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Dr Marco Campera

PhD

Senior Lecturer in Conservation and Biodiversity

School of Biological and Medical Sciences

Marco Campera
Role
Teaching and supervision
Research
Publications
Professional information
Further details

Role

I am a researcher with a strong interest in ecology and conservation.

I am currently leading a project on sustainable agroforestry in Indonesia. I collaborate with farmer cooperatives, businesses and local governments. My aim is to study which agroforestry systems already present present the better balance between profitability and biodiversity/ecosystem services outcomes. 

I also have extensive experience in other tropical contexts, and started my research career on the behavioural ecology of primates. 

Teaching and supervision

Courses

Modules taught

Module leader: 

  • BIOL5012: Surveys and Licensing
  • BIOL5023: Threatened Species
  • BIOL7014: Ecosystem Degradation and Management

Research Students

Name Thesis title Completed
Vinni Jain Evaluating biodiversity, ecosystem services, and social dynamics across community-managed agroforests in Indonesia Active

Research

I am an experienced and flexible researcher and data modeller. I have a broad interest in behavioural ecology, including activity patterns, diet, ranging patterns, and stress levels. I recently extended my research interest in applied conservation, including conservation education and sustainable agriculture. I conducted research projects in Indonesia, Madagascar and Costa Rica.

Research grants and awards

Project "Community-based wildlife-friendly Fairtrade coffee production and importance of Javan Slow Loris and Common Palm Civet conservation in Java, Indonesia"

  • Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund: $10000 (2019)

Project "Exploring niche partitioning in strepsirrhines: Lepilemur fleuretae and Avahi meridionalis in the lowland rainforest of South-Eastern Madagascar"

  • Rufford Small Grant Foundation: £4980
  • Mohamed Bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund: $5000 (2014) 
  • Primate Conservation Inc: $3200
  • Primate Action Fund: $3000
  • Primate Society of Great Britain: £750

Groups

Projects

  • Sustainable non-timber forest products production and consumption in Indonesia
  • Wildlife Friendly Coffee

Publications

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Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

  • British Ecological Society
  • Primatological Society of Great Britain

Conferences

  • Campera, M., Balestri, M., Imron, M. A., & Nekaris, K. A. I. (2019). Coffee for conservation: promotion of organic and wildlife-friendly practices among farmers at Cipaganti, Java, to protect local biodiversity. European Federation of Primatology and Primate Society of Great Britain congress, Oxford, 8-11 September. Folia Primatologica, 91, 314. 
  • Campera, M., Brown, E., Imron, M. A., & Nekaris, K. A. I. (2019). Health and human habituation influence the survival of translocated and dispersing individuals in a territorial mammal. Oral Presentation. International Congress for Conservation Biology, Kuala Lumpur, 21-25 July.
  • Campera, M., Balestri, M., Chimienti, M., Nijman, V., Donati, G. (2017). A novel approach to study activity patterns of cryptic primates: Unsupervised Learning Algorithm for data from three-axis accelerometer tags. Oral presentation. European Federation of Primatology, Strasbourg, 22-24 August. Folia Primatologica, 88, 105–106.
  • Campera, M., Balestri, M., Serra, V., Barresi, M., & Donati, G. (2014). Are so many males useful? Assessing the role of subordinate males of Eulemur collaris in increasing social thermoregulation. Oral presentation. Primate Society of Great Britain, Oxford, 6-7 April, Primate Eye, 113, 21–21.
  • Campera, M., Serra, V., Balestri, M., Barresi, M., Ravaolahy, M., & Donati, G. (2013). Effects of habitat quality and seasonality on ranging behavior of Eulemur collaris in littoral forest fragments, South-East Madagascar. Oral presentation. European Federation of Primatology, Antwerpen, 10-13 September. Folia Primatologica, 84, 255–256.
  • Campera M., Adams K., Aronson T., & Donati G. (2011). Ecological and demographic correlates to primate densities in fragments of lowland rainforest at La Suerte Biological Station, Northeastern Costa Rica. Oral presentation. Italian Primatological Association, Parco Natura Viva, 10-13 April. Folia Primatologica, 82, 250–250.

Further details

Invited Talks

  • Campera M. 2021. Animal assemblages in relation to organic and wildlife-friendly farming in coffee home gardens. BMS Seminar Series, Oxford Brookes University.
  • Campera M. 2021. Wildlife Friendly Products from Agroforestry System. International summer course Sustainable Management at Tropical Mountain Forests in Indonesia, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
  • Nekaris KAI, Campera M, Ardiansyah, A. 2021. Lorises. Invited talk at the Virtual Primatology Conference, Central Washington University.
  • Campera M. 2020. Coffee for conservation: promotion of organic and wildlife-friendly practices among farmers to protect biodiversity in Java, Indonesia. Invited talk at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
  • Campera M. 2019. Radio telemetry for wildlife study. Invited talk at the Wildlife Conservation Forum, Universitas Gadjah Mada.
  • Campera M. 2019. Coffee for conservation: promotion of organic and Wildlife Friendly practices among farmers at Cipaganti, Java, to protect local biodiversity. Invited talk at the Primate Models for Behavioural Evolution Lab, Oxford University.