*New postgraduate studentship*! ⚠️⬇️ We are now offering fully funded taught MSc in Conservation Science studentships at the University of Kent, particularly targeted towards individuals from underserved backgrounds. Apply here: ➡️ www.kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst... #postgraduatescholarships

Great article by @spoorthyraman.bsky.social with comments from me @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social Endangered shark trophies dominate the online wildlife trade, study finds 🦈 news.mongabay.com/2025/06/enda...

New paper out today in @natecoevo.nature.com on biodiversity & human wellbeing in UK forests, both seasonally and along a gradient of socioeconomic deprivation Funded by @erc.europa.eu and Woodland Trust 🌳, with lovely @dice-kent.bsky.social team www.nature.com/articles/s41...

👋 Hello BlueSky! I’m Dr Stephanie Brittain, a Lecturer in Conservation Science at @dice-kent.bsky.social & a Research Fellow @iccs.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk. I’m also President of the SCB SSWG (Social Science Working Group) @society4conbio.bsky.social scbsocialscience.org #ConSocSci

Please come along to our #ICCB2025 symposium on "Future pathways for area-based conservation" tomorrow, Tues 17, from 3:15 to 4:15 pm in Mezzanine Level Meeting Room M3. We have a set of excellent speakers talking about how and whether different types of conservation areas fit within GBF Target 3.

Want to join our team of friendly, fun (personal opinion) and interdisciplinary fellows at @dice-kent.bsky.social? We’re interested in researching nature recovery from ecological, social and policy perspectives Happy to chat about my life as a fellow! Apply 👇 🌎 #ConservationScience

🚨New Paper!🚨'Analysis of morphological attributes as a driver of trade in poison dart frogs' in @conbiology.bsky.social with Puya Jaichand, Iain Fraser & @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social @wildlifetrade.bsky.social #wildlifetrade 🐸☠️🎨💵 doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

There are currently SIX PhD studentships being advertised at DICE - details here:

PhD 2: Exploring scenarios for conservation areas to balance biodiversity and ecosystem services in the UK’s marine environment. Deadline 23/04/25. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Supervised by Rachel Seary and Bob Smith, funded by Leverhulme.

I am advertising two PhD studentships (part of the six that DICE is currently advertising). PhD 1: Understanding and optimising local nature recovery networks in England. Deadline 11/05/25. www.findaphd.com/phds/project... Supervised by Bob Smith and Zoe Davies, funded by UKRI E3.

Fantastic #phd opportunity on #marineconservation working with @dice-kent.bsky.social and #cefas using the #OneBenthic dataset www.kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst...

In this video by @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social, @mattstruebig.bsky.social, a Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Awardee @kent.ac.uk talks about defaunation - one of the major global conservation issues of our time. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/strueb...

It's sure to be a wonderful event, with speakers from DICE, including alumnae and current students and staff. Come along! #IWD

We congratulate DICE staff members, Dr Jess Fisher and Professor Zoe Davies, on the publication of their groundbreaking research, yesterday featured in the Independent 👏🌲

Charismatic species like lions 🦁 steal the spotlight, but what about the underdogs of nature? Simon Watt & Prof. Bob Smith join #NatureInsight to discuss the “ugly” species we ignore—and why they deserve a second look. 🌍💔 🎙️ Episode 4 is NOW out: natureinsight.podbean.com

Very much enjoying my first week as a Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow at Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (@dice-kent.bsky.social). In the theme of new pastures, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to switch over to here!

We are proud to announce the publication of a collaborative research project in Nature Sustainability. The paper used wildmeat.org to better understand the regional patterns of wild animal hunting in African tropical forests: doi.org/10.1038/s418... Congratulations to all parties involved!

Remembering our namesake, Gerald Durrell, who today would have turned 100 years old. A conservationist, naturalist, writer and presenter, his work continues through The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and DICE is a proud partner with them on projects around the world. #wildlifeconservation

Don't miss this month's DICE Talk! 🚨 23rd January, 6pm 🗓️ Templeman Lecture Theatre 📍 Andre has worked across the RSPB's agenda, including climate change and working to safeguard the legal framework for protecting designated sites. No booking required. #dicetalks #lectureseries #conservation

Had an amazing time at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social! Great to connect with brilliant researchers, share our work on Ethiopia's progress toward #30x30, and get valuable feedback. Icing on the cake? Tasty Ethiopian food and a chance to practice our Amharic—bringing back fieldwork memories!🌍

Very excited to start as a Research Fellow at @dice-kent.bsky.social this week, joining the E3 Sharing Space for Nature project. Had a very warm welcome from everyone this week and I can’t wait to see what’s to come! Keep an eye out for updates on the project: t.co/Lsq4uMqhMO

Interested in #rewilding? Looking for a cool PhD project? This may be for you - based in Swansea (in Miguel’s lab), co-supervised by ZSL Science (me) and Rewilding Britain (Sahran). At the interface between community, ecosystem and applied ecology :) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

This is the first #ConservationJob I've posted over here, & it's a corker! I only joined the team here at Durrell recently & I'm very glad I did. We're now looking for an Impact Officer to join us in the Conservation Knowledge team. www.durrell.org/get-involved... #Conservation #Job #EnvironmentJob

Opportunity to join @dice-kent.bsky.social as a funded PhD student working on wild pigs and the impacts of African Swine Fever in Indonesia. 🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗🐗

Today is Wildlife Conservation Day! 🌱 At DICE, we are proud to celebrate and champion conservation through our research. Our programmes have trained over 1000 conservation scientists and biodiversity managers to-date. As we come to the end of the year, how will you champion conservation in 2025?

📢 Interested in island bats in West Africa? 🦇🦇 Check out our new paper led by Ana Sofia Castro-Fernandes investigating how bats respond to land use change, including island endemics doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... PI's - @ricardonature.bsky.social & Ana Filipa Palmeirim

🚨New Paper🚨'Inferring species #extinction from sighting data' by McCrea, Cheale, Campillo-Funollet & @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social & Uni. Lancaster in Cambridge Prisms: Extinction inc. RShiny App👇 doi.org/10.1017/ext....

We evaluated a nature-based health intervention for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Edinburgh Open access in Health & Place, led by Charlotte Wendleboe-Nelson, with support from @ritasousasilva.bsky.social, @melissamarselle.bsky.social, and others 👏 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

I've written a blog on the background to our new Sharing Space for Nature project and why we need more ambition in conservation. As part of this I discuss the Lawton review, a key influence on conservation in England, and how its central mantra is often misquoted. blogs.kent.ac.uk/dice/2024/11...

Happy 35th birthday @dice-kent.bsky.social - delighted to attend the launch of E3 Sharing Space for Nature

🚨JOB ALERT🚨 We are advertising for an Innovation Fellow in Conservation Science on our 5-year @UKRI_News E3 'Sharing Space for Nature' project. Project: kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst... Advert: jobs.kent.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx... Deadline: 06/11/24

Keith Somerville, a very much valued member of @dice-kent.bsky.social, passed away last Thursday. He was a former BBC journalist, editor of Anti-Apartheid News & expert on Africa, inc politics of African conservation. A luta continua.

🚨New Paper🚨'The legal & illegal supply chains of sea turtle eggs in Costa Rica' in Environmental Development by @helenpheasey.bsky.social, Griffiths, @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social 🌊🐢🥚 🇨🇷 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

🚨Scholarship alert! 🚨   We are delighted to announce the inaugural Burnett Scholarship scheme for 2024/25 for conservationists from Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia & Zimbabwe.   This provides 6 fully funded scholarships on our MSc in Conservation Science   Deadline: 22/04/24