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Bibek Raj Shrestha

@bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social

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Ecologist from Himalaya. PhD Researcher at UEA. Interested in understanding socio-ecological linkages of protected area effectiveness and impacts of linear infrastructures to biodiversity.

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Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · 9d

Good-bye Jane!

Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · Dec 14

I met THE Jane in Kathmandu 😲 @janegoodall.org

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Aldina Franco @aldinafranco.bsky.social · Jul 14

We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social

Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic

Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species to...

www.theguardian.com

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Neelima Vallangi @neelima.bsky.social · Jul 6

NEW: For The Guardian, I spent a week in Kerala few weeks ago, for a story on a special place where a bunch indigenous and local women are cultivating and preserving rare and endemic wild plant species in one of the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots!

www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants

In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants

www.theguardian.com

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · May 14

If you are a domestic student interested in working on insect migration/conservation or citizen science @monashbiol.bsky.social, please reach out ASAP. The domestic round deadline is May 31st. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.

Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · Apr 28

Please share. We are hiring domestic/international #PhD students to work on citizen science, insect migration/conservation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.

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University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · Apr 10

Conservation efforts could more effectively identify bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of conditions they need to thrive, says a new UEA-led study.🐦🌦️

Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...

#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange

A house sparrow sits on a log with a blurred green background

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Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · Mar 31

🐅💥🚗 Global Roadkill Data 🌍🐾

🔹 208,570 roadkill records 📈
🔹 54 countries 🌍
🔹 53 years of records (1971–2024)

Our paper on the global dataset of wildlife-vehicle collisions is out in Scientific Data!

🔗 nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x

@ueaenv.bsky.social

Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · Mar 19

CEEC Rebellion has kicked off!!

1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!

@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · Mar 3

Great news - the Art Institute of Chicago today announced it will return this gorgeous 11/12th century sculpture of the Buddha in meditation, sheltered by the serpent king Muchalinda, to Nepal!

Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.

stone sculpture of the Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda

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Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · Dec 14

I met THE Jane in Kathmandu 😲 @janegoodall.org

Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · Nov 28

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