New blog: As a grant peer reviewer I consider Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) even if the scheme doesn't list EDI criteria. Key is to tie the selection criteria to EDI. This is how I do it mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social

My latest paper, just published in #ESA's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses on the need to think about spatial patterns and sampling design when attempting to measure ecological #spillovers from protected areas. 🌍🦑🧪 doi.org/10.1002/fee....

Welcome to the 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology in Leiden (NL)! Here we will explore how biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check eccb26Leiden.eu for more info. We are looking forward to your contributions!

🌿 SCB Europe Region seeks nominations for its Board (8 seats, 3-year term starting January 2026). We're especially looking for people to lead membership and education committees. Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...

This is a chance for scientists and practitioners to influence conservation in Europe: nominate yourself for the society Board by October 15th! I especially encourage early-career people and people from underrepresented backgrounds to join, a diverse Board will have the best ideas!

The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. The organization’s report reads less like an activist’s briefing than a casualty list of a slow-moving war. Since 2012, the total no. of deaths and disappearances tally at least 2,253, a toll that turns acts of stewardship into mortal hazards.

Open Call! The Sabin #SnowLeopard #Grants Program supports #conservation & #research across the 12 range countries Apply by Oct 1st www.zoonewengland.org/protect/around-the-globe/sabin-snow-leopard-grants-program Powered by the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation @zoonewengland.bsky.social #wildlife

Please RT! 📢 #Doctoral / #PhD position available with us at Leibniz-IZW for 4 years working at the interface of #wildlife + #disease #ecology, #veterinary sciences and #modelling. 🐗🐗🐗🐦🐦🐦 Training within #DFG #RTG 3069 led by @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ▶️Apply here for P7: tinyurl.com/j2ehtz7m

🚨 New paper in PLOS Biology! 📉 Women publish up to 45% fewer papers than men 📉 Non-native English speakers: –35% 📉 Triple barrier (woman + non-native English + low-income): –70% 🌍 Language & equity matter in science! 👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #EquityInScience #LanguageMatters #OpenScience

PhD position @w-u-r.bsky.social: Exploring community relations among land management strategies, #conservation & livelihood outcomes around #Gorongosa National Park #Mozambique Deadline: Sept 30th More info: tinyurl.com/gorongosaPhD As part of ABC-Futures project: www.wur.nl/en/project/a...

The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!

Doing research in a cloud forest is incredible but sometimes you need to proceed meter by meter with such effort 🇪🇨🐻

New blog post! @martin-nunez.bsky.social , Senior Editor for the journal, tells us about his latest book which aims to help students overcome writing and publishing barriers ✍️🌏 Read more below 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/08/18/n...

Wonderful Whitley Awards are open again for dynamic, mid-career conservationists who are leading wildlife conservation projects in the Global South. Whitley are leaders in ensuring they fund projects that embed evidnece, and so more likely to deliver whitleyaward.org/awards/

‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza

Are you a hunter in Germany, or do you know any? We are looking for participants to help us in our research on wild boar and African Swine Fever! 🐗 We would be happy for any who participate in this anonymous questionnaire: questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

St. John et al found that embedding principles of procedural #fairness into #conservationlawenforcement could reduce low-level noncompliance around protected areas.⚖️🌿 Interested in learning more? You can find their full article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi... #conservation #science #conlaw

A Century of Loss: Long-Term Dry Woodland Decline and Its Implications for India’s #Megafauna #Newpaper by @tamannakalam.bsky.social along with @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social ‬ and others! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

A Century of Loss: Long-Term #DryWoodland Decline and Its Implications for India’s #Megafauna Our latest paper, along with @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social and others is now out! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🐾 48 Years of #SnowLeopardConservation & Methodological Evolution On Thursday (10th) SLN is hosting a landmark webinar featuring Dr. Rodney Jackson, the pioneering scientist behind the 1st radio-telemetry study on #snowleopards & Rinzin Phunjok Lama, internationally recognized conservationist.

St John et al found that embedding principles of procedural fairness into conservation law enforcement could reduce low-level noncompliance around protected areas. Learn more at doi.org/10.1111/cobi... #ConservationLaw #conservation #science

Sneak peek into the venue of @scbeurope.bsky.social ECCB 2026 in Leiden, the Netherlands, very exciting conference is in the making! Stay tuned and save the dates: 6-10 2026

Just a bit over a year until the next ECCB, put the dates in your calendar ✍

📣SAVE THE DATE📣 The European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB) 2026 will be held in Leiden, 6–10 July! The theme of the conference is “Effective Conservation Science”. Join global experts to explore effective conservation science through keynotes, workshops, field trips, and more.

We received exceptional applications for the 2025 SCB Europe Early Career Conservation Award and decided to award two candidates. Congratulations to the winners Dr Hanna Pettersson (University of York UK) and Dr Volen Arkumarev (Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds / BirdLife Bulgaria) 👏🥳

Perfectly expressed.

With the focus on Iran, crucial that what is happening in Gaza is not forgotten www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Mass death and cruelty, whether in the form of genocide or planetary destruction, is being actively normalised by our leaders. I cannot think of a more dangerous time. The horror of it is enough to take breath and words away. Anyone who feels safe (or sane) is deluded.

There is no justification whatsoever for the US or UK to provide any support, material or diplomatic, for Israel's attack on Iran. It is a war of aggression, clearly contrary to international law.

Have you ever cited or come across a mention of the 'human shield hypothesis' and wondered: what is the evidence for this hypothesis, and what is the quality of that evidence? Wonder no more! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

+80 people killed over the past 2 nights in #Tehran by Israeli strikes, mostly civilians, among them +20 children… Reckless and unprovoked attacks by a regime that can openly convince the world that committing a genocide is legitimate. Sheer moral bankruptcy of all those who just watched this unfold

Still can't believe we got onto the cover of Science! Across 11 reserves and 7 years, we found that dehorning achieved large reductions in poaching, but it's not a magic bullet Full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Popular version: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

Our paper is now published in the latest issue of @conbiology.bsky.social! Effectiveness of protected areas in the #Caucasus Mountains in preventing #rangeland #degradation @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @kelewinska.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social

Decades of data show livestock intensification in the #MaasaiMara drives major wildlife declines - >70% drop in wild herbivores, #migration collapse & functional compression. See our analysis in PNAS: 🔗 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 🐘🐄🐑🐐🦓🐄 #savanna #rangeland #edgeeffects #livestock #protectedareas

Amazing to see @mongabay.com covering our Red List assessment of Afro-Asiatic #wildcat. One of the most widely distributed but barely studied felids worldwide!

Great fun teaching Experimental Design for Ecology @w-u-r.bsky.social for the first time! Student groups come up with ecological questions, design & implement experiments in the field & the lab, & analyze & present their results over 4 weeks!

We're now accepting applications for The Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN) 2025! ICN provides an opportunity for ECRs to hone key skills, build networks + work collaboratively to develop cutting-edge research in conservation. Apply here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/app...

At Queen Elizabeth National Park in Uganda, electric fences help stop crop-raiding by elephants and livestock predation: buff.ly/NmtAshT. How do history, human rights, and biodiversity intersect in conservation in East Africa? Mongabay’s new series, Beyond the Safari, dives deep: buff.ly/TFzQyLp.

Inspiring talks by Future for Nature Award 2025 laureates, from fighting to save #pangolins and Andean #bears to finding solutions to save #amphibians from Chytrid fungus During difficult times for #conservation, we should (more than ever) unite as a community & support each other #futurefornature

We are hiring an Assistant/Associate Prof of Quantitative Ecology! I'm on the Search Committee for this one. If you have any interest in the position & want to learn more about living in this v. cool part of the country, pls reach out! tinyurl.com/2h6bdece

A new international study by Becky Court from the University of Leeds, shows that the Caspian Sea is rapidly drying up, posing serious risks to biodiversity, caspian seals endangerment, and regional industries. Read more about the study here: www.leeds.ac.uk/main-index/n...

We are looking for two PhD researchers to work on the resilience of #biodiversity and ecosystem functions across a landscape gradient in the #Netherlands! 4-years, fully funded, great place @w-u-r.bsky.social, apply by 12.5.24. Feel free to get in touch with questions! www.wur.nl/en/vacancy/p...

The deadline for these two fully-funded phd projects is fast approaching (5th May). Do share far and wide.

I'm hiring for a machine learning data scientist & research assistant for summer 2025! Join me on a project on invasive species management with an innovative startup doing on-the-ground removal of environmentally destructive invasive animals. Paid, full-time w/ possibility to extend.

🚨Postdoc opportunity @econovoau.bsky.social 🌍 Help forecast how rising ecological novelty reshapes #biodiversity & #vegetation 🌿 Work at the interface of species distribution models & dynamic global vegetation models 🌐🍃♨️- based in Aarhus, Denmark shorturl.at/t45JT #ecology #ecologyjob #macroecology

We are hiring a chair/professor in our Ecology and Environmental Modelling group at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social. Scotland is a lovely place to work, and my colleagues are fantastic! Reach out if you are interested in joining the CREEM family ☺️ vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...

Reminder for all early career conservationists: the nomination deadline for our award is in a week! Reminder for all conservationists: please share the information with your network!

📢COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT📢 George, South Africa, August 2025 🐻📊Join FatBear's Applied Movement Data Analysis in R courses for wildlife grad students & practitioners. Beginners & R users welcome 🌍📈 Info and registration: fatbearbio.weebly.com/workshops.html 🐾

New on global conservation science: Conservation isn't inclusive: expertise from biodiverse but economically disadvantaged areas is underrepresented. Authors call for collective responsibility & make concrete suggestions. Valdez et al. in Cons. Biol. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...