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Alison Copeland
Alison is a Bermudian who spent 14 years working for the Bermuda Government as the Biodiversity Officer in the Department of Environment and Natural Resources. In that role she was involved in preparing and implementing invasive species control plans and endangered species recovery plans; as well as working with visiting scientists and students on research projects and liaising with NGOs on habitat management projects in nature reserves.
She has a Master of Science degree in Geography from Memorial University of Newfoundland in Canada, where she worked on various projects mapping the seafloor habitats of sub-Arctic fjords. In September 2022 she moved to the UK to begin a PhD in the Department of Biosciences at Durham University.
Courses
Islands often harbour a unique and diverse fauna, but island biodiversity is also very vulnerable to a range of human-created threats. Explore the impact of two of the main threats: climate change and invasive species.