Molly Grace

Molly joined the Oxford Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science as a NERC Knowledge Exchange Fellow in October 2017. From 2020-2022, she was a Biology Fellow at Wadham College and is currently a Lecturer in Ecology and Conservation. She is also the Co-Chair of the Green Status of Species Task Force of the IUCN Species Survival Commission. This Task Force is responsible for developing and delivering the IUCN Green Status of Species, a new part of the IUCN Red List which provides a standardised way to measure species recovery and conservation impact. Historically, conservation success has been measured in terms of the outcome we wish to avoid (extinction) rather than the outcome we wish to achieve: the recovery of populations carrying out their ecological roles throughout their indigenous range. Molly's Green Status research is carried out in collaboration with Re:Wild, WCS, ZSL, Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust, WWF, National Geographic, San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, Cambridge Conservation Initiative, and others.