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What does wildlife conservation mean to you? Is it protecting people, species, biodiversity or something else? Please take my quick survey and spread the word: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons… #EarthDay

Is it ever acceptable for wildlife conservation to violate human rights? There's surprising disagreement in my survey - please share your views here: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons…

What's more important for nature conservation: biodiversity or contributions to human wellbeing? Please share your views: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons…

Should we kill introduced animals to protect native species? My survey is revealing disagreements - please add your views here: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons…

If an ecosystem is thriving, does it matter which species are part of it? Please take this quick survey about the goals of conservation: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons… #rewilding #wildlifeWednesday

What’s that? You’d like engaging, inspirational and passionate speakers? Well, we’ve got them all - and the list keeps on growing. From ecology to education, energy to environment. We’ve got it all covered. #sustfestexpo The Alban Arena 7-9 June. sustainablestalbans.org/sustfest

#Coral bleaching report from the front line at Lizard Island: "By mid-March, in water shallower than 5 metres, virtually all Acropora corals were either bleached or dead. By mid-April, the death rate of those corals was estimated at more than 80%" mailchi.mp/9a980f1c0ac6/a… 🌊🔥🪸☠️

New paper on "Advancing ocean equity at the nexus of development, climate and conservation policy" in npj Ocean Sustainability WWF Science MarSocSci SCB Social Science Working Group WWF Oceans 🌊 UBC Oceans (also found at ubcoceans.bsky.social) IUCN CEESP #oceanequity #marsocsci Read here: rdcu.be/dHS4T nature.com/articles/s4155…

“We don’t simply need more government scientific advisers … We need people who are skilled at synthesising knowledge, understanding both the scientific & political dimensions of the challenges we face.” Rebecca Nesbit for Royal Society of Biology on ↓ Geoff Mulgan tinyurl.com/3yysexpa

What does biodiversity mean when applied to garden plants? Why is it valuable? This article has important messages, but is a classic example of why the word #biodiversity needs more innerrogation. theguardian.com/science/articl…

I'm on my way to St Albans ready for my talk tomorrow. I'm looking forward to learning whether the audience will vote for honeybees or horsehair worms! #SustFestExpo

A gory predator-bite in a pollack we caught yesterday as part of the Pollack FISP. We also saw a beautiful blue shark and a huge bull seal loitering around the boat. plymouth.ac.uk/research/marin…

The audience at #sustfestexpo were divided over honeybees and hairworms, but united in choosing the West Indian Ocean coelacanth over the Italian sparrow. Sustainable St Albans

Two of our team members, Dr Alice Hall & Pete Davies, explain acoustic telemetry. This powerful technology is allowing us to track fish in the defra-funded Angling for Sustainability project, in partnership with the Natural England, Angling Trust, Southern IFCA and the PBA

Through Pollack F.I.S.P., scientists and the recreational angling sector are working together in a true partnership to improve our collective understanding of pollack. Find out more information about the project here: plymouth.ac.uk/research/marin…

Job opportunity to join our Team Applied Marine Ecosystems Research (aMER) Plymouth at University of Plymouth . We are looking for someone to support our Fish, Elasmobranch and crustacean tagging research, and our underwater video (ROV,BRUV,Pelagicam,Towed) #MPA monitoring work. hrservices.plymouth.ac.uk/tlive_webrecru…

This is what our work's all about - tagging fish, measuring fish and talking about fish. With Dr Thomas Stamp, Emma Sheehan, Hannah Rudd, Bryce Stewart et al. youtube.com/watch?v=Tp0K5a…

A beautiful start to #IMCC7 with a plenary from Judy Mann-Lang about the importance of communication: to care for the ocean, we need to care about people.

Is human wellbeing a driving motivator for wildlife conservation, or just a necessary consideration for achieving a #biodiversity goal? Conversations at #IMCC7 keep bringing me back to my recent survey, which suggests a discrepancy in views: rebeccanesbit.com/what-does-cons…

It's official, I've moved to Bluesky and will be deleting this Twitter account in a few weeks. Please join me there! I'm easy to find as my handle is as imaginative as it is on here: Rebecca Nesbit.bsky.social