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Ben Jobson

@BenJobson_

Biodiversity consultant at The Biodiversity Consultancy

 Cambridge
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Joined August 2017
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Very pleased to publish this review of migratory soaring bird monitoring in one of the most globally important flyways. Through coordinated efforts, we can learn much more about some of the most remarkable birds in the world. Sandgrouse (@_OSME) @BirdLife_News #BirdLifeScience
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How can we achieve flyway-scale monitoring of soaring birds in the East African-Eurasian flyway? A new Sandgrouse (@_OSME) paper lead by @BenJobson_ (@BirdLife_News) reviews challenges and opportunities for flyway-scale coordination of migration counts: researchgate.net/publication…
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Steffen Oppel@SteffOppMay 13
Our project to save #vultures along the #flyway by working with partners in 14 countries has been shortlisted for the LIFE awards - help us win: buff.ly/GS08T3z
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⚡ Powering renewables without costing nature🌱 A new report by @IUCN & partners outlines how #wind & #solar developers can act on #biodiversity impacts through better #sourcing & #traceability. 📖 shorturl.at/oLI5h #RenewableEnergy #IUCN #RENCoalition
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🌱 @IUCN guidance helps align #wind & #solar with #biodiversity goals! 📘 Biodiversity Cumulative Impact Assessment for Renewables 🔗 Guidance: shorturl.at/vTnPV 🔗 Webinar recordings: shorturl.at/ZPAIZ #RenewablesForNature #IUCN #RENCoalition
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🔋🌱 On #WorldNatureConservationDay, IUCN’s #RENCoalition shares the technical note: Spatial Planning for Wind & Solar Developments—how to align clean energy with biodiversity goals. 👉 shorturl.at/9dZvi #NaturePositive #Renewables #EnergyTransition #IUCN #Biodiversity
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Oceana UK@OceanaUK5 Jun 2025
BREAKING 📢 The Government's own MPs and many others across parties call for a BAN on destructive bottom-trawl fishing in offshore marine protected areas🪸 This intervention from the Environmental Audit Committee shows that pressure is building 💥💥💥 theguardian.com/environment/…
UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas

UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas

Environment committee also wants to outlaw dredging and mining due to destructive effects on seabed and marine life

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📘 Opportunities for Enhancing Biodiversity at Wind and Solar Energy Developments This #WorldEnvironmentDay let’s reflect on IUCN’s Renewable For Nature (REN) Coalition publication on how #RenewableEnergy can enhance #biodiversity 🌿⚡ 🔗 shorturl.at/DyqBT
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1/4 On guard for storks in #Lebanon Over the weekend, members of our joint Anti-Poaching Unit which is a collaboration between the Committee Against Bird Slaughter (CABS) & @SpnlOrg sent three teams to monitor the stork passage through several known ‘bottleneck’ areas …
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows the shocking extent of poisoning of #raptors #eagles #vultures and #kites in #Europe: buff.ly/4bkhZKL
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Which species should we prioritise? Here with Daniel Field discussing Evolutionary Distinct Globally Endangered (EDGE) species with the help of Darwin’s famous sketch and a stuffed hoatzin and skeleton. For full video and 75 others see youtube.com/@bill_sutherland
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✅ ¡SOLUCIONES! Cómo desarrollar e implantar las energías #RenovablesResponsables es posible y como dice la canción "...no es tan difícil j**r!" 👉 Las tienes en ecoilogico.seo.org y en el informe asociado a la campaña: ecoilogico.seo.org/wp-conten…
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Interested in the big changes required for mining companies to help bend the curve of biodiversity loss? Check out our new paper on a Nature Positive Mining model in PLOS Sustainability and Transformation doi.org/10.1371/journal.pstr…
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Keep the Batumi Raptor Count flying high with your support! To continue our work in 2025, we need your support! Your generosity will help us to continue our world-class monitoring in the Batumi bottleneck. Please read our full appeal here: 👉batumiraptorcount.org/news/2…
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🚨The CMS Energy Task Force has launched a questionnaire on bird electrocution. Do you have a moment to complete it and to share within your contacts? We need your expertise to work on solutions to this top threat to migrant birds! ideas.ircenter.com/ankiety/a…
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⚠️ CAUTION! Video does not make for nice viewing. Sadly, it was not the only Whooper Swan under this stretch of wires. It was one of 18 dead! Powerlines, in certain areas, still pose deadly risks to our waterbirds. 2/3
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🌍Nature & energy must work together!🌳⚡️ At #Wingspan2024,@TrisAllinson urged a balanced approach to energy deployment while protecting birds by using the mitigation hierarchy—Avoid, Minimise, Restore, Offset, Improve🌱💡 Speech👉bit.ly/Wingspan2024-informat… ©Weyrichfoto
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Amazing evidence of dusk Peregrine attack on a Grey Plover, while the bird was flying at an altitude of 3000 metres (nearly 10,000 feet). A short thread 1/5 Paper by Michiel P. Boom et al: esajournals.onlinelibrary.wi… #ornithology #peregrine #waders #shorebirds
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🗣 New Paper hot off the press in @Trends_Ecol_Evo : Fair division for avoidance of biodiversity impacts doi.org/10.1016/j.tree.2024.… @EJMilnerGulland @wildbusiness @OxfordBiology @ICCS_updates
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August 2024 update of the WDPA and WD-OECM: 🌍 WDPA: is 304,744 (302,934 #ProtectedAreas), covering 244 countries & territories. WD-OECM: is 6,485 (6,464 OECMs), covering 15 countries & territories. Find out more on the Protected Planet website: ⤵️ eu1.hubs.ly/H0bBLz40
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¡TENEMOS NUEVO PARQUE NACIONAL! 📢🤩 El único exclusivamente marino, que comprende 24.000 hectáreas al sur de El Hierro, en Canarias.🌊 Es un enclave de extraordinaria #biodiversidad y un ejemplo de conservación marina.🐠🪼 ℹ️ seo.org/nuevo-parque-naciona… #parquenacional #canarias
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Come and join BirdLife's Global Science Division: we're looking for a Flyways Science Officer to support our work on migratory species. birdlifeinternational.teamta…
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