TAKING THE BITE OUT OF WETLANDS:
Managing mosquitoes and the socio-ecological value of wetlands for wellbeing

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Professor Robert A. Cheke

Professor Robert A. Cheke

Principal Scientist, Professor of Tropical Zoology

Agriculture, Health & Environment Department

Natural Resources Institute, University of Greenwich

Robert is an ecologist and entomologist specialising in modelling of integrated pest management approaches and implementing control methods for disease vectors and migrant pests.

Professor Andrew Church

Professor Andrew Church

Director of Research & Development

College of Social Sciences

University of Brighton

Andrew undertakes research in the fields of geography and environmental planning with a focus on recreation and tourism as cultural ecosystem services. Andrew was a coordinating lead author on the Defra expert panel for the UK National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA) with responsibility for the chapter on ‘Cultural Ecosystem Services’. He is currently a Coordinating Lead Author leading an international team for the chapter on trends and status in ecosystem services from the International Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Regional Assessment for Europe and Central Asia.

Professor Peter Coates

Professor Peter Coates

Professor of American & Environmental History

Department of Historical Studies

University of Bristol

Peter is an environmental historian who has been involved in various collaborative projects working on topics such as militarized landscapes, orchards, fluvial environments and waterscapes generally. He also has strong interests in animal history and invasive species, large and small.