PhD student researching unique and threatened species 🌷🌳🦞🐸 he/him @KewScience @ontheedge_org @imperialcollege @OfficialZSL @SSCP_DTP @IUCN_TreeOfLife
London, England
Joined November 2019
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New article just published revealing patterns of the world’s most Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered tetrapod species. 🐸🦚🐊🦥
1/3rd are housed within just 0.7% of the world’s land surface, with half found nowhere else.
@NatureComms
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Seb Pipins retweeted
We’re letting @keir_starmer know that we want to #EndPeatSales now📢
The longer we wait, the more precious #peatlands are destroyed for use in #horticulture📉
Let's leave peat in the ground🌱
Find out more
👉 bit.ly/4ec4a1T
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We called these 25 priority areas EDGE Zones.
They are insufficiently protected and are under high human pressure.
If these sites aren’t adequately conserved, there will be huge consequences for the Tree of Life.
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This paper has been years in the making and happens to be my first first-author paper - and the first of the PhD 😁
Thanks to: @ontheedge_org @ZSLScience @ImperialSci @rikkigumbs @NishaROwen @SSCP_DTP @Grantham_IC
More maps to come - next time, plants! 🌴🪷🌿 @KewScience
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Seb Pipins retweeted
Protecting just 0.7% of land could help save 1/3 of unique & endangered species, new research by @ImperialCollege, @ontheedge_org & @OfficialZSL finds.
The study argues big gains in conservation are possible by targeting key areas of biodiversity.
✍️ow.ly/tFL650ThkqQ
Seb Pipins retweeted
Protecting <1% of world’s land could help save 1/3 of most unique and endangered species 😲
The latest paper from @EDGEofExistence, with @Imperialcollege and @ontheedge_org found the top 25 zones where conservation can have a huge positive impact on protecting #biodiversity
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I can't imagine a better way to start this #IBC2024 than having a workshop with my friend @PipinsSeb to talk a bit about EDGE #plants
Thanks a lot to everybody in the room for coming and making this session so exciting!!
Seb Pipins retweeted
Are you interested in plant conservation and attending @ibc2024 ?
Take a look to our workshop (Sun 21/06, 12:00-13:30h):
Spatial applications of Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered (EDGE) plants 🌲🌼🗺️!!
Seb Pipins retweeted
Did you know that there are species of #lichen, #mosses & #liverworts found only in UK #rainforest?
To celebrate the success of our rainforest conservation project in SW England, we are spotlighting 5 of the spectacular species found in #BritainsRainforests!👇
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ALT Credit: Rachel Jones
Seb Pipins retweeted
We are delighted to open the call for applications for the first EDGE Protected and Conserved Area Fund!
To learn more head to our Facebook page: bit.ly/37U8dTo or for full details, eligibility criteria, and how to apply visit our website edgeofexistence.org/edge-pro…
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16 years after the first EDGE List for the world’s mammals was launched, we are excited to present our new-and-improved approach to identify the world’s most evolutionarily distinct and threatened species, published today in @PLOSBiology tinyurl.com/2p95v6z3 - thread: (1/11)
ALT The Mountain Pygmy Possum (Burramys parvus) is the new number one EDGE mammal, identified using a new approach. Image credit: ‘Australian Alps’ on Flickr. Text/graphics added.
ALT The Aye-aye, number 2 on the EDGE mammal list, is the largest nocturnal lemur and the only species in its entire family, Daubentonidae. Image credit: ZSL
ALT The top 25 EDGE mammals under the 'EDGE2' approach. Credit: Gumbs et al. 2022 - PLOS Biology
Seb Pipins retweeted
This #PLOSBiology Consensus View presents EDGE2, a protocol that draws on a decade of research and innovation to develop an improved, consistent methodology for prioritizing species #conservation efforts. @EDGEofExistence @ZSLScience @rikkigumbs plos.io/3ELcEgu
ALT The entire mammalian order Pholidota, represented by pangolins such as the Ground Pangolin pictured here (Smutsia temminckii), is at risk of extinction. All eight species of pangolin are identified as priority EDGE species in an updated approach to prioritise the world’s most evolutionarily distinct and threatened species for conservation action.
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This looks like a good time to remind people plants are also alive. Even seen a combine harvester in action? Now that is a cereal killer...
Join me at #BES2022 for a presentation on EDGE Zones - spatial priorities for conserving the Tree of Life - on Monday 19th Dec at 10.30am (Session 3, Conservation Science & Policy)
These areas harbour a huge diversity of threatened vertebrate species and unique evolutionary histories but the vast majority are under intensive human pressure - find out more on Monday! @ontheedge_org @EDGEofExistence @KewScience @SSCP_DTP @imperialcollege
Come to my talk on ‘EDGE Zones’ - spatial priorities for conserving the Tree of Life (Room E3, 12:00, Friday) @ontheedge_org @ECCB_2022 #ECCB2022_Prague 1/2
These regions are key for safeguarding threatened evolutionary history and conserving Evolutionarily Distinct and Globally Endangered species! #ECCB2022_Prague @EDGEofExistence 2/2
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The Komodo dragon, the world’s largest lizard, is now listed as #Endangered according to the latest @IUCNRedList, released at #IUCNcongress. Rising sea levels caused by #ClimateChange are a major threat bit.ly/3DKw6YL
