Timothy Boucher
Timothy Boucher, Senior Conservation Geographer Tim is a senior conservation geographer at The Nature Conservancy, where his work ranges from complex spatial analyses to extensive field studies, focusing on ecosystem services and linkages between human well-being and conservation. He has worked on global to local issues, done fieldwork spanning six continents, assessed land use and habitat conditions, and participated in numerous field expeditions. He is also an avid birder and amateur photographer as well as a regular cycling commuter.
Posts by Timothy Boucher:
Conservation Planning for Extreme Events?
What am I trying to illustrate in the above photo (a picture of cattle and elephant dung)? That conservation planning is a pile of poop?
No. But this mixture of excrement does show why such planning needs to incorporate extreme events like drought or flooding – especially for the impacts of those events on local people.
In [...]
Posted: November 12th, 2009 under Africa, Animals, Climate Change, Conservation Issues, Grasslands, Indigenous Communities, Protected Areas, Sustainable Livelihoods, The Nature Conservancy.
Tags: Africa, Africa climate, Africa habitat, Africa nature, Climate Change, grassbank, habitat fragmentation, hurricane, Kenya drought, Kenya herder, Kenya nature, Kenya protected area, Kenya wildlife, montana, Montana grassbank, Mount Kenya drought, Northern Rangelands Trust, Protected Areas, Tim Boucher, Timothy Boucher
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Boucher’s Birding Blog: Delaware Shorebirds in August
Late summer birding!? But it’s still hot in many parts of the country, hot and sultry and not much seems to be happening with songbirds, right? They’re in their post-breeding slump, molting and fattening up, getting ready to go south…
But not every bird. There are birds are on the wing — shorebirds! They are streaming [...]
Posted: September 11th, 2009 under Birds, The Nature Conservancy, United States.
Tags: Bombay Hook, Boucher, Boucher bird, Boucher bird blog, Buff-breasted Sandpiper, Delaware bird migration, Hudsonian Godwit, Hurricane Bill, Hurricane Bill bird, Killdeer, Pectoral Sandpiper, shorebird migration, Solitary Sandpiper, summer birding, Tim Boucher, Timothy Boucher
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The Chevy Volt: 230 Miles Per Gallon! What’s Wrong With This Picture?
Hold on a second…there’s a problem with the impressive claim made by Chevrolet last week of 230 miles per gallon for its electric Volt model (which is still under development). Actually, two problems.
The first is how to measure the miles per gallon of an electric car. As has been noted in a number of other [...]
Posted: August 17th, 2009 under Energy, Green Living, Green Technology, United States.
Tags: car mpg, chevy volt, fuel efficiency measurment, hybrid car efficiency, hybrid car mpg, SUV fuel efficiency measurement, Tim Boucher, Timothy Boucher, Volt mpg
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