Research Leader @RBGKew, agrobiodiversity, conservation genetics and food security. Interested in conservation vs agricultural trade offs. Ethiopia + Madagascar
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“No one will protect what they don’t care about; and no one will care about what they have never experienced”. David Attenborough
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I am very happy to share that the Missouri Botanical Garden has received funding to digitize their entire herbarium! This work - made possible by an anonymous $14.4 million grant - will image and transcribe all 8 million specimens in the MO herbarium.
@mobotgarden
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Great talk by @SophieJago18 with @James_Borrell on Major trade-offs between conservation and wellbeing outcomes across Ethiopia’s protected area network. Worryingly protected areas have a negative impact on local food security. @KewScience
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We will start a botanical exploration to study the heather plants diversity in Mount Kemiri in December 2024!
The expedition is supported by the Scientific Exploration Society @SES_explore @SES_Revealed
#SESexplore #discover #research #conserve #judithheathexplorer2022
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Part of the RBG Kew @KewScience delegation is already at #COP16 @UNBiodiversity in Cali
Find us at the UK Biodiversity Alliance booth to hear more about our mission to protect plants 🌿 and fungi 🍄(and if you find me you'll hear a lot about genetic diversity too!)
Dr James Borrell retweeted
Today China Williams and I will talk about our work at @kewgardens @KewScience from 13:30 to 15:00 at the Brazil pavilion @UNBiodiversity #COP16 #COP16Colombia see you there!
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Come work with me to identify factors linked to successful conservation outcomes for protected areas. The idea is to use state of the art qualitative impact evaluation methods #teamcounterfactual. Please share far and wide @idoimpact @SCB_SSWG
2-year grant funded postdoctoral researcher position in Conservation Science open now with @eklund_jo, funded by @KoneenSaatio! Apply by 17 October 2024, star in November 2024 or as agreed.
Apply here: jobs.helsinki.fi/job/Helsink…
@helsinkiuni @KumpulaScience
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New paper out in @plantspplplant about the distribution and management of coffee now and in past times in SW Ethiopian forests. Based on many interviews and long walks across forests - all done by Dinkissa Beche as part of his now finished PhD-thesis!
doi.org/10.1002/ppp3.10580
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As we face challenges to food security, climate resilience, and a sustainable future, 49 scientists including NYBG's Dr. @MauricioDiazgra have come together to pool their solutions in a new publication out now in the journal @naturesustainab. brnw.ch/21wN6KW
Dr James Borrell retweeted
.@ScienceMagazine published a letter about #Amboseli #elephant trophy hunting, which completely ignored Tanzanian realities. Shockingly, Science rejected multiple responses from Tz authors: the local MP has published his now as a press release, but appalling this wasn't published
Dr James Borrell retweeted
BES + Natural England Policy Fellowship now open for applications!
Are you a post-doc or PhD student and a member of the BES looking to gain experience working with policy?
If so apply here for our new fellowship opportunity by 21st of October (1/3): britishecologicalsociety.org…
Dr James Borrell retweeted
Amazing to see this map of all movements by reintroduced English White-tailed Eagles identifying landscape-scale habitat selection.
A real honour to speak about our satellite tracking of English White-tailed Eagles at this week’s @wteconference in Croatia. Great to meet so many dedicated WTE researchers and conservationists from 25 countries. Thanks to Tibor & @MikuskaAlma for a brilliant event.
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Adapting wild biodiversity conservation approaches to conserve agrobiodiversity. Our new paper in @naturesustainab by @SophieJago18 @James_Borrell & others @KewScience Conserving agrobiodiversity supports conservation, food security & climate resilience.nature.com/articles/s41893-0…
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Thrilled to share our new perspective in @naturesustainab! 🌱
We explore how wild biodiversity tools can be adapted to conserve #agrobiodiversity—key for food security & climate resilience🌾🌍
Thanks to a great team of 49 co-authors!🙏
Full text ➡️ rdcu.be/dUrut
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Latest from @SophieJago18 and @James_Borrell @KewScience in @Trends_Ecol_Evo
"Agrobiodiversity conservation enables sustainable and equitable land sparing" cell.com/trends/ecology-evol…
New paper, and our contribution to the Land Sparing and Land Sharing discussion:
Agrobiodiversity conservation enables sustainable and equitable land sparing cell.com/trends/ecology-evol…
We’re sorry to lose you, but so pleased that you are going on to great things!
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Awesome paper - nature.com/articles/s41467-0…
Trigger happy apomict splitters causing problems again... 'in comparing hotspot regions, the British Isles (850 native species and 368 endemic species) and Iceland (334 native species and 261 endemic species) stand out as anomalies...'
