimpanzee. I also worked as an active member of the conservation society in Freetown. For example I participated in discussions around the yearly report for the RAMSAR convention on wetlands, and workshop on the designation of ‘Key Biodiversity Areas’ in Sierra Leone.

Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Sabah, Borneo

I volunteered for SOSRhino in Borneo. As a member of a team of five, I participated in expeditions into Tabin Nature Reserve. The expeditions’ focused on day-long transects looking for tracks and signs of the sumatran rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis). I also taught English to the employees of SOSRhino and the locals of Dagat village.http://www.sosrhino.org/

Kipengere Mpanga Game Reserve & Itete, Kilombero Valley, Tanzania

I spent 20 weeks volunteering with Frontier in Tanzania as a research assistant. The work consisted of baseline biodiversity surveys, focusing on small mammals (sherman traps, mark & recapture), herptiles (using bucket pitfall traps) butterflies (using sweep nets & baited traps), bat surveys (using mist nets), and human impact assessments on forests.Kipengere-Mpanga Game Reserve - http://tiny.cc/d2r1dx

Doctor Of Philosophy (Phd), Conservation Biology Of Black Rhinoceros (Diceros Bicornis)

My research concentrated on the conservation biology of black rhino, in particular the impacts of parasitism, and debated whether.

Master Of Science (Msc), Biodiversity & Conservation, Distinction

Thesis: “Stress and reproductive failure in captive white rhino (Cerotherium simum simum)”. The thesis consisted of a behavioural study.

Bachelor Of Science (Bsc), Biological Sciences (Zoology Honours), 2I

Activities and Societies: Cricket team (3rds), Edinburgh Movie Production Society. Thesis: “A tri-dimensional morphometric study comparing.