Excited to share this paper on impacts of wildfire and haze on primates globally (TLDR: generally not great!), and to work with such a great team on it! 🔥🐒 with 👥 A. C. de Andrade, @emmalokuciejewski.bsky.social, @georgiaallen.bsky.social & M. A. Imron 🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🚨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...

📣 Climate scientists! The UK is talking about North Sea oil & gas again. Obviously, that's a dumb idea if we want a liveable planet. I've written an open letter to UK party leaders, here: docs.google.com/document/d/1... To sign it, fill this out: forms.gle/mFcbhueTJusN... Please share! 🙏

New mini-review with A. de Andrade & K. McConkey, exploring ecological impacts of wildfire smoke. TLDR: there's a lot! Limited lit., so true impacts likely ⬆️. More research, effective fire regime stewardship & enhancing ecosystem fire resilience needed! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Interesting new study on the impacts of ecological #monitoring on local research teams in #Indonesia. Reports ⬆️ income, capacity development, fulfilment, awareness and knowledge, with +ve shift towards nature and the environment. It's not just about the data! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The pie is big enough, we just need to slice it more fairly... "Fewer than 60,000 people – 0.001% of the world’s population – control three times as much wealth as the entire bottom half of humanity" www.theguardian.com/inequality/2...

Delighted to see this research - so brilliantly led by Ennia - published! Headline: increasing distance from natural habitat does not seem to reduce pollination in tropical smallholder farms. Dig into this release and check the full OA paper to learn more! Paper link: lnkd.in/eQmxpg27

SAVE GEOGRAPHY at Leicester University (UK) - We call on the University of Leicester to urgently reconsider the proposal to dissolve Geography. This is direct attack on the discipline of Geography at Leicester with likely loss of Geography staff. Please sign + share www.change.org/p/save-geogr...

Horrible news... AEWA Exec Sec: "2/3 of bird species are in decline and the Slender-billed Curlew’s extinction serves as a poignant reminder that conservation frameworks must be implemented swiftly, backed by adequate science, resources and sustained political will". www.cms.int/news/slender...

Very happy to see this! "The Isles of Scilly is a semi or near pristine environment which can be an example of how our waters could look if we give them space and time to recover" @uniexecec.bsky.social @owenexeter.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/news/videos/...

Nuts... Is this really the best way to maximise the use of & impact from scientific resources, constantly spending huge amounts of time on applications with such low rates of success? Or just more 💰 needed?! www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Good! Because of their wet nature, regular #fire is not a natural occurrence on #peat anywhere, so this English ban should be great news for people, wildlife and climate (albeit still with some weaknesses that need to be addressed).

Around 354 million people in North America and Europe are likely to have been affected by fine particulate matter pollution from the 2023 Canadian wildfire season, a paper published in Nature suggests. go.nature.com/42iffKC ⚒️ 🧪

#Primates 🦧

Potentially devastating reversal of a highly successful policy: "One of the key agreements for Amazon rainforest protection – the soy moratorium – has been suspended by Brazilian authorities, potentially opening up an area the size of Portugal to destruction" www.theguardian.com/environment/...

1/ Nice article just published summarising our recent paper exploring the distribution, ecology and #conservation of #kerangas #forest in Kalimantan 🌳. Under-appreciated but incredible forests, with important conservation potential and much still to learn! Paper OA and linked 👇

Southeast Asia covers multiple global biodiversity hotspots — but is experiencing a biodiversity crisis. Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it? 👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7

Shocking. "Plastics are a “grave, growing and under-recognised danger” to human and planetary health... which is causing disease and death from infancy to old age and is responsible for at least $1.5tn (£1.1tn) a year in health-related damages." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them. Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

G'day folks!👋 I'm new here, so please be kind and feel free to connect if you're also intrigued by all things (tropical) ecology, wildlife, conservation, restoration, forests and peat 🙂