Operation Wallacea is a series of biological and social science expedition projects that operate in remote locations across the world. These expeditions are designed with specific wildlife conservation aims in mind - from identifying areas needing protection, through to implementing and assessing conservation management programmes.

Large teams of university academics, who are specialists in various aspects of biodiversity or social and economic studies, are concentrated at the target study sites. Research Assistants and dissertation students joining the surveys have the option of customising their own itinerary from a range of training and science options.

The surveys result in a large number of publications in peer-reviewed journals each year, have resulted in 30 vertebrate species new to science being discovered, 4 'extinct'​ species being re-discovered and $2 million levered from funding agencies to set up best practice management examples at the study sites.

These large survey teams of academics and volunteers that are funded independently of normal academic sources have enabled large temporal and spatial biodiversity and socio-economic data sets to be produced, and provide information to help with organising effective conservation management programmes.

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Tim Coles

Professor David Smith

Alex O'Brien

Joe England

Danielle Hines

Dan Exton

Pippa Disney

Stephen Long

The Research and Science Team at Operation Wallacea conducts extensive biodiversity and socio-economic surveys in remote locations worldwide. Comprising experts in various scientific fields, they collect and analyze data to identify areas needing protection, discover new species, and assess the effectiveness of conservation management programs. Their work supports the creation of peer-reviewed publications, re-discovery of previously 'extinct' species, and the establishment of best practice conservation strategies, leveraging significant funding from external agencies.

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