Matt Hayward
@conservresearch.bsky.social
Professor of Conservation Science Uni of Newcastle, Australia
Eliza Hoyland starting off the Hunter Environment Institute’s career session & talking about her transition from her marine science undergraduate degree, honours study, grad research position and now role as an education officer at Newcastle Council. @hunterenviro @Uni_Newcastle
More publicity for Satem's PhD research on how the modernisation of hunting through technological advances means Naga community cultural activities are now a threat to biodiversity: india.mongabay.com/2025/08/evol... A great read and great work Satem Longchar!
Evolving hunting practices pose an increasing threat to wildlife
Changing hunting practices in Nagaland, driven by fading traditional ethics and cross-border wildlife trade, are wildlife at risk.
india.mongabay.com
School holidays so I am working from home this arvo! Kids fitted me with a face mask so I’m beautiful for next zoom meeting.
SCCS 2026 has opened for applications! 📣Spread the word! It will be our 25th conference in Cambridge and will take place between 31 March – 2 April 2026. Check out the website for more info and to apply: www.sccs-cam.org.
Former PhD student Satem stars in a new article in Mongabay about her recent paper where she illustrates the risks of modern hunting weapons for biodiversity and culture. news.mongabay.com/short-articl... She’s a rock star!
Traditional hunting shifts with access to cheap guns in India’s Nagaland: Study
Among Indigenous Naga tribes in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland, hunting traditions are transforming as cheap homemade guns make targeting commercially valuable large mammals easier, a recent s...
news.mongabay.com
Interested in a fully funded PhD focused on forest restoration, conservation, and carbon and biodiversity markets? Brooke Williams has a scholarship (Australia) at the University of Newcastle, but international candidates are possible. Find out more here: www.newcastle.edu.au/study/resear...
The Implications of Forest Based Environmental Markets Crossing Borders
newcastle.edu.au
New paper out by the indominable Satem Longchar on conservation in Nagaland, India: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Great work Satem!
Hunting strategies, wild meat preferences and perceptions of wildlife conservation in Nagaland, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Hunting strategies, wild meat preferences and perceptions of wildlife conservation in Nagaland, India
cambridge.org
Some people have questioned whether the blerb from my book-Saving Biodiversity-was legit! A colleague found this pic that proves it - "The book follows the author...being chased by elephants, sniffed by lions, gored by quokkas, and watched by wolves." www.routledge.com/Saving-Biodi...
I joined Mark Kyle on his The Fur Real Podcast to talk about quokkas - great fun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=obV6...
"QUOKKA'S ...THE HAPPIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD" with Dr. Matthew Hayward
YouTube video by The Fur Real Podcast
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Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election? www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?
Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?
theguardian.com
Litoria littlejohni is #Endangered & @ConservationUon recently got the chance to apply some of our research knowledge to help improve its plight by creating artificial ponds to increase habitat and restore connectivity. Within 3 months, the ponds had LLJ in them @Uni_Newcastle
New Look, Same Urgency. Thrilled to share the updated poster for The Invisible Doctrine featuring @georgemonbiot.bsky.social This film exposes the hidden history of neoliberalism and its grip on our world. #TheInvisibleDoctrine #Documentary #FilmPoster #BestDocs2025 #Neoliberalism #FilmUpdate
A Wild #Nepal rockstar talked on @abcnews radio about our @NewColomboPlan trip through @Uni_Newcastle and @ConservationUon (he's kindly spooning me in the pic). It starts from around 1 hr 18 mins: [https://www.abc.net.au/.../newcastle-drive/drive/104976096](url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/.../YQ...)
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40 km of trekking through high altitudes in the Annapurna region has left sore muscles & amazing memories, with unforgettable learning experiences of the community conservation initiatives conducted by the @NTNC team. The @uni_newcastle team was supported by the @NewColomboPlan.
The team from Uni of Newcastle learning about endangered gharial captive breeding on the New Colombo Plan funded Wild Nepal trip.
The Wild Nepal team learnt about the plight of man-eating tigers, setting up camera traps, methods of animal capture and then scanned the museum to see the fauna of Chitwan.
Awesome to be back with folks at the National Trust for Nature Conservation for the Wild Nepal program supported by the New Colombo Plan of the Australian Government and run through the Uni of Newcastle. Lots to learn about conservation here.
There’s a cool new book on conservation available for pre-order (at a large discount on US Amazon) - I know the author: www.amazon.com.au/gp/aw/d/1032...
Some festive artwork from the Centre for Conservation Science at the University of Newcastle!
Just back from an amazing two weeks in Nepal with the National Trust for Nature Conservation and supported by the New Colombo Plan #NCP - rhinos in Chitwan and trekking the Annapurna. Amazing place, and awesome experience for 20 @UoNewcastle students.
I've made a starter pack aimed at people interested in impact evaluation. Key audience is conservation scientists but I've included causal inference methods folk from other fields. go.bsky.app/Aw1c1W8
G’day BlueSky! First post - we had a great workshop on frog conservation in the Hunter region last week with experts from around the state joining us to learn about our frogs and prioritise conservation research actions. Alex Callen starred as the organiser.
