Here is a link around the paywall for my latest commentary in One Earth titled " A decade of bright spots in conservation and ecology: Lessons, limits, and future directions" authors.elsevier.com/a/1mIX89C%7E...

I'm also helping out with this exciting session on *Pedagogies of Hope* nomadit.co.uk/conference/p...

3-year postdoc @lancasteruni.bsky.social w/ Dr's John Childs & Nicola Firth Decolonising the Deep Seabed: Countermapping Territory, Heritage & Knowledge Offering an alternative t0 mainstream approaches to understanding the political geography of the deep seabed hr-jobs.lancs.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

Cross-ecosystem nutrient fluxes can influence recipient food webs. @cbenkwitt.bsky.social &co's study of #NutrientSubsidies shows that dynamic metrics better revealed flow & effects of #seabird derived nutrients through #CoralReef food chains @lec-reefs.bsky.social @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/44RFyJk

The study was published in @plosbiology.org - you can find out more by following the link below Follow @lec-reefs.bsky.social to stay updated on our researchers’ work www.lancaster.ac.uk/news/seychel...

“Despite overwhelming evidence of the interlinked, intergenerational, severe and widespread human rights impacts of the fossil fuel life cycle … these countries have and are still accruing enormous profits from fossil fuels, and are still not taking decisive action,” Elisa Morgera. bit.ly/40vBaNw

In my way to a series of exciting workshops in Lancaster and Montpellier - we’ll be developing the next generation bright spots analysis. Watch this space… @lec-reefs.bsky.social @nickajgraham.bsky.social

The way the seafood industry operates is an excellent illustration of how a complex global supply chain impacts environmental, social and economic sustainability. As this article - which quotes Pentland Centre member @christinahicks.bsky.social - demonstrates. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Huge congratulations to our @jennifer-clapp.bsky.social who has been awarded a Canada Council for the Arts Molson Prize – for her outstanding achievements and contributions to Canada’s cultural and intellectual heritage. canadacouncil.ca/funding/priz...

“We already have the tools… now we need governments to act.” 🌊 In a powerful op-ed for @ipsnews.net , actor and @oceana.bsky.social board member @teddanson.bsky.social calls on world leaders to confront illegal fishing, and spotlights @globalfishingwatch.org as a solution. 🔗 bit.ly/4dAh75Y

RIP Jim Estes, distinguished UC Santa Cruz professor and ecologist, dubbed “the sea otter whisperer.” 🦦 www.nature.com/articles/533...

Transparency is at the heart of everything we do - on the water, in policy and across digital spaces. That’s why we’ve joined Bluesky. As more researchers, advocates and institutions move here, we’re showing up to share open data, science and stories that power ocean protection.

Very much looking forward to talking about everything fishy and nutritious in Oxford on Wednesday. Many thanks for the invitation @petescarbs.bsky.social

Ocean economics professor Dr. Rashid Sumaila of @ubcoceans.bsky.social says deep-sea mining might lead to short-term profits for mining companies & some financial benefits for countries like the Cook Islands, but the long-term costs are significant. bit.ly/3Yr3L5s

This Earth Day, no photo could hold what I wanted to say. So I wrote about the National Nature Assessment: a project canceled, a team revived, a future still being written. Because we are—still—united by nature. 🍃 weareunitedbynature.org

The deadline for these two fully-funded phd projects is fast approaching (5th May). Do share far and wide.

Most conservation initiatives require changes in human behavior. Insights from behavioral science may help bridge that gap. Learn more on #EarthDay:

They canceled the National Nature Assessment. We kept going. The science didn’t stop. Neither did our hope, or our resolve. The work is still happening—independent, evolving, and grounded in purpose. Because weareunitedbynature.org 🔗 www.nytimes.com/2025/04/22/o...

Hi eNGO friends and friends of eNGOs. Tomorrow might be really rough, if not for all of us, at least for some of us. And solidarity is what I hope keeps us from getting picked off one by one. We are all worried, but determined.

Just IPES-Food's animation video, "WHY CHEAP FOOD COMES AT A VERY HIGH PRICE", being shown on the main floor of the @fao.org. While cheap ultra processed food is the norm, a low price tag comes with very heavy costs — for health, people, & planet. 📺 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jGd6... #scalingtca

Was happy to speak with Jeremy at Eat this Podcast last week - episode out now. Thanks so much for the opportunity to talk about the rise of corporate power in the agricultural inputs sector and its wider consequences. (It's been a busy few weeks with podcasts!) www.eatthispodcast.com/titans/

EU chief 'surprised' at #fish status in #Brexit talks www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Really? Where were you last time? #brexitreality 🐟

🌊 How to campaign for ocean protection in challenging times 🎣 Stories from fishers in the U.K and Ireland 🥤 What are microplastics — and why should we be worried about them? Catch articles on all this & more in Oceana's Spring 2025 Magazine, now online!

A huge honor to get to write something with my hero @naomiaklein.bsky.social. We wish it was a happier topic, but it's an urgent one. We dove deep into the apocalyptic fervor of the far right to issue a warning about the rise of End Times Fascism. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

Two fully-funded PhD scholarships @BangorUni in conservation social science. Deadline 5th May. If you have conservation scientists, geographers, economists, sociologists in your network do share. Details in thread below (1/3) www.bangor.ac.uk/conservation...

"If science is to honour one of its core values — a commitment to the truth wherever it might lead — scientists must stand up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in science." -- Arthur Caplan Don't wait out four hard years: speak truth to power NOW www.nature.com/articles/d41... 🧪

New paper uses lowest-cost healthy diets in each country plus alternative definitions of other basic needs to measure the extent and depth of global poverty. Great work from @jonasstl.bsky.social & coauthors @unigoettingen.bsky.social, much needed for #TeachEcon #EconSky & #FoodSky

"With deep expertise in addressing hunger & supporting family farmers #Brazil 🇧🇷 is uniquely positioned to seize the opportunity for #COP30 to inspire a #foodsystem revolution – an ecological imperative and economic necessity for us all." But will it? www.climatechangenews.com/2025/03/20/f...

Without fishery scientists there is no US seafood future. www.intrafish.com/opinion/musk...

I stand with Greenpeace ✊🌍 What a total injustice. Big Oil deploying bullying litigation tactics to silence environmental activists. A jury made up of multiple individuals linked to the oil industry. A complete sham & set up.

I'm so proud of this book, releasing in Italy next week & the work I did with the immensely gifted Fatin Abbas as her editor. Afterwords is a series I curate/edit and co-founded with wetlands books. We have an incredible and growing list of writers from across Africa and the diaspora. Stay tuned.

Job announcement #2! 12-month research & teaching Associate for recent #SocialAnthropology PhD grads @uniofcam.bsky.social - mostly supervisions and MPhil seminars. Includes mentorship & funding for conference/workshop organisation 👇 www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/50660/

Very happy to launch our new Gender Diversity in Data Science grant, call here www.lancaster.ac.uk/dsi/. Deadline 14th April,<£2500, women+other marginalised genders in area of data science/AI encouraged to apply. Must be member of @dsilu.bsky.social (Lancaster Uni only, sign up is easy!)

🌊 Huge congratulations to Maya Gabeira, Oceana Board Member & big-wave surfer, for being honored as one of National Geographic’s 33 changemakers! Her dedication to conservation is making waves for our blue planet. 🏄‍♀️ Read more about Maya’s impact:

Interested in ecological/environmental #stats? Join us at the EnvEcoStats conference at Lancaster Uni 1-3 July 2025 envecostats.wordpress.com 14 days left to submit an abstract - come on ecologists! @bes-quantitative.bsky.social @besmacro.bsky.social @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social #RStats

#BREAKING: We’re taking the Trump administration to court! Oceana, alongside other environmental groups, is challenging President Trump's attempts to revoke ocean protections & open up millions of acres to offshore drilling. More 👉 oceana.ly/3EMOhSt

Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global catch, providing 20% of micronutrient intakes for up to 2.3 billion people and livelihoods for 1 in 12 people. Huge effort involving @fao.org & 800 experts, out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our new Nature paper on the multi-dimensional contributions of small scale fisheries just dropped www.nature.com/articles/s41.... We find that SSF supply ~40% of global fish catch worth >$77billion, with knock on benefits that support numerous sustainable development goals. A truly monumental effort

A bit late but excited to share our new paper exploring how seabird nutrient inputs influence mangrove food webs! 🐦🌿 @entropie-marinelab.bsky.social @lec-reefs.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social Open access: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Still hope for coral reefs. Using 28-years of data in Seychelles, we find reefs recovering 4-5 years faster from the 2016 bleaching event, than they did after 1998. Also, a reef that had regime-shifted to macroalgae for over 15 years, is recovering to coral. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Let's make this a thing! Folks researching the political economy of food and agriculture. Let me know if you should be added to this list! go.bsky.app/GykU1LD

The junk food crisis harming Britain’s children - on.ft.com/4gRUMky via @FT

also adding a link to Sudan Solidarity Collective, civil society and mutual aid groups on the ground in the parts of Sudan worst affected sudansolidarity.com

The IPBES Nexus Report was published today. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Nexus report by #IPBES is out and making the news “governments are underestimating or ignoring the links between five key areas - biodiversity, water, food, health and climate change.” This "siloed" approach has unintended consequences… bbc.com/news/article...

🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 📚 The @ipbes.bsky.social #NexusAssessment Summary for Policymakers is now available! ➡️ Explore the most comprehensive assessment ever of the interconnections between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate. 🌏 Options for a just & sustainable future! www.ipbes.net/node/85582

Our letter in @science.org on why the "WTO must ban harmful fisheries subsidies" is a finalist for the @weforum.org, GAEA award! A lot of work coordinating this w/ @ubcoceans.bsky.social colleagues Anna Schuhbauer and Rashid Sumaila! tinyurl.com/4768n3y6

After years of work and hours of perseverance, the #NexusAssessment Report has been approved by the Plenary at #IPBES11. Kudos and congratulations to the experts on this monumental achievement!

ICYMI: www.ids.ac.uk/news/new-rec...

🌱How can we move from #industrial agriculture to #agroecology & plant-based diets? A new book *Regenerative Farming and Sustainable Diets* by @ciwf.org explores transformative solutions. Featuring insights from our experts & food leaders. 📖 ipes-food.org/book-regener...