Professor Jos Barlow

Distinguished Professor of Conservation Science

Research Interests

I am interested in understanding how human activities impact tropical forest biodiversity, and the ecosystem services and functions that biodiversity delivers. My work focusses on the Brazilian Amazon, where I have been working since 1998.

I am a co-founder of the , which brings together scientists, conservation practitioners and local stakeholders to further our understanding of the environmental and socio-economic trade-offs in the world's largest remaining expanse of tropical forest.

I am a Trustee of WWF-UK and chair of the Impact Committee and Lead author & member of the Scientific Steering Committee of the UN’s Science Panel for the Amazon. I was Senior Editor or Editor-in-Chief of Journal of Applied Ecology from 2011 to 2025.

Teaching

I teach on a variety of modules within the Ecology and Conservation and Geography undergraduate and post-graduate programmes, using my expertise in tropical forests to illustrate the many tensions between economic development and conservation. I also teach and supervise students on post-graduate courses at the Federal University of Par¨¢, Brazil.

Contact

Department: Lancaster Environment Centre

Office: LEC Building

Location: LEC 3 - B34

jos.barlow@lancaster.ac.uk


  • 01/08/2025 → 31/07/2027
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  • 01/08/2025 → 31/07/2027
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  • 01/01/2025 → 31/08/2025
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  • 01/11/2024 → 31/10/2027
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  • 01/02/2024 → 31/07/2028
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  • 01/06/2023 → 30/09/2027
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  • 01/07/2022 → 31/03/2023
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  • 01/07/2022 → 30/06/2027
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  • 01/04/2022 → 31/03/2023
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  • 01/12/2021 → 31/12/2025
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  • 01/04/2021 → 31/03/2022
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  • 01/04/2020 → 31/03/2022
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  • 01/01/2020 → 31/12/2026
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  • 01/01/2020 → 31/12/2026
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  • 01/07/2019 → 31/12/2024
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  • 01/02/2019 → 31/03/2023
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  • 01/08/2018 → 31/07/2021
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  • 02/10/2017 → 31/03/2022
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  • 01/01/2016 → 31/12/2019
    Research

  • 01/10/2011 → 08/10/2015
    Other


Participation in workshop, seminar, course


Invited talk


Editorial activity

Matthew Clark

Matthew Clark

PhD student

Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, Ecology and Conservation

Pablo Gallego Anex

Pablo Gallego Anex

PhD student, Associate Lecturer

Centre of Excellence in Environmental Data Science, Ecology and Conservation

Oana-Ecaterina Resiga

Oana-Ecaterina Resiga

PhD student, Associate Lecturer

Ecology and Conservation

  • African Studies Group
  • Ecology and Conservation
  • Improving global stewardship
  • Latin America Research Cluster
  • Understanding a changing planet