How do you know whether or not your conservation monitoring program is helping you to deliver outcomes? We have made a checklist of 15 distinct reasons - some more directly connected to outcomes than others.

A study I'm proud to have contributed to, led by @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @matthholden.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social! The study pushes for people to explicitly consider for what purpose they are pursuing environmental monitoring, and gives 15 example reasons.

Find the #OpenAccess study here, in our journal "Ecological Applications"! doi.org/10.1002/eap....

So excited that this work is finally out in the world! An example of working with practitioners to develop a mathematical model that can provide insight into the usefulness of management methods for coral reef health in the region.

Our new paper provides 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘄𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗲𝗰𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗹𝘆 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗴𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗳𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗙𝗶𝗷𝗶. Inclusion is the key! @talanoaconsulting.bsky.social @morenamills.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Excited to share a study w José L. Herrera-Diestra, Katriona Shea, @mjtildesley.bsky.social + @theferrarilab.bsky.social assessing the effectiveness of surveillance informed by network/spatial data for detecting Foot and Mouth Disease outbreaks when FMD is endemic journals.plos.org/ploscompbiol...

CIDD folks hiked up the dune (and ran down 🏃🏻‍♀️)!

Thanks to everyone who came to my talk earlier today and who chatted with me after @eeid2025.bsky.social! Had many great conversations 🐄

Really pleased to be able to share this work by @deepit.bsky.social on predicting subnational measles vaccination coverage in sub-Saharan Africa. He shows that a statistical model based on country-level surveillance data can generate estimates almost as good as the DHS-survey gold standard 🧵 /1

Was great to talk about my coral reef connectivity work with the USW Nature society today! Thanks to Isabel Black for the photo and thank you to Danny and Claire for the invite!

I gave a keynote talk to the Pennsylvania Academy of Science on Friday. Over 100 STEM undergrads from small colleges and universities from across the state, gathered in the Capital. I talked about the economic, aesthetic, and humanitarian impact of science. And I showed this slide.

Reality check: coral restoration won’t save the world’s reefs ~ Without coral reefs, the world would be a much poorer place. So when corals die or become damaged, many people try to restore them. But the enormity of the task is growing as the climate keeps warming.

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

Had a wonderful time at #BES2024 presenting my master’s project research and watching some incredible presentations from colleagues @mcem-oxford.bsky.social (thanks @arielgreiner.bsky.social and @ecostone1.bsky.social for some great 📸s)

Exciting to finally present the coral reef stepping stones work that I've been doing with @emilysdarling.bsky.social @thewcs.bsky.social and colleagues at #BES2024! Thank you @matthew-j-m-03.bsky.social @mcem-oxford.bsky.social for the 📸.

The logical conclusion is - we need to reduce “human pressure levels” to save the world’s coral reefs. www.nature.com/articles/nat...

Happy this is finally pre-printed! A fun piece to work on with @arielgreiner.bsky.social where we show that coral restoration needs to be complimented by other, more fundamental sustainability measures to be useful ! 🪸

New preprint out w @colebrookson.bsky.social where we use a model to explore when coral restoration is a practical method of coral reef mgmt! Spoiler alert - paying attention to human pressure levels is 🔑, if they're too high, restoration attempts are unlikely to promote long-lasting healthy reefs!

When is coral reef restoration effective? (Hint: when other pressures are low). Great work by Cole Brookson and Dr Ariel Greiner (soon to be on Blue Sky, I predict!) - a @uoft.bsky.social @ualberta.bsky.social collaboration on practical modelling insights for coral reef conservation.