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Author: Simon Hoyte

Simon is an environmental anthropologist with ExCiteS, working to understand the relationship between Central African hunter-gatherers and their rainforest and developing an Indigenous-led participatory approach to conservation

Participatory mapping, led by students and experts from across Central Africa

by Simon Hoyte The ambition of Extreme Citizen Science and our mapping tool Sapelli has always been to co-develop projects … More

Citizen science, climate change, conservation, environment, news, participation, Sapelli, sustainability, workshop

IN.FOR.BIO – our new 6-year One Health project

By Simon Hoyte & Jerome Lewis The world is waking up to the deep connection between human, animal, plant, and … More

biodiversity, Citizen science, climate change, environment, environmental monitoring, nature, Sapelli, sustainability

A desert as a garden: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Marrakech, Morocco

With every conference of the International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) that I attend, I increasingly realise how unique and remarkable … More

anthropology, Baka indigenous people, climate change, conservation, environment, ethnobiology, Indigenous, indigenous rights, sustainability, traditional knowledge

Supporting a Third Space – our ECSAnVis Final Event

Yesterday we hosted the final event for our 5-year European Research Council-funded project Extreme Citizen Science: Analysis and Visualisation. And … More

Citizen science, ECSAnVis, ERC, Extreme Citizen Science, Technology, UCL

Extreme Citizen Science: Analysis and Visualisation final event – join us!

It is with great pleasure that we invite you to an event that the Extreme Citizen Science research group is … More

Citizen science, ECSAnVis, ERC, Sapelli

Decolonising paradise: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Kingston, Jamaica

I’ve just returned from the Society for Economic Botany & International Society of Ethnobiology (ISE) conference at the University of … More

botany, colonialism, decolonise, ethnobiology, Jamaica, medicine, slavery

Decolonising protected areas: Sapelli in eastern Cameroon

Whilst being initially hesitant to work in this controversial and problematic context, I decided that this was an opportunity to initiate change, whereby the voices and values of the Baka could be taken seriously

Africa, anthropology, conservation, Sapelli

Is Sapelli just a tool?

In a recent interview I conducted with the director of an international NGO here in Cameroon who is familiar with … More

Extreme Citizen Science, participation, production of knowledge, Sapelli

“We are weeping with our knowledge of the forest”

I have been living with the Baka, one of Central Africa’s hunter-gatherer groups, for the last 5 months. As an … More

Electric Guitars and Environmental Justice

It’s not an easy ride from Yaoundé, the capital of Cameroon, to Gbiné. A six hour bus to Bertoua, followed … More

ECSAnVis, ERC

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Recent posts

  • Stories from the River Lea: community voices shaping understanding of environmental change  March 5, 2026
  • Participatory mapping, led by students and experts from across Central Africa February 25, 2026
  • IN.FOR.BIO – our new 6-year One Health project December 18, 2025
  • Indigenous floor maps and many names for ice: ICA Vancouver 2025 November 5, 2025
  • Reflections on Urban Gardening Workshop in London’s Chinatown November 16, 2024
  • A desert as a garden: The International Society of Ethnobiology conference in Marrakech, Morocco July 19, 2024
  • WhatsApp Maps? Connecting users and producers of ground information June 26, 2024
  • Pathways on Industry-connected Citizen Engagement September 20, 2023
  • Wisdom of the Crowd in the Age of AI: Water September 3, 2023
  • You are invited to attend – and participate in! – the HEIDI Project’s Final Event on 30th and 31st May May 18, 2023

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