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Philippa Ryan

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 13/11/2025
Indigenous Penan and Kenyah residents in Malaysian Borneo have filed a lawsuit and a complaint with Malaysia’s sustainable palm oil certifier, accusing palm oil company Urun Plantations of clearing natural forest in its concession on the Belaga River in violation of its sustainability certification.
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Cautious win for Indigenous groups in Malaysia as palm oil firm pauses forest clearing
Indigenous activists in central Sarawak state in Malaysian Borneo have declared victory, at least temporarily, after palm oil firm Urun Plantations agreed to a moratorium on clearing land in a…
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Craig Nicholson @clanicholson.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Free to read: Egypt associates to Horizon Europe www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-euro...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 30/09/2025
Malaysia is preparing to amend its Protection of New Plant Varieties Act to join the International Union for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (UPOV) by 2026. Some groups oppose any amendment to the law, arguing that it would undermine farmers’ rights & jeopardize agro-biodiversity.
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Malaysian small-scale farmers worry about rights under proposed seed law changes
This is Part 1 of a two-part series. Part 2, forthcoming, will report more on Malaysia’s seed quality bill. On an August Sunday morning, a rice mill roars in a public park in the busy Malaysian…
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Brussels Bioarchaeology Lab @brusselsbioarch.bsky.social · 18/12/2024
Great work by @rosaliehermans.bsky.social & the team on developing a dicot phytolith baseline for NW Europe to make it easier accurately interpret archaeological and palaeoecological data! @tloeffelmann.bsky.social @christophe-fire.bsky.social @caestromberg.bsky.social @amgc-vub.bsky.social 🌱🌿
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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · 08/03/2025
A study in Nature suggests that humans were living in the wet tropical forests of Africa as early as 150,000 years ago, representing the earliest known evidence for humans in this habitat type. go.nature.com/3Da89OW 🧪 🏺
This is figure 3, which shows key pollen and phytolith taxa found at Bété I.
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Carlos G. Santiago-Marrero @carlos-sm.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
🚨New paper alert🚨 Adding ‘flavour’ to past cuisines: First steps towards a phytolith reference collection of modern Mediterranean herbs🌿 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Adding ‘flavour’ to past cuisines: First steps towards a phytolith reference collection of modern Mediterranean herbs
Most aromatic herbs belong to plants within the onion subfamily (Allioideae Herb.), the mint family (Lamiaceae Martinov), the parsley family (Apiaceae…
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William Carruthers @williamcarruthers.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Genuine disaster, and genuine end-of-an-era stuff
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Phil Stevenson @philstevenson.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Pioneering forest garden in Devon at risk after landowner serves notice www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Pioneering Devon food forest garden at risk after landowner serves notice
Thousands sign petition to save ‘vital’ Dartington Estate project that teaches agroforestry methods
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David Wengrow @davidwengrow.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
Our new paper is out! In the Cambridge Archaeological Journal we present a fresh analysis of the spectacular Bronze Age cemetery at Başur Höyük and its implications for “early state formation” - open-access, #aDNA, ritual killings, teenagers, and “cosmopolitics” 🏺 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Inequality at the Dawn of the Bronze Age: The Case of Başur Höyük, a ‘Royal’ Cemetery at the Margins of the Mesopotamian World | Cambridge Archaeological Journal | Cambridge Core
Inequality at the Dawn of the Bronze Age: The Case of Başur Höyük, a ‘Royal’ Cemetery at the Margins of the Mesopotamian World
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Julia Carretero @unisepala.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social is seeking 2 new people for its Board of Trustees. Help tackle biodiversity loss & inspire a love for plants and fungi!🍄 👉 Apply now: apply-for-public-appointment.service.gov.uk/roles/8512 Know someone that fits the bill? Please share! #Defra #Kew #NewRole
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Appointment details – Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – Apply for a public appointment – GOV.UK GOV.UK
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Matthew Collins @matthewcollins.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
🏺 British Academy & heritage orgs push for archaeology in UK schools! Prof Collins: "It bridges STEM & humanities while teaching crucial skills." Heritage sector's £15.3B impact shows growing career opportunities. Proposal includes new modules & assessment frameworks 🔍📚 #Education #Heritage #UKNews
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British Academy Calls for Greater Role of Archaeology in School Curriculum
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Martin Hodson @martinjhodson.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
TOMORROW NIGHT!! #Phytoliths : Doing Carbon Capture and Storage Naturally. Dr Martin Hodson OXFORD CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE- 6.45pm-8.45pm Tuesday 10th December 2024 - Department of Pharmacology, off Mansfield Road (north end), Oxford. More details: www.rowingservice.com/cafescientif...
Phytoliths: Doing Carbon Capture and Storage Naturally. Dr Martin Hodson. OXFORD CAFE SCIENTIFIQUE
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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
XXL transport containers: Two huge #Roman wooden barrels in an outstanding state of preservation, found in Xanten. Both had a capacity of approx. 1250 l and were used to transport #wine from the Mediterranean region to the Lower Rhine. They were recycled for lining wells.1/2 📷me 🏺 #archaeology
The photograph, taken within a museum setting, depicts two remarkably well-preserved Roman barrels of substantial size.  They appear largely complete, with the exception of their upper sections.
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Michael Petraglia @mdpetraglia.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
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Two geologists buried under landslide at Lothal archaeological site, one dead
A tragic incident unfolded at the Lothal archaeological site, located in Ahmedabad’s Dholka taluka, where two geologists were buried under rubble after a landslide broke loose at one of the research s...
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Christophe Jenny @christophejenny.bsky.social · 17/11/2024
Read our latest article “Musa species in mainland Southeast Asia: From wild to domesticate” @ PLOSONE. journals.plos.org/plosone/arti... #musa #musadiversity #southeastasia #plantdomestication #conservation #biodiversity #cropwildrelatives #genomicdiversity #domestication
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Musa species in mainland Southeast Asia: From wild to domesticate
Many species are defined in the Musa section within its natural diversification area in Southeast Asia. However, their actual number remains debated as botanical characterisation, distribution and int...
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