People
Clubbe, Colin P.
| Job Title | Head, Conservation & Higher Education Section |
|---|---|
| Department | Herbarium |
| Section | Dicot Systematics |
| Science Teams |
United Kingdom Madagascar UK Overseas Territories |
| Joined Kew | 1995 |
| Foreign Language(s) |
Qualifications & Appointments
BSc, University of Birmingham, 1975
PhD, University of London, 1980
DIC, Imperial College, 1981.
Vice Chair, UK Overseas Territories Conservation Forum
Trustee, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust
Vice Chair, IUCN/SSC South Atlantic Islands Plant Specialist Group
IUCN/SSC Reintroduction Specialist Group
Kew Research Degrees Co-ordinator for Open University
Role
Conservation assessment, inventory and monitoring of island communities; capacity-building for conservation; role of botanic gardens in conservation.
Conservation biology with particular reference to islands – inventory and monitoring of plant communities; effects of management on communities, recovery and restoration; conservation assessment and recovery planning for threatened plant species. Impacts of invasive alien species. Development of botanic gardens, with particular reference to their conservation and education roles. Co-ordination of Kew’s higher education and international training programmes, including the development of materials to help build capacity for conservation.
Projects
Darwin Initiative Assessment of the Coastal Biodiversity of Anegada, British Virgin Islands
Darwin Initiative Research Exercise on Community Tree Seeds (DIRECTS) in Africa
Developing a Species and Specimens Database for the UKOTs Programme
Developing Ex Situ Conservation Collections of UKOTs Species In-Territory and at Kew
Enabling the People of Montserrat to Conserve the Centre Hills
In Ivan’s wake: a Darwin Initiative Biodiversity Action Plan for the Cayman Islands
Integrating National Parks, Education and Community Development for the British Virgin Islands
Kew Latin America Research Fellowships
Madagascar Threatened Plants Project
Plant Diversity Challenge: the Official UK Response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation
Selected Publications 2001-2005
Clubbe, C. (2005). Building capacity and developing botanical infrastructure for conservation: a case study from the British Virgin Islands. BGJournal 2(1): 10-12.
Clubbe, C., Gillman, M., Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Walker, R. (2004). Abundance, distribution and conservation significance of regionally endemic plant species on Anegada, British Virgin Islands. Oryx 38(3): 342-346.
Britt, A., Clubbe, C. & Ranarivelo, T. (2004). Conserving Madagascar’s Plant Diversity: Kew’s Madagascar Threatened Plants Project. Curtis’s Botanical Magazine 21(4): 258-266.
Maunder, M., Clubbe, C., Hankamer, C. & Groves, M. (eds) (2002). Plant Conservation in the Tropics: perspectives and practice. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 628 pp.
Zahreddine, H., Clubbe, C., Baalbaki, R., Ghalayini, A. & Talhouk, S.N. (2004). Status of native species in threatened Mediterranean habitats: The case of Pancratium maritimum L. (sea daffodil) in Lebanon. Biological Conservation 120(1): 11-18.
Selected Publications pre-2001
Clubbe, C. (1998). Communicating the Message: a case study from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. In Goldsmith, F.B. (ed) Tropical Rain Forest: a wider perspective. London: Chapman & Hall. 345-366.
Clubbe, C. (1998). Training botanic garden staff. In Leadley, E. & Greene, J. (eds) The Darwin Technical Manual for Botanic Gardens. London: BGCI. 109-117.
Clubbe, C. & Henchie, S. (eds) (1999). A Manual of Horticultural Techniques for the Conservationist. Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 88 pp + appendices.
Clubbe, C. (1996). Threats to biodiversity. In Blackmore R. & Reddish A. (eds) Global Environmental Problems. London/Milton Keynes: Hodder & Stoughton/Open University. 192-237.
Maunder, M. & Clubbe, C. (1999). The distribution and management of plant diversity. Challenges in applied population biology. Aspects of Applied Biology 53: 27-32.