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

💡 New papers alert! 💡 Professor at CMEC Neil David Burgess is co-author on three new papers: 🎢This paper is about impacts of infrastructure development in Africa titled 'Towards more sustainable and inclusive #DevelopmentCorridors in Africa'. Link: tinyurl.com/4rukky7w

Agricultural productivity in the sloped areas of certain #EAMs, such as the Amani Nature Forest Reserve, has historically been low due to nutrient depletion, water runoff, and soil erosion, severely impacting farming for nearby communities. Consequently, maize yields were limited

🌍The UKRI GCRF TRADE Hub project ended this week after 4 years of impactful collaboration with 230+ researchers, 112 peer-reviewed articles, 79 policy documents, 9 briefs & 22 reports. You can explore it's key resources we produced here:shorturl.at/k5anU #TradeForTomorrow

UNEP-WCMC recently attended the #GeoForGood Summit in 🇮🇪 , hosted by Google.🌐 🌳 Our Chief Scientist Neil David Burgess presented on how we leverage Google’s geospatial solutions across our tools & datasets to deliver global #conservation #action. 🔗eu1.hubs.ly/H0cZQ9V0

"Governments must work hand in hand with citizens to halt and reverse global biodiversity loss." Finn Danielsen New study highlights how citizens can contribute towards 51% of data to track progress on global biodiversity goals. #COP15 #GBF nature.com/articles/s4189… UN Biodiversity

🚨New study🚨 A study conducted by UNEP-WCMC, NORDECO (Nordic Agency for Development & Ecology), @undp and Indigenous research centres, highlights how citizens can contribute towards 5️⃣1️⃣% of data to track progress on global biodiversity goals. 🔗eu1.hubs.ly/H0d67wS0 UN Biodiversity #COP15Colombia #GBF

New updates Now LIVE 📣 UNEP-WCMC, Global Canopy and UNEP Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) are pleased to launch improvements to the ENCORE tool! The new updates offer valuable insights for organisations to assess their exposure to nature-related risks! eu1.hubs.ly/H0d6j5X0

📢 In the lead up to #TradeDay at #COP16Colombia on 26 October, a Hub Session hosted by UN Trade and Development in partnership with SEI Research & JNCC, is taking place tomorrow: 📍 Place Quebec (Blue Zone) 📆 24 October 2024 🕒 15:10 COL 🧵...

It's here! more4nature's new website is up and running! Visit more4nature.eu to explore our tools, guides, and how we're enhancing environmental compliance through citizen science. A knowledge hub for communities, authorities, and agencies working to protect nature!🌱

📊Ahead of the first ever Trade day at #COP16, our colleague Jonathan Green, senior research fellow at SEI Research, presented at a Hub session hosted by UN Trade and Development to discuss the role of trade data & indicators, including the GEIC indicator, in supporting #biodiversity and the GBF.

So humbled to be a co-author on this new paper w/ colleagues UNEP-WCMC & other partners on how #communityengagement can contribute to #monitoring progress of the UN Biodiversity #KMGBF, including around #spatial targets & indicators 🛰️🗺️🛰️

📢 From amplifying the voices of smallholder farmers to influencing policy, the TRADE Hub has had a huge range of positive impacts. Read about them in our new impact report! Report 👉 tinyurl.com/mr37f79u Blog 👉 tinyurl.com/mvj3de2c

💡New paper alert!💡 The paper out in Annual Reviews seeks to show end users how biodiversity metrics differ and for what purpose they are best suited. The paper is led by CMEC Prof. Neil David Burgess and can be read here👇 tinyurl.com/snc6j8kn

I was involved in a fascinating workshop hosted by Bill Sutherland @cambridge_uccri with AI experts & conservation scientists horizon scanning the potential for AI to revolutionize conservation (both positively & negatively). Paper is our today. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

How can #AI benefit #biodiversity? Using horizon scanning, conservation scientists, incl. Finn Danielsen, & AI experts identified 21 ideas. Important to better connect AI with ecological & social realities of conservation actions on-the-ground. New paper! sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Will AI Revolutionize Conservation? 🤖 🌍 A horizon scan Trends in Ecology & Evolution doi.org/10.1016/j.tree…

In 2024, scientists at UNEP-WCMC produced the first-ever comprehensive report on the 'State of the World's Migratory Species' for Convention on Migratory Species (CMS), revealing alarming new data on their state and the need for robust actions to save the species. Full report: unep-wcmc.org/en/news/landma…

In 2024, we concluded the UKRI GCRF TRADE Hub, a 5-year multidisciplinary research project with major global impacts. Here are snippets of the project's real-world impacts: unep-wcmc.org/en/news/major-… Access the full impact report here: impact-report.tradehub.earth/en

📢Publication alert! LIFE: A metric for mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the The Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Authors include Alison Eyres and Prof Andrew Balmford doi.org/10.1098/rstb.2…