Restoration of ecological interactions: The influence of site and land... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... New output from the restreco.com project

'Communities must have the right to own environmental assets' Great letter from @tomchance.bsky.social of the Community Land Trust Network to @miattafahnbulleh.bsky.social, asking her to amend the Devolution Bill to strengthen Community Right to Buy: www.communitylandtrusts.org.uk/news-and-eve...

Fabulous bit of radio! #Ringo

Join us for a high-level science-to-policy dialogue ahead of #COP30, hosted by @ox.ac.uk & Embassy of Brazil. With Amb. Antonio Patriota, we'll explore forest conservation, climate, & the upcoming Tropical Forest Forever Facility launching soon. Don’t miss it! oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com

For transparency and as a decision support tool, the (anonymous) data from the Horizon Scanning have been made available by CABI.

This Horizon Scanning for One Health was a great collaboration, guided by a superb international Advisory Group

The #ClimateChange Hub is the official home of UK forestry climate change guidance. 🌳 Our practical, evidence-based resources can help land managers navigate risks, adaptation measures and carbon considerations. Explore the Climate Change Hub ➡ www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/forestr...

A simple way to reduce the risk of importing illegal conflict timber, would be to grow more timber in the UK. In reality domestic timber availability is set for long term decline, so we are deliberately increasing our dependence on imported timber and other forest products.

"The true meaning of life is to plant trees, under whose shade you don't expect to sit."

Each year the Museum runs a club for key stage 4 students. Investigators interested in the natural world have an opportunity to meet in the Museum and pursue an extended project of their choice. Investigators meet on Saturdays from 10:30 to 12:30 for 10 weeks, and work on their personal projects.

PhD or ECR in env/social sciences interested in systematic review/mapping? Join our 5-day Evidence Synthesis School – bring a real question, leave with a draft protocol. 💬 “The template document is INVALUABLE!” – past participant 🔗 evidencesynthesisschool.github.io #SystematicReview #ECR #PhD

What a great paper!

Made me remember the fabulous musical theatre- Quipu- developed and performed at Imberhorne School back in the 70's

Excellent visualisation of important difference.

To balance the good progress on Horizon... depressing continued Brexit downside.

Such good news after devastating Brexit fallout.

The risk of bias in effect estimates is indeed real in environmental research, but it is still largely ignored doi.org/10.1016/j.ne...

This looks terrific!

Great thread about the new @uk.theconversation.com article @sheencr.bsky.social and I wrote about how Kennedy is systematically undermining vaccines in a coordinated and scarily effective way in the US. full article here: theconversation.com/how-rfk-jr-i...

Dieter #Mueller-Dombois would have turned 100 years old these days. He died in 2022, one week before his 97th birthday. His archive on the #vegetation of the tropical #Pacific islands consists of countless notes, documents and slides. Context: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

Where modern multi-causal #research into #forest #decline began...

Forest decline research in 1976... #forest #dieback #history

The Tai ar y Cyd programme has won the 2025 CEW Award for Integration and Collaborative Working! This ground-breaking initiative brings together 24 social landlords to deliver scalable, low-carbon homes using home-grown Welsh timber and shared design.

❗ ANNOUNCEMENT ❗ It's not currently possibly to safely or easily walk the full length of the Lye Valley after some mindless vandal(s) set fire to part of the boardwalk last night. The City Council are aware of the situation, and are visiting today. @headingtonnews.bsky.social

For Kuhn's Bday resharing this paper on Kuhn's philosophy of data & fundamental constants, coauthored w/ my recent PhD student @federicabocchi.bsky.social, which has the cryptic title "Kuhn’s ‘5th Law of Thermodynamics’: Measurement, Data, & Anomalies" #philsci bokulich.org/wp-content/u...

This week, Dr Gail Atkinson, Head of Climate Science spoke to the BBC’s Justin Rowlatt, about how our trees, woodlands and forests are being impacted by climate change Find out more: www.forestresearch.gov.uk/news/head-of... #ClimateChange #ForestResearch @forestrycommission.bsky.social

We are seeking Head of Research! This position offers a unique #opportunity to work within a stimulating #international environment in one of the Institute’s #senior #leadership positions. All details and how to apply: careers.efi.int/o/head-of-re...

Brilliant! Rough timetable is posted on their website www.royalswan.co.uk/...I hope to catch them in Culham on Friday

Knowledge from non‐English‐language studies broadens contributions to conservation policy and helps to tackle bias in biodiversity data - Serrano - Journal of Applied Ecology - Wiley Online Library besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New paper! Led by Jamie Howarth “Long term #carbon export from mountain forests driven by #hydroclimate & extreme event driven landsliding” #NewZealand lakes reveal pulsed sediment & #carbon flux after #earthquakes, + wetter climate in between drives higher C export www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Sounds like a great talk.This struck me forcibly "Lost in the collective enthusiasm [for science as a partisan issue]was the idea of the social contract between science and society...The longstanding shared belief that public supports science because science supports all Americans" [+other publics]

Great podcast! www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

Quite shocking to see the impacts of Phytophthora ramorum on the Lake District’s Larch trees. As there is no cure, and it is nearly impossible to remove once it takes hold, the the only thing we can do is to try to slow the spread of the disease by felling the infected trees and those around them.

Happy #Woodensday #WoodOnWednesday from the staircase of Duke Humfrey's Library, the oldest reading room in @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social

Great systematic review, which concludes that "The use of perches can be an effective strategy in natural forest regeneration to increase seed rain and seedling establishment in a variety of degraded landscapes"

Really interesting paper!

Such an interesting, thought-provoking piece on "worst case scenarios" for climate policy considerations. I particularly like this point: "Is a worst case climate scenario defined by temperatures alone or, alternatively, human outcomes like health, wealth, equity, and so on? Who gets to decide?".

Fantastic hammer beam ceiling in the Great Hall of Stirling Castle. The reconstruction used 350 oaks felled in Perthshire, though archaeologists think the original used Scandinavian sourced material, common in the 16th century. Global timber trade as old as time!

Choice of Timber, Alexander Carmichaels: Carmina Gadelica. #InvernessMuseum

Loch Ness at dawn, from Foyers looking towards Inverness. #CaledonianWay #cycling

The wonderful Ben Howard has written a nice blog on hip flexors... definitely worth a try as an antidote to all my sitting at a computer! open.substack.com/pub/easyep/p...

This is really interesting, emphasising the essential component of science- collaboration - that gets overlooked so often as the simpler lone-genius narrative is pushed.

This is interesting - some similarities with our approach to setting a One Health research agenda, and some similar priorities emerging (though early analysis stages for us as yet) #OneHealth nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2866...

Happy May Day... glorious weather in Oxford this morning! #mayday #maymorning (Picture courtesy Leo @oxsrev.org )

IUFRO's President, Daniela Kleinschmit, spoke during the Institute of Chartered Foresters Centenary Conference welcome session and highlighted some of the key messages of the International Forest Governance report. More about the report at www.iufro.org/programmes/s... #ScienceAndTreesForSDGs

Another good example of the importance of plantation grown timber. Well managed plantations have a key role in reducing harvesting pressure on natural and semi-natural forests.

Great collaboration under leadership of Jamie Carr!

Very powerful talk by the incredible Carol Cadwalladr open.substack.com/pub/broligar... @carolecadwalla.bsky.social

Brilliant news! Congratulations, Bianca!