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Phil Martin

@philmartin.bsky.social
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Ikerbasque research fellow at BC3 - Basque Centre for Climate Change | applied forest ecology | evidence synthesis | Associate editor @jappliedecology.bsky.social | foodie | music fiend | twin dad

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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 14/10/2026
Thanks for highlighting this Mike! Given the theme of our paper I thought it was important to communicate its main messages in as many languages as possible. Coincidentally, the screengrab you have is in Basque - courtesy of my PhD student Eñaut Martinez de Birgara. And sure, why not Scots next?!
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Kevin Anderson @kevinclimate.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Quoted in the Guardian today on the technical hopium that, in my experience, has become widespread among many, usually senior, climate experts. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Scientists who put faith in technology less likely to take climate action
‘Techno-optimism’ may lead to reliance on unproven solutions at expense of societal changes needed
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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · 09/10/2026
FACTCHECK: UK Conservatives double the ‘cost of net-zero’ after spreadsheet blunder The Tory "Right Way" booklet makes an erroneous claim about the cost of cutting emissions, possibly taken from a Jan26 thinktank report, and deffo the most idiotic error I've seen for a while 🧵
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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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Becks Spake @spakey.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
When I first became a scientist, I realised I needed to get used to feeling stupid. I'm OK with stupid. All good. Now I'm an academic, having to balance teaching, admin and research, the dominant feeling seems to be frazzledness. It's overwhelming at times. Any tips and advice...? #academia
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Joel Pick @joelpick.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
🚨Exciting project alert!!🚨 Are you interested in data and code sharing in Ecology and Evolution? @eivimeycook.bsky.social and I are running a hackathon to quantify data and code availability and sharing quality across 90 society journals, and looking for people who want to be involved.
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great day out in the field yesterday in Gipuzkoa scoping out some continuous cover forestry sites for potential future projects. Always interesting to go out into the field with practitioners, especially foresters - they have such different perspectives to those of ecologists.
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Great day out in the field yesterday in Gipuzkoa scoping out some continuous cover forestry sites for potential future projects. Always interesting to go out into the field with practitioners, especially foresters - they have such different perspectives to those of ecologists.
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks Charlie! Interesting point in the case study about using evidence not automatically resulting in better biodiversity outcomes, I'll add it to my reading list!
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Thanks for highlighting our paper Mark! To others: If you're interested in getting your research used in conservation practice and policy, give it a read. If that's too much to ask, give Figure 3 a look, it tells you most of what you need to know! doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Factors influencing the use of scientific evidence in conservation practice and policy: Insights from a systematic map
Researchers should move from characterising factors impacting scientific evidence use to identifying and testing interventions to facilitate its use by conservation decision makers. Since these facto...
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you're developing a proposal for any of these calls and see a good fit with what I do, please get in touch. I'd be happy to discuss any ideas and where I might be able to contribute phil-martin-research.github.io
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌳#HorizonEurope restoration living labs I’m interested in co-developing research with practitioners and policymakers to address barriers to restoration and put evidence into practice. ec.europa.eu/info/funding...
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EU Funding & Tenders Portal
The Funding and Tenders Portal is the single entry point (the Single Electronic Data Interchange Area) for applicants, contractors and experts in funding programmes and procurements managed by the Eur...
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌲 #FORESTPathways My focus here would be adaptive and multifunctional forest management. How can we manage forests under changing conditions to support societal benefits—and use evidence to guide decisions? forest-partnership.eu/jointcall2026/
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FOREST Joint Call 2026 : FOREST Pathways
First FOREST Partnership Joint Call launches with up to €40 million for transnational forest research and innovation FORESTPathways brings together 36 research funding organisations from 27 countries ...
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
🌱 #BiodivFuture: novel ecosystems I’m interested in restoration as a pathway to novel ecosystems: the biodiversity and societal benefits it can deliver, and the trade-offs involved. www.biodiversa.eu/2026/06/09/2...
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Open call
Novel ecosystems: biodiversity, socio-ecological consequences and future trajectories
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Are you building a research consortium on forest restoration and/or management? I'm an applied forest ecologist, looking to join teams applying to three European calls. I'm an expert in evidence synthesis, biodiversity responses to management & restoration, & connecting research & practice.
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
I mean surely the answer is 'it depends'? Quite a lot of places could do with more native trees. But I agree about the rhetoric, it's very simplistic and can lead to some pretty perverse management.
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SARE Lab @sarelab.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Photo recap from #nochedelosinvestigadores! A fun evening together representing #BC3research ecology lines, showcasing the insect diversity of Gorbeia, southern France, and Basque rivers… and their role in our ecosystem. Until next year! 🪰🐝🦋🐜
Team members posing in front of a booth. Two team members show three boxes of various insects to a passing by audience. A viewpoint of a booth, with team members standing and talking. Team member wearing a bee hat, showing an audience various insect illustrations (not shown).
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Matt Grainger @drmattg.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great to be a small part of this - thanks @philmartin.bsky.social! Read the thread 👇
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
And a final, final thanks to my funders Ikerbasque and the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation, without which none of this would have been possible. (12/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Finally a massive thanks to the team that helped with this @carlosbarreto.bsky.social @irisberger.bsky.social @alecchristie.bsky.social @isatxu.bsky.social @drmattg.bsky.social @vmoser.bsky.social @aliceoswald.bsky.social @elinatakola.bsky.social @oliver-kathryn.bsky.social & many others (11/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
This is a relatively new area of research for me, but something I have spent a long time thinking about, that I care deeply about & want to continue working on in the future, so if you have any thoughts or ideas for collaborations hit me up. (10/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Practitioners & policymakers should also aim to engage early with researchers when defining management & policy, clearly articulate their needs, & invest in mechanisms to promote dialogue like knowledge-brokering, embedded scientists and long-term researcher–practitioner partnerships. (9/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Researchers aiming to impact practice & policy should engage early with relevant stakeholders as early as possible to shape questions and methods, ensure relevance, and to learn how to communicate evidence most effectively (8/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
These approaches have to potential to promote relationships, evidence relevance & positive views of evidence use. Future research should test these interventions to facilitate a shift from advocacy of evidence-based approaches to identifying they can be incorporated into decision-making (7/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Factors impacting scientific use evidence are interrelated Because of this, the promotion of evidence use needs to focus on cross-cutting solutions such as knowledge co-production, embedding of scientists within organisations, & knowledge brokering (6/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
The most commonly reported factors impacting evidence use were relationships between scientists & other actors, evidence relevance, and capacity & resources of conservation organisations. Social, economic, & political context, attitudes to evidence use, & evidence timeliness were also common (5/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Practitioners and researchers were most commonly studied as actors, with few studies including policymakers. Governmental organisations were regularly studied, along with academic institutions and NGOs. (4/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
There seemed to be a bias towards English-speaking Global North countries, but we only looked at English-language literature so 🤷‍♂️. Ecosystem type & threat to biodiversity were mostly not reported, likely because studies investigated large organisations managing multiple ecosystems (3/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
TLDR; Factors most commonly reported: relationships between scientists & decision makers, evidence relevance & capacity of con orgs. Studies biased towards English-speaking Global North, often focused on marine ecosystems, & studied practitioners & researchers as actors. See 🧵for more details (2/12)
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I'm super excited & proud to share our latest paper with you all, published today in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! The team put together a systematic map on the factors impacting the use of scientific evidence in biodiversity conservation decision making. (1/12) tinyurl.com/3c6x6vca
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Factors influencing the use of scientific evidence in conservation practice and policy: Insights from a systematic map
Researchers should move from characterising factors impacting scientific evidence use to identifying and testing interventions to facilitate its use by conservation decision makers. Since these facto....
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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
🌍 iDiv and the @uni-jena.de are hiring a Postdoctoral Researcher (f/m/d) in Macroevolution & Macroecology. 🕒 Full-time (40h/week) or part-time (minimum 75%) 📅 Start: 1 Dec 2026 💼 Fixed-term: 3 years 💶 Salary: up to E13 (TV‑L) ⏳ Deadline: 30 Sept 2026 www.idiv.de/career/job-o...
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Job Openings
Explore exciting career opportunities at iDiv. Join a modern, international, and innovative research centre in the heart of Germany.
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Cool talk on grassland restoration effectiveness by Johannes Kollmann, showing that worst approaches aren't much better than doing nothing, while best approaches produce grasslands similar to reference state. Now to compare for services to examine tradeoffs! #NSOGFÖ2026
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
I'm talking in about 2 hours! If you like forests I'm going to be talking in room 207 at 15:45 about the problems confounders cause for estimating effectiveness in global assessments of forest restoration. #NSO2026 #gfoe2026 #NSOGFÖ2026
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Apparently the hashtag everyone's using is #NSOGFÖ2026 so retweeting for visibility. Looking forward to meeting new people and learning about some cool science!
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Starting the first leg of my journey to the joint @nordicoikos.bsky.social & @gfoesoc.bsky.social conference! If you like forest restoration I'm talking tomorrow afternoon in room 207 at 15:45 about the problems confounders cause for estimating effectiveness. #NSO2026 #gfoe2026
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
¿Quieres hacer un doctorado que mejore la restauración o la gestión forestal? Si es así, encajarías perfectamente en nuestro grupo. Buscamos candidatos para la convocatoria de becas Fundación Ramón Areces - ponte en contacto conmigo si te interesa. Más información: tinyurl.com/yuzvmvdk
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Maria Moiron @mmoiron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Hola!!! Would anyone in the Doñana Bluesky community have time to help with this, or know who could help?🙏🙏 [🛶might be needed] Every recovered tag is precious data! 🐦💎 @chikichanka.bsky.social @paniw.bsky.social @ibartomeus.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Last one for today is from my @britishecologicalsociety.org funded working group on forest restoration! In this Practitioners' Perspective we define 10 rules for using evidence to inform ecosystem restoration: drawing on the group's diverse experiences on 4 different continents tinyurl.com/5n6z3f9y
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Ten rules for using evidence to guide ecosystem restoration
These 10 rules provide a guidance framework to put into action the best available evidence, ensuring that restoration benefits people and nature. We highlight the importance of knowledge brokering sy...
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
The next paper in our special feature by @ashsimkins.bsky.social in @jappliedecology.bsky.social suggests that many conservation actions used for threatened species are likely effective. However, we lack evidence for key actions relating to policy, enforcement, & communication. tinyurl.com/2y5p3vxp
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Effectiveness of current and potential conservation actions for amphibians, birds and mammals
Our study demonstrates the power of combining differently-sourced and compiled datasets to evaluate the likely effectiveness of ongoing conservation strategies and identify future needs. Our findings...
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Another paper in our special feature, this time in @jappliedecology.bsky.social where Amelia Staples et al show that gradually evidence on conservation intervention effectiveness is getting more robust. However this varies by taxa & ecosystem, geography, and language. tinyurl.com/ycyza3sx
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Temporal and spatial trends in study designs used to understand what works in conservation
Conservation is shifting towards using more robust designs to evaluate actions, but these remain rare. We suggest embedding study design choice more strategically within adaptive management and evide...
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Another cracking addition to our @britishecologicalsociety.org special feature on 20 years of Evidence-Based Conservation!
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 02/09/2026
We have extended our abstract submission deadline!  New submission deadline is 3 September, 17:00 (BST) ⌛ If you haven't yet, you have 24 hours to submit your abstract for the BES Annual Meeting 👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/co…
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 31/08/2026
🔥 Two days to go! 🔥 Abstract submissions for our Annual Meeting close on 2 September. If you haven't submitted yet, do so today for the chance to present your research on an international platform. Submit your paper today 👇 shorturl.at/SU8IV
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
On 13-17th September I'll be at the joint NSO–GfÖ Conference in Odense, Denmark. Come & talk to me about forests (especially management and restoration), evidence synthesis (meta-analysis etc), and causal inference! Look forward to meeting some new folk & seeing some cool science! #NSO2026 #gfoe2026
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Great to see the first output of our @britishecologicalsociety.org funded working group on forest restoration published in @jappliedecology.bsky.social! In this Practitioners' Perspective we define 10 rules for using evidence to inform ecosystem restoration tinyurl.com/5n6z3f9y
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Ten rules for using evidence to guide ecosystem restoration
These 10 rules provide a guidance framework to put into action the best available evidence, ensuring that restoration benefits people and nature. We highlight the importance of knowledge brokering sy...
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 01/09/2026
Only three weeks left to apply for BES Fellowship ✍️ If you, or someone you know, has made an outstanding contribution to the field of ecology, we'd love to hear from you. Join our community of Fellows who are shaping the future of ecology.  Apply by 21 September 👇 shorturl.at/uNyWV
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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
There are still free spots for the 2nd edition of the 5-day course: "Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in R", run in collaboration with the @eco-aeet.bsky.social This year we are running the event at beautiful and historic @ucoimbra.bsky.social (Portugal) Info: aeet.org/events/2026/... #rstats
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Course Systematic Reviews and Meta-analysis in R, 2ed
This course provides a practical introduction to modern methods of evidence synthesis, with a focus on systematic review and meta-analysis in ecology and evolution.
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 24/08/2026
New research shows that MPs underestimate support for climate policies, and overestimate opposition A terrible situating with a big silver lining - if we all communicate how much we want action, and visibly demand it, that perception will change Write to your MP!
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Perception gaps in the British Parliament reveal a possible pathway to stronger climate policy action - Communications Sustainability
United Kingdom Parliament members underestimate support for climate policies, yet the patterns reveal a correctable pathway to stronger advocacy, according to a survey experiment comparing their estimates with nationally representative polling.
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
Before the deniers start saying “it’s El Niño, not climate change” While natural cycles dictate El Niño's arrival, climate change will turn El Niño's signature floods, heatwaves, and famines into more intense extreme weather events phys.org/news/2026-08...
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What a record-breaking El Niño could mean for the world
This year's El Niño is on track to be the strongest on record, threatening to unleash extreme weather across the globe and make 2027 the hottest recorded year by far.
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