Gamification of Biodiversity Conservation and Security
As part of the social enterprise Tunza Games, ESRG member Dr Richard Milburn has been helping to enhance biodiversity conservation and security through gamification. To-date the project has focused on using Conservation Crisis, an educational board game and app that won the King’s UnLtd Award for social enterprise. In the game, players face the real-life challenges of conservation, from winning community support and training rangers to stop poachers, through to wider considerations such as engaging with corruption. To date, Conservation Crisis has been used in teaching within War Studies as well as outreach work with schools in the UK and global conservation NGOs. The project is now expanding its offering, utilising the same gamification process to deliver a range of activities for students and staff.
For more information, please contact richard.milburn@kcl.ac.uk and/or environmental-security@kcl.ac.uk