Faculty and Staff

Brandon Anthony

Assistant Professor

Contact Details: Faculty Tower #604
Tel: 36-1-327-3000, ext 2007
Cell: 36-70-215-1150
Fax: 36-1-327-3031
E-mail: anthonyb@ceu.hu

Education:

PhD (magna cum laude) in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Hungary. Dissertation title: A view from the other side of the fence: Tsonga communities and the Kruger National Park, South Africa

M.Sc. (with Distinction) in Environmental Sciences and Policy, Central European University, Hungary. Thesis Title: The use of amphibian road call counts in monitoring Anuran bio-indicators: a case study of Körös-Maros National Park, Hungary

B.Sc. in Biology, Trent University, Canada

Working Experience:

Advisor to Hungarian Nature Conservation Institute, Budapest, Hungary

Watershed Planning Technician and Park Supervisor/Biologist with Otonabee Region Conservation Authority, Peterborough, Canada

Agricultural Habitat Biologist with Ontario Federation of Anglers and Hunters, Peterborough, Canada

Environmental Interests:

Social impacts of protected areas (particularly in emerging democracies and developing countries)

Exploring linkages between rural development and biodiversity conservation

Local resource management, including the relationships that people hold with nature, and what factors influence these relationships

Biological monitoring

Amphibian ecology and monitoring

Courses (2008-2009)

Environmental Monitoring
Non-Human Biosphere
Humans & the Biosphere
Biodiversity & Conservation
Introduction to Quantitative Methods
Introduction to Survey Methods
Environmental Science - A Global Concern (CEU Business School)

Featured publications

Anthony, Brandon and Moldovan, Dragos. 2008. Poised for engagement: local communities and the Macin Mountains National Park, Romania. International Journal of Biodiversity Science & Management [in press]

Anthony, Brandon P. 2008. Use of modified Threat Reduction Assessments to estimate success of conservation measures within and adjacent to Kruger National Park, South Africa. Conservation Biology [DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2008.01030.x]

Anthony, B. [contributing author] Grant, C.C., Bengis, R. Balfour, D. Peel, M. 2008. Chapter 7: Controlling the distribution of elephant. In: RJ Scholes and KG Mennell (eds) Assessment of South African Elephant Management. pp 246-277. Witwatersrand University Press, Johannesburg. [available from http://www.elephantassessment.co.za/]

Anthony, B., et al. 2008. Amphibians of the Palaearctic region. In Threatened Amphibians of the World. Stuart, S.N., Hoffmann, M., Chanson, J.S., Cox, N.A., Berridge, R.J., Ramani, P., and Young, B.E. (Eds.). Barcelona: Lynx Ediciones, with IUCN - The World Conservation Union, Conservation International and NatureServe.

Anthony, Brandon. 2007. The dual nature of parks: attitudes of neighbouring communities towards Kruger National Park, South Africa. Environmental Conservation 34 (3):236-245.

Anthony, Brandon P. and Bellinger, Edward G. 2007. Use and value of landscapes, flora and fauna by Tsonga communities in the rural areas of Limpopo Province, South Africa. South African Journal of Science 103(3-4):148-154.

Kovács, Tibor, and Anthony, Brandon. 2005. Herpetofauna of the Drava valley (2002-2004). Natura Somogyiensis 7:105-117.

IUCN, Conservation International, and NatureServe. 2004. Global Amphibian Assessment. Available on-line at http://www.globalamphibians.org [Anthony, Brandon - contributing scientist]

Anthony, B. P. 2002. Results of the first batrachian survey in Europe using road call counts. Alytes 20 (1): 55-66.

Anthony, Brandon and Puky, Miklós. 2001. Monitor 2000: amphibian monitoring and education project. Biota J. of Biol. and Ecol. 2, Supplement: 13.

Nechay, G., Baltay, Zs., and Anthony, B. 2000. Thematic Report on Alien Species to the Convention on Biological Diversity. [on-line] URL: http://www.biodiv.org/natrep-as/index.html [Hungary]

Anthony, B. 2000. Kételtuek hang alapján történo monitorozása oktató-kazetta [Amphibian road call count monitoring training cassette]. Budaörs, Hungary: MC & CD Kft.

Anthony, B. 2000. Sexual dimorphism in the dark-eyed junco (Junco hyemalis). The Department of Environmental Sciences and Policy Journal (Central European University). Volume 3: 7-14.

Anthony, B. 1999. A kételtuek hang alapján történo monitorozása (Körös-Maros Nemzeti Park - Kis-Sárrét) [Amphibian monitoring by sound - Körös-Maros National Park - Kis-Sárrét] CRISICUM II: 199-205.

PhD Students Supervised

2007-

Wasambo, Jolly Sustainable Water Resources Management in Malawi: Lessons for Effective Water Governance.

MSc Students Supervised

2008

Kiseliova, Olga Indications of Changes in Life History of Fish as a Result of Hydro- electric Power Construction on the Dniester River, Moldova

(co-supervisor) Duncan, John The End of the Line? Benchmarking South Africa's Traditional Linefishery

2007

Cheney, Laura Protecting Wildlife on Public Lands: National Security and Wildlife Conservation along the United States - Mexico Border

Cojocariu, Doina Protected Areas and Local Communities: The Case Study of Vanatori Neamt Natural Park, Romania

Kirschenbaum, Agnes The Story of a Community Based Greenway Initiative: Rural Livelihoods and the "On Our Heritage Trail Greenway", Hungary

Moldovan, Dragos Conservation attitudes of local people: the case of the Macin Mountains National Park, Romania.