Welcome to UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research and IoZ Science to Shawn Dove Sean Jellesmark and Gonzalo Albaladejo Robles who will be doing 3 PhD projects as part of the @Inspire4Nature postgraduate training programme with me, Monika Bohm Rob Freeman @follow_the_hoff Richard D Gregory and Louise McRae !!!

Want to have a global picture of how the use of #wildlife affects abundance trends of #species populations? Check this article cell.com/one-earth/full… by Louise McRae Jonas Geldmann & colleagues ZSL CMEC Cambridge University UNEP-WCMC

What can we do to protect the planet? Interesting debate ZSL Science last night. Here's a short blog about it. zsl.org/blogs/wild-sci…

A few weeks ago ZSL Science #ZSLSci16 got first look at draft Sampled #RedList Index trend for reptiles 1990-2010 - emphasising DRAFT!

#spiderman suellen souza testing ways to improve assessments of megadiverse groups #FF UCL Centre for Biodiversity & Environment Research ZSL Science zsl.org/users/sergio-h…

How do we nudge people to live sustainably? Toby Park @B_I_Tweets Behavioural Insights Team talks on 29Nov. Register bit.ly/2fEc2fV

At ZSL Science I am also developing methods to use Living Planet Index data to estimate demographic parameters of vertebrate populations

.Rob Freeman #LivingPlanet index is derived from monitoring thousands of populations all over the world

.@AndyPurvisNHM in 1950s, global population only a third of what it is now; accelerating pop growth & agricultural expansion #LivingPlanet

.@AndyPurvisNHM UK is in bottom 10% of countries in terms of biodiversity intactness #LivingPlanet

Today on ZSL Science, follow #LivingPlanet for live tweets from the ZSL and WWF UK symposium exploring the threats to the natural world. x.com/ZSLScience/sta…

Karin Kuhlemann Population Matters Existing lifestyles are not sustainable for either the human population or biodiversity #LivingPlanet

Karin Kuhlemann Population Matters 4,000 people added to world population in course of this talk. Holy cow. #LivingPlanet

Hard-hitting talk by Karin Kuhlemann of Population Matters leaving audience stunned at prospect of human population growth #LivingPlanet

Just chatted with London Live about our #livingplanet symposium and the threats to global wildlife populations we're discussing ZSL Science

Turnover of traded species complex/hard to monitor -changes in fashion can have significant impacts - Ben Tapley #livingplanet Living Planet Index

Pet trade can introduce invasive species and new diseases - Ben Tapley #LivingPlanet ZSL Science

Perhaps we need #oceanoptimism to share the success stories of conservation Heather Koldewey #livingplanet Living Planet Index

Introducing climate change using the amazing XKCD timeline: xkcd.com/1732/ Stephen Cornelius #livingplanet Living Planet Index

We're calling for more investment in field-based biodiversity monitoring @iucnscience Stuart Butchart @naomiekingston @barney_long @louisemcrae x.com/Monitor_Specie…