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Rosaleen Duffy
@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social
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Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University.
https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Feb 27
1/ 📣 Big news! For the next 5 years I’ll be working with this amazing team @evahaifa.bsky.social Alasdair Cochrane & Bob McKay on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded Multispecies Mutualisms project wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
Photo of From r-l Alasdair Cochrane Rosaleen Duffy Bob McKay and Eva Haifa Giraud

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George Holmes @georgeholmes.bsky.social · 1d
Want to join our panel @eccb26leiden.bsky.social on "Conservation Histories and Humanities: Understanding the Present, Unearthing the Past"? We are looking for presentations exploring the histories of conservation. Email me ([email protected]) with an abstract by 9th Feb.

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 2d
Bad but unsurprising news about upcoming US withdrawal from @ipbes.net - but the work addressing biodiversity loss continues.
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“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 2d
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.”

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors.

— @davidobura.bsky.social , @ipbes.net Chair
Split-screen image on a deep green background. Left side contains a statement from Dr David Obura, IPBES Chair, regarding the US withdrawal from IPBES and extinction threats to over 1 million species. Right side shows a photograph of a man wearing glasses, dressed in a dark jacket and grey shirt, seated at a conference table with a microphone. The IPBES logo appears at the bottom with the tagline "Science and Policy for People and Nature". The design features white typography on the dark green background, creating a professional contrast. Several small pins or badges are visible on the speaker's jacket.

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 4d
If the Palestine Action hunger strikers die - which they could do at any moment, as they are now very close to the end - it will be the government that killed them. Today’s column explains why. Please share, and write urgently to your MP.
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Let’s be clear: if the Palestine Action hunger strikers die, the government will bear moral responsibility | George Monbiot
The three remaining hunger strikers have been convicted of nothing. Yet with astonishing cruelty, ministers refuse to listen to their reasonable demands, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 5d
❄️ The #PeakDistrict is at its snowy best today ❄️
Light sunshine through snow covered trees, blue sky Fence post and footpath marker against snow backdrop & blue sky Dog in a red coat on snow Footpath sign against backdrop of snow covered forks & blue sky

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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 5d
New Books Network podcast!

In this conversation, our convenor @paulinesophieh.bsky.social talks to @peternewell.bsky.social about his book States of Transition: From Governing the Environment to Transforming Society.

Check it out!

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New Books Network podcast - States of transition- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
I can’t believe that! Also thanks for the nightjar & golden plover sightings, which I forgot in the first post 😜 see you before too long

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
As the next listing year begins, there was one bird I really wanted to see, twite, and didn’t see. Maybe 2026 will be the year for them, black redstarts & snow buntings …..let’s see. For now I want to go back to just enjoying watching birds 🦢

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
A final thanks to @feargalc.bsky.social who patiently put up with slightly obsessive requests for detours following reports of rarities & drive 2 hours to a village that had resident peacocks
Two female peacocks sat on a green lawn in front of Red brick house

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
Another thanks to one of my sisters who took me out to look for flamingoes while visiting - the trip also meant I unexpectedly saw lesser spotted woodpeckers

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
A thank you to @toursnatural.bsky.social whose excellent & knowledgeable guidance on trips ensured I saw a Merlin, willow tit and some lovely mountain hares
Birds on feeders - background is brown reeds

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
I had brilliant trips to Leighton Moss, Bempton Cliffs & St Aidans which yielded a water rail, bearded tits, puffin & bittern respectively
Two brown birds sitting in a grit tray in brown coloured reeds Black bird standing in brown mud Brown bird in green reeds, next to lake Puffin statue - black & white

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
This has to be the most glamorous birdwatching I did - watching from a restaurant geodome overlooking loch Ryan, waiting for the ferry to Belfast
Woman & dog sitting in transparent dome overlooking the sea

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 8d
🦢Listers!!! Did I get all the bird species I needed in one calendar year for the #My200 challenge? No, but I got 198 - decent amount for a first go at a #BigYear. Started with a wren in loughinisland, ended with a sanderling on Tyrella beach.I’ve learned a lot & had some fun experiences, a🧵

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 18d
🎄Happy holidays everyone 🎄switching off for a bit, so in the meantime enjoy this festive-looking slug by Abi Palmer www.sitegallery.org/exhibition/s...
Two model slugs inter-twined with a disco ball. Great background & blue light spots

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 19d
Agreed - and thanks!

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 19d
🤢 when private land ownership meets venture capital meets greenwashing. So many layers of what’s wrong with carbon & biodiversity credits being pushed as a solution to planetary crisis ⬇️

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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 19d
📍 Online Lecture
📆 Jan 23, 12:30 -1:30

✨ Join Simon Pooley as he discusses the okapi, a rainforest giraffid which has become a symbol of scientific curiosity, colonial power, and conservation challenges.

Grab your free tickets here:

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Simon Pooley superimposed on an illustration of two okapis, giraffid animals with striped legs.

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Markus Eichhorn @markuseichhorn.bsky.social · 19d
When Brewdog admitted failure and sold off their rewilding project, there was at least hope that it had passed into competent hands. No such luck.
‘Unashamedly capitalist’ rewilders claim ‘Moneyball’ approach could make millions – but experts sceptical
Rich Stockdale says model of ‘regenerative capitalism’ would maximise profits by planting trees, restoring peatlands, and installing windfarms across its estates
www.theguardian.com

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Lisa Stampnitzky @lisastampnitzky.bsky.social · 21d
Urgent letter from educators to the British government on the welfare of hunger strikers, please sign and share @sheffielducu.bsky.social

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Open letter from educators: solidarity with the hunger strikes, stop police censorship and state repression
Activists who have not been convicted of any crime are on hunger strike to highlight the denial of their basic rights. This open letter from educators highlights how students such as Qesser Zuhrah who...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 22d
🎉 An excellent book by a terrific team. This Handbook is one to add to your essential reading lists for 2026 #WildlifeCrime #IWT #PoliticalEcology #GreenCriminology ⬇️

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 22d
Congratulations! Great to see this out 😀

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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 23d
Check out newly published Handbook of Wildlife Crime with starting premise of taking a critical approach to researching/understanding wildlife crime. With most wonderful coeditors @ahubschle.bsky.social R. Wong L. Gutierrez T. Wyatt & contributors
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Routledge Handbook of Wildlife Crime
The Routledge Handbook of Wildlife Crime provides a comprehensive and state-of-the-art overview of wildlife crime in its various forms. The effects of wildlife crime and overexploitation are contribu...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 23d
Pls spread the word @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social @pollenetwork.bsky.social

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 23d
3/ Details on the PhD studentships are here , deadline 15 Feb phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2341...
Global Methane Politics
Project opportunity - Global Methane Politics at the University of Leeds
phd.leeds.ac.uk

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 23d
Details on the post doc positions are here , desdline 15 Feb jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
Job Opportunity at University of Leeds: Research Fellowships in Global Methane Politics
**3 Positions**Are you an ambitious researcher looking for your next challenge? Do you have interests or background in environmental politics, political ecology or related areas? Do you want to furthe...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 23d
1/ 📣 Jobs alert! 3x 3 year post docs & 2 PhD studentships on the Global Methane Project with Jan Selby at Leeds Uni cordis.europa.eu/project/id/1...
Global Methane Politics | METH-POL | Project | Fact Sheet | HORIZON | CORDIS | European Commission
The ambition of the Global Methane Politics project is to produce a pioneering body of research that simultaneously establishes the distinctiveness of methane politics, investigates and demonstrates t...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24d
Unbelievably we are already at end of the first term of the #MultispeciesMutualisms project; to celebrate we combined our final meeting for 2025 with this terrific exhibition Slime Mother by Abi Palmer #slugs #SlugDisco www.sitegallery.org/exhibition/s...
Slug sculpture intertwined with a disco ball Light box depicting two slugs in religious imagery of halos on mother and child (slugs) Shadow of a slug on the floor, dark grey in light great background with blue light spots Slug sculpture with red ends of eye stalks, grey flesh, blue disco light spots

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 26d
Congrats- this looks really great.

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Andrew Whitehouse @anthrobirder.bsky.social · 26d
The latest issue of Environmental Values is a special issue called 'Taking care together: Conservation as more-than-human process' edited by Sara Asu Schroer, Paolo Gruppuso and myself. Read our introduction, Tim Ingold's commentary and most of the articles here:
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