🛰️ Satellites are transforming biodiversity monitoring, but they can't do it alone. A new review highlights the opportunities, the gaps, and why field observations remain essential for tracking nature recovery. @jeaggu.bsky.social @ymalhi.bsky.social

🧵We're delighted to be part of a new project developing a flexible, collaborative evaluation framework for health, nature & place-based interventions in Oxfordshire. The aim? Build evidence with communities—not just about them. 🌿

New from @ymalhi.bsky.social in @aeon.co: an exploration of the Nature Relationship Index and why we need a better way to measure the relationship between human prosperity and nature. Read the essay: aeon.co/essays/it-do...

3. Diarise this & the Oxford screening of #TheClimateRestorers: #EcosystemRestoration! thenaturefestival.org/event/the-cl.... Our production site is linked at the bottom left of that page. Our thanks to the terrific team at the Leverhulme Centre for @naturerecovery.bsky.social! @ymalhi.bsky.social

Find out what happened when our researcher @ellabrowning.bsky.social, @northwildlife.bsky.social, the Rothbury community, a rap artist & others came together to unlock the secrets of the Rothbury Estate's wildlife and historic landscape. @ecioxford.bsky.social

A few pictures of me last week helping @naturerecovery.bsky.social with the deployment of their Lepisense of @ukceh.bsky.social units at Wytham Forest in Oxford! This system allows for the passive automated monitoring of moths!

Did you miss Dale Squires last week? He gave a great talk on Fair & Equitable Benefit Sharing & the Common Heritage of Humankind in International Treaties for Nature. You can catch it here now. @ecioxford.bsky.social

Really glad to see our special feature of People and Nature is starting to trickle through. The issue includes some wonderful contributions from scholars and practitioners working on the digital dimensions of nature recovery!

Did you miss Leah Gerber's insightful talk on designing conservation science for decision-making last week? Not to worry, you can watch it here now. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

Environmental Delivery Plans are central to England’s Nature Restoration Fund, giving developers a way to fund nature recovery alongside new housing and infrastructure. Our new briefing sets out how EDPs can balance diverse evidence and proportionate risk in practice. @ecioxford.bsky.social

We’re excited to be #hiring new researchers to join the Farm Environments in Policy and Practice project @oxfordgeography.bsky.social If you’re passionate about farming, nature, participatory policy research, & getting out into fields, we’d love to hear from you.

For your weekend's viewing pleasure: a delightful, fascinating talk by @naturerecovery.bsky.social director @ymalhi.bsky.social on ecological vibrancy, the beating of the Earth's hemispheric green heart over the year, and wild vs ghost tropical islands. Enjoy! naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/yadvind...

New paper from Sruthi Krishna Moorthy and @ymalhi.bsky.social examines 60 years of tropical ecology research 🌍 The study highlights the growing dominance of tropical forest research and persistent global inequities in tropical ecology authorship. doi.org/10.1111/btp....

This Friday we are hosting the inspirational David Abrams, about intimate understanding of our place on this Earth

What a great talk to kick off the new term... followed by a book signing and drinks reception. Register here: oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

Looking forward to hosting Merlin Hanbury- Tenison to talk about his book (Our Oaken Bones) and his quest to restore Britain’s temperate rainforests. 415 pm today, in person and online, all welcome

🌿 How can community science help us understand the benefits of nature? New Oxford research shows it’s already contributing useful evidence, especially on biodiversity, but important gaps remain. Better support could help connect local knowledge with decision-making.

Here's a conversation with restoration pioneer Bernado Streassburg and me on the remarkable story of urban forest restoration in Rio de Janeiro, from the 19th century to the 21st, recording in gorgeous Tijuca National Park @naturerecovery.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhXe...

More info, and to register for what promises to be a special evening. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

We have organised this event in Earth Day to commemorate the memory and legacy and Dom Phillips and Bruno Perreira and celebrate the launch of the paperback of Don’s book and explore futures. In person only , at Oxford’s beautiful Natural History Museum - all welcome @naturerecovery.bsky.social

“We’ve forgotten what we’ve lost.” @guyshrubsole.bsky.social on nature, memory, & land. A powerful conversation about ownership, inequality, & what real nature recovery might look like in Britain. www.buzzsprout.com/2135393/epis... #Nature #Biodiversity #Rewilding #UKNature @ecioxford.bsky.social

Very excited to see the online natural resonance festival starting next week using the arts to explore connection with nature (and to play a small part with a few readings…). Sign up on the link below www.naturalresonance.world/2026-nrf-eve...

Ivy isn't a 'parasite', and it doesn't 'strangle' trees. Instead, it's a massively important natural part of forest ecosystems, providing food and shelter to a great range of animal inhabitants. But also, it's *beautiful*.

‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

Yesterday, we held our Tree Conference. The whole of Year Twelve spent the day filled with walking in woodland, a keynote lecture from Professor Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social, and taking part in 12 different workshops! Find out more here: tinyurl.com/3n6rb8zp

It was an honour to give a talk at Oxford University’s Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery last night, with the title ‘Ill Fares the Land? Holding large landowners to account for nature destruction & restoration’ Huge thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for inviting me! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

This was such a great talk. Well deserving of a re-watch.

It was wonderful to host you @guys hrubsole.bsky.social , and such a terrific talk and provocative discussion on a topic not talked about enough (until you began writing about it) The talk will be listed on our YouTube, alongside our amazing library of previous talks youtube.com/@oxfordnatur...

“Winston Churchill did intervene in Iran and we are living with the consequences of that today” @georgemonbiot.bsky.social

Come for the dinosaurs, stay for the architecture! 🤩 We couldn’t resist sharing some more photos taken on a recent stroll around the Museum! Have you ever noticed these details? ✨

Wow, less coal burning in England than since the time of Shakespeare…

Looking forward to hosting @guyshrubsole.bsky.social today 415 pm to explore this history of land ownership in England and its role in nature loss and recovery. In person and online - all welcome !

NEW ANALYSIS: UK emissions fell 2.4% in 2025 as coal fell to a 400-year low. Incredibly, we used less coal last year than than in 1600, when Queen Elizabeth I was on the throne and Shakespeare was writing Hamlet. All the details in our article: www.carbonbrief.org/...

On Friday @profkatej.bsky.social discussed AI for Nature Recovery – Improving the Journey from Data to Decisions, & explored how AI, bioacoustics, sensing tech & machine learning are reshaping biodiversity monitoring & conservation policy. You can watch it here. @ecioxford.bsky.social

Do forests make it rain? 🌧️🌳on 13.3 Prof Dominick Spracklen will be exploring how tropical forests shape rainfall, heat, fire & public health, and why deforestation is an immediate climate risk. In person & online. @ecioxford.bsky.social bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

🐆 "If conservation is framed just in terms of reducing extinction, we risk ending up with under-ambitious #conservation goals." This #WorldWildlifeDay, read our recent Q&A with Dr Molly Grace - Co-Chair, IUCN Green Status of Species Working Group - on the state and future of wildlife conservation ⬇️

🔊 New blog! AI is shaping how we picture #Rewilding 🌿. A new study finds it leans on charismatic species & pretty landscapes, ignoring people 👥 & ecological mess 💀. It's time for richer stories. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

What happens when a musical composer joins an ecology lab?🎶 Zack Di Lello collaborates with the Ecoacoustics project, led by @ellabrowning.bsky.social, transforming ecological data into music and inviting new ways to listen to environmental change. www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/where-m...

Gas prices jumped again this morning and are on track to double - a stark reminder of our exposure to fossil fuel volatility. The real solution isn’t more drilling, but moving away from combustion: electrify, use renewable power, and boost energy efficiency.

Looking forward to hosting @hdavidcooper.bsky.social for his talk on the UK trends in trying to halt biodiversity loss @jncc.bsky.social

Are we on track to halt and reverse biodiversity loss by 2030? On 4 March 2026 (5–6:15pm), Dr David Cooper joins us at the Oxford Martin School, in person and online, to assess progress on the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework and what comes next. Register: https://bit.ly/4aXTh3i

Really enjoyed discussing The Lawton Principles (more, bigger, better and more joined up) with the ever enthusiastic John Lawton. youtu.be/GMlzvNxM2N0?...

On Friday @profkatej.bsky.social discusses how nature recovery depends on turning ecological data into clear, timely, actionable insights. Hear how sensing tech, automated acoustics & AI can strengthen the data-to-decision journey for better ecosystem monitoring. Register here to attend in person 👇

Happy #DarwinDay … celebrating here with @ymalhi.bsky.social

Gotcha beat. Dan Janzen could be pithy when he wanted to be.

How much temperate rainforest could there be in the UK and Ireland, and where? Despite campaigns calling for restoration in both countries, these questions have been difficult to answer. In our new paper we assess the evidence base 🌏🧪🌐🌳🌲 1/9

This Friday, Prof Ian Mell explores how green infrastructure has become mainstream in policy & practice, drawing on research from the UK to examine how scale, time & the politics of place shape the quality & impact of urban green infrastructure Online/in-person oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com

"My message today is simple: nature is not a nice to have - it is critical national infrastructure." If you missed it, this was Prof Nathalie Seddon's opening at the #NationalEmergencyBriefing Watch the expert briefing on nature & find routes to take action➡️ www.nebriefing.org/briefings/na...

Last week, @skjoldsoendergaard.bsky.social presented his work on vegetation ecology to the Ecosystems Lab, drawing on research from Denmark and across temperate Europe. Read more about it here: www.oxfordecosystems.org/post/deep-ti...

New book on rewilding! A curated collection of 27 articles published in British Wildlife over the last 5 yrs So, accessible & nicely produced for a broad readership And I’m one of the authors. Cheap at the price (£16.99)! www.britishwildlife.com/wilding/