William "Bill" M. Adams (born 1955) is a British geographer. He is the Claudio Segré professor of conservation and development at the

Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies The Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, or the Geneva Graduate Institute (french: Institut de hautes études internationales et du développement), abbreviated IHEID, is a government-accredited postgraduate institution ...

in Geneva. He was previously professor of Conservation and Development in the Department of Geography at the

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Personal life

Adams studied geography and graduated with a B.A. from the

, followed by an M.Sc. in conservation, from the

University College London , mottoeng = Let all come who by merit deserve the most reward , established = , type = Public research university , endowment = £143 million (2020) , budget = ...

. He obtained a Ph.D. at the University of Cambridge. He has been awarded an Honorary Doctorate from the

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, and the Royal Geographical Society's

Busk Medal The Busk Medal is an award given annually by the Royal Geographical Society, for "conservation research or for fieldwork abroad in geography or in a geographical aspect of an allied science". It was first awarded in 1975, and is named in honour ...

Work

Bill Adams is a member of the Political Ecology group. He explores the ideas behind conservation initiatives and resource management, and the implications of these ideas in practice. His research fields are: * Conservation of landscapes that have been heavily modified by human influences (Sahel, urban environment) * the political ecology of nature conservation at the landscape level * the institutional large-scale

ecological restoration Restoration ecology is the scientific study supporting the practice of ecological restoration, which is the practice of renewing and restoring degraded, damaged, or destroyed ecosystems and habitats in the environment by active human interrupt ...

of ecosystems *

Ecosystem service Ecosystem services are the many and varied benefits to humans provided by the natural environment and healthy ecosystems. Such ecosystems include, for example, agroecosystems, forest ecosystem, grassland ecosystems, and aquatic ecosystems. Th ...

s and protection concepts

Publications

Books (selection)

* Leader-Williams, Adams and Smith (2010): Trade-offs in Conservation. Wiley-Blackwell. 400pp. doi:10.1002/9781444324907. * Adams (2009): Green Development: environment and sustainability in a developing world. 3rd edition, Routledge. * Adams (Hrsg.) (2008): Conservation, Routledge. * Adams (2003): Future Nature: a vision for conservation. Revised edition, Earthscan. * Adams und Mulligan (Hrsg.) (2003): Decolonizing Nature: strategies for conservation a postcolonial era. Earthscan / James & James.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Adams, William M Academic staff of the Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies Academics of the University of Cambridge Alumni of the University of Cambridge Alumni of University College London 21st-century British geographers Political ecologists 1955 births Living people Alumni of Downing College, Cambridge Fellows of Downing College, Cambridge