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Conservation ecologist with a penchant for peat ~ Lecturer
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
4 days ago
Starting 2026 with our January
#PolicyNews
update now live on our website 📰 💡 Join us this month with a feature on addressing biodiversity loss in the face of agricultural intensification - an analysis by our wonderful Alice not to be missed!
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January 2026 Policy News
Pairing red squirrels with politicians – Scotland’s paving the way globally for endangered species with their Nature Champions scheme. Photo by Andy Willis on Unsplash. UK A new chapter in UK natur…
https://besconservationsig.wordpress.com/2026/01/27/january-2026-policy-news/
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
15 days ago
We're entering week 3 of 2026 soon and all of us from BES Conservation Ecology would like to greet you with bright smiles at our first meeting of the year 😊 Follow us on Instagram to see more from us at the link below!
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BES Conservation Ecology Group on Instagram: "Hello 2026! Today we kicked off the new year with our first SIG meeting of 2026! From catching up on what everyone has been up to, to hearing about our ho...
18 likes, 0 comments - besconservation on January 16, 2026: "Hello 2026! Today we kicked off the new year with our first SIG meeting of 2026! From catching up on what everyone has been up to, to heari...
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
about 2 months ago
#BES2025
is well under way! Join us at the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub tonight for a fun social with
@besmacro.bsky.social
🍺 See you there!
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
about 2 months ago
3 days till our social at the
@britishecologicalsociety.org
annual conference! 🍺 Come down to the Frankenstein & Bier Keller pub for a night with us and
@besmacro.bsky.social
✨ See you there for friends, fun and lots of games 👀
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
about 2 months ago
🚨 Our November
#PolicyNews
is up on our website! This month, we have a special
#COP30
edition. Check out key takeaways including updates on
#fossilfuel
phaseouts, trade and the landmark
#GenderActionPlan
📰 Find out more in the link below:
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November 2025 Policy News – COP30 Special Edition
What is COP? The ‘Conference of the Parties’, or ‘COP’ as it’s more commonly known, is the annual gathering of every nation that has signed the UN’s climate agreement. Once a year, these countries …
https://besconservationsig.wordpress.com/2025/11/28/november-2025-policy-news-cop30-special-edition/
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Join us! Join us!
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
2 months ago
Looking for your next steps? Check out our collection of
#educational
and
#career
resources available on our website! 🌱
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Educational and career resources
Welcome to the latest addition to our website! Here, you’ll find a wealth of information on all things to do with Conservation Ecology skills, education and careers! Whether you’re look…
https://besconservationsig.wordpress.com/educational-and-career-resources/
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
3 months ago
Reminder that you can catch all of our
#PolicyNews
updates on our website 📰 Never worry about missing another feature on
#ConservationPolicy
again!
besconservationsig.wordpress.com/conservation...
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Conservation Policy
Welcome to the BES Conservation Policy section. Here you’ll find tips and resources to engage with the policymaking process yourself, as well as links to our monthly news blogs on envir…
https://besconservationsig.wordpress.com/conservation-policy/
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
3 months ago
Have you gotten our October
#newsletter
yet? 📰 Including news on how to pitch an article for
@britishecologicalsociety.org
's The Niche (deadline is in January!) and details on
@reefconservationuk.bsky.social
meeting at Bangor University in December, subscribe to our news letter to find out more.
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Lydia Cole
11 months ago
OnlineFirst - "‘Mine the volume’: Excess and the voluminous ecological politics of capitalist frontiers" by
@yolandaariadne.bsky.social
,
@theoreevesevison.bsky.social
,
@materialbarlow.bsky.social
, and
@lydcole.bsky.social
:
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‘Mine the volume’: Excess and the voluminous ecological politics of capitalist frontiers - Yolanda Ariadne Collins, Theo Reeves-Evison, Matt Barlow, Lydia E.S. Cole, 2025
Mining frontiers are moving ever further beyond Earth's surface, as new subterranean realms, the seafloor, the atmosphere and outer space increasingly come...
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/25148486251323823
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
11 months ago
Engage in our next
#podcast!🎙️
Our Conservation Career Podcast Team will be chatting with Bill Sutherland in March! His work in
#conservation
science has a key focus on the sharing and embedding of evidence in
#decisionmaking
💭 Submit your questions now:
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Lydia Cole
Dr Jess Williams
11 months ago
Help out a cool citizen science project 🌸 FruitWatch is in its 4th year - keep it going!
www.fruitwatch.org
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
11 months ago
You can also submit any burning questions you have for our panellists here:
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We look forward to seeing you!
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Lydia Cole
BES Conservation Ecology Group
11 months ago
Curious about our upcoming panel discussion on interdisciplinary
#research
🤔? Read all about it in our new blog post:
besconservationsig.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/i...
Register to join our first ever
#ProjectForward
session soon!
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Interdisciplinary research – our upcoming panel discussion to share the highs, lows and resolutions
On Monday 31st March, we’re bringing together a bunch of brilliant conservation scientists to talk about their experiences of working in interdisciplinary teams and to share how they have overcome …
https://besconservationsig.wordpress.com/2025/03/17/interdisciplinary-research-our-upcoming-panel-discussion-to-share-the-highs-lows-and-resolutions/
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Lydia Cole
British Ecological Society
about 1 year ago
As the world’s oldest Learned Society for ecologists, we are excited to launch our prestigious membership category, Fellowship of the British Ecological Society (FBES).
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Lydia Cole
NETGAIN
about 1 year ago
A reminder that there are 10 fully funded PhD studentships available through our new Doctoral Training Program. If you are interested in interdisciplinary thinking around
#netgain
, check these out 👇
netgain.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/phd-projects/
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NETGAIN Doctoral Focal Award – The science and practice of nature markets.
https://netgain.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk/
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Lydia Cole
Philip Stephens
about 1 year ago
Fully-funded PhD on "Meeting commitments to biodiversity conservation: developing a framework for predicting and monitoring the potential contributions of nature markets", with the OEP &
@uniofaberdeen.bsky.social
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
@netgain.bsky.social
programme Deadline 31 Jan
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Lydia Cole
Sarah Watts
about 1 year ago
📢 We're recruiting for a guaranteed fully-funded
#interdisciplinary
challenge-led
#PhD
in cutting-edge
#environmental
#monitoring
for nature recovery, through the NETGAIN DFA
@netgain.bsky.social
. Based at
@uniofstandrews.bsky.social
in collaboration with
#Corrour
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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Surveillance of the environment: monitoring ecological restoration and biodiversity in the Scottish uplands using Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at University of St Andrews on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Surveillance of the environment: monitoring ecological restoration and biodiversity in the Scottish uplands using Uncrewed Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) at University of St Andrews, listed on F...
https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/surveillance-of-the-environment-monitoring-ecological-restoration-and-biodiversity-in-the-scottish-uplands-using-uncrewed-aerial-vehicles-uavs/?p181114
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