During 2023, Caroline provided technical and scientific support to the IUCN in their work to measure European biodiversity using the Red List Index. Species on the European Red List (ERL) were last assessed in 2007, and the 2023 assessments included an expanded spatial area within the

Caroline is currently working as the Co-Editor on the Cetacea Volume in the Springer series the Handbook of the Mammals of Europe. The handbook offers a unique collection of information on all wild mammal species living in Europe and will serve as a standard reference guide for all ma

Falklands Conservation and a team of international project partners have recently published the Technical Report for a Darwin Plus funded project (DPLUS082) on sei whales and southern right whales in the Falkland Islands. Edited by Caroline, the citation for the report is: Weir, C.R.

We are delighted to announce the launch of a new website that has been developed for the Consortium for the Conservation of the Atlantic Humpback Dolphin (CCAHD). The CCAHD was established in late 2020, as a collaborative group of scientists, conservation organisations and management

We have just published a paper describing habitat modelling of four cetacean species in the coastal waters around the Falkland Islands: Baines, M. and Weir, C.R. (2020). Predicting suitable coastal habitat for sei whales, southern right whales and dolphins around the Falkland Islands.

Due to the ongoing situation with the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2020 meetings of the International Whaling Commission were all held virtually. Caroline collaborated on two papers submitted to the IWC Scientific Meeting of the sub-committee on small cetaceans: Weir, C., Leeney, R. and Col

Together with collaborators in Brazil, we have just published a note describing the movement of a sei whale between a presumed winter breeding area off Brazil, and a summer/autumn feeding ground in the Falkland Islands: Weir, C.R., Oms, G., Baracho-Neto, C.G., Wedekin, L.L. and Daura-

In December 2019, Caroline attended the World Marine Mammal Conference in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, hosted by the Society for Marine Mammalogy (SMM) and the European Cetacean Society (ECS). The conference goal was to bring together scientists, managers, policy-makers, educators and

We recently published a paper on the occurrence of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) along the north-east coast of the Falkland Islands during winter: Weir, C.R. and Stanworth, A. (2019). The Falkland Islands (Malvinas) as sub-Antarctic foraging, migratory and wintering habi

Our short note on the first record of Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) in the Falkland Islands has just been published: Weir, C.R. and Rutherford, S. (2019). First record of Burmeister’s porpoise (Phocoena spinipinnis) in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas). Marine