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Ricardo Rocha

@ricardonature.bsky.social

Assoc. Prof. in Conservation Science @biology.ox.ac.uk Advocate for Equity, Diversity & Inclusion. 2020 National Geographic Explorer. 🦇🏝️🦎🐈‍⬛ // @iccs.bsky.social https://iccs.org.uk/author/ricardo-rocha/

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Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🦇 We are lucky to have 18 resident bat species in the UK and they make up almost a quarter of our British mammal species. At the national scale, none of the 11 UK bat species we are able to monitor are declining but it is important to put things into context:

Are UK bats threatened? - Threats to bats - Bat Conservation Trust

We are lucky to have 18 resident bat species in the UK and they make up almost a quarter of our British mammal species.Some bats are too rare or elusive...

bats.org.uk

Ricardo Rocha@ricardonature.bsky.social · 8mo ago

"A captive “back breeding” programme began in 2017, for which 23 hybrid tortoises most closely related to the Floreana subspecies were chosen to recreate it as genetically close to the original as possible." www.theguardian.com/world/2026/f...

Floreana giant tortoise reintroduced to Galápagos island after almost 200 years

Subspecies driven to extinction by hungry whalers returns after ‘back breeding’ programme using partial descendants

theguardian.com

James Bullock@jmbecologist.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Of course, the main problem that is holding back effective conservation is not the lack of evidence It’s vested interests preventing the transformative change needed in the scale & ambition of conservation actions www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Biodiversity conservation has an evidence problem — it’s time to fix it

Globally, more than one million species are threatened with extinction, but often interventions intended to protect biodiversity are not rooted in robust research. The field has an opportunity to chan...

nature.com

Bat Conservation Trust@batconservation.bsky.social · 8mo ago

🦇 Bats matter to farming and the economy because they eat crop-damaging insects, reducing pesticide use and protecting harvests — helping farmers save money while supporting ecosystem health and food security. Learn more:

Bats, food security and the economy - Why bats matter - Bat Conservation Trust

Bats matter to farming and the economy because they eat crop-damaging insects, reducing pesticide use and protecting harvests — helping farmers save mon...

bats.org.uk

Anthony Ricciardi@ecoinvasions.bsky.social · 9mo ago

"Researchers found no evidence that Indigenous People over-hunted birds to extinction. Instead, the authors suggest a new theory: the birds died out because of a combination of climate change, invasive species and changes in how the land was used" phys.org/news/2026-01...

Myth of Native Hawaiians causing bird extinctions debunked by study

Challenging a 50-year-old narrative about Hawaiʻi's native birds, a new study from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa found no scientific evidence that Indigenous People hunted waterbird species to ex...

phys.org

James Bullock@jmbecologist.bsky.social · 10mo ago

“Hares are shot… because some landowners believe the countryside is overpopulated with the animals” Yet “hare populations have declined by 80% over the past century” Another example of why ‘stakeholder opinion’ should be treated warily by conservation ecologists www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Shooting hares in England to be banned for most of the year

Exclusive: Ministers also expected to announce trail-hunting ban in sweeping changes to animal welfare law

theguardian.com

Nature Neon@natureneon.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Found only in the Galapagos Islands the marine iguana is the only marine lizard species in the world, they can dive as deep as 30m (98 ft) and spend up to 30 minutes at a time underwater 📹Shelton Dupreez

Miguel Clavero@chikichanka.bsky.social · 10mo ago

The Agriculture and Fisheries Council @consilium.europa.eu will probably decide these days the extension of current (poor, useless) restrictions to eel exploitation. In the 5th year of zero-catch advice, @ec.europa.eu (may) insist on refusing to protect the eel theconversation.com/eels-have-fa...

Eels have fascinated us for ages - now we need to stop eating them

No one would think of eating an endangered animal like the Iberian lynx. So why do we still eat eels?

theconversation.com

James Bullock@jmbecologist.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“Despite reports of catastrophic insect declines, their global status remains unclear due to … a massive lack of data” Poorly evidenced reports of huge losses do insects a disservice & do not help with planning appropriate action www.ceh.ac.uk/press/some-i...

‘Some insects are declining but what’s happening to the other 99%?’

Little is known about how 99% of insect species globally are faring and a new approach is needed to better monitor species and protect them, according to a study led by the UK Centre for Ecology & Hyd...

ceh.ac.uk

James Bullock@jmbecologist.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It is all too easy to regard new monitoring tech as the solution to environmental problems All they do is expose in greater detail our degradation of the Earth We need to use on that information to spur action - don’t just observe, act