@mattcscience.bsky.social absolutely smashing an interview on ABC News Australia about our new paper on conservation abandonment 📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (email me for a copy if needed, t.pienkowski[at]kent.ac.uk) 🔓 Open pre-print: osf.io/preprints/so...

Matt Clark 🌳🌄🏖️@mattcscience.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Really fun to go on ABC News Australia to talk about @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social, @morenamills.bsky.social, and my new paper (along with several coauthors not on bluesky). See more here: www.nature.com/articles/s41.... @catalyzconserv.bsky.social @sydney.edu.au @ic-cep.bsky.social

Co-authored by Imperial's @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social , Matthew Clark, Cecylia Watrobska & @morenamills.bsky.social the @ic-cep.bsky.social, the research warns that the failure to sustain existing conservation efforts could jeopardise international biodiversity & climate goals. ow.ly/NQ3N50Xqoba

Imperial study highlights overlooked crisis of conservation abandonment | Imperial News | Imperial College London

As COP 30 gets underway today in Belem, Brazil, Imperial researchers warn about the abandonment of conservation initiatives.

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Massive cross-institutional paper out today, bringing in almost 40 co-authors across 20 institutions and 9 countries 🌍. Led by @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa

Scaling area-based conservation, including initiatives led or comanaged by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, is a flagship goal of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conserva....

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Out today in @natecoevo.nature.com 'Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot'. Co-led by me and @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social as part of @catalyzconserv.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social & @imperialsci.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot - Nature Ecology & Evolution

Amidst the collective push to establish nature conservation initiatives, little attention has been paid to ensuring that they persist over time. The abandonment of conservation commitments is a blind ...

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Very pleased to share this paper, fantastically led by @hollieboothie - a rare example of an #RCT of incentive-based conservation intervention. I think this paper is a textbook example of why they are valuable: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program

Pay-to-release program encouraged live release of endangered marine taxa but led some fishers to increase catches of those taxa.

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Just seen this new study in @thelancet.bsky.social. Great bit of work. Shocking results: "Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported deaths due to violence by 41% and that 3% of the population has died due to violence" www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n... Full paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

1/n New paper relevant to those interested in scaling forest restoration: Spatial predictors of landowners' engagement in the restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (doi.org/10.1002/pan3...)

Very much enjoying my first week as a Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow at Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (@dice-kent.bsky.social). In the theme of new pastures, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to switch over to here!