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Aldina Franco @aldinafranco.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Great day for our second field trip to @NWT reserve Sweetbriar Marshes with the 1st year UEA students @ueaenv.bsky.social and @biouea.bsky.social. Lots of birds today, including swifts and swallows and many others. With @pauldolman.bsky.social @willnash.bsky.social @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social

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Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

In 2019, I asked him how we prioritize nature when people are facing poverty and daily crisis. He shared - "It is more economically sensible to look after the natural world, to take from it what you need, and no more." His advice still is the heart of my PhD! Happy 100th, Sir David. 🐢🏔️

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Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

A month ago: me running @ueaceec.bsky.social for #CEECRebellion2026 😅 → finding the “right” emoji 😁 → posting every 20 mins → praying there are no typos Huge thanks to @gargi93.bsky.social for cool designs 🎨 and @natbzielonka.bsky.social for the push and ideas 💡 🙏🏼 What an experience 🌿

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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

#NewPublication: We evaluated #biodiversity #co-benefits of #Gola #REDD+ initiative using a #quasi-experimental study. #Bioacoustics and DNA metabarcoding revealed that REDD+-financed #PAs were associated with additional biodiversity benefits compared to control areas. tinyurl.com/45pcasnv

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UEA CEEC @ueaceec.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

🎤 We’re excited to welcome our internal & external speakers for #CEECRebellion2026 🌿 📅 18–19 March 2026 📍 ZICER 2.03, UEA Join us, next week for two days of talks, posters, and discussion. @louisemcrae.bsky.social @thiagobacouto.bsky.social @marius-somveille.bsky.social

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UEA CEEC @ueaceec.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

Meet CEEC Rebellion Student Team 2026 🌍 from BIO & ENV. Different roles, same mission 🎯 Save the date 📅 for the CEEC rebellion happening on 18th and 19th March 2026, UEA #CEECRebellion2026 @ueaenv.bsky.social @biouea.bsky.social

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Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · 02/02/2026

Inspiring talks, humbling conversations and a shared commitment to biodiversity at #IPBES12 Looking forward for few more days to learning and new friendships. @thesenssdtp.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

"The collaboration continues. Our theme group meetings now stretch across time zones, busy schedules, and disciplinary differences. But that is also the beauty of interdisciplinary work: it stretches you, and it reminds you that meaningful research is built slowly, with patience and care."

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Bibek's reflections on ICN 2025 - ICCS

Written by Bibek Raj Shrestha, a participant in this year’s Interdisciplinary Conservation Network. Arrivals and excitement With the onset of October, I was excited to be heading to South Africa to ...

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Aldina Franco @aldinafranco.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social

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Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic

Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species to...

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Neelima Vallangi @neelima.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

NEW: For The Guardian, I spent a week in Kerala few weeks ago, for a story on a special place where a bunch indigenous and local women are cultivating and preserving rare and endemic wild plant species in one of the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots! www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

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Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants

In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants

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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

If you are a domestic student interested in working on insect migration/conservation or citizen science @monashbiol.bsky.social, please reach out ASAP. The domestic round deadline is May 31st. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.

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University of East Anglia (UEA) @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

Conservation efforts could more effectively identify bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of conditions they need to thrive, says a new UEA-led study.🐦🌦️ Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a... #UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange

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Bibek Raj Shrestha @bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

🐅💥🚗 Global Roadkill Data 🌍🐾 🔹 208,570 roadkill records 📈 🔹 54 countries 🌍 🔹 53 years of records (1971–2024) Our paper on the global dataset of wildlife-vehicle collisions is out in Scientific Data! 🔗 nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x @ueaenv.bsky.social

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Erin L. Thompson @artcrimeprof.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Great news - the Art Institute of Chicago today announced it will return this gorgeous 11/12th century sculpture of the Buddha in meditation, sheltered by the serpent king Muchalinda, to Nepal! Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.

stone sculpture of the Buddha Sheltered by the Serpent King Muchalinda

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