We are organising a full day conference and workshop on Climate and Communication on Saturday 24th January at @ecioxford.bsky.social . If you would like to help with this event, please email: [email protected] and register to attend at actionnetwork.org/events/talki...

NbSI Deputy Director Dr Jennifer Lucey will be speaking at Oxford Real Farming Conference 2026! 🌾Co-creating resilience: Nature, Farmers and Science🌾 Chaired by E.J. Milner-Gulland, with Monika Zurek, Jennifer Lucey, George Bennett & Tom McVeigh 📅 8th Jan, 11:00-12:20, Jesus College Ship Street

What's the connection between coca, asparagus & water scarcity in Peru? Check out this essay from earlier this year by researcher @azamlashkari.bsky.social who explores this unlikely connection, weaving together history, international pressure & an overburdened aquifer. Read here: buff.ly/tQ7LPYM

Join us for a free Evening Exhibition and Networking Reception on Thurs 8th January to connect researchers and agri-food stakeholders🌽 Hosted by @ox.ac.uk’s Agricultural Resilience Impact and Innovation Hub (AGRIIH) @biology.ox.ac.uk Register➡️ www.naturebasedsolutionsinitiative.org/news/oxford-...

Interested in #RegenAg and how we might measure change over time for nature recovery? Come see our #BES2025 talk showing how we used ecological energetics to compare regen vs conventional arable ag at @realfarmed.bsky.social and the evidence regen is working. Details below!

Check out our latest blogpost where ecologists explored how to restore degraded sites within the Galapagos National Park 🌱🌍🧪

We're growing a Fringe! Are you or do you know an ecologist, not attending #BES2025 but still travelling to Edinburgh to meet up with colleagues?  We'd love to have a chat and find out how we can support you in future years. ✉️ Please drop a line to Karen@britishecologicalsociety.org

Wasps! What are they good for? Absolutely Everything, (Say it again) Listen to our latest podcast with @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner, who will be sure to change the way you view these creatures, critical to our ecosystems.

🌱The Planning and Infrastructure Bill has now been approved by Parliament. So, what does this mean for nature? Crossbench peers Lord Krebs and Baroness Willis of Summertown unpack the process, outcome, and whether there are any wins for the environment on our blog⤵️

🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝 More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf @ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social @oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social

🔊New Podcast out now: a conversation with @david-farrier.bsky.social on how we might learn to live in “The what ought to be.” He talks about adaptation, resilience, and what nature can teach us about recovery in a changing world. 🎧https://naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/podcasts/ @ecioxford.bsky.social

If you missed our talk on Friday about the challenges around wildlife #translocations & creating a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, you can catch it here on our Youtube channel. @ecioxford.bsky.social

Advancing Wildlife Health in Conservation Translocations Join us today for a seminar on a scalable framework for monitoring wildlife health, piloted in Eastern Black Rhinos in Kenya. 🔗 bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv... #Conservation #WildlifeHealth #OneHealth #Rhinos @ecioxford.bsky.social

We're celebrating #worldsoilday by sharing a fascinating talk @edithhammer.bsky.social gave us last year. Soil chips = windows into the underground 🌍Predators, microbes, nutrient cycling — all in one tiny world. Let’s celebrate soil life! 🌱 @ecioxford.bsky.social

🧵71% of UK land is farmland — so nature recovery must start in our fields. @jedsol.bsky.social is researching how regenerative farming supports soil life + how measuring energy could help us measure change for nature recovery in underground ecosystems. #worldsoilday

🌍🔊 This #WorldSoilDay, we’re tuning in to the hidden sounds beneath our feet. From earthworm rustles to underground clicks, the soil soundscape tells a powerful story about ecosystem health. 🎧 Here more ⬇️ @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @ellabrowning.bsky.social

Sound is a core part of an ecosystem, carrying clues about how healthy the environment is. A thriving forest's a chorus of birdsong, while underground, healthy soil is alive with scratches, scrapes, & clicks. Celebrate #WorldSoilDay with @ellabrowning.bsky.social & listen to her recording of worms

Join us for a fascinating talk on improving health & welfare in translocations, featuring real-world work with eastern black rhinos. Exploring health monitoring tools, smarter data, & how wildlife vets, ecologists & managers can boost species recovery. Register oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com

In Friday's Nature talk Francesca Vitali will discuss saving #rhinos & protecting ecosystems! Her pilot health monitoring in Kenya aims to make translocations smarter, safer, & more effective—boosting species recovery, ecosystem resilience & One Health.🦏 oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com

🌿 Step into the Amazon with scientist & author Rosa Vásquez Espinoza. Her insights blend Indigenous knowledge and cutting-edge science to reveal how rainforest communities guide solutions for climate, biodiversity & cultural resilience. Watch the talk & be inspired. @ecioxford.bsky.social

🌴Still some in-person seats for our talk this afternoon, everyone is welcome to come and join us for the drinks reception and book signing afterwards. Sign up to join us in-person or online 🍃https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork

It was an honour to bring some #WaspLove to the #Oxford @naturerecovery.bsky.social last week, in the framework of the natural capital of wasps and their contributions to people. What a fabulous audience 🥰. Thanks to @ymalhi.bsky.social for the invite! @uclcber.bsky.social

🌴There are still some in-person seats for our talk this afternoon, everyone is welcome to come and join us for the drinks reception and book signing afterwards. Sign up to join us in-person or online 🍃https://bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiversitynetwork @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

📢NEW PODCAST: Prof. Cristina Banks-Leite explores the realities of tropical forest restoration—from challenges like seedlings, land tenure & finance to why “success” can seem counter-intuitive. She highlights how better biodiversity metrics, acoustic monitoring & AI can reshape ecosystem recovery.

Two months ago, we met in an ancient woodland as drought broke into autumn storms to ask: How do we redesign finance for the living world? Through nature, play & systems thinking, new seed ideas emerged. Our short film offers a glimpse—step in & tell us what resonates.

‘It fully changed my life!’ How young rewilders transformed a farm – and began a movement www.theguardian.com/environment/...

This Friday, Rosa Vásquez Espinoza shares a personal journey into the Amazon, where Indigenous wisdom meets cutting-edge science. From hidden biodiversity to ancestral knowledge, she explores lessons in resilience, healing, and our bond with nature. Book your place: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

Jason Williams, 'The Cloud Gardener' joins our researchers to explore how greening even the smallest spaces can transform lives. From balcony biodiversity in Manchester to research on Oxford’s green spaces, this episode digs into small ideas with big impacts. @ecioxford.bsky.social

If you've ever asked the question: 'What's the point of wasps?' you should watch our most recent #Nature Seminar, 'The Natural Capital of Wasps'. @waspwoman.bsky.social Seirian Sumner will convert you! youtu.be/ELI_8KkwJm0

I was already convinced of the value of wasps but @waspwoman.bsky.social 's SUPERB talk @naturerecovery.bsky.social has inspired me to think of ways to share and promote the beauty, science, culture - and love of wasps #WaspAppreciationSociety

Loving @waspwoman.bsky.social talk this afternoon. What's the point of wasps? Did you know they are apex predators and eat aphids & other (what gardeners often call), 'pests'?

Learn all about why wasps are so amazing and wondrous from waspwoman.bsky.social today at our seminar today at 415 pm, online and in person at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social . All welcome !

Looking forward to giving this talk later today @naturerecovery.bsky.social! What better way to end the week than with a dose of #WaspLove! @uclcber.bsky.social

Wasps are predators, pollinators, decomposers, & potential sources of nutrition & medicine. Join @waspwoman.bsky.social for a talk which will change how you see these under valued creatures. Reserve your seat now, online & inperson with a book signing & drinks oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com

"The Congo basin has about 10,000 plant species & 30% of these can only be found in the region,” says @ymalhi.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social

Our Centre Director, @ymalhi.bsky.social has just returned from #COP30. Read his reflections from the first week at a packed conference. @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @eci-bio.bsky.social

Read this @naturerecovery.bsky.social article on why the rights of nature matters in the broader green transition – one tool of many helping us reimagine economies, policies and daily choices that can align with the living world. naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk/news/reflect...

We're really looking forward to this talk from Serian Sumner this Friday. Join us online or inperson, with a book signing and drinks reception aftwards. @waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

We're really looking forward to this talk from Serian Sumner this Friday. Join us online or inperson, with a book signing and drinks reception aftwards. @waspwoman.bsky.social Reserve your seat now! bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...

If you missed Cristina Banks-Leite's Nature Seminar on Friday, you can catch it here and discover what truly drives species sensitivity to deforestation. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

At COP30, Prof Yadvinder Malhi joined scientists from the Amazon, Congo & Borneo for the 2025 Amazon Assessment Report launch. Discussions focused on deforestation, fires, climate impacts, Indigenous communities & conservation pathways. @ymalhi.bsky.social Read more➡️https://tinyurl.com/spxju2pp

We still have some seats for our talk this Friday, do join us in person and stay for the drinks reception afterwards, or join online. Register here oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com 🍃

Fabulous to be at the launch of the #Oxfordshire Local Nature Recovery Strategy in the perfect setting, @morethanadodo.bsky.social with @richardbenwell.bsky.social setting up up for a fascinatingday ahead. @wclnews.bsky.social

How should we think about killing, introductions & invasives in a world we’ve already changed? In this podcast, we talk to @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social ecologist, writer & #hedgehog champion about his book 'Cull of the Wild' & the uncomfortable question at its heart: can killing ever be conservation?

This Friday's lecture from Cristina Banks-Leite looks to be a thought-provoking one, so sign up to attend on-line, or in-person (followed by a drinks reception) oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

On Friday @julespretty.bsky.social gave us a fascinating talk exploring how narrative, storytelling, and culture can transform climate action, nature recovery, and biodiversity conservation. @ymalhi.bsky.social has written a reflection on the talk which you can read here

"The message 'we have five years to save the planet' is paralyzing; we need to change the narrative." en.ara.cat/128_54becf

🔊New paper in Geoforum! We examine how #Ghana’s Hotspot Intervention Areas (HIAs) reshape land & forest governance. Are they decentralising power—or quietly recentralising it? 🌍 #LandGovernance #CarbonFinance #Ghana #Conservation #Geoforum @ecioxford.bsky.social

Join us TOMORROW when @julespretty.bsky.social will be leading an important discussion on 'How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises'. Register to attend online or in-person, followed by a drinks reception. bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv... @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk

Did you miss @hedgehoghugh.bsky.social's lively talk last Friday? If so, don't worry, you can watch it at leisure here now. 🦔 @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk