Alistair Bath

Dr. Alistair Bath is currently an associate professor within the Department of Geography at Memorial University in Newfoundland, Canada where he teaches natural resource management issues, parks and protected areas planning, conflict resolution and public involvement, usually in the context of wildliife and large carnivore issues. As an adjunct professor at the technical University of Munich in the international sustainable resource management program, Alistair routinely teaches human dimensions courses in Germany and also in a graduate conservation biology program at La Sapienza in Rome, Italy.

He currently is a member of the IUCN Large Carnivore Initiative for Europe Species Group and has conducted numerous research projects throughout Europe focused on human dimensions in wolf, brown bear and lynx management issues. Dr. Bath actively applies the human dimensions facilitated workshop approach which he has developed, and has implemented it in Croatia to get diverse interest groups to reach consensus on wolf and lynx management plans.

More recently in Bulgaria Alistair completed a brown bear management plan and has just begun a planning process to lead toward a wolf management plan working with various interest groups. In Canada, Dr. Bath has worked on a variety of projects with Parks Canada on wildlife issues and local involvement of community residents. In addition, he was involved with the USA National Park Service conducting research regarding the reintroduction of wolves into Yellowstone National Park and the development of carnivore conservation areas in Canada.

Currently, Dr. Bath has projects examining resident attitudes toward wolves and brown bears in Abruzzzo, Lazio et Molise National Park in Italy and working with local community residents in establishing a protected area in Armenia. When Alistair does find some spare time, you may see him on the tennis court!