Philip Stott (born England, 1945) is a professor emeritus of biogeography at the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London, and a former editor (1987–2004) of the Journal of Biogeography. Background In the early 1970s, Stott and his wife, a historian and biographer, lived in Thailand and he was carrying out field research at Kalasin. He has two daughters. He has written academic papers and books on chalk grassland, on the vegetation and archaeology of Thailand (and on the rest of southeast Asia), on ecology and biogeography (e.g. his textbook 'Historical Plant Geography'), on fire ecology on lichens and mosses, on tropical rain forest and on the construction of environmental knowledge. He was chairman of The Anglo-Thai Society (2003–2007), UK. He is no longer a member of the Scientific Alliance because he deems it important to be academically independent of all organisations, industry, and green groups. Media He writes for the press, especially for The Times, and broadcasts regularly on BBC radio and television on subjects including biogeography, extinction, climatology, and ecology. He hosted a number of websites including pro-biotech supporting genetically modified foods, another countering 'ecohype and later 'envirospin', and one based on Bruno Latour's 'A Parliament of Things'. Stott was often on Talksport with James Whale talking about Global Warming in his regular evening show. He appeared on "The Great Global Warming Swindle" on Channel 4 and presented several issues of 'Home Planet' on BBC Radio 4 (2009-2011). In June 2008 he was a guest on Private Passions, the biographical music discussion programme on BBC Radio 3. Published works Royal Siamese Maps: War and Trade in Nineteenth Century Thailand (River Books and Thames & Hudson: 2005), for H.R.H. Princess Sirindhorn (with Santanee Phasuk) Global environmental change (Blackwell Science: largely on climate change) (with Dr. Peter Moore and Professor Bill Chaloner) Political ecology: science, myth and power (Edward Arnold; Oxford USA) (edited with Dr. Sian Sullivan). He has also published four books of recorder music for children and recorder consorts, and he used to conduct an Early Music Consort called 'Pifaresca'. His Sinfonia Concertante for Clarinet in B flat is available for download, along with other compositions, and the full orchestral score from Finale Showcase. Views Global warming Stott regards himself as a Humeian 'mitigated sceptic' on the subject of global warming. He has not published scholarly articles in the field of climate change, although he has