Ban the sale of Artificial Grass: a toxic unrecyclable biodiversity desert exacerbating climate change, flooding and urban heat islands - Sign the Petition! chng.it/T9gBMHcVfs via Change.org UK

Thanks for sharing our open letter. When it comes to BNG the devil really is in the governance detail.

I don't want to sound like the causal inference police but...... It's not clear the studies show an impact of the scheme-an alternative valid interpretation is that more ecologically rich areas are included (important but not the same thing) #teamcounterfactual

Ive just heard the ConservationOptimism summit at Oxford has an online version free for people from lower income countries. Malagasy colleagues (& everyone else), do share with your networks and students)! It's going to be fabulous, informative, inspiring. summit24.wpenginepowered.com/register

Wow. That is quite a sight and good justification for a bit of ConservationOptimism!

🚨 Opportunity alert! 🚨 I'm excited to share a 2-year post-doc opportunity to conduct impactful research on benefit sharing with leading academics and practitioners. sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search… Project is funded by SNAPP and co-led with WCS RECOFTC The Nature Conservancy

What a great opportunity! If you care about conservation and can get to Oxford in September, you might be able to attend the optimism summit in person for free!! Do share widely.

Are higher agricultural yields the solution to protect tropical forests? It was not the case over the last 20 years when looking at the entire tropics. You can check our new WP with Raphael Soubeyran Mathieu Couttenier Please share your comments with us hal.inrae.fr/hal-04676632

Great job. Do share

Really Fab 'Life Scientific' with Darren Croft in which he mentions how his time as a lecturer Bangor University, and interactions with a great student-led to his amazing career studying killer whales and the menopause. bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…

Oooh my favourite seminar series is starting again!

Are you 18-25 and passionate about conservation? There are two positions available on WWF UK Impact Committee. This is a brilliant opportunity. You will learn a tonne and make a difference. wwf.org.uk/get-involved/y…

Do take a look, this is a beautifully designed and very informative resource, and much needed

10 days left to apply! Don't miss plenary talks from our ED Melissa Leach , Prof Brendan Godley Sarobidy Rakotonarivo and Barnardo Strassburg.

Lovely to host Ben Chipperfield from Monash University talking about his fascinating RCT of a 'no take zone' for freshwater fisheries in Lao (funded by Biodiversity Challenge Funds). Engaging chats about causal inference challenges. If you are Ass. GeorgescuRoegen this week you can catch his talk there. Carly Cook

We're really struggling to get someone to talk about evidence-based conservation from a Global South perspective for our session at #BES2024. If you're going to the conference and could give a talk on this topic, could you get in touch?

We are pleased to announce a new partnership with Accounting for Nature which will support our vital role in informing environmental accounting in the UK and Europe and improve the management of nature and biodiversity. Read all about it👇 bit.ly/4gaU6r6

When I heard the badger cull news a few days ago I was wondering what Rosie's take would be. Just seen this brilliant thread laying out the science and policy context with a hefty dose of wisdom and humanity. Thanks Rosie Woodroffe

Behavioural science colleagues: do you know any good studies exploring the extent to which bad news/negatively framed messages travels faster/further/gets more engagement than good news/positively framed messages. Thanks so much in advance. I am sure what I need is out there.

I have long been suspicious of the claim that Indigenous Peoples' lands support 80% of biodiversity. A new paper debunks this. IP lands are important for biodiversity - but this stat isn't substantiated. nature.com/articles/d4158…