Kelvin S.-H. Peh

Peh’s interests range from forest ecology to urban wildlife in respect of diversity and distribution. He is interested in all areas of wildlife-human conflicts and wildlife ecology in human-dominated landscapes, and in the application of his research results to the conservation/management of biological resources.

His work on monodominance in tropical tree-dominated systems has helped rekindle scientific interest in this fascinating, yet relatively unexplored phenomenon in tropical forests. He has completed editing a Routledge Handbook of Forest Ecology. Currently, he is working on the second edition of this handbook.

Peh is best known for his leading role in the development of TESSA, the Toolkit for Ecosystem Service Site-based Assessment. TESSA v3.0, published in October 2022, is now available at http://tessa.tools/. He continues working on this ecosystem service assessment to develop and test novel tools for rapidly assessing the net impact of site-based conservation on the provision of ecosystem services. This project runs in collaboration with the University of Cambridge, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, BirdLife International, Tropical Biology Association, Anglia Ruskin University and UNEP-World Conservation Monitoring Centre.