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Nat Duffus

@natduffus.bsky.social
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Ecological economist - interested in nature markets, biodiversity net gain, carabids, raptors, queer science neurodivergent, she/they 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

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Robin Hayward 🌳 🏳️‍⚧️ @canopyrobin.com · 25/09/2026
We're publishing new guidance to support trans people who do fieldwork (any work outside the office)! Now we need your help to get them seen so please share! inclusivefieldwork.leeds.ac.uk/trans/
a cartoon of three fieldworkers. One has a small trans flag. The logos of the university of leeds, research england, and canopy robin are shown, as well as the URL: InclusiveFieldwork (dot) Leeds (dot) AC (dot) UK (slash) trans
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Dr Dean Burnett @drdeanburnett.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
FFS, @Guardian. Max Pemberton is NOT an expert in #ADHD, he's a psychiatrist specialiseing in older patients, with a bizarre agenda against #Neurodivergence, a regular column in the Daily Mail, and a dangerous TV show to promote Remember when you had actual experts regularly writing for you?
Screenshot of a Guardian post showing Dr Max Pemberton, alongside The Guardian logo. Text reads: Rising number of people seeking ADHD diagnosis without treatment, say experts.
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Wildlife on bank notes: the Bank of England’s shortlist is out… Good to see White-tailed eagles on there - perhaps if enough of us vote for them, grouse moor owners will stop killing them? 🤔 @raptorpersuk.bsky.social @rspb.bsky.social www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
The first white-tailed eagle to fledge in Dorset for more than 240 years has gone missing on the North York Moors “The disappearance is being treated as suspicious” “Birds of prey regularly go missing in areas associated with game shooting” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Rare white-tailed eagle disappearance investigated by police
The satellite-tagged bird, part of a breeding programme, lost contact in the North York Moors.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Eagles poisoned. Hen Harriers shot. Buzzards beaten to death. Birds of prey have been legally protected for over 60 years, but the law is still failing them. Our new report reveals 921 confirmed persecution incidents across the UK between 2015–2024. Read more: brnw.ch/21x2Rir
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
🚨 The collapse of our natural world is a direct threat to the UK’s national security. 🌍 The Nature + National Security Bill is a new, urgent, science-led response to this emergency. 📣 Ask your MP to choose the #NNSBill in the private members’ bill ballot. Head to 👉 zerohour.uk/write
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
Many talk about ecological complexity, but is the concept useful in practice? Our new paper shows complexity is measurable in the field & can be restored But it isn’t reducible to simple indicators - we must measure multiple ecosystem properties besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Drivers of complexity in ecosystem restoration
This study shows that ecological complexity is empirically measurable, and its development in restoration can be influenced by key variables, which have mechanistic underpinnings. The foundational ro...
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Biological Recording Company @biologicalrecording.co.uk · 12/05/2026
Can development actually improve biodiversity? 🌿 Natalie Duffus explains Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG)—how it’s measured and what it could mean for invertebrates and ecosystems. Watch the full talk: www.youtube.com/watch?v=MhSL... @britentsoc.bsky.social @amentsoc.bsky.social @royentsoc.bsky.social
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Biodiversity Net Gain and Invertebrates: Are We Getting It Right?
YouTube video by Biological Recording Company
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Caroline Lucas @carolinelucas.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
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ENDS Report @endsreport.com · 23/04/2026
This week’s ECO Chamber is live ⚡ as @jamesxparsons.bsky.social and @shoshaadie.bsky.social get to grips with government’s changes to 🌿 biodiversity net gain and the potential consequences for nature markets. Link to episode in comment below ⤵️
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UKBMS @ukbms.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
UKBMS results out today! Results from fifty years of butterfly monitoring! The UKBMS data reveals declines in 33 species over the last 50 years. Check out the full story below butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo... And the full 2025 statistics can be found here: jncc.gov.uk/our-work/off...
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Fifty years of data reveal specialist butterflies disappearing across UK
An extraordinary dataset of over 44 million records from 782,000 volunteer surveys has revealed what has happened to the UK's butterflies as the national landscape has changed over the past 50…
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Our recent paper projects large shifts in GB plant, butterfly & bird communities, even under mild climate futures ‘Disappearing bioclimates’, communities depending on climate conditions which will be lost ‘Novel bioclimates’, future climates with no current analogue www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Sophie Yeo @sophieyeo.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Today is an exciting day: I have relaunched Inkcap! New website, new branding, lots of in-depth reporting on nature in Britain coming your way. Please share & help me get this thing off the ground. www.inkcap.co.uk/inkcap-is-ba...
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Inkcap is back. Hello.
We are relaunching – and we have big plans.
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🌱 New research shows how to make sure the nature credits you buy are real, not just greenwashing. Dive into science-based tips for stronger biodiversity & climate impact from Nature Recovery experts. Read more👇 @ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @natduffus.bsky.social @joewbull.bsky.social
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How to make sure the nature credits you buy are real – new research
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brainwashing, 2026 edition. This paper shows how X's algorithmic feed shifts people's views rightwards. It's a sophisticated, highly effective form of reorientation. And it is utterly chilling. If you're still on that platform, unhook yourself now. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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The political effects of X’s feed algorithm - Nature
Among users initially on a chronological feed, 7 weeks of exposure to X’s algorithmic feed in 2023 shifted political attitudes and account-following behaviour in a more conservative direction compared...
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Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 21/02/2026
Really pleased to have passed my viva yesterday! Officially Dr Nat 🥳. Thank you to my examiners for a really pleasant and interesting viva, and to my supervisors for all their support over the last 4 years! 🪲💚
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rainbowR @rainbowr.org · 02/02/2026
📣 registration for the rainbowR conference is now live 🎉 The conference is for anyone interested in R and/or analysing data to understand LGBTQ+ issues. The majority of speakers and workshop leaders are LGBTQ+, but you do not have to be LGBTQ+ to attend. pretix.eu/rainbowr/con... #RStats #LGBTQ
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rainbowR Conference 2026
Feb. 25 – 26, 2026
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🌈 Dr Ross Brooks @rossbrooks.co.uk · 30/01/2026
My first book, Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life, will be published by Yale University Press on 11 August (UK) and 8 September (US). Please help spread the word! 🙏 UK: yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300... @yalebooks.bsky.social 🏳️‍🌈📚🐵 US: yalebooks.yale.edu/book/9780300... @yalepress.bsky.social 🏳️‍⚧️ 🗃️🦋
Jacket design for Darwin and the Queer Origins of Life: A History of Sex and Science by Ross Brooks. It features a historic, drawn image of a gynandromorph gypsy moth, with distinctive female patterning on its left side and male on its right. Against a black background, the image and text (title and author's name) are brightly rendered in a spectrum of colours resonant of the Progress Pride Flag.
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
This week's column is about something that's arguably more important than anything in the news, crucial as some of the other issues are. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The UK government didn't want you to see this report on ecosystem collapse. I'm not surprised | George Monbiot
It took an FOI request to bring this national security assessment to light. For ‘doomsayers’ like us, it is the ultimate vindication, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
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Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery. www.gov.uk/government/p...
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Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 20/01/2026
📢Executive Education Course Dive into Green Economy & Nature-Positive Finance - 5 days of expert training on why nature matters in financial markets 🌿 Oxford | 16–20 Mar 2026 bit.ly/greeneconomy...
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Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
A lot of what is said about Nature holding up development is simply not true. It’s wrong. False. At best misleading. If you’ve heard that newts are a cause of our national housing shortage, read this from @naturalengland.bsky.social naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2026/01/14/b...
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Building Homes, Restoring Nature: How District Level Licensing has streamlined development
By Mike Burke, Sustainable Development Portfolio Director Nature underpins our nation's growth, health, and security. Natural England's job is to recover nature whilst enabling our partners in the dev...
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Zero Hour: the campaign for climate and nature @zero-hour.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
📉 UK biodiversity remains in serious decline—a worrying confirmation of what many suspected. We need an urgent rethink of our approach to protecting ecosystems, safeguarding species, and restoring habitats. It’s time for new, science-led legislation. #CANBill www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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UK biodiversity continues to decline, 2025 bioindicators show
Wallingford scientists contributed to the 2025 indicators with analysis of animal and plant trends.
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Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Super honoured to have contributed to this paper, led by the brilliant Sophus zu Ermgassen! We use our experience evaluating nature markets from around the world and derive 5 'golden' rules for the design and implementation of markets that deliver scientifically-credible outcomes. 🌱 rdcu.be/eYFx8
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Five rules for scientifically credible nature markets
Nature Ecology & Evolution - This Perspective synthesizes insights from the past use of nature markets to identify design factors that are necessary if such markets are to achieve their...
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
The programme is out for our Symposium, Exploring Queerness in Natural History, on 5 February. We're excited to hear from our Symposium Curators, Connor Butler and @aquadan1.bsky.social, as well as talks from Simon Goldhill, @canopyrobin.com and @rossbrooks.co.uk. (1/3) buff.ly/jc6Unz7
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Symposium | Exploring Queerness in Natural History
A one-day, interdisciplinary symposium centring LGBTQ+ inclusion in the environmental sector.
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 04/12/2025
England’s most important nature sites are being failed.❌ Protected sites can and should be driving nature’s recovery. But today’s OEP report exposes the real problem: years of weak delivery, underfunding and political drift have left them unable to do the job the law intended.
A lush green woodland with moss-covered boulders, low ferns and a scatter of bluebells beneath twisting old trees. Sunlight filters softly through the canopy. Landscapes like this should be central to nature’s recovery but without proper support and clear targets, protected sites can’t deliver what they’re supposed to.
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Biology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
We are super excited about Ross Brooks’ seminar on Tuesday! Details and sign up information below ⬇️🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️
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Rowan Kuminski @rowankuminski.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Last year I wrote this for Transgender Awareness Week because of the challenges I've faced in my institution. Sharing it again as this week we celebrate trans identities and remember those who have been targeted for being themselves www.britishecologicalsociety.org/five-steps-t...
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Five steps towards being a trans ally - BES
Five steps towards being a trans ally - BES is the largest scientific society for ecologists in Europe. We're working towards a world in which nature and people thrive.
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Biology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
LGBTQ+ Journal Club is turning 1! 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈To celebrate, here's a bit about what we've been up to over the past year: a thread of interesting papers in queer biology (1/n) ⬇️🧵
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Biology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
In our session this week, we will be joined by the amazing @penguinacho.bsky.social for a discussion on penguin sexuality and the documentary Animal Pride: Nature's Coming Out Story! 🐧💬 #QueerStem #QueerAcademia #GayPenguins
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Biology LGBTQ+ Journal Club @oxfordbiologylgbtq.bsky.social · 14/10/2025
Hello bluesky! We are an LGBTQ+ Biology Journal Club at Uni of Oxford 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️. We are interested in topics relevant to queer ecology and amplifying queer voices in academia 🪲🌱. For those in Oxford, we meet every 2 weeks - get in touch for more details! 🥳
A cartoon of 2 rhinocerous beetles clashing. One beetle is saying "I'm just trying to kiss you!" and the other beetle is saying "I'm just trying to kiss you too!". Above them is text reading LGBTQ+ Journal Club in the colours of the progress pride flag.
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Carla Denyer @carladenyer.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Wish I could say I was shocked, but here's the Labour government constraining the right to peaceful protest again... 'You can protest but only according to our rules. The rules are: you're not allowed to use any of the tactics that make protest effective.'
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Dave Hemprich-Bennett @davehb.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
New preprint alert! We DNA barcoded 95 thousand Ghanaian arthropods, more than doubling the number of BINs (a species proxy) available online from West Africa. In doing so we’ve released a huge amount of new data to scientists studying the region 🧪 www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
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Characterising a species-rich and understudied tropical insect fauna using DNA barcoding
Background: West Africa has high biodiversity that is relatively understudied, especially for insects. Studies of West African arthropod diversity can therefore help address important questions regard...
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Kate Raworth @kateraworth.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Big Doughnutty News. Just out in Nature: the all-new 2025 Doughnut. Transformed from a single-year snapshot to an annual global monitor of 21st century social & ecological thriving. Available to all in an open-access paper by @andrewlfanning.bsky.social and me. 🧵 1/ www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🚨Women are central to tropical wild meat systems, yet too often overlooked🚨 A new paper led by @jasminwillis.bsky.social, Dr Lauren Coad, @orchiddelirium.bsky.social & @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social reviewed 334 studies across 54 countries, finding women occupy 36 roles, from harvesting to trade.
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Prof Bill McGuire @profbillmcguire.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
"Today, we clear a soccer field’s worth of tropical forest every six seconds, a loss dramatically worsened by humanity’s growing hunger for meat" Wean ourselves off meat now, or the switch to a Pliocene climate that's locked in will do it for us www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Meat is a leading emissions source – but few outlets report on it, analysis finds
Sentient Media reveals less than 4% of climate news stories mention animal agriculture as source of carbon emissions
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Defend Our Juries @defendourjuries.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
Police continue to mass arrest protestors for opposing genocide and the Palestine Action ban. The day after the ban came into force, 29 were arrested. Last month, it was 500. Today, over a thousand people are defying the unjust proscription of a domestic direct action group.
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Richard Fox @richardfoxbc.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Cool new research by @e-ellis1.bsky.social Moths & hoverflies are more sensitive to urbanisation than bees, but urban trees boost moth species richness in UK cities. #teammoth 🌍 royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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The Linnean Society of London @linneansociety.bsky.social · 04/08/2025
Our upcoming Queer Ecology evening will be a real treat, with a special guided tour exploring the diversity of nature and its interpretation by scientists throughout history. 📍 Linnean Society 📆 6pm 25 September 🎟️ £15 (discounts for Members and concessions)
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Queer Ecology Evening at the Linnean Society
A special guided tour exploring the diversity of nature and its interpretation by scientists throughout history.
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Jeremy Bartlett @jeremybartlett.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
A romantic meeting of Wasp Spiders, Argiope bruennichi, at Thompson Common yesterday. The male is much smaller than the big, stripy female. They ended up going out to lunch afterwards, when he became the main course. srs.britishspiders.org.uk/portal.php/p... #Spiders #UKWildlife
Wasp Spiders, Argiope bruennichi. A big stripy female in her web, with visiting male spider (near her head).Wasp Spiders, Argiope bruennichi. A big stripy female in her web, with visiting male spider (near her back leg).
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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 17/07/2025
Congratulations to @natduffus.bsky.social, who has been commended in the @mplsoxford.bsky.social Impact Awards! Nat has been recognised in the Early Career Policy Impact category for raising awareness of the ecological outcomes of Biodiversity Net Gain 👇 bit.ly/4eSmRZe
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Natalie Duffus commended in MPLS Impact Awards 2025
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Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Having had time to digest the new BNG consultation, I am *astounded* at the proposed changes to the small sites metric (SSM). If the changes are implemented, the SSM could apply to developments up to 49 dwellings/1ha - affecting a lot of developments! 1/ consult.defra.gov.uk/defra-biodiv...
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
When warnings of Insectageddon were issued a few years ago, there was widespread denial. Less so now. It's devastating. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
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Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Very disappointing to see the govt not only cut funding for nature-friendly farming schemes but ALSO lay out a consultation on changes to BNG which would reduce the requirement for the majority of developments to compensate for their impacts on nature. www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/governm...
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Government digs grave for wildlife | The Wildlife Trusts
New proposals on Biodiversity Net Gain from UK Government will harm whole communities so that a few can profit more.
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Adrian Ramsay @adrianramsay.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
What part of nature emergency does the government not understand? These attacks on nature keep on coming. In a biodiversity crisis, the Govt should be expanding the nature friendly farming programme, not cutting it. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Fund for nature-friendly farming to be slashed in UK spending review
Exclusive: Defra sources say scheme, which pays farmers to protect nature, will be targeted at ‘small farms’
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RSPB @rspb.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Labour promised to restore nature. ❌ Instead, their Planning Bill contains a licence to destroy it. We offered solutions. We’re done waiting. Part 3 of the Bill would gut the laws protecting our most precious habitats & species. Without significant change, it must be scrapped.
Screenshot of a Guardian news article with the headline: “Wildlife charities urge Labour to scrap ‘licence to kill nature’ in planning bill.” The subheading reads: “Conservationists say part of bill allowing developers to avoid environmental laws by paying into nature fund should be ditched.” Below, a protest photo shows handmade signs in woodland. One reads “BAT FACTS – 14 species of bat in Buckinghamshire. Bats are the only mammals that can fly.” Another says “FAT CATS KILL BATS” in bold letters. The image underscores public anger and the scale of opposition to the proposed Planning Bill.
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The Oxford Nature Network @biodivoxford.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Congratulations to our wonderful colleague @natduffus.bsky.social who has been recognised as an unsung hero on the ENDS POWER LIST 2025 for her work on BNG and invertebrates 🐞 www.biodiversity.ox.ac.uk/research_sto...
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Nat Duffus @natduffus.bsky.social · 19/05/2025
Super honoured to have been recognised by the ENDS Power List 2025 for my work on Biodiversity Net Gain and invertebrates! 🪲🌱 www.endsreport.com/article/1918...
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Power List 2025: The UK’s 100 most impactful environmental professionals
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Museum of Natural History, University of Oxford @morethanadodo.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Dolphin Orgies, Intersex snails, Gay giraffes... Join award-winning drag king, Bi-Curious George, London’s most loveable nature boy, on a raucous romp through the animal kingdom as he shatters the heteronormative binaries through which we view the natural world. oumnh.ox.ac.uk/event/queer-...
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Queer Planet
Join award-winning drag king, Bi-Curious George, London’s most loveable nature boy, on a raucous romp through the animal kingdom.
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
This #earthday2025 we are thrilled to share some of the #Naturerecovery projects we have been working on with local partners in #Oxfordshire youtu.be/Yy1wRYRBtto @ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
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HERO short
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
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