#Kenya #Indigenous communities trial new biodiversity monitoring tools in Mt. Elgon🌍 These tools, along with traditional techniques, allow the community to record data to assess the state of #biodiversity on their lands 🌿 👉 transformativepathways.net/community-base… #TransformativePathways

#Philippines For the 1st time, #Indigenous communities have designed their own #Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan 🌱 This aims to ensure Indigenous rights are respected in national and global biodiversity #conservation 🌏 👉 transformativepathways.net/philippine-ind… #TransformativePathways

What went right in conservation this year?🌍 Let’s end 2024 on a high note with our #ConservationOptimism Yearly Round-Up! These 12 stories—one for each month—celebrate nature’s resilience and the power of collective action. 🐾💚 buff.ly/3W1fUgh Happy New Year 2025

#ProcB has introduced a new commissioned review in #ConservationBiology - the Georgina Mace Review. Read 'What is a unit of nature? Measurement challenges in the emerging biodiversity credit market': ow.ly/IZ9x50UpHzL EJ Milner-Gulland

How do market dynamics affect the #sustainability of #shark trade? 🦈 Excited to share our new paper on shark trade in India with EJ Milner-Gulland, Dr Hollie Booth, Rodrigo Oyanedel & Divya Karnad See paper here👇 sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Working in nature recovery and agriculture? The 2025 Oxford Real Farming Conference is taking place this week 9th & 10th January. Online tickets for students available for £15 and free to those who otherwise could not attend 🌱

🌍 Did you know that indigenous peoples and local communities are leading the way in #biodiversity conservation across Asia, Africa and the Americas? ✍️Sign up for the #TransformativePathways newsletter to get quarterly updates on impactful initiatives🌱 bit.ly/44mrTrb

🌍 Can we mainstream biodiversity into global decisions? Join Prof Leah Gerber to explore pathways from knowledge to action in conservation. Discover a replicable model for tackling the biodiversity crisis. 📅 23rd Jan | 5pm (GMT) Register here: oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events/biodive…

"Protecting the Nguru spiny pygmy chameleon is essential not only for conserving a unique species but also for safeguarding the rich biodiversity of Tanzania’s montane forests." - eva ayaro, 2024 Leventis African #Biodiversity Fellow. fauna-flora.org/news/ten-speci…

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As CITES turns 50, a new study in Frontiers - Ecology & Evolution reveals that the global wildlife trade agreement is failing to curb illegal extraction and trafficking. Researchers instead propose a new framework exploring institutionally diverse conservation models⬇️ bit.ly/4hmla72

🦁🌍Dan Challender, Michael ’t Sas-Rolfes and EJ Milner-Gulland from our Wildlife Trade programme have found that CITES is not deterring widespread illegal activities in wildlife trade systems across the world. Find out why: s.mtrbio.com/ipkpjnernr

New paper in NatureEcoEvo from ICCS team member Sophus zu Ermgassen and colleagues SUPERB on ''The current state, opportunities & challenges for upscaling private investment in biodiversity in Europe": nature.com/articles/s4155… Well done everyone involved!

¡Gobierno Territorial Autónomo de la Nación Wampís en Filipinas! 🇵🇭🐢 Durante evento internacional celebramos el repoblamiento de tortugas "Charapa" y "Taricaya" en el río Morona. ¡Casi 800 tortugas liberadas! 🙌 💚 #TransformativePathways #DíaDeLaAmazoníaPeruana

The ICCS Leventis #African #Biodiversity Fellowships scheme has reopened, apply here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/a-g-l… We love hosting these inspiring biodiversity scientists!

How do businesses estimate their 'biodiversity footprints'? New research with TBC: life cycle assessments come with assumptions & uncertainties, and need to be used with scientific best practice & direct monitoring for effective strategies 👇 bit.ly/4bwn0zT

Work on addressing illegal wildlife trade? The University of Oxford is launching a fantastic new Masterclass on Mitigating IWT, which this year will be for practitioners, researchers and policymakers in West Africa. Further details coming soon! #illegalwildlifetrade

Not long left to apply for the new Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade Masterclass from University of Oxford - deadline Sunday 27th April. Learn more and apply here - tinyurl.com/mu5d7f4f