Dr Julian Bayliss
jlb73@cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1223 7
62979
Programme Coordinator & Analyst on the Valuing the Arc programme.
I am an enthusiastic and experienced conservation scientist and landscape ecologist. Throughout my career I have largely been based in Africa in a variety of countries such as Tanzania, Uganda, Malawi, Mozambique, Madagascar, and South Africa. Throughout this time I have been involved in coordinating scientific expeditions, undertaking biodiversity surveys, establishing ecological monitoring activities, and implementing management incentives.
Most recently I was coordinating a RBG Kew Darwin Initiative project in northern Mozambique and Malawi, which resulted in the discovery of the largest rainforest in southern Africa and a host of new species. See:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8094444.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8094862.stm
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/27/mozambique-conservation
http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2009/06/090618-mozambique-newspecies-video-ap.html
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/feb/20/mozambique-conservation
http://beta.mnet.co.za/carteblanche/Article.aspx?Id=3821
http://www.linktv.org/video/6432/discovering-mount-mabu
Prior to this position I was the consultant ecologist for the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT) – a World Bank GEF Trust Fund based in southern Malawi and with the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).
I am a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society (FRGS), a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society (FRES), and an honouree Research Associate of the African Butterfly Research Institute (ABRI). Since an early age I have had a fascination for Lepidoptera which has resulted in the discovery of several new species e.g.
http://www.barcodinglife.com/views/taxbrowser.php?taxid=187503
http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/africa/090419/the-hunt-the-black-charaxis
Research Interests
My work has focused on protected area management, human wildlife conflict resolution, ecological modelling, and ecological monitoring. I am particularly interested in African ecology, especially in the conservation of high altitude mountains (>1500m) and tropical wet forest ecosystems. I also have a background in GIS modelling towards biodiversity action planning both in the UK and Africa as well as the use of remote sensing in the production of land use databases.
A common dilemma is how best to conserve unprotected areas of natural wilderness in developing world countries. I find it is not always best practice to gazette an area as a forest reserve or national park, depending on the governance of the region. Sometimes a private trust fund or Public Private Partnership should also be considered.
I have joined the Conservation Science group as a Programme Coordinator and Analyst on the Valuing the Arc programme (http://www.valuingthearc.org/index.html), which is modelling the ecosystem services of the Eastern Arc Mountains that stretch from southern Kenya to southern Tanzania. This is an area I have a particular interested in having spent several years based in the East Usambara Mountains in Tanzania undertaking biodiversity surveys.
Publications
- Savel, D. & J. Bayliss (2011). Unexplored refugia of biodiversity: Mountainous regions in Mozambique and Malawi yield three novel freshwater crab species (Potamonautidae: Potamonautes). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society.
- Staude H., Bayliss, J., & Sihvonen (2011). The Mulanje Tiger Moth Prout, 1922, new status, a critically endangered species from Malaŵi (Lepidoptera: Geometridae:Diptychinae). Metamorphosis 22, 2, 49–64.
- Congdon, C., Collins, C. & Bayliss J. (2010) Butterflies of south east Africa's mountains (Mozambique and Malawi). Metamorphosis 21(2): 45-107.
- Ravilious, C., Kapos, V., Osti, M., Bertzky, M., Bayliss, J.L., Dahiru,S., & Dickson, B. (2010) Carbon, biodiversity and ecosystem services: Exploring co-benefits. Nigeria: Preliminary Results. UNEP-WCMC, Cambridge, UK.
- Fishpool, L. D. C. & Bayliss, J. (2010) Brief notes on the birds of Mount Inago, northern Mozambique. African Bird Club Bulletin 17(2): 198-201.
- Bayliss, J., Monteiro, J., Fishpool, L., Congdon, C., Bampton, I., Bruessow, C. & J. Timberlake (2010) The Biodiversity and Conservation of Mount Inago, Mozambique . Darwin Initiative Project: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-east Africa's Montane Ecosystems. DI No. 15/036.
- Monadjem, A., M.C. Schoeman, A. Reside, D. V. Pio, S. Stoffberg, J. Bayliss, F.P.D. (Woody) Cotterill, M. Curran, M. Kopp, & P. J. Taylor (2010) A recent inventory of the bats of Mozambique with documentation of seven new species for the country. Acta Chiropterologica 12(2).
- Branch, William R. & Tolley, Krystal A. (2010) A new species of chameleon (Sauria: Chamaeleonidae: Nadzikambia) from Mount Mabu, central Mozambique. African Journal of Herpetology, 59(2): 157-172.
- Bayliss, J., Burrow, C., Martell, S., & Staude, H. (2010). An ecological study between two living fossils in Malawi - the Mulanje Tiger Moth (Callioratus grandis) and the Mulanje Cycad (Encephalartos gratus). African Journal of Ecology, 48 (2): 472-480.
- Branch, W. & J. L. Bayliss (2009). A new species of tree viper Atheris (Serpentes: Viperidae) from Northern Mozambique . Zootax , 2113, 41-54.
- Timberlake, J., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Francisco, J., Harris, T., Nangoma, D., & C, da Sousa (2009). The Biodiversity and Conservation of Mchese Mountain, Malawi . Darwin Initiative Project: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-east Africa’s Montane Ecosystems. DI No. 15/036.
- Spottiswoode C. N., Patel I. H., Herrmann E., Timberlake, J. & J. Bayliss (2008). Threatened bird species on two little-known mountains (Mabu and Chiperone) in northern Mozambique. Ostrich 79, 1, 1-7.
- Timberlake, J., Dowsett Lemaire, F., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Baena, S., Francisco, J., Harris, T., & C, da Sousa (2008). The Biodiversity and Conservation of Mount Namuli, Mozambique . Darwin Initiative Project: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-east Africa’s Montane Ecosystems. DI No. 15/036.
- Nangoma, D. & J. L. Bayliss (2007). The first use of the MODIS Rapid Response (MRR) fires alert system on Mount Mulanje in Malawi. Nyala, 24, 3-15.
- Bayliss, J. L., Hecht, J., Makungwa, S., Nangoma, D., & Bruessow C. (2007). Saving the Island in the Sky: the plight of the Mount Mulanje cedar Widdringtonia whytei in Malawi. Oryx, 41, 1, 64-69.
- Timberlake, J., Bayliss, J., Alves, T., Baena, S., Francisco, J., Harris, T., & C, da Sousa (2007). The Biodiversity and Conservation of Mount Chiperone, Mozambique . Darwin Initiative Project: Monitoring and Managing Biodiversity Loss in South-east Africa’s Montane Ecosystems. DI No. 15/036.
- Bayliss, J. L, Simonite, V., Thompson, S. (2006). An innovative approach to targeting sites for wading bird assemblages in the UK. Journal for Nature Conservation, 14, 1, 1-15.
- Bayliss, J. (2005). An Ecological Monitoring Programme for Mount Mulanje Forest Reserve, Malawi . Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) consultancy contract for the Mulanje Mountain Conservation Trust (MMCT).
- Bayliss, J. L, Simonite, V., Thompson, S. (2005). The use of probabilistic habitat suitability models for biodiversity action planning. Agriculture, Ecosystems & Environment, 108, 3, 228-250.
- Thompson, S., Hazel, A., Bailey, N., Bayliss, J. & Lee, J.T. (2004). Identifying potential breeding sites for the stone curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus) in the UK. Journal for Nature Conservation, 12, 229-235.
- Bayliss, J., Helyar, A., Lee, J.T. Lee & Thompson, S. (2003). A multi-criteria targeting approach to neutral grassland conservation. Journal of Environmental Management, 67, 145–160.
- Bayliss, J. Simonite V. and Thompson S. (2002). An innovative approach to multi-species avian conservation. Pp156-174. In D. Chamberlain & A. Wilson (eds) Avian Landscape Ecology. Pure and Applied Issues in the Large-Scale Ecology of Birds. Proceedings of 2002 International Association of Landscape Ecology (IALE) conference.
- Bayliss, J. (2002). The East Usambara tree-hole crab (Brachyura: Potamoidea: Potamonautidae) - a striking example of crustacean adaptation in closed canopy forest, Tanzania. African Journal of Ecology, 40, 1, 26-34.
- Bayliss, J. & A. Fielding (2002). Termitophagous foraging by Pachycondyla analis (Formicidae, Ponerinae) in a Tanzanian coastal dry forest. Sociobiology, 39, 1, 103-122.
- Lee, J.T., Bailey, N., Bayliss, J. & Thompson, S. (2001a). Development of a Biodiversity and Landscape Map for the Chilterns using a GIS based model. Phase I: Production of land use map for the Chilterns Natural Area. English Nature Contract No. TC/12/00.
- Lee, J., Griffiths, G., Warnock, S. Bailey, N., Bayliss, J., Vogiatzakis & Thompson, S. (2001b). Development of a Biodiversity and Landscape Map for the Chilterns using a GIS based model. Phase II: Habitat model: formulation, operation and results . English Nature Contract No. TC/17/00.
