Applied ecologist working on the ecological emergency
Studying ecosystem restoration, rewilding, dispersal, spatial ecology, ecosystem services, agro-ecology, global change. Views are my own & personal/unofficial
Focusing on ecological processes offers an adaptive approach to conservation at a time of rapid environmental change
But how do we measure & conserve these processes?
This PhD will explore the use of species traits to assess ecosystem condition
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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As the climate crisis takes hold, we are going to have to try novel approaches to conservation
And some of that will involve taking risks
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www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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which “seeks to demonstrate how we can see and sense into the complex ecosystems and relationships that make up the water catchments that we are all a part of”
@riverdonproject.bsky.social
www.theriverdon.org
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter
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"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
www.nebriefing.org/open-letter
So, if we lost our extant large wild mammals from the UK - badger (big for the UK), deer species, umm…
In what way do people think our ecosystems would suffer?
I would say that conservation for ecosystem functioning & processes is useful, but is not the same as a utilitarian ecosystem services approach. See our paper on the former argument
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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1️⃣ Check if your MP is going and if not email them from this link: www.nebriefing.org
2️⃣ Tag your MP in social media
3️⃣ Share this event on your social channels
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They are controversial, with debate about whether we should accept them or seek to ‘restore’ ‘native’ ecosystems
See our short digest
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/nove...
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
All MPs are being urged to attend
Sadly my - Lib Dem - MP has said they will not
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"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
Reposted by James M. Bullock, Stacy D. VanDeveer, Viola Ross-Smith
"Without much more urgent and decisive action, we risk seeing these impacts overwhelm our capacity to respond."
Please share with your MP. #NEB2025
amplifying the voices of the Global South, who are suffering most from climate change
& highlighting UK government’s active support of fossil fuel expansion
A small, local action, but many 100s of people engaged with
#COP30
@xrwimborne.bsky.social
“After a bitter row over fossil fuels (by far the largest contributor to climate change) a deal passed that contained no direct reference to them”
www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cg...
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For COP30 in Wimborne we’re sharing testimonies from people already losing homes, lands + futures to climate breakdown. Today: the words of Juan Carlos Monterrey Gómez, Panama’s climate envoy
#COP30
#climatejustice #ThisWorldIsOurs
Reposted by Patrick A. Jansen
#COP30 does Fawlty Towers
www.bbc.com/news/article...
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#COP30 #climatejustice #ThisWorldIsOurs
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To address the intersection of restoration ecology and biodiversity policy
by developing spatially explicit, realistic restoration strategies using scenario-based modelling
to generate tools & support effective biodiversity planning
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
I would add that scientists & journals need to be careful about publishing maps & data based on extrapolating from sparse data
& need to be clearer about uncertainty & data gaps
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Reposted by Meredith Broussard, James M. Bullock, Elena Litchman , and 20 more Meredith Broussard, James M. Bullock, Elena Litchman, Jonathan H. Adler, David S. Cohen, Rebecca Williams, Trevon D. Logan, Smith, Rebecca Tushnet, John Hogan, Lyndsey Stonebridge, Alessandro Nai, Leo McCann, Guy J. Curtis, Urška Demšar, Greg O’Brien, Raúl Pacheco-Vega, Stella M. Rouse, Jordi Cat, David Lay Williams, Elise Thomas, Andrea Santangeli, Carly D. Ziter
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White adults
National pride: 26%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 49%
Both: 19%
Ethnic minority adults
National pride: 15%
Anti-migrant/minority sentiment: 55%
Both: 20%
yougov.co.uk/society/arti...
makes me think how poor we humans are at understanding that the worst can actually happen
and acting effectively to avert that risk
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