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Lindsay Stringer

@proflinds.bsky.social
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Env & Dev Prof, Director @yesiuoy.bsky.social drylands, land degradation, livelihoods, policy, climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, water, food, energy, sustainable development

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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
How can investing in land protect our future? Marking 15 years of ELD, a new book 'The Values of Land - From Degradation to Opportunity', features insights from global leaders, including YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social @york.ac.uk. Read here 🔗 buff.ly/2q0N4Vv #SoilHealth
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Zhen Wang @sinoowang.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Crop switching could synergize adaptation and mitigation. Happy to see our paper online. @proflinds.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Synergizing climate change adaptation and mitigation in agriculture through crop switching: A sustainable pathway to ensure China's food security by the 2050s
Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) has become a vital approach to adapting to and mitigating climate change while safeguarding food security. Future clim…
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
20 mi for mental health!🚶‍♂️💨 YESI is taking on the #GreatYorkWalk to raise funds for mental health research. Support @proflinds.bsky.social, @rob-marchant.bsky.social, @sabineclarke.bsky.social + Kate Arnold as they walk for a healthier planet + a healthier mind. Sponsor them here:
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YESI does the Great York Walk
YESI recognises the important links between environmental sustainability and people's mental health and wellbeing. Our Environment and Health research theme directly tackles some of these issues. We'r
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Loads of postdoc jobs up for grabs in York, UK at the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity! 👇
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
Big news!🎖️YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social was at Windsor Castle yesterday for her official investiture. She formally received her MBE for services to Environmental Development—testament to her global impact on climate policy🌍✨ The whole YESI team is bursting with pride. Congrats, Lindsay!👏
Professor Lindsay Stringer proudly showing her Member of the Order of the British Empire insignia.
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
🚨New paper co-authored by YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social: #ENSO significantly amplifies global vegetation resilience variability. 53% of vegetated area impacted, with future hotspots expanding to N. North America + E. Siberia. Critical for climate-adaptive governance. Read: buff.ly/MuAMbRP
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ENSO amplifies global vegetation resilience variability in a changing climate - Nature Communications
ENSO shapes global vegetation resilience by driving both synchronization and climate-mediated impacts. This study reveals its influence on over half of the global vegetated area resilience and…
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Ending 2025 on a high!🌟 So proud to see so many @york.ac.uk researchers recognised for their global impact this year. Huge congrats to YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social + Resilient Socio-ecological Systems co-lead @rob-marchant.bsky.social for making the list!🌍🌱 Read more:
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From quantum leaps to improving patient care: Celebrating the achievements of our researchers in driving positive change
The University of York is celebrating a year of exceptional academic achievement, with many of our researchers receiving recognition for being at the forefront of their fields.
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
We didn’t win but we had a fabulous and uplifting night at the #THEAwards and we were honoured to be shortlisted in the Environmental Leadership category. Congratulations to all the inspiring winners and nominees, you’re all amazing 👏👏👏
The YESI Team, Claire Hughes (Head of Dept of Environment and Geography) and James Chong (Head of Dept of Biology) standing in front of starry background
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 29/10/2025
What happens to the soil total carbon pool when land use changes? 🌱 A new paper from @proflinds.bsky.social +colleagues, in Agriculture, Ecosystems + Environment explores how shifts in land use affect soil carbon — a key factor in tackling climate change. 🔗https://buff.ly/bBroAcy
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Department of Environment and Geography @uoyenvironment.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
What can be done to help make the UK’s development trajectory more drought proof? In this new #ImpactConversation @proflinds.bsky.social explains how to take a fresh approach towards a roadmap on long-term integrated governance and action..
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 25/09/2025
Our new paper published in Anthropocene Science provides a new policy option for how we deal with #drought at a global level while taking an integrated policy approach with climate change, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction and development 👇
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
Excited to learn that we've been shortlisted in what's billed as the "Oscars of Higher Education" for our YESI Fellows programme! The final award ceremony is in November. www.york.ac.uk/news-and-eve... @yesiuoy.bsky.social
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York shortlisted in two categories at prestigious THE Awards 2025
The University of York has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s THE Awards.
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Great to be a coauthor of this new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com which provides a comprehensive set of solutions to bend the land degradation curve & leverage the transformation of global #food systems. #land #climate #biodiversity @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
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This just happened! | Lindsay C. Stringer
This just happened! I'm honoured! Lindsay Stringer MBE! Huge thanks to all my fabulous colleagues and collaborators, near and far, who have made this possible 🤗 https://lnkd.in/eqSikavY
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 20/05/2025
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Mapping stakeholders in Thailand as part of our British Council ISPF-NRCT… | Lindsay C. Stringer
Mapping stakeholders in Thailand as part of our British Council ISPF-NRCT project on Fostering better engagement in biotechnology research in Thailand: Building capacity to understand societal readine...
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Thanks to all at Bayero University Kano's Centre for Dryland Agriculture for a great event last week on rangeland sustainability @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social I gave an invited talk on climate resilient development and rangeland restoration
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Check out this new @desertificationeu.bsky.social blog by @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
Our new paper is out in Nature Scientific Reports! It's a complicated business to reduce deforestation and improve clean energy access, and the tradeoffs need to be carefully managed #Nigeria #woodfuel @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨 Are you an Early Career Researcher working on trade + the environment? Join the Green Trade Lab ECR Workshop 2025 (3–4 July, @york.ac.uk) to present your work + connect with peers! 🔹 Submit by 18 Apr 🔹 Hybrid event 🔹 More info: sites.google.com/vie... #GreenTrade
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Green Trade Lab
Early Career Researcher Workshop The greening of trade as a way out of the polycrises? Regress, reforms and rebuilding international cooperation in the environment-trade nexus. 3rd and 4th July 2025 University of York (York, UK). As the world edges over planetary tipping points, with 2024
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
🌱Introducing our new YESI Discipline Hopping Fellows project "Hope in Creation". Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts. ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe...
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Hope in Creation
Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
🏠 SHELTER: Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments. YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project bringing together expertise from Environment and Geography, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Archaeology + School for Business and Society. ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe...
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SHELTER
Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
YESI Grant Incubator Session (aimed at Early Career Researchers) Wednesday 2 April, 12:00-2:00 pm, ATB/057 Seebohm Rowntree Building. Book your place ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
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YESI ECR grant incubator session
Join YESI's ECR Grant Incubator Session—a hands-on opportunity to refine your grant ideas with expert feedback from experienced PIs, evaluators, and research services staff!
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
Discover the YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project: Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly. A collaboration between SEI-Y, Biology, SBS, PET + Isles of Scilly Community Venture (IOSCV). ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe... @lizrylott.bsky.social
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Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
AAH X YESI: Waste event - 9 April, 4:00-5.30pm How can the study of resilient socio-ecological systems help us better understand creative environments of the past while shaping sustainable studios of the future? @lizrylott.bsky.social @proflinds.bsky.social Register➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
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AAH X YESI: Waste
Join art historians in conversation with YESI as we explore waste as a heuristic for dialogue across interdisciplinary areas.
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Rob Marchant @rob-marchant.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Engaging day exploring the pressing issues around #climate finance, #nature positive development, future foci and how links between Government and universities can help to navigate multiple future challenges @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
How can we improve access to clean + modern energy for cooking and reduce land degradation + biodiversity loss in Nigeria? Check out this collaborative project between researchers at @BUK_Nigeria @york.ac.uk + @ucl.ac.uk for some answers. ➡️ youtu.be/EFXoj9fg2kE
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Clean Cooking: Fast Path to Saving Forests in Nigeria
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Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity @anthropocenebio.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
We're thrilled to welcome @proflinds.bsky.social as our new Associate Director. Lindsay is a Professor in Environment and Development, and Director of the @yesiuoy.bsky.social. Find out more about her research and what drew her to #LCAB www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
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Introducing the Centre's new Associate Director
Professor Lindsay Stringer is the new Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity. Here we talk about her area of work and what drew her to the Centre.
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
🌍At #COP16 in Riyadh, @proflinds.bsky.social represented @desertificationeu.bsky.social in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation. She highlighted the projects multi-actor partnerships empowering local communities to tackle desertification across Europe + North Africa.🤝🌱#UNCCD
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
New paper on Climate Resilient Development in vulnerable geographies now out: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @yesiuoy.bsky.social
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Climate resilient development in vulnerable geographies - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights the urgent need to operationalise Climate Resilient Development Pathways (CRDP), adopting mitigation and adaptation measures to secure a safe c...
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Lindsay Stringer @proflinds.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
What's going on in Riyadh? swedenherald.com/article/drou...
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Drought and Disasters - This is What the Desert Meeting is About | Sweden Herald
Increasing deserts that spread out, agricultural land that gets destroyed, and drought that paralyses communities
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York Environmental Sustainability Institute (YESI) @yesiuoy.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
📢Exciting news! @proflinds.bsky.social is PI on one of 12 scoping projects awarded by @innovateuk’s Climate-Smart Agriculture P'ship🌍🌱 Connecting the UK, Brazil, Ghana + Nigeria to innovate for sustainable food systems + climate-smart solutions. More info➡️https://ow.ly/1gPz50Ui6fA
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