{"id":58155,"date":"2016-09-22T18:21:02","date_gmt":"2016-09-22T17:21:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/?p=58155"},"modified":"2016-09-22T18:24:23","modified_gmt":"2016-09-22T17:24:23","slug":"chance-fund-research-rare-lizards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/chance-fund-research-rare-lizards\/","title":{"rendered":"Chance to fund research of rare lizards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-av_one_full-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c\">\n.flex_column.av-av_one_full-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-av_one_full-6126cab7d8fab8d08143dd2dacdf673c av_one_full  avia-builder-el-0  avia-builder-el-no-sibling  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p><div  class='avia-slideshow av-av_slideshow-1a42e31ff53dfe65dbabc2f33a0bcf59 avia-slideshow-no scaling av_slideshow avia-slide-slider  avia-builder-el-1  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first  av-slideshow-ui av-slideshow-manual av-loop-once av-loop-manual-endless av-default-height-applied avia-slideshow-1' data-slideshow-options=\"{&quot;animation&quot;:&quot;slide&quot;,&quot;autoplay&quot;:false,&quot;loop_autoplay&quot;:&quot;once&quot;,&quot;interval&quot;:5,&quot;loop_manual&quot;:&quot;manual-endless&quot;,&quot;autoplay_stopper&quot;:false,&quot;noNavigation&quot;:false,&quot;bg_slider&quot;:false,&quot;keep_padding&quot;:false,&quot;hoverpause&quot;:false,&quot;show_slide_delay&quot;:0}\"  itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><ul class='avia-slideshow-inner ' style='padding-bottom: 66.291532690247%;'><li  class='avia-slideshow-slide av-av_slideshow-1a42e31ff53dfe65dbabc2f33a0bcf59__0  av-single-slide slide-1 slide-odd'><div data-rel='slideshow-1' class='avia-slide-wrap '   ><img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"wp-image-58158 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-58158\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard.png\" width=\"1866\" height=\"1237\" title='dr-simon-maddock-with-lizard' alt=''  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard.png 1866w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard-768x509.png 768w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard-1030x683.png 1030w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard-1500x994.png 1500w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard-705x467.png 705w, https:\/\/www.reaseheath.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Dr-SImon-Maddock-with-lizard-450x298.png 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1866px) 100vw, 1866px\" \/><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-av_textblock-0366cc7376be6c9e82a3e9cc8987b64f '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>An exciting crowd funding opportunity has been launched to send two Reaseheath animal science lecturers to Ecuador to help in the study of two rare and endangered species of lizard, <em>Riama yumborum<\/em> and <em>Riama oculata<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The lecturers will receive specific training so they can gather data on the ecology, breeding biology and population dynamics of the lizards, which are found only in the Santa Lucia Cloud Forest Reserve in the northwest of the country. This essential research will help to predict how changes in climate and habitat may affect the biodiversity of the area and the future of the two species.<\/p>\n<p>The lecturers will also use their extensive teaching expertise to train people within the local community so they can continue to gather data and monitor the lizards and other reptiles and amphibians in the reserve.<\/p>\n<p>The lecturers\u2019 training will be delivered in Ecuador by Dr Simon Maddock, a Reaseheath Animal Management Course Manager and Scientific Associate of the Natural History Museum, London, who helped to identify <em>R. yumborum<\/em> during his studies of the country\u2019s reptiles and amphibians.<\/p>\n<p>Simon explained: \u201cThis project is critical to our understanding of these two little-studied species. We cannot do anything to preserve species like these, which have highly restricted distribution, until we know more about their biological requirements and how these could be affected by climate change and habitat loss.\u00a0 Even basic information such as their population size is unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe lecturers will also play an important part by passing on their skills to communities who live within the reserve. These local people will be encouraged and empowered to become part of the project and in turn will be at the forefront of driving the conservation of the entire area.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, endorsements and to help fund this important project visit:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/experiment.com\/projects\/the-impacts-of-climate-change-and-habitat-alteration-on-lizards\">https:\/\/experiment.com\/projects\/the-impacts-of-climate-change-and-habitat-alteration-on-lizards<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An exciting crowd funding opportunity has been launched to send two Reaseheath animal science lecturers to Ecuador to help in the study of two rare and endangered species of lizard, Riama yumborum and Riama oculata.<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":58158,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[468],"tags":[58],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.4 - 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