Brett Wilson
@botanistbrett
Conservationist and scientist currently working at UNEP-WCMC, part of Cambridge Conservation Initiative, and Co-Chair of IUCN Wild Tulip Specialist Group🌷👨🔬
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https://tulipconservation.wordpress.com/ 11-02-2010 20:08:30
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We have a little article out in the beautiful Current Conservation magazine: currentconservation.org/wild-tulips-fi… It summarises our project team's (Cam Botanic Garden Fauna & Flora InSearchOfWildTulips) work on tulips over the past four to five years. Please give it a read!
Well deserved 🌷 🌱 Congrats Samuel Brockington! Can’t wait to see what you and the garden get up to in the future 😊
Keep the Kew Herbarium at Kew - Sign the Petition! chng.it/S9MzGMzD via Change.org UK
Great to see the incredible work of BGCI's GlobalTreeAssessment team being highlighted at Kew Science #SOTWPF #TreeConservation #GlobalConservationNetwork
Great to spend the morning on BBC Radio 5 Live with Nicky Campbell talking about my and Sam Harris piece with Jake Daniels for BBC Sport. A texter asked the usual ‘why does it matter, who cares who you sleep with?’ question. I hear that a lot. I hope my answer did it justice.
The UK is back in the Horizon family. A win-win for global scientific progress. Starting from 1 January 2024, UK researchers will be able to participate in Horizon Europe🇪🇺, the EU’s research and innovation programme. More info ↓
NEW open access publication in Science Magazine today: "The global distribution of plants used by humans" 🌴 🗺️ 35,687 utilized species mapped using more than 11 MILLION georeferenced occurrence records! 🤯 dx.doi.org/10.1126/scienc…
Thousands of volunteer experts from nearly every country have helped the IUCN Species Survival Commission Network achieve a Guinness World Records title. 🌎💚 We, the Wild Tulip Specialist Group, are just a small part of this family. Learn more about the SSCs work: bit.ly/SSC-GWR #WeAreSSC #GuinnessWorldRecords