Equilibrium Research

Sue Stolton and Nigel Dudley established Equilibrium Research in 1991. Our work currently focuses on three main areas: Broadscale Conservation: Integrating ecology with social values at a landscape level to achieve permanent conservation. Protected Areas: Identifying threats, promoting greater effectiveness and making the arguments for protection.... Society and Environment: Researching the changing relationship between industrial society and the global ecosystem. Outputs includes field projects, research projects, books, journals, manuals, reports and research papers; training materials; impact assessments; memoranda to inter-governmental bodies; proofs of evidence; web sites; conferences and workshops. We work closely with local designers to produce high quality materials and have an extensive photo-library. We work for: Academic Institutions: the University of Queensland, Open University, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, University of Kent, etc International bodies: the World Bank, the Convention on Biological Diversity, UNDP, UNESCO, UNEP, SPREP, etc National and local governments and agencies: in over seventy countries throughout the world Sue and Nigel are active members of IUCNs World Commission on Protected Areas (WCPA) and its Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy (CEESP) and Nigel is a member of the Species Survival Commission.Nigel chairs the WCPA Specialist Group on Natural Solutions and is Industry Fellow, School of Geography, Planning and Environmental Management at the University of Queensland, Australia. Sue and Nigel are both Fellows of UNEP WCMC.Read More