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Great new paper from Alyona Kashkina from ACBK and colleagues, on the (relatively positive) view that people across Kazakhstan have of wolves, and their suggestions towards coexistence besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.100… People and Nature

How do businesses estimate their 'biodiversity footprints'? New research with TBC: life cycle assessments come with assumptions & uncertainties, and need to be used with scientific best practice & direct monitoring for effective strategies 👇 bit.ly/4bwn0zT

🚨 Planning and Infrastructure Bill: Pause Part III 🚨 It risks harming nature, slowing developers, and hiking costs. Right now, it’s a ‘lose, lose’ for the economy and the environment. It needs consultation, assessment, and piloting to secure a ‘win, win’ for all. Watch why!

As MPs debate the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, CPRE The countryside charity joins with RSPB, The Wildlife Trusts, Wildlife and Countryside Link and many more to tell the government to stop blaming our wildlife for the housing affordability crisis or the flatlining economy... theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

Register here for our next CASCADE webinar, on big questions in ocean governance - it'll be fascinating! cascade.ac.uk/cascade-webina…

Two fully-funded PhD scholarships Bangor University in conservation social science. Deadline 5th May. If you have conservation scientists, geographers, economists, sociologists in your network do share. Details in thread below (1/?) bangor.ac.uk/conservation-a…

Super PhD opportunity with funding for either a UK or an overseas student, on the impact of governance and management structures on #conservation and community outcomes in #Cameroon. There must be some amazing applicants out there, please spread the word! kent.ac.uk/durrell-instit…

⏸️ Pausing Part III of the Planning and Infrastructure Bill isn’t obstructionism—it’s a plea for due process. 👇 Read more in the op-ed written by @ejmilnergulland, @natduffus, @alexaculver and Sophus zu Ermgassen. zerohour.uk/planningbillpa…

Craig Bennett The Wildlife Trusts Ellie Chowns Carla Denyer Sian Berry Adrian Ramsay MP Jenny Jones Natalie Bennett Zack Polanski Caroline Russell Zoë Garbett ⏸️ Alexa Culver—alongside Zero Hour—calls on the Government to pause Part III of the Planning Bill and allow for proper consultation, impact assessments and pilots. 🏆 We must ensure this Government Bill is a true ‘win, win’ for nature and the economy.

Craig Bennett The Wildlife Trusts Ellie Chowns Carla Denyer Sian Berry Adrian Ramsay MP Jenny Jones Natalie Bennett Zack Polanski Caroline Russell Zoë Garbett EJ Milner-Gulland Sophus zu Ermgassen Nat Duffus 🌍 Nature must be at the heart of decision-making. 🌱The UK is committed to the Global Biodiversity Framework—the roadmap to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. 🌹 If Labour’s serious, it should lock these targets in law, as proposed in the #CANBill. zerohour.uk/planningbillpa…

This is a useful compilation of social science resources for conservation researchers and practitioners, and an analysis of where gaps remain - take a look! Led by Diane Detoeuf, Emiel de Lange, Harriet Ibbett with many others conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdfdirect/… SCB

📢 EJ Milner-Gulland: MPs must pause Part III of the Planning Bill—consult widely—and align it with the spirit and substance of the Environment Act and #CANBill. Housing’s urgent—but it doesn’t need to happen at #nature’s expense. Nature isn’t a “nice to have”. It’s all we have.

"The government’s proposals lack the safeguards necessary to preserve key ecosystems, including chalk streams and woodlands, warns EJ Milner-Gulland" New opinion from E.J. in Guardian Environment 👇 theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

"Ministers promised a win-win for nature and development, but without amendments - this is a loss for both." BES member Prof EJ Milner-Gulland explains how part 3 of the UK governments planning and infrastructure bill threatens both nature and delivery. f.mtr.cool/hbpdgsqnpe

📢I am very excited to finally share what feels like the most important paper of my career so far - the world's first randomized controlled trial of #marine #conservation incentives - out now in Science Magazine's Science Advances: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

⚡️ BREAKING ⚡️ Leading economists and ecologists say Part III of the Planning Bill must be changed because it creates a “licence to kill nature”. We agree: MPs must ignore the false rhetoric about nature being a block to growth—and #PausePartIII. theguardian.com/politics/2025/…

This is a great piece of work and one that we WCS will be using. Science into action. Thanks Hollie and EJ Milner-Gulland Paul J. Ferraro Thomas Pienkowski Oxford Biology University of Oxford ICCS

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🦜#CawForTheMacaw TCS London Marathon tomorrow!!! Could have done without yet more costume modification this evening to avoid garrotting with every step, but sure I’ll fly along now! And🤞BBC Sport will catch me en route! Guinness World Records WWF UK BirdLife International #WorldRecord #NaturePositive

Conservationists died in line of duty in Mozambique. Our condolences to Niassa Carnivore Project and the families of Domingos Daude & Fernando Paolo, NCP Scouts killed in an insurgent attack on 29 April. Another NCP scout was severely injured and two more are missing. @