Brandon P. Anthony

Assistant Professor
Director, Remote/Rural Communities & the Environment
Center for Environment and Security (CENSE)
Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy
Building: 
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room: 
604
Phone number: 
327-3000 ext. 2007
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Qualifications: 
PhD (magna cum laude) in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Hungary. Dissertation title: A view from the other side of the fence: Tsonga communities and the Kruger National Park, South Africa
M.Sc. (with Distinction) in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Hungary. Thesis Title: The use of amphibian road call counts in monitoring Anuran bio-indicators: a case study of Körös-Maros National Park, Hungary
B.Sc. in Biology, Trent University, Canada
Academic/Professional experience, and Achievements: 

Working Experience:

  • Advisor to Hungarian Nature Conservation Institute, Budapest, Hungary
  • Watershed Planning Technician and Park Supervisor/Biologist with Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, Peterborough, Canada
  • Agricultural Habitat Biologist with Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Peterborough, Canada

Environmental Interests:

  • Human-wildlife conflict
  • Remote & rural communities and the environment
  • Social impacts of protected areas (particularly in emerging democracies and developing countries)
  • Local resource management, including the relationships that people hold with nature, and what factors influence these relationships
  • Biological monitoring
  • Amphibian ecology and monitoring

 

Academic/research topics: 
human-wildlife conflict
rural communities
social impact of protected areas
local resource management
biological monitoring
amphibian ecology
Academic/Research Areas: 
Environmental Studies
Regional and local development

Publications

Report
Human-wildlife conflict study report: Vwaza Marsh Wildlife Reserve, Malawi 2009
‘Environment’ domain of Community Health Indicators Toolkit 2008
Progress report on the establishment of the National Ecological Network in Hungary 2002
Kételtűek hang alapján történő monitorozása kézikönyv [Amphibian road call count monitoring training manual] 2001
Republic of Hungary: Second National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2001
Republic of Hungary: First National Report on the Implementation of the Convention on Biological Diversity 2001
Kételtűek hang alapján történő monitorozása oktató-kazetta [Amphibian road call count monitoring training cassette] 2000
Thematic Report on Alien Species to the Convention on Biological Diversity [Hungary] 2000
Book Chapter
Amphibians of the Palaearctic realm 2008
Controlling the distribution of elephants 2008
Journal Article
Poised for engagement: Local communities and the Măcin Mountains National Park, Romania 2008
Use of modified Threat Reduction Assessments to estimate success of conservation measures within and adjacent to Kruger National Park, South Africa 2008
Use and value of landscapes, flora and fauna by Tsonga communities in the rural areas of Limpopo Province, South Africa 2007
The dual nature of parks: attitudes of neighbouring communities towards Kruger National Park, South Africa 2007
Use and value of landscapes, flora and fauna by Tsonga communities in the rural areas of Limpopo Province, South Africa 2007
Herpetofauna of the Drava valley (2002-2004) 2005
Preliminary results of a long-term conservation project on Emys orbicularis in an urban lake of Budapest, Hungary 2004
Results of the first batrachian survey in Europe using road call counts 2002
"Monitor 2000" Hungarian amphibian biodiversity monitoring and education project 2001
Down the old ’frog and toad’ 2001
Sexual dimorphism in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis) 2000
A kételtűek hang alapján történő monitorozása (Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park – Kis-Sárrét) [Amphibian monitoring by sound - Körös-Maros National Park – Kis-Sárrét] 1999
Book
A birder’s guide to the behaviour of European and North American Birds 2003