My research includes developing methods for quantifying and monitoring biodiversity and ecosystem services, the impact of land use change, climate change and other drivers of biodiversity loss, identifying and managing conflicts between human activities and the conservation of biodiversity, and the biodiversity science-policy interface. I coordinated the EKLIPSE project with Juliette Young, an EU H2020 project whose aim was to set up a European support mechanism for evidence-informed decision-making. I also coordinate the ALTER-Net summer schools on biodiversity and ecosystem services held in Peyresq each year: http://www.alter-net.info/summer-school/ and https://www.flickr.com/photos/adwatt/albums/72157667641098099 I have been involved in over 15 European (EU-funded) projects on biodiversity (see below) and have previously worked on biodiversity in tropical forests. I have also worked on forest pests (including the pine beauty moth and the mahogany shoot borer), agricultural pests and coypu (Myocaster coypus), the invasive rodent.