Whaley, Oliver

Job Title

Honorary Research Associate

Department

Herbarium, Library, Art & Archives

Section

Regional Teams

Science Teams:

Foreign Language(s): Spanish.

Qualifications & Appointments

BTech, Chelsea School of Art, 1989.

AdCert, Plant Ecology and Environmental Science, Univ. London (Birkbeck), 2002.

MSc, Environmental Science, Univ. London (Birkbeck), 2004.

Role

Biodiversity studies, community-based conservation, habitat restoration, sustainable use and livelihoods programmes in Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia.

Oliver's current research is focused on the threatened dry forests and flora of arid southern Peru, with a particular focus on Huarango (Prosopis spp.) forest relics. His activities include: native tree planting programmes, reforestation initiatives, sustainable use of forest products, crosscutting environmental engagement, establishment of protected areas and community education and capacity-building.

Oliver's ongoing research publications include: Flora of South West Peru, historical ecology and bio-archaeology of SW Peru, insect plagues of Prosopis tree species, Prosopis taxonomy, and techniques for forest restoration.

 

Projects

Selected Recent Publications

  • Whaley, O. Q., Beresford-Jones, D., Milliken, W., Orellana, A., Smyk, A. & Leguia, J. (2011). An ecosystem approach to restoration and sustainable management of dry forest in southern Peru. Kew Bull. 65(4): 613 – 641. DOI: 10.1007/s12225-010-9235

  • Beresford-Jones, D., Whaley, O., Alarcón, C. & Cadwallader, L. (2011). Two millennia of changes in human ecology: archaeobotanical and invertebrate records from the Lower Ica Valley, south coast Peru. Veg. Hist. Archaeobot. 20(4): 273 – 292.

  • Whaley, O. Q., Orellana, A., Pérez, E., Tenorio, M., Quinteros, F., Mendoza, M. & Pecho, O. (2010). Plantas y vegetación de Ica, Perú - Un recurso para su restauración y conservación. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • Whaley, O. Q., Quinteros, Q., Álvarez, H., Borda, C., Tenorio, M., Pérez, E., Pecho, O., Orellana, A., Salvatierra, F. & Gómez, C. (2010). Sembrando un futuro - Restauración y manejo sostenible de los bosques y la naturaleza de Ica, Perú. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

  • Beresford-Jones, D. G., Alarcón, C., Whaley, O. Q., Chepstow-Lusty, A., Arce Torres, S., Gorriti, M., Portocarrero, O. & Cadwallader, L. (2010). Ocupación y subsistencia durante el horizonte temprano en el contexto de cambios ecológicos a largo plazo en las cuencas de Samaca y Ullujaya, valle bajo de Ica. In: P. Kaulicke & Y. Onuki (eds), El Periodo Formativo en el Perú: Enfoques y Evidencias Recientes. Cincuenta Años de la Misión Arqueológica Japonesa y su Vigencia. Segunda parte, Boletín de Arqueología. PUCP 13, Fondo Editorial de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú.

  • Pecho, J. O., González, O., Pérez, E., Tenorio, M. & Whaley, O. Q. (2010). El Pájaro Carpintero Peruano Colaptes atricollis en la agricultura tradicional de la región de Ica, Perú. Primeras observaciones de anidación y el desarrollo de polluelos. Cotinga 32: 8 – 11.

  • Beresford-Jones, D. G., Arce Torres, S., Whaley, O. Q. & Chepstow-Lusty, A. J. (2009).The role of Prosopis in ecological and landscape change in the Samaca Basin, lower Ica Valley, south coast Peru from the Early Horizon to the Late Intermediate Period. Latin Amer. Antiq. 20: 303 – 332.

Selected Earlier Publications

Scientific Research & Data

Sign up to Kew News