Dr Katie Powell
@katiepowell51.bsky.social
Postdoctoral researcher at Butterfly Conservation. Ecology, entomology and environmental change.
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Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health
Department for Education confirms launch of natural history GCSE
Campaigners have been calling for the qualification for years but plan stalled despite a curriculum being drawn up
www.theguardian.com
March 21, 2025 at 3:54 PM
Brilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health
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Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4%
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
February 18, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Despite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4%
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced.
The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
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Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
February 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
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The @Telegraph excels itself today with the claim that @NaturalEngland is ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation’. This is our job, & we do it as a matter of legal requirement. Would be odd for a conservation organisation to do anything else.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Natural England accused of favouring rewilding over saving farmland
Calls for body to be scrapped for being ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation and removing food production from the countryside’
www.telegraph.co.uk
February 14, 2025 at 7:50 AM
The @Telegraph excels itself today with the claim that @NaturalEngland is ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation’. This is our job, & we do it as a matter of legal requirement. Would be odd for a conservation organisation to do anything else.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
Beautiful day at Exeter University yesterday for our @britishecolsoc.bsky.social People, Policy and Planet event on Conservation and Novel Ecosystems ✨ another great workshop for the English Policy Group!
February 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Beautiful day at Exeter University yesterday for our @britishecolsoc.bsky.social People, Policy and Planet event on Conservation and Novel Ecosystems ✨ another great workshop for the English Policy Group!
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Today’s launch of the Land Use consultation is an important step. Land is a finite resource, and we have multiple demands on it for biodiversity, ecosystem services, food, timber, minerals, housing, energy and infrastructure. A strategic plan is essential if we are to reconcile these different uses.
January 31, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Today’s launch of the Land Use consultation is an important step. Land is a finite resource, and we have multiple demands on it for biodiversity, ecosystem services, food, timber, minerals, housing, energy and infrastructure. A strategic plan is essential if we are to reconcile these different uses.
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Reposted by Dr Katie Powell
We've got an exciting FREE public event in Exeter coming up with the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social - "Conservation and Novel Ecosystems in a Changing Climate".
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
Conservation and Novel Ecosystems in a Changing Climate - British Ecological Society
Join this in-person workshop to discuss how climate change effects will affect how we practice, communicate and govern nature recovery in the future.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
January 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We've got an exciting FREE public event in Exeter coming up with the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social - "Conservation and Novel Ecosystems in a Changing Climate".
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
We've got an exciting FREE public event in Exeter coming up with the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social - "Conservation and Novel Ecosystems in a Changing Climate".
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
Conservation and Novel Ecosystems in a Changing Climate - British Ecological Society
Join this in-person workshop to discuss how climate change effects will affect how we practice, communicate and govern nature recovery in the future.
www.britishecologicalsociety.org
January 8, 2025 at 1:24 PM
We've got an exciting FREE public event in Exeter coming up with the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social - "Conservation and Novel Ecosystems in a Changing Climate".
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇
www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
Having a fab time at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
Best thing about December! Maybe…
Here’s me doing a little talk about one of my PhD chapters.
Best thing about December! Maybe…
Here’s me doing a little talk about one of my PhD chapters.
December 11, 2024 at 10:31 PM
Having a fab time at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social
Best thing about December! Maybe…
Here’s me doing a little talk about one of my PhD chapters.
Best thing about December! Maybe…
Here’s me doing a little talk about one of my PhD chapters.
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🚨NEW exciting PhD opportunity... 🚨
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA programme: Habitat networks designed for all - ensuring climate-resilience for a wide diversity of species at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: Habitat networks designed for all - ensuring climate-resilience for a wide diversity of species at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
🚨NEW exciting PhD opportunity... 🚨
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Reposted by Dr Katie Powell
Excellent online meeting today with @savebutterflies.bsky.social research staff & PhD students, brilliantly run by @katiepowell51.bsky.social. Such exciting work covering everything from deep learning to moorland burning, via cytoplasmic incompatibility! butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/sci...
PhD research projects
The following are current PhD research projects involving collaborations between Butterfly Conservation and partner universities and institutes:Cosmo De Bonis-Campbell: Deep learning methods for large...
butterfly-conservation.org
November 28, 2024 at 5:44 PM
Excellent online meeting today with @savebutterflies.bsky.social research staff & PhD students, brilliantly run by @katiepowell51.bsky.social. Such exciting work covering everything from deep learning to moorland burning, via cytoplasmic incompatibility! butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/sci...
🚨NEW exciting PhD opportunity... 🚨
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
ACCE+ DLA programme: Habitat networks designed for all - ensuring climate-resilience for a wide diversity of species at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: Habitat networks designed for all - ensuring climate-resilience for a wide diversity of species at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 27, 2024 at 11:36 AM
🚨NEW exciting PhD opportunity... 🚨
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration
A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...