A global overview of wildlife crossings – examples of maintaining functional connectivity across roads for a variety of species
Date: February 29, 2024 at 12 pm PT / 1 pm MT
Presenter: Rob Ament, M.Sc. Biological Sciences, is a Senior Conservationist at the Center for Large Landscape Conservation. He is a member of the IUCN’s Connectivity Conservation Specialist Group and under its auspices is the co-chair of its Transport Working Group and its Asian elephant Transport Working Group. He has been active in road ecology research, policy and implementation for 25 years, both in North America and internationally.
Rob will show how different countries on six continents are all tackling the common issue of making roads more permeable and less lethal for wildlife. He will cover a variety of taxa that are the focus of the crossing designs, from arboreal primates, large herbivores, and meso-carnivores to birds and reptiles. Viewers may find it interesting to see how crossing designs change among different cultures and environments.
