We're hiring! 📢 We're looking for a Individual Philanthropy Communications Manager who will use their storytelling skills to inspire and engage donors. 🌎 Read more & apply👉 bit.ly/4gg8cHN

People sharing photographs of themselves close to wildlife, such as primates, is a popular way to capture, share, and validate travel experiences. However, no matter how well-intentioned, the context of the photos can get easily lost on social media. 🧵

#BREAKING The Railway Protection Force seized 220 #turtles from the Kamatham Express and detained three smugglers bound for West Bengal, India. Read more at livehindustan.com/bihar/bhagalpu…

On Sept 16, FLIGHT supported the South Sumatra BKSDA to rescue hundreds of songbirds from the illegal wildlife trade in Palembang, South Sumatra. The birds were to be smuggled from Jambi to Pringsewu, Lampung.

One week to go! Join us at 6pm on 24th September to hear from brilliant speakers about what is needed to protect charismatic big cat species such as #cheetah, #tigers and #jaguars 🐯 Book your free ticket👇 eventbrite.co.uk/e/internationa…

📢 We're looking for new trustees! IIED is recruiting 3 trustees: two young trustees aged 21-35 and one general trustee of any age category, commencing Jan 2025. These are unpaid positions for an initial three-year term. Find out more & apply 👇 iied.org/wanted-young-g…

Over 300 environmental & animal protection groups, incl. IFAW, urge EU Member States to uphold strong protections for #wolves. 🐺 Wolves are vital to ecosystems. Decisions must be based on science, not fear or politics. Read more: ifaw.org/international/… #SaveTheWolf

📢 PhD Connect 2024: book your spot 📅21-22 Nov📍Horizon Leeds🎫bit.ly/4d3uOsE #AI & #DataScience PhD students: join us to share research, develop skills & connect with peers. Plus, submit your poster by 28 Oct for a chance to win a free ticket to #AIUK 2025!

This morning, the majority of EU Member States agreed to downgrade #wolf protection, ignoring the voice of over 300 civil society organisations. Political games won over science and wildlife conservation. The proposal will be formally adopted by the Council next week.

Thanks to Schmidt Science Fellows, I'm pivoting to computer science for my postdoc, working w Milind Tambe (moving @milindtambe-ai.bsky.social), Anil Madhavapeddy & @FletcherEcology at Harvard SEAS & Cambridge Computer Science & in partnership w wendy carballo silva to analyse SMART Partnership data from multiple African parks to improve patrols. 📷Marco Carmignan 1/2

Join us for an insightful webinar, 'New Frontiers in the Fight Against Environmental and Wildlife Crimes', where experts will discuss the latest trends, technologies, and policies shaping the battle against environmental exploitation & #WildlifeTrafficking Hosted by Global Initiative

Interested in becoming a postdoctoral fellow at the Harvard University Center for Research on Computation & Society Harvard CRCS? Now soliciting applications for Academic year 2025-26. Deadline: Dec 2 crcs.seas.harvard.edu/apply

Four #Siamang_Gibbon_monkeys and 52 green #iguanas were seized from a Malaysian passenger arriving from Kuala Lumpur at Chennai Airport, India. Read more at newindianexpress.com/states/tamil-n…

EAGLE Togo - 2 traffickers arrested with 3 elephant tusks, 41 ivory statues, and 13 hippo teeth in Lome. The main trafficker has been using complicity and corruption to secure his impunity till now. Interrogation revealed his involvement with counterfeiting money.

New 🇨🇦#EnviCrime Initiative – We’re looking for researchers, policy advocates and practitioners who are interested in building a *#Canadian environmental crime research network*. Illegal wildlife trade, poaching, forestry crime, pollution / waste dumping, illicit mining ... /2

Nouvelle initiative 🇨🇦contre le #CrimeEnviro - Nous sommes à la recherche des chercheurs, les intervenants dans les ONG et les praticiens intéressés par la création d'un Réseau canadien de recherche sur la criminalité environnementale. ...2/

Remember baby Mini? She is now free!  The monkey at the heart of an online global torture ring has been released back into wild, after 2 years of rehabilitation by Jakarta Animal Aid. Watch and hope it makes your day: m.youtube.com/watch?si=A5ul2…

Wildlife Week begins in Cape Town: For the first time, United for Wildlife, UN Office on Drugs & Crime’s WIRE Forum, & INTERPOL's Wildlife Crime Working Group convene in one location, consolidating resources, expertise & ideas to generate greater impact to #EndWildlifeCrime shorturl.at/USaWN

Come be our colleague at Columbia University IEOR! Alongside these fantastic applications that Adam mentions, the methodological umbrella of IE & OR spans machine learning, optimization, applied math, and data-driven decisions. apply.interfolio.com/157379