New paper alert! Despite China’s landmark 2017 domestic ivory ban, demand hasn't vanished. The fab @molly-rc-brown.bsky.social's 2nd PhD paper out today reviews the deep-seated psychological and social reasons why demand persists. 🌍 🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... 1/6

Brown et al shared that social marketing evaluation shows limitations of #ivory demand management due to weak integration of key principles for behavior change.🐘 doi.org/10.1111/cobi.70191 #conservation #science

My first PhD paper is out today in Conservation Biology! @society4conbio.bsky.social Freely available to read here: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... Tldr 🧵 below!

New paper! @molly-rc-brown.bsky.social1st PhD paper is out. It evaluates 55 interventions aimed at managing demand for ivory from Asian consumers, & shows that while quality has increased over time (& effectiveness?) there's still a lot to do. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/5🧪🌍

Myself, @mpetel.bsky.social and Allison Bishop are seeking presentations for our panel on rights in environmental governance at #POLLEN2026 in Barcelona, June 29th - July 3rd 2026. Fancy joining us? Submit your abstract here by 5th December: nomadit.co.uk/conference/p... @pollenetwork.bsky.social

🎉 Hard to believe it’s already been a month since I passed my PhD viva! Still feeling very grateful, proud, and a little bit in disbelief that I am #PhDone!

Really excited to hear about this initiative ‘Naturalists for Palestine’, sign up everyone! naturalistsforpalestine.org

Naturalists for Palestine

Naturalists for Palestine is a call from individuals and organisations in the UK nature sector to stand for an end to the genocide in Gaza, and to the suffering and oppression of the people of Palesti...

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Really glad to see this exciting and fun work from my PhD out - huge thanks to @janehillyork.bsky.social @cmbeale.bsky.social and Dr Blanca Huertas! Next summer, going to go to Sulawesi to link two of these regions with present day surveys! 🦋

Richard Fox@richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Really nice paper from @tiff-ki.bsky.social & co. shows no overall decline in butterfly species richness in Sulawesi over 166 yrs, but changing communities with endemics & forest specialists declining. Short-term trends unreliable measures of long term. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/... 🌏

Excellent advice from Hugh Possingham on monitoring conservation projects and why most Monitoring and Evaluation is flawed. youtu.be/qa6Ewt-W5mU?...

Why most conservation projects fail to learn

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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It’s time for women and allies to speak up. To say ‘not in our name’ to the discrimination and exclusion of trans people. Are you with us? ✍️ If you are a woman and agree please sign @nionwomen.bsky.social 's open letter https://goodlaw.social/wu1u

Not In Our Name: Women in support of the trans+ community - Not in our name

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We want the media and politicians to recognise that there is a large number of women who are supportive of the trans+ community 🏳️‍⚧️ We call on them to report truthfully about the sources of violence against women and to address the systems that perpetuate harm. notinourname.org.uk/petition/not...

What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.

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🦊 Reimagining habituation: The case for a reciprocal and contextual understanding ➡️ buff.ly/6rbtYxu @livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social

🌿 Numbers aren’t the whole story. A new perspective piece highlights how qualitative approaches—like interviews, storytelling, and participatory methods—can uncover why conservation efforts succeed (or don’t). 📚Read more from Sharkey et al at doi.org/10.1111/csp2... #Conservation #Science

The value of qualitative approaches to impact evaluation in biodiversity conservation

We provide a conceptualization of qualitative approaches to impact evaluation in conservation and draw on case studies to illustrate the value of qualitative approaches.

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🆕 Publication alert! I’m excited to share a new paper I co-authored, just published in a special issue of Conservation Science and Practice: 👉 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

📢Protest Static demo Sat 26 Apr | 1PM St Helen’s Square, York This event is organised by York LGBT forum We're deeply disappointed by today's Supreme Court ruling defining "woman" by biological sex.

Another interesting project awarded last year was Transparent tusks: Open research practices in ivory research by @molly-rc-brown.bsky.social Molly's work brought to light stories of the ivory trade, a challenging area for open and inclusive practice, through interdisciplinary outreach activities 🐘

Open Research at York@uoyopenres.bsky.social · 2y ago

Another reminder of our Open Research Awards, open for submissions until 28 April 📅 Celebrating projects and initiatives at York which engage with the practices and principles of open research 📖 This year we're offering 9 x £400 prizes, with thanks to @ukri.org Enhancing Research Culture funding 🏆

Join us for the new CASCADE webinar series! In our opening webinar on 21st March, we will be joined by Sarah Chaytor (CAPE) and Nils Bunnefeld (@eklipse-europe.bsky.social) to discuss how to improve linkages between academia and policy. Register here 👉 forms.office.com/e/Avv4aXfE4H

Engaging day exploring the pressing issues around #climate finance, #nature positive development, future foci and how links between Government and universities can help to navigate multiple future challenges @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social

Eight interdisciplinary PhD opportunities open @anthropocenebio.bsky.social !

Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity@anthropocenebio.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're recruiting fully-funded (home fees) PhD students for a Sept 2025 start. Interested in exploring the ways in which human activity enhances as well as diminishes biological diversity? Check out our projects across a range of disciplines, from mycology to rewilding: tinyurl.com/mtedknp9

Net Zero needs behavior change. For decarbonization, we need to understand how to enable and encourage green choices (fairly). That’s means shifting: how we heat our homes, how we travel, and what we eat and consume. Don’t ask me, check the latest IPCC report ⬇️ 🔗 www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...

hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Starter packs

BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...

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🚨Fully-Funded UK PhD Opportunity!🚨 I’m hiring a #PhD exploring the complexities of #biodiversity change across space and time 🌐. Join @cmbeale.bsky.social and me at #York and for this exciting opportunity! Please share and/or message me if interested. More info and how to apply: shorturl.at/Zu7ED

CASCADE is now here, and definitely worth following if you're interested in how #UKHE can help contribute to global conservation targets! 🌍

CASCADE@cascade-hei.bsky.social · 2y ago

We're now on Bluesky! Help us develop a community on this platform by following and sharing with your networks🌊🌍 #biodiversity #KMGBF #CASCADE

we are recruiting a PhD student to work on illicit and unregulated conservation translocation (e.g. #beaverbombing, unregulated release of 'native' butterflies), particularly the conservation and policy aspects. Funded by NERC, in collaboration with Natural England. yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/eco...

Calling univ profs & lecturers! If you want to bring concepts from Doughnut Economics into your teaching, we've just launched a webpage bursting with resources for you: 7 slide decks, reading lists, videos & activities - all open access. Dive in & pls reshare! doughnuteconomics.org/university-c...

Thoroughly enjoyed my time at York St Peters primary school recently, so I wrote a quick #blog about the refreshing #conservation enthusiasm that filled the day ✨👩‍🏫 Read here: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene... @uniofyork.bsky.social @uoyopenres.bsky.social

Inspiring young conservationists

Molly Bown visits a York primary school to talk about the topic of her PhD research.

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▪️ Open postdoc position ▪️ 🔎🧬🐘 I'm recruiting a postdoc to work with me on mapping the genomic legacy of the elephant ivory trade in Europe using ancient DNA. Hosted by Lund University 🇸🇪 with Bengt Hansson Please RT! Info and apply here: lu.varbi.com/en/what:job/...

🔊 Looking forward to participating in the inaugural SCB online Conservation Social Science Conference on Weds Nov 20th! ⏰: 11:00 🇺🇸 | 16:00 🇬🇧 | 00:00 🇨🇳 #BehaviourChange #SocialScience #ConsumerDemand #IWT

I’ve been invited to St Peter’s School in York today to talk to the KS2 students about all things elephants and wildlife crime 🐘 It’s a challenging topic for anyone, esp. 6/7 year olds! Looking forward to seeing their posters and hearing about what they have learnt on their trafficking course.

Atmospheric morning in Ljubljana ahead of the first day of the European Social Marketing Conference 🇸🇮 #ESMC24