The Biodiversity Network
@biodivoxford.bsky.social
The Oxford Nature Network is a network of researchers & practitioners in & around the University working on biodiversity. www.biodiversity.ox.ac.uk
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We're excited to share the fabulous line-up of speakers for our Friday afternoon Nature Seminar Series, they are all followed by a drinks reception and everyone is welcome. Join online, or in person.
All you have to do is register your place here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
All you have to do is register your place here: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Two months ago, we met in an ancient woodland as drought broke into autumn storms to ask: How do we redesign finance for the living world? Through nature, play & systems thinking, new seed ideas emerged.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Imaginal Studios: Reimagining Nature Finance
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
youtu.be
November 26, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Two months ago, we met in an ancient woodland as drought broke into autumn storms to ask: How do we redesign finance for the living world? Through nature, play & systems thinking, new seed ideas emerged.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.
This Friday, Rosa Vásquez Espinoza shares a personal journey into the Amazon, where Indigenous wisdom meets cutting-edge science. From hidden biodiversity to ancestral knowledge, she explores lessons in resilience, healing, and our bond with nature. Book your place: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
November 25, 2025 at 2:25 PM
This Friday, Rosa Vásquez Espinoza shares a personal journey into the Amazon, where Indigenous wisdom meets cutting-edge science. From hidden biodiversity to ancestral knowledge, she explores lessons in resilience, healing, and our bond with nature. Book your place: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Jason Williams, 'The Cloud Gardener' joins our researchers to explore how greening even the smallest spaces can transform lives. From balcony biodiversity in Manchester to research on Oxford’s green spaces, this episode digs into small ideas with big impacts.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
November 25, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Jason Williams, 'The Cloud Gardener' joins our researchers to explore how greening even the smallest spaces can transform lives. From balcony biodiversity in Manchester to research on Oxford’s green spaces, this episode digs into small ideas with big impacts.
@ecioxford.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social
If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social - Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/FXAbLQeLlF8
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
The Natural Capital of Wasps - Seirian Sumner,
YouTube video by Oxford Biodiversity Network
youtu.be
November 25, 2025 at 2:03 PM
If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social - Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/FXAbLQeLlF8
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
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2024 Impact Report available!
Research is at the heart of all we do, with excellent science leading to demonstrable conservation impacts.
The report gives a snapshot of how our team are achieving this worldwide thanks to the generous support of many.
👉 tinyurl.com/mth52xm9
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Research is at the heart of all we do, with excellent science leading to demonstrable conservation impacts.
The report gives a snapshot of how our team are achieving this worldwide thanks to the generous support of many.
👉 tinyurl.com/mth52xm9
@biology.ox.ac.uk
November 24, 2025 at 2:01 PM
2024 Impact Report available!
Research is at the heart of all we do, with excellent science leading to demonstrable conservation impacts.
The report gives a snapshot of how our team are achieving this worldwide thanks to the generous support of many.
👉 tinyurl.com/mth52xm9
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Research is at the heart of all we do, with excellent science leading to demonstrable conservation impacts.
The report gives a snapshot of how our team are achieving this worldwide thanks to the generous support of many.
👉 tinyurl.com/mth52xm9
@biology.ox.ac.uk
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Eco-distress—climate anxiety among young people—is real and ongoing. In this series in The Conversation UK, researchers at the ECI reflect on their Museum of Climate Hope project, showing how creative approaches can inspire hope and action.
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
climate storytelling News, Research and Analysis - The Conversation
Browse climate storytelling news, research and analysis from The Conversation
theconversation.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Eco-distress—climate anxiety among young people—is real and ongoing. In this series in The Conversation UK, researchers at the ECI reflect on their Museum of Climate Hope project, showing how creative approaches can inspire hope and action.
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
➡️ theconversation.com/topics/clima...
Loving @waspwoman.bsky.social talk already and we are only on the second slide! Join us online now!
Let's show #wasps some love!
bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
Let's show #wasps some love!
bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
November 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Loving @waspwoman.bsky.social talk already and we are only on the second slide! Join us online now!
Let's show #wasps some love!
bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
Let's show #wasps some love!
bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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Brazil cannot reach Net Zero by 2050 without nature as its strongest ally - Dr Aline Soterroni in @theconversation.com Brasil yesterday📰🌎
“It is crucial to understand that biodiversity is essential, not optional”
Read the article➡️
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
@oxfordnetzero.bsky.social
#COP30
“It is crucial to understand that biodiversity is essential, not optional”
Read the article➡️
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
@oxfordnetzero.bsky.social
#COP30
November 20, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Brazil cannot reach Net Zero by 2050 without nature as its strongest ally - Dr Aline Soterroni in @theconversation.com Brasil yesterday📰🌎
“It is crucial to understand that biodiversity is essential, not optional”
Read the article➡️
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
@oxfordnetzero.bsky.social
#COP30
“It is crucial to understand that biodiversity is essential, not optional”
Read the article➡️
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
@oxfordnetzero.bsky.social
#COP30
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New research reveals that a lion’s full-throated roar is unique to each individual and identification could soon help scientists to count lions and estimate population density.
Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk
Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk
November 21, 2025 at 10:38 AM
New research reveals that a lion’s full-throated roar is unique to each individual and identification could soon help scientists to count lions and estimate population density.
Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk
Read the study led by Jonathan Growcott 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk
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Learn all about why wasps are so amazing and wondrous from waspwoman.bsky.social today at our seminar today at 415 pm, online and in person at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social . All welcome !
November 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Learn all about why wasps are so amazing and wondrous from waspwoman.bsky.social today at our seminar today at 415 pm, online and in person at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social . All welcome !
Wasps are predators, pollinators, decomposers, & potential sources of nutrition & medicine. Join @waspwoman.bsky.social for a talk which will change how you see these under valued creatures. Reserve your seat now, online & inperson with a book signing & drinks oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
November 20, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Wasps are predators, pollinators, decomposers, & potential sources of nutrition & medicine. Join @waspwoman.bsky.social for a talk which will change how you see these under valued creatures. Reserve your seat now, online & inperson with a book signing & drinks oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
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New research shows that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and Neanderthals likely engaged in kissing too 💋
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
Ape ancestors and Neanderthals likely kissed
bit.ly
November 19, 2025 at 9:18 AM
New research shows that kissing evolved in the common ancestor of humans and other large apes around 21 million years ago, and Neanderthals likely engaged in kissing too 💋
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
New study from @matildabrindle.bsky.social @stuwest.bsky.social 👇
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Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
November 19, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Why do people disagree so strongly on alternative proteins?
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
TABLE's new report unpacks the alternative proteins debate, drawing on the 3-part summer webseries we hosted over the summer. Supported by @oxpolicyengaged.bsky.social.
Check out the report here: buff.ly/Ia4V9hd
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🍃 Considering applying for our Postgraduate Certificate in Ecological Survey Techniques?
Join us online on Thursday 4 December at 13:00 to find out more about the course, get to know the course team, meet our former students, and ask any questions you may have.
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/CdqjObj
Join us online on Thursday 4 December at 13:00 to find out more about the course, get to know the course team, meet our former students, and ask any questions you may have.
🔗 Register here: buff.ly/CdqjObj
November 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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To achieve Net Zero by 2050, Brazil needs to use nature as an ally 🌳
New article (in Portuguese) from Aline Soterroni of @naturebasedsols.bsky.social 👇
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
New article (in Portuguese) from Aline Soterroni of @naturebasedsols.bsky.social 👇
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
Para alcançar o Net Zero até 2050, Brasil precisa usar a natureza como aliada
Diferente do resto do mundo, onde 75% das emissões de carbono vêm do setor de energia, no Brasil este mesmo percentual vem das emissões de metano do setor agropecuário. O setor de energia é apenas o t...
theconversation.com
November 19, 2025 at 3:40 PM
To achieve Net Zero by 2050, Brazil needs to use nature as an ally 🌳
New article (in Portuguese) from Aline Soterroni of @naturebasedsols.bsky.social 👇
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
New article (in Portuguese) from Aline Soterroni of @naturebasedsols.bsky.social 👇
theconversation.com/para-alcanca...
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New guidance under the #TransformativePathways project, led by @albanaberberi.bsky.social in collaboration with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
transformativepathways.net/community-ba...
transformativepathways.net/community-ba...
Community-based monitoring of river health and biodiversity - Transformative Pathways
This guide for Indigenous Peoples and local communities presents a variety of options for monitoring the health of your local rivers and the diversity of life (biodiversity) that they support.
transformativepathways.net
November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New guidance under the #TransformativePathways project, led by @albanaberberi.bsky.social in collaboration with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
transformativepathways.net/community-ba...
transformativepathways.net/community-ba...
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"The Congo basin has about 10,000 plant species & 30% of these can only be found in the region,” says @ymalhi.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
The rainforest the world forgot: the Congo basin is the second largest on Earth, so why is it being neglected?
It is one of the world’s most vital carbon sinks, but this tropical rainforest is losing out when it comes to climate policy and funding
www.theguardian.com
November 18, 2025 at 4:11 PM
"The Congo basin has about 10,000 plant species & 30% of these can only be found in the region,” says @ymalhi.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
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Our Centre Director, @ymalhi.bsky.social has just returned from #COP30. Read his reflections from the first week at a packed conference.
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
COP30 at the City at the Mouth of the Green Ocean
Yadvinder reflects on this time at COP 30
naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
November 18, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Our Centre Director, @ymalhi.bsky.social has just returned from #COP30. Read his reflections from the first week at a packed conference.
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social
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We're really looking forward to this talk from Serian Sumner this Friday. Join us online or inperson, with a book signing and drinks reception aftwards. @waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
We're really looking forward to this talk from Serian Sumner this Friday. Join us online or inperson, with a book signing and drinks reception aftwards. @waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
We're really looking forward to this talk from Serian Sumner this Friday. Join us online or in person, with a book signing & drinks reception afterwards.
@waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
November 17, 2025 at 3:15 PM
We're really looking forward to this talk from Serian Sumner this Friday. Join us online or in person, with a book signing & drinks reception afterwards.
@waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
If you missed Cristina Banks-Leite's Nature Seminar on Friday, you can catch it here, and discover what truly drives species sensitivity to deforestation. 🍃
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
What drives species sensitivity to deforestation? Clue: it’s not what you think
YouTube video by Oxford Biodiversity Network
youtu.be
November 17, 2025 at 1:17 PM
If you missed Cristina Banks-Leite's Nature Seminar on Friday, you can catch it here, and discover what truly drives species sensitivity to deforestation. 🍃
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@biology.ox.ac.uk
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At COP30, Prof Yadvinder Malhi joined scientists from the Amazon, Congo & Borneo for the 2025 Amazon Assessment Report launch. Discussions focused on deforestation, fires, climate impacts, Indigenous communities & conservation pathways. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Read more➡️https://tinyurl.com/spxju2pp
Read more➡️https://tinyurl.com/spxju2pp
November 14, 2025 at 3:35 PM
At COP30, Prof Yadvinder Malhi joined scientists from the Amazon, Congo & Borneo for the 2025 Amazon Assessment Report launch. Discussions focused on deforestation, fires, climate impacts, Indigenous communities & conservation pathways. @ymalhi.bsky.social
Read more➡️https://tinyurl.com/spxju2pp
Read more➡️https://tinyurl.com/spxju2pp
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We’re gathering to make a sacred space for movement and connection inside the Natural History Museum in London @nhm-london.bsky.social. Come join us on Monday night for Dance Mirrors Nature—a gentle dive into how folk and classical traditions mirror our relationship with the living world.
November 16, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We’re gathering to make a sacred space for movement and connection inside the Natural History Museum in London @nhm-london.bsky.social. Come join us on Monday night for Dance Mirrors Nature—a gentle dive into how folk and classical traditions mirror our relationship with the living world.
Reposted by The Biodiversity Network
From trade offs to synergies: Aligning climate and biodiversity policies.
Reps from Oxford Biology joined experts from government, academia and NGOs at COP30 at this side event.
With Greenpeace, SOS Atlantic Forest foundation, WWF and @oxfordgeography.bsky.social.
📸 L.Jardim & A.Vasconcelos
Reps from Oxford Biology joined experts from government, academia and NGOs at COP30 at this side event.
With Greenpeace, SOS Atlantic Forest foundation, WWF and @oxfordgeography.bsky.social.
📸 L.Jardim & A.Vasconcelos
November 13, 2025 at 9:00 AM
From trade offs to synergies: Aligning climate and biodiversity policies.
Reps from Oxford Biology joined experts from government, academia and NGOs at COP30 at this side event.
With Greenpeace, SOS Atlantic Forest foundation, WWF and @oxfordgeography.bsky.social.
📸 L.Jardim & A.Vasconcelos
Reps from Oxford Biology joined experts from government, academia and NGOs at COP30 at this side event.
With Greenpeace, SOS Atlantic Forest foundation, WWF and @oxfordgeography.bsky.social.
📸 L.Jardim & A.Vasconcelos
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It is conference season at WildCRU and our researchers have been attending events across the world to share their work, forge new collaborations and discover the latest updates in wildlife conservation.
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk
November 13, 2025 at 4:21 PM
It is conference season at WildCRU and our researchers have been attending events across the world to share their work, forge new collaborations and discover the latest updates in wildlife conservation.
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk
[1/3] @biology.ox.ac.uk