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David Roberts
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Reader in #Biodiversity #Conservation @dice-kent.bsky.social; Research interests #extinction, spp id, #orchid #ecology, #wildlifetrade inc @wildlifetrade.bsky.social; APHAgovuk #Wildlife Inspector & SAB member; own views tinyurl.com/bd3r7tsp .. more

Environmental science 35%
Geology 19%
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This starter pack is open to all current & former students & staff of the Durrell Institute of #Conservation & #Ecology (DICE) @dice-kent.bsky.social go.bsky.app/5tT1i8y

I remember seeing him at Glastonbury in 2003 I think. He has fantastic!!!

BBC News - Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
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Reggae legend Jimmy Cliff dies, aged 81
The musician was known for hits like You Can Get It If You Really Want and I Can See Clearly Now.
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BBC News - COP30 climate talks overrun with deadlock over fossil fuels
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COP30 climate talks deadlocked amid fossil fuel rift
The annual climate conference was meant to finish on Friday but countries remain deeply divided.
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BBC News - UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
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COP30: UN climate talks fail to secure new fossil fuel promises
Nearly 200 countries attended COP30, which aimed to commit the world to take more action on climate change.
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BBC News - COP30: Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit
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COP30: Five key takeaways from a deeply divisive climate summit
What did we learn from a climate summit that ended in a deal with no new mention of fossil fuels?
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BBC News - COP30 climate talks overrun with deadlock over fossil fuels
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COP30 climate talks deadlocked amid fossil fuel rift
The annual climate conference was meant to finish on Friday but countries remain deeply divided.
www.bbc.com

BBC News - 'A lot of fighting': Fossil fuel row breaks out at UN climate summit
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COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
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Reposted by David L. Roberts

A fire broke out at the COP30 venue in Belém, halting the UN's climate talks. Metaphors like this only threaten to become more heavy-handed as the crisis goes on

BBC News - Venezuela says opposition leader will become fugitive if she collects Nobel
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Venezuela says opposition leader will become fugitive if she collects Nobel
María Corina Machado may not be able to return if she goes to Norway for prize-giving, attorney general says.
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BBC News - 'Troubling' fall in insects, says new bug survey

As well as an inability of the BBC to source images of uk insects! www.bbc.com/news/article...
Kent bug splat survey shows 'troubling' fall in flying insects
A new 'splat' survey shows bug numbers have plummeted, but experts say this can be reversed.
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BBC News - UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
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COP30: UN climate summit drops mention of fossil fuels from draft deal
A row over fossil fuels has broken out at COP30 but this is also likely to be a negotiating tactic.
www.bbc.com

BBC News - South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests
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South Africa declares gender violence a national disaster after protests
Fifteen women are killed every day in a country with one of the highest rates of gender violence in the world.
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BBC News - COP30 climate talks evacuated after fire breaks out
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COP30 evacuated after fire breaks out
Thousands of people are attending the UN climate talks in Brazil.
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BBC News - Turkey set to host COP31 after reaching compromise with Australia
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Turkey set to host COP31 after reaching compromise with Australia
Australia will now support the Turkish bid to host the climate talks in return for their minister chairing them.
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Reposted by David L. Roberts

"while mitigating further global warming can reduce heat mortality, mass mortality events [in Europe] remain plausible at near-future temperatures despite current adaptations to heat"

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BBC News - Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England - BBC News
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Once-extinct European wildcats set to make a comeback in England
Fifty wildcats could be reintroduced to the countryside in south west England, conservationists say.
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BBC News - Brazil creates new Indigenous territories during protest-hit COP30
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Brazil creates new Indigenous territories during protest-hit COP30
President Lula's government recognises 10 new Indigenous lands in an effort to protect their culture and environment.
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💪Mining company BHP has been found liable by the UK's High Court for the 2015 #MarianaDam collapse in Brazil, which killed 19 people & caused the country’s worst environmental disaster.

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UK court finds mining firm liable for Brazil's worst environmental disaster
The 2015 dam collapse killed 19 people, polluted a river and destroyed hundreds of homes.
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BBC News - Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find - BBC News
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Nature is not a blocker to housing growth, MPs find
The Environmental Audit Committee found the government's measures are not enough to meet targets.
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BBC News - Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat - BBC News
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Brazil's Amazon rainforest at risk as key protection under threat
Brazilian farmers want to end a ban on planting soya on cleared land, which critics say would spur deforestation.
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BBC News - From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of plastic revealed
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From seabirds to sea turtles: the fatal toll of plastic revealed
A new study pinpoints the deadly thresholds of plastic ingestion for marine life.
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BBC News - Rare Fen Orchid brought back from brink of extinction - BBC News
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Rare Fen Orchid brought back from brink of extinction
Cambridge University Botanic Garden and partners have been working to successfully reintroduce the species.
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BBC News - How dinosaur fossils were found on an island with 'the wrong rocks'
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Fossils: Dinosaur discoveries in Ireland are a 'needle in a haystack'
Ireland is an unlikely candidate for dinosaur fossils but two were found on Islandmagee beach, two decades apart.
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BBC News - Thousands take to streets to highlight 'climate emergency'
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Thousands take to streets of Glasgow to highlight 'climate emergency'
Demonstrators marched through Glasgow city centre on a day of global action to coincide with the COP30 climate talks in Brazil.
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BBC News - Thousands march outside COP30 summit in call for action
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COP30: Thousands march outside COP30 summit in call for action
This is the first time since 2021 that protesters have been allowed to demonstrate outside the UN talks.
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BBC News - Two birds of prey stolen from rescue centre
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Two birds of prey stolen from Cornish rescue centre
Police are investigating after the theft of two birds of prey from a Cornish animal rescue centre.
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BBC News - Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works' - BBC News
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Puffins: Isle of Muck comeback 'proves restoration works'
Puffins have been seen on the Isle of Muck off Antrim for the first time in at least 25 years
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BBC News - 'Unusual' animal bones found near Arthur's Seat after wildfire
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'Unusual' animal bones found near Arthur's Seat after wildfire
The bones, thought to be hundreds of years old, were revealed after a blaze tore through Arthur's Seat in August.
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BBC News - Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age - BBC News
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Our dogs' diversity can be traced back to the Stone Age
A new study suggests their physical transformation began much earlier than we previously thought.
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Non-native tree devastates Ethiopia’s ecosystems and threatens livelihoods
Prosopis, introduced to Ethiopia in the 1970s, now depletes water, harms livestock and disrupts ecosystems across Afar.

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Non-native tree devastates Ethiopia’s ecosystems and threatens livelihoods
Prosopis, introduced to Ethiopia in the 1970s, now depletes water, harms livestock and disrupts ecosystems across Afar.
www.aljazeera.com