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Julia van Velden
Alum

Griffith University, Nathan Campus.

Website: https://bit.ly/32UCnyX​
Researchgate: https://bit.ly/2Tzk12o
Google Scholar Citations: https://bit.ly/2wqD0nJ

Julia completed her PhD with the Environmental Futures Research Institute at Griffith University and is generally interested in socio-ecological systems and sustainable resource extraction. She started her PhD project in 2017, investigating the spatial and social dynamics of the bushmeat trade in savanna systems of Africa. She is particularly interested in the use of social science theory to inform conservation problems and her research explores which interventions used to address bushmeat are best for reaching both conservation and development goals. This project is supervised by Prof Hamish McCallum and Dr Duan Biggs of Griffith University and Prof Kerrie Wilson of the Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED). Julia completed her master’s degree in Conservation Biology at the University of Cape Town investigating the conflict between Blue Cranes and farmers in South Africa. She has also spent time working with the Mauritian Wildlife Foundation to conserve the endangered Pink Pigeon.

Key Publications

Booth, H., Clark, M., Milner-Gulland, E. J., Amponsah-Mensah, K., Antunes, A. P., Brittain, S., ... & Williams, D. R. (2021). Investigating the risks of removing wild meat from global food systems. Current Biology, 31(8), 1788-1797.

Hill, R., Díaz, S., Pascual, U., Stenseke, M., Molnár, Z., & Van Velden, J. (2021). Nature's contributions to people: Weaving plural perspectives. One Earth, 4(7), 910-915.

Van Velden, J., Wilson, K., Lindsey, P., McCallum, H., Moyo, B., Biggs, D. (2020). Bushmeat hunting and consumption is a pervasive issue in African savannahs: insights from four protected areas in Malawi. Biodiversity and Conservation, 1-22. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-020-01944-4

Van Velden, J., Wilson, K., Biggs, D. (2018). The evidence for the bushmeat crisis in African savannas: a systematic quantitative literature review. Biological Conservation, 221, 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.biocon.2018.03.022