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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 14/10/2025

"A new global assessment has, for the first time, revealed the conservation status of all known Dracula orchids. The findings are dire." New from researchers including @orchiddelirium.bsky.social in @uk.theconversation.com 👇 theconversation.com/famous-monke...

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Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild

How the threatened monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation.

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Huge congratulations to @bashyalreshu.bsky.social on winning a #WhitleyAward! Reshu is leading efforts to protect Nepal’s medicinal plants, focusing on the rare Maire’s yew and wild orchids, through her organisation Greenhood Nepal. She also collaborates with ICCS via @orchiddelirium.bsky.social

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IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group @iucn-orchids.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Out today! The new Guide to Building Ethical Orchid Collections and Societies has been developed by orchid societies and collectors in collaboration with our Global Trade Programme to promotes sustainable ornamental orchid collections. Please share! globalorchidtrade.wixsite.com/home/guide

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Amy Hinsley @orchiddelirium.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

New @theconversation.com piece by me and Silviu Petrovan on our latest paper, which focussed on the environmental and social risks of tbe ornamental plant trade theconversation.com/the-global-p...

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The global plant trade is spreading invasive species to Europe

Researchers have identified a series of risks linked to the ornamental plant trade.

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Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science @iccs.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

“Even with a global trade in cultivated ornamental plants, there is still a market for rare species taken from the wild + this can lead to rapid species declines, + risks that wild pests + plant diseases may enter supply chain" @orchiddelirium.bsky.social www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/snak...

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Snakes in potted olive trees ‘tip of the iceberg’ of ornamental plant trade hazards

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Oxford Biology @biology.ox.ac.uk · 18/12/2024

With biodiversity facing unprecedented challenges, @orchiddelirium.bsky.social has contributed to a study identifying key areas AI could transform existing conservation practices and reverse biodiversity loss 👇 bit.ly/4iIOjuk @wildcru.bsky.social @oxmartinschool.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social

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Revolutionising conservation with AI

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Amy Hinsley @orchiddelirium.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I was part of this paper and it was great to spend a day with lots of experts talking about AI and conservation!

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IUCN SSC Orchid Specialist Group @iucn-orchids.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We are new to Bluesky but will posting more orchid things soon. In the meantime, you can find out more about the specialist group and our work on our website: www.orchidspecialistgroup.com #orchids

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Home | Orchid Specialist Group

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

A brilliant new paper on conservation patriarchy - must be widely read: ‘We conclude that patriarchal norms and structures within conservation must be questioned and dismantled to make conservation more effective and just’ www.nature.com/articles/s44...

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Mapping the patriarchy in conservation - npj Biodiversity

npj Biodiversity - Mapping the patriarchy in conservation

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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Unfortunately this is nothing new. I've worked on online IWT for 15yrs, others for 20yrs. I fear many 'initiatives' are treated as green washing by social media companies. ‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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‘It shouldn’t be that easy’: inside the illegal wildlife trade booming on social media

Social media sites have become crucial tools for the sale of endangered species and platforms should do more to combat it, say experts

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Diogo Veríssimo @diogoverissimo.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

Things have improved but there is much to do still at Oxford.. He said there was a “feeling of prestige” to being given a lectureship role for an Oxford college .... “But then the pay cheque comes, and you don’t have much to show for it.” amp.theguardian.com/education/20...

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Oxford relying on ‘Deliveroo-style’ contracts with most tutorials not taught by full-time staff | University of Oxford | The Guardian

Leading university accused of relying on young academics employed on gig-economy terms

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E.J. Milner-Gulland @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

Exciting new interdisciplinary Doctoral Training Programme launching with the October 2025 intake (ie recruiting now). Please spread the word to potential applicants, we are committed to an inclusive and welcoming experience for all! www.biology.ox.ac.uk/article/new-...

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New Oxford-led initiative launches to train future leaders in life and environmental sciences

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Amy Hinsley @orchiddelirium.bsky.social · 17/11/2024

We wrote an introductory Essay for the issue, which explores ways to make wildlife trade research and practice more inclusive. It includes this figure that took me ~3 hours, because there were so many great silhouettes of traded species to choose from conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Flow diagram showing a process to make wildlife trade research and practice more inclusive: two boxes reading “collect basic ecological data” and “collect or infer trade data for more diverse taxa” flows to “codesign solutions to unsustainable trade with key stakeholders” which flows to both “select suitable interventions” and “evaluate what works and what does not”. There are lots of non-megafauna silhouettes on the boxes, like snails, crayfish and orchids.

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Amy Hinsley @orchiddelirium.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I joined a while ago but there was nothing happening, so I just gave up on social media. Seems to be the place to be now, so I’m back. Might post some papers that I haven’t told anyone about…

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