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Natalie Ban

@marinecons.bsky.social
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Professor at the University of Victoria (Canada), marine conservation, ethnoecology, conservation planning. Love being outside... hiking, kayaking, skiing.

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Laura Pereira @laurap18.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
New Paper ❗️ 🪸Reimagining #CoralReef futures Where we develop aspirational visions for coral reefs towards a #SafeAndJust space 👇🏽 doi.org/10.1038/s44183-025-00179-6 With @joachimclaudet.bsky.social @jessicablythe.bsky.social @vbrn.bsky.social et al @sthlmresilience.bsky.social
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Reimagining coral reef futures - npj Ocean Sustainability
npj Ocean Sustainability - Reimagining coral reef futures
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
I'm honored to be part of this amazing effort with an awesome group of people
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 27/12/2025
Oh no, such sad news. I'll miss her.
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Earthling @ziyatong.bsky.social · 08/11/2025
Enjoy another honest government ad from @thejuicemedia.com 🎯 youtu.be/Lt6Hmp9ndkI?...
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Honest Government Ad | Ksi Lisims & PRGT Pipeline
YouTube video by thejuicemedia
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 04/05/2025
Dinner with an eagle, Shearwater, BC
Picture of one person sitting on the patio of  pub by the ocean on a sunny evening, with a bald eagle sitting on the  deck railing about 1.5 meters away, looking at the food
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the Juice Media @thejuicemedia.com · 30/03/2025
The Canadien Government has made an ad for the coming election, and it’s surprisingly honest and informative! #Canada2025
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Honest Government Ad | Canada Election 2025 🍁
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
It's herring season here in British Columbia #oceanoptimism, so here is a herring for #Sundayfishsketch
Black ink, pencil, and water color pencil sketch of a single Pacific herring. Side view, with the head on the left side.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Science friends! Many of you, alarmed by grant funding cuts that make expensive field ecology research difficult or impossible, have been thinking about what to do instead. Great idea. Some of you have been saying "I'll just do some social science surveys," without learning how. Bad idea! 🧵🧪
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Aerin Jacob, PhD @aerinj.bsky.social · 15/03/2025
Hey Canada, we should all listen to this interview. @petermacleod.bsky.social describes what a 🇨🇦 Civil Defense Corps could look like (starts @ 10m in). It includes preventing mis/disinfo, disaster response, & each of us contributing skills. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/e...
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Let's build a Civil Defence Corps!
Podcast Episode · Elbows Up · 2025-03-11 · 42m
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Susan Arthurs @sarthurs.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
In his Substack, Cole highlights how PP & the Cons. are "courting Maga". open.substack.com/pub/colenotc...
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Canada's MAGA Takeover: The Conservative Shift We Can't Ignore
Canadians need to wake up—our country is being taken over by a version of MAGA, not in the U.S., but right here in our conservative governments.
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Dr Margaux Steyaert 🪸 @margauxsteyaert.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
📣 Looking for marine science and research accounts to follow on BlueSky? 🌊 Check out this list of marine starter packs below ⬇️ Feel free to suggest any I might have missed out!
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Today, a broad coalition of scientific professional societies who represent over 92,000 scientists are speaking out against the politicization and demonization of Federally funded science and government scientist jobs. It was an honor to help the Union of Concerned Scientists with this! 🧪🌎
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48 Scientific Societies Representing Almost 100,000 Scientists Ask Congress to Protect the Future of Science
48 scientific societies representing almost 100,000 scientists signed on to a letter asking Congress to protect the future of science
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
Will this be recorded? It's a bit early in my time zone!
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 20/02/2025
What is perhaps most depressing about watching the orange turnip grab power is that so many American approve. www.cnn.com/2025/02/20/p...
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CNN Poll: Americans worried by Trump’s push to expand power | CNN Politics
At the one-month mark of Donald Trump’s second term as president, his approval rating in a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS tilts negative but still lands above the level he reached at any point in his ...
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Watching in agony as our southern neighbour is self-destructing.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
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Are the Trump team’s actions affecting your research? How to contact Nature
Use this form to share information with Nature’s news team, or to make suggestions for future coverage.
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Happy international day of women and girls in science! Here are two starter packs of women in ocean science for you to follow 🦑🧪 go.bsky.app/4wMsfX4
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
I'd love to be added. Here are a couple of my monitoring related papers: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... www.facetsjournal.com/doi/full/10..... Thanks!!!
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Indigenous food harvesting as social–ecological monitoring: A case study with the Gitga'at First Nation
A free Plain Language Summary can be found within the Supporting Information of this article.
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
I'd love to be added. Thanks :)
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David Lowry @davidlowry.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
www.science.org/content/blog...
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What's Happening Inside the NIH and NSF
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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
New publication in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social Given the political momentum for greater nature protection and restoration articulated in the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework, we assessed the state-of-the-art of Systematic Conservation Planning. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...
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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Just published in TREE! Advances in systematic #ConservationPlanning to meet global #biodiversity goals. 💡New tools improve resource allocation & decision-making, but trust-building is key for adoption. Future SCP must address trade-offs & uncertainties. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo... 🌍🌐🧪 #MarinePlan
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Advances in systematic conservation planning to meet global biodiversity goals
Systematic conservation planning (SCP) involves the cost-effective placement and application of management actions to achieve biodiversity conservation objectives. Given the political momentum for gre...
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Nathan Bennett @nathanjbennett.bsky.social · 02/01/2025
What are the social impacts of large-scale marine protected areas? We reviewed the evidence in this paper. Better management of the social impacts of marine protected areas can lead to more equitable & effective outcomes. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Human well-being outcomes of large-scale marine protected areas
Large-scale marine protected areas (LSMPAs, >100,000 km2) account for over half of the global ocean under protection, yet little is known about their …
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Colin Simpfendorfer @sharkcolin.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Fascinating new paper out in @nature.com on the importance of Small Scale Fisheries. Lots of great information on catch, nutrition, livelihoods, etc. The #sharkscience factoid I found was that only 0.2% of the SSF catch is sharks, rays or chimaerans. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Illuminating the multidimensional contributions of small-scale fisheries - Nature
A study aimed at revealing the role of small-scale fisheries in sustainable development shows they provide at least 40% of the global fishing catch and affect the livelihoods of 1 in 12 people in the ...
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R Newman @rnewmannd.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Governance of Indigenous data in open earth systems science - Nature Communications
Using the National Ecological Observatory Network (NEON) as an example, this perspective discusses actions that recognize the sovereign rights of Indigenous Peoples and support better research across ...
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Awesome list. Could you add me? I work on marine fisheries and conservation. Thanks!
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
RESEARCH: Making the case for #genderinclusive #fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation. By Ayodele Oloko, Louise Teh, Philippe Le Billon, William Cheung Sarah Harper & Rashid Sumaila @ubccoru.bsky.social @solvingfcb.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1... #OpenAccess
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Making the case for gender-inclusive fisheries governance, policies and climate adaptation - Discover Oceans
Gender equality has been a key consideration for policymakers and natural resource managers in assessing climate risk and developing effective adaptation strategies. However, the interests and concern...
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Josh Cinner @joshuacinner.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Hey Folks, I was a bit of a late adopter here, but have finally jumped the Twitter ship and am now blue skying. I look forward to reconnecting with old peeps and connecting with lots of new ones.
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Zoe Doubleday @zoedoubleday.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Brand new review paper that sums up the thing I do. In short, there is a whole lot of overlooked chemical data ready and waiting inside aquatic taxa that can be used to monitor the environment and support species and ecosystem health. aslopubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Stylized tree of life diagram that demonstrates the range of useful chemical data that can be extracted from 19 classes of organisms.
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
My most cited paper has a simple message: we have to think about people too in conservation planning esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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A social–ecological approach to conservation planning: embedding social considerations
Many conservation plans remain unimplemented, in part because of insufficient consideration of the social processes that influence conservation decisions. Complementing social considerations with an ...
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Seems about right 🤣
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Thanks for setting this up and including me!
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Mark Andrachuk he/him @markandrachuk.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
I haven't seen a conservation social sciences starter pack so I decided to make one #ConSocSci #MarSocSci I am sure that I have missed people... please help me identify more people to add and let me know if you'd like me to add you! go.bsky.app/AdXdpZd
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
Quick sketch of a western pirate perch #sundayfishsketch
Pen and water color pencil sketch of a western pirate perch
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Could you add me as a contributor? Just getting active on Bluesky, and will be posting about my environmental social science research. Thanks! www.uvic.ca/socialscienc...
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Natalie Ban - Professor & President's Chair - School of Environmental Studies at UVic - Environmental Studies - University of Victoria
Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.
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Martin Jung @martinjung.eu · 24/11/2024
Because of popular demand we have now a number II Conservation Science starter pack since the first one is full since a while 🙃. If you are not yet on the first one, pass me message. I preferentially add folks with clear conservation research focus in profile and skeets. go.bsky.app/9RdjmCX
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
Love these! Thanjs for putting them together. Could I get added to the ocean women starter pack?
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James A Campbell @rtbecard.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Starter pack for fish sci & fisheries go.bsky.app/EeZv5UT
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I'd love to be added! Marine conservation scientist here. Thanks for all the work in pulling together the starter packs!
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
I'd love to be added! Thanks for the great starter pack!
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UBC Oceans @ubcoceans.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
go.bsky.app/QPepXsG
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Thanks for the inspiration. Here's a blue rockfish 🐟 🦑
Sketch of a blue rockfish in black pen outline with water color
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Would love to be added. Marine conservation researcher here!
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
Using #sundayfishsketch as motivation to do some sketching 🐙 🐟 🐠. Here is a blue rockfish
Black pen outline and blue water color hue of a blue rockfish
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
Love Skipper Otto! Here is a referral link: 042OVI9N
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Wow you're fast! Thank you :)
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Rockfish sketch because why not?
Sketch of a rockfish in black pen on white background
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Natalie Ban @marinecons.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
I'd love to be included! Thanks so much for organizing these starter packs. It's a great way to find and follow great people quickly.
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