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'Stronger monitoring of the legally complex trade in donkey skins may have benefits for #WildlifeConservation .' Ewan Macdonald (Saïd Business School) comments on his new research, which reveals novel links between the #Donkey skin and wildlife trades. sbs.ox.ac.uk/news/research-…

Research published in Conservation Science and Practice reveals the novel links b/t the global trade in donkey skins + #wildlifetrade. It suggests that these trades operate in parallel, creating new avenues and transportation pathways for wildlife trade. Oxford Saïd Insights phys.org/news/2022-05-s…

Great to see our research mentioned in Guardian Environment

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Call for papers to our SI on 'Human-Bat Interactions and Sustainable Conservation' 🦇🦇. If you work at the human-bat interface, we would be thrilled to hear from you! mdpi.com/si/122049 #mdpisustainability via Sustainability

I am excited to share our Biodiversity Network At The University of Oxford guidelines on how to manage urban grasslands and verges to improve biodiversity. It's a contentious topic but I hope that we have provided enough context to suit a range of circumstances🧵 Wild Oxfordshire Oxfordshire County Council Oxford University Museum of Natural History

From #Darwin’s Oak to revered #baobabs, ‘trees are living archives recording the past of our planet & our own personal histories'. A great article by Ewan Macdonald & Helen Parish explores peoples’ responses to #tree felling & conservation in general. bit.ly/3GsGmY6

Research by WildCRU & Saïd Business School highlights how the #donkey #skin #trade, is linked to unsustainable wildlife & timber trades. This work has informed a new continent-wide ban by the African Union on the trade in donkey skins. See bit.ly/3Ti6V8B & bit.ly/3PkPDpV

🦇 During the COVID-19 pandemic, emotions towards bats in Germany were not as negative as expected. Our latest manuscript explores the need for a nuanced understanding of emotions towards bats, urging reflection on a generally assumed negativity bias: tinyurl.com/6jx34byw

Protected Areas are crucial for #wildlife conservation, but their location is often influenced by human expediency rather than biodiversity benefit. A new paper led by Ewan Macdonald explores this in the context of Sunda #cloudedleopard conservation. See: go.nature.com/475FOUz