🚨FUNDED PHD🚨'Economic carrying capacity & the future of rhinos in privately governed OECMs' @dice-kent.bsky.social, UK & International applications welcome - closing date 14th May🦏 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

We're accepting proposals for our Special Feature! We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱 ⏰Submit by 30th April More here👇 buff.ly/EXXBFsJ

Our special issue on "Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities in Island Conservation" is now available on Conservation Science and Practice! Many thanks to all those who contributed papers, as well as to those who helped with editing and reviewing. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...

Many journals require data and code sharing. Yet code is still rarely shared and datasets are often hard to reuse. Our new paper introduces the @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code quality control in ecology & evolution, developed by 26 experienced data editors. 📄 doi.org/10.24072/pcj...

Nice mention of our reporting in this very good @gizmodo.com piece on aggressive conservation enforcement in Africa gizmodo.com/the-war-on-p...

Óptima oportunidade para saber mais sobre o relatório da IUCN: "Integração da mudança de comportamento na conservação da biodiversidade: Necessidades, barreiras e caminhos a seguir"! Webinar em português. Link para inscrição: lnkd.in/dvauD9MR #conservation

New Graduate Student Grant Opportunity (MSc level)! The research must focus on pastoralists or mobile/nomadic people. The grant will support fieldwork in North Africa and the Sahel, as well as in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Apply by March 15th, 2026! lnkd.in/difZ4UbM

📣 Call for proposals to support locally driven coral conservation 🪸🪸🪸. ➡️ cordap.org/clip-award/ #OceanGrants 💶🌊 thanks to @cordap.bsky.social

Call for Experts: External Review Services Required! We are currently inviting consulting companies to apply as external reviewers for the assessment of project outlines under the IKI Large Grants 2025. Application deadline: 27 January 2026 Details : buff.ly/JPOSd8k

Meanwhile in São Tomé & Príncipe 🥳Thanks for putting new information into peer reviewed research @gporrinos.bsky.social @ananuno.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social etc. #OceanOptimism

New #OpenAcess paper! We used app-based, participatory landing surveys to monitor Small-Scale #Fisheries in #SãoTomé and #Príncipe. Fishers and fish traders collected high-resolution data on 12k+ fishing trips, filling critical data gaps for management. Read full article here doi.org/10.1111/csp2...

Exciting news! 🎉 Welcome to the Community Science SIG at the British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org! Join us to connect, collaborate & celebrate community science: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/citi... #CommSciSIG #Ecology #CommunityScience

Want to know more about fisheries and marine protected areas in São Tomé and Príncipe? Then don't miss @gporrinos.bsky.social's presentation this Thursday (30th Oct)! Online at 4 p.m. (Lisbon time) www.ce3c.pt/agenda/encon...

Extremelly happy that our project BirdRice was approved for funding! We will keep studying the relationships between #waterbirds and #ricefields while trying to solve human-wildlife conflicts. #ornithology #tracking #connectivity #agriculture #conservation @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

Seamounts of Cabo Verde: A review of their ecological and economic significance, anthropogenic impacts, and conservation needs #openaccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌊 🦑

Out last friday 📣 want to learn more about habitat use and diel activity of insectivorous bats 🦇 in different land-covers🏝️? Check our study in the endemic-rich Princípe Island, Central West Africa👇: @ricardonature.bsky.social @tallyyoh.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

👀 #ConsultancyOpportunity for a #SocialScience team interested in integrating the social domain for #OceanAccounts in Belize 🇧🇿 Led by Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation & @oceanaccounts.bsky.social 🤔 Find out more: www.oceanaccounts.org/consultancy-...

A UE quer reverter proteções ambientais vitais. Prazo para travar isto: 10 de setembro ⏰ Diz-lhes para manterem as suas #HandsOffNature 👉 spea.pt/campanhas/ha...

This is @oceancommunity.bsky.social's first paper! He looked at MCS policies in India and explored how they could be improved for managing IUU fishing. Well done for the great work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social

Last week, a devastating wildfire struck the Douro International Natural Park, burning over 15,000 hectares of vital feeding and breeding habitat of the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) in Portugal. Donate to help recovery #Conservation www.gofundme.com/f/ajuda-o-ab...

Innovative leader with a conservation/climate solution that works & has potential to go big? Henry Fellowship offers: 🌊strategy retreats & coaching 🌊100K unrestricted grant upfront 🌊consideration for longer term funding Recommendation deadline 7 August www.mulagofoundation.org/henry-fellow...

Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN for Sharks International 2026! 🦈 Help shape Sharks International 2026 - the world’s largest conference on sharks, rays, and chimaeras - taking place 4–8 May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 🔗 More info: si2026.org/participate/... 📸 Fabrice Dudenhofer

NGO funding opportunity for marine conservation in West Africa. 🌊 €30-40K over 12 months. 🌊 Deadline 25 August 🌊 Call for proposal by #PRCM ➡️ ogy.de/j7t3 #OceanOptimism

From rising seas to disappearing forests, small island developing states are facing some of the fiercest fallout from the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. But many of these countries are fighting back: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...

Meet some of our senior researchers in the programme! Our researchers work across different areas of the marine world and these researchers look at a mixture of turtle ecology, shark genomics, oceanography and social science @ananuno.bsky.social‬ #MarineScience #Scientists

Research based on our first project with @faunaflora.bsky.social in 🇸🇹 ogy.de/ftuk Thanks @ananuno.bsky.social and colleagues for sharing your experiences... conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Systematic conservation planning (SCP) has been established as key approach to identify where conservation efforts are to be prioritized. But how can they be assessed, compared or interrogated 🧐 Here we present ODPSCP, a new open protocol for the intercomparison of SCP doi.org/10.1111/csp2... (1)

Bots are breaking our field's data. Our latest research shares hard lessons from 3 of our recent studies disrupted by bots and scammers. We tested standard #frauddetection tools and many failed. #research #researchintegrity Read more here: doi.org/10.1080/1050...

New paper on recreational fisheries in Diego Garcia (Chagos) led by Claire Collins: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Part of a SI I am putting together with @ricardonature.bsky.social in @conservationsp.bsky.social ! @zslofficial.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social #conservationscience🌎

Small-scale fisheries are vital to coastal communities across the globe, but do we really understand how they operate? Our new paper is out!

NEW RESEARCH lead by Exeter Marine researchers assesses the global research on small scale fisheries behaviour and reveals just how young and limited the data really is. 👉 Full paper in Marine Policy - doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... 🦑🌍🦤🌊🌐🧪🐟🎣 #AcademicSky #Fisheries #MarinePolicy

*Positive news* Despite global declines in biodiversity, we find conservation has driven improvements in >100 species. This suggests with greater resource allocation to more species, conservation can halt and reverse biodiversity loss! First PhD paper: doi.org/10.1371/jour...

Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area, while local officials still seeking permits english.radio.cz/beavers-buil...

A new marine conservation model integrates ecological recovery with economic growth. Marine Prosperity Areas aim to protect oceans while supporting communities. Published in Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fmar... #MarineConservation #Sustainability #ProtectedAreas

It was a pleasure to work with Ennia Bosshard et al on this brand new paper! Read to learn more about factors that encourage or discourage adoption of pro-environmental practices by smallholder farmers besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @uniexecec.bsky.social #conservationscience🌎

Actually a welcomed reminder that google & co are not neutral knowledge providers, but tough co-operations that put profits first. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Quer saber mais sobre as abelhas selvagens de Portugal? Há um novo livro e é gratuito www.publico.pt/2025/01/22/a...

Useful examples of unintended and overlooked consequences of exclusionary marine conservation illustrated in new "ICES Journal of Marine Science" paper by Lopes et al academic.oup.com/icesjms/adva... @icesmarine.bsky.social

A summary of our findings on the socioeconomic significance of the invasive West African giant land snail, in @natureecoevo.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... You can also check our findings published in Conservation Biology here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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...

Just published - led by @chriscvitanovic.bsky.social we conducted a systematic lit review to identify the top barriers and enablers for knowledge brokers at the interface of environmental science and policy (..and all the ‘invisible’ work they do) 🔍 doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

IUCN is recruiting a "Regional Coordinator – Marine & Coastal Areas- Gulf of Guinea Ecoregion". More info here: lnkd.in/dCUxQBKp Seems like a great opportunity to bring together efforts in the region!

OMG. I’d heard a little bit about the Pacific island nation of Nauru. I knew it was bad. But DAMN! It’s like if you compressed some of the worst trends from the past 500 years of human history into a single cautionary tale. It’s so shocking, and tragically relevant, I got to share a 🧵 1/8

What are the barriers and enablers for smallholders in Western Kenya to increase tree diversity on farms? Read our post in advance of @peopleandnature.bsky.social paper relationalthinkingblog.com/2024/12/18/p... Paper amazingly led by Ennia Bosshard! @uniexecec.bsky.social @isleconserv.bsky.social 🌍

One of my favourite consultancy tasks is providing evidence to inform applied decisions... so it was great to do this assessment with Fundação Príncipe (fundacaoprincipe.org) as part of their "Stemming the tide of plastic pollution" project! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #oceanoptimism

New article in Science argues that ancient ecosystem and multispecies expertise could lead to a new, integrated conservation science in the Amazon and beyond. @brazil_lab @PrincetonEnviro environment.princeton.edu/news/how-ind...

A brilliant new paper on conservation patriarchy - must be widely read: ‘We conclude that patriarchal norms and structures within conservation must be questioned and dismantled to make conservation more effective and just’ www.nature.com/articles/s44...