Ana Nuno works with the interface of natural and social sciences, conducting applied research with the involvement of stakeholders. She specialises in integrating social and ecological information to inform management decisions and conservation measures, a role she has performed in various regions of the world (Brazil, Côte d'Ivoire, Guinea Bissau, Cayman Islands, Poland, Portugal, São Tomé and Príncipe, Tanzania). Her work focuses, for example, on subsistence hunting in protected areas, artisanal fisheries and compliance with conservation rules. After graduating in Biology (University of Porto, Portugal), she specialized in the human dimensions of conservation, obtaining an MRes (Master of Research) in Biodiversity and Conservation (University of Leeds, UK) and a PhD in Conservation Sciences (Imperial College, UK). Since then, she has applied and developed tools for conservation-related socio-ecological characterizations, using both quantitative and qualitative approaches, in collaboration with local communities, NGOs, government agencies and other interested stakeholders.

Research Interests:

Interdisciplinary approaches to conservation and management of natural resources. Social sciences of conservation. Illegal wildlife trade. Participatory management of natural resources. Socio-ecological systems.

Main Projects:

• 2020-presente:  Frontiers in social-ecological research: achieving the promise of integration in Marine Spatial Planning for resilient social and environmental outcomes — SocioEcoFrontiers. Financiado por: European Union’s Horizon 2020 (Marie Sklodowska-Curie grant agreement No 843865);
• 2017-presente: Science for management of the BIOT Marine Reserve: socio-economics of illegal, unreported and unregulated fisheries. Financiado por: Bertarelli Foundation;
• 2016-2019: Improving marine biodiversity and livelihoods of coastal communities in Principe. Financiado por: Darwin Initiative.

• Veríssimo D, Vieira S, Monteiro D, Hancock J, Nuno A (2020). "Audience research as a cornerstone of demand management interventions for illegal wildlife products: demarketing sea turtle meat and eggs." Conservation Science and Practice, 2(3): e164;
• Nuno A, Blumenthal J.M., Austin T.J., Bothwell J., Ebanks-Petrie G., Godley B.J. & Broderick A.C. (2018). "Understanding implications of consumer behaviour for wildlife farming and sustainable wildlife trade." Conservation Biology, 32 (2): 390-400;
• Guerrero A, Bennett N, Wilson K, Carter N, Gill D, Mills M, Ives C, Selinske M, Larrosa C, Bekessy S, Januchowski-Hartley F, Travers H, Wyborn C, Nuno A (2018). "Achieving the promise of integration in social-ecological research: A review and prospectus." Ecology & Society, 23(3): 38;
• Nuno A, St John F. (2015). "How to ask sensitive questions in conservation: A review of specialised questioning techniques." Biological Conservation, 189: 5-15;
• Nuno A, Bunnefeld N, Milner-Gulland EJ. (2014). "Managing social-ecological systems under uncertainty: implementation in the real world." Ecology and Society, 19(2): 52.