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@researchrestore.bsky.social
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social scientist @anthropocenebio.bsky.social University of #York 🐛🐞🐦 🐪 interested in the #social and #cultural aspects of #biodiversity #conservation & #rewilding 💮 🌻 🦬🦝🦎🦚 MCIEEM

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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
🎧 Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica ? Answer this quick 5-min survey: 👉 www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en Take a break and listen to the voice of the forest 💚 Please like & share on 🦋 to reach more participants 🙏 🌐🌍🦤🧪🍁🪴
Flyer for the BIODIFUL Soundscapes survey. Text reads: 'Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica? Please answer our online questionnaire: Voices of the Tropical Forest.' Photo of a lush tropical forest interior, overlaid with a translucent ear icon surrounded by sound waves. Text continues: 'This anonymous survey will take only 10 min. https://www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en.' Logos at the bottom: BIODIFUL, ETH Zürich, CNRS, and Station d'Écologie Théorique et Expérimentale
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Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity @anthropocenebio.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
We're looking for a postdoc to work on biodiversity and land use modelling. You will adapt and develop an existing land use and food system modelling and decision-support tool to incorporate biodiversity and land use. Find out more and apply by 14 Oct: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/post...
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Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity @anthropocenebio.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
We're looking for a research associate to work on creative future visioning. You'll identify existing technologies which may be used to develop interactive simulations of evolving landscapes & help chart pathways to resilient ecosystems. Apply by 10 August: jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...
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Bylines Network @bylinesnetwork.co.uk · 06/04/2026
AI makes rewilding look tame – and misses its messy reality When AI is asked to picture “rewilded” Britain, it produces landscapes that are strikingly similar – and tame northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...
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AI makes rewilding look tame – and misses its messy reality
When AI is asked to picture “rewilded” Britain, it produces landscapes that are strikingly similar – and tame
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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People and Nature @peopleandnature.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
New study analysed 4k images from UK rewilding organizations & AI images 📸 Charismatic species and scenic views 💀 Death and decay mostly absent 👥 Few people depicted 🤖 AI imagery reproduces these exclusionary representations Time to diversify! 📖 buff.ly/GWT6QCL
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
🌎Check out our new #paper which analyses #AI-generated representations of #rewilding produced by different chatbots alongside visual and textual materials from UK rewilding advocacy organisations. #Rewilding #CriticalAIAnalysis #ConservationScience #NatureRecovery
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
🌎 🧪 Our new #rewilding piece is available to read in #TheBiologist - Guerilla Rewilding: Urgent protest or dangerous gamble? Read it here 🔗👉🏻 tinyurl.com/mr586cke
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
🌍🧪The full paper is out now and free to read here: 🔗👉🏻https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70266 #rewilding #future
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Digital nature in the AI era: How human and AI‐generated representations shape future visions of rewilding
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
🌎🧪New #blog ahead of our upcoming #research #paper: Why visual #representation in #rewilding matters👬👫🌳👩‍👩‍👧 Visual patterns reveal exclusionary visions of #landscapes & environmental futures. #AI generated images risk amplifying biases tinyurl.com/y9dyyfrf #repeopling #UK #naturerecovery #socialjustice
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Plain language summary – Visual Representation and Social Justice in Rewilding
By Flurina Wartmann and Emma Cary This Plain Language Summary is published in advance of the paper discussed. Please check back soon for a link to the full paper. Key Questions Rewilding is a conse…
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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
If this is your sort of thing we also recently published a series of discussion papers on place sensitive understandings of nature recovery www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/projects/pla...
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Place-sensitive understandings of nature recovery
Introduction to a set of discussion papers commissioned by the British Academy
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 27/11/2025
📢🌎🧪Our #paper for @britishacademy.bsky.social is out! We analyse place-based & social justice dimensions of England's Biodiversity Net Gain #policy, and provide a framing for policymakers to integrate social & cultural #values into #naturerecovery Open access here 👉🏻🔗 lnkd.in/ena2eyqS #BNG #nature
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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
🚨 Just one week left to apply for one of the THREE postdoc positions in the #GreenFrontier project hosted at @fnp-wur.bsky.social #conservation #EnvJustice #wilderness #rewilding #rural #underdevelopment #LandAbandonment Deadline 25 November! Full details 👉 www.wur.nl/en/research-...
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
🌏 #rewilding is happening at home - found an intrepid flat worm in the cellar. Maybe (?)Bipalium kewense, a non-native shovel-headed garden worm. Any #worm experts please confirm! You can submit a @inaturalist.bsky.social record of cosmopolitan visitors to Buglife PotWatch campaign lnkd.in/ebKyggVG
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 03/11/2025
🌍 Fantastic conservation postdoc roles x 3 with @georgeiorda.bsky.social on the Green Frontier project👇 #postdoc
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Oryx @oryxthejournal.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🪂Species reintroductions have a radical history; in the UK, where official rewilding remains tightly regulated, a covert counterculture has emerged🐗 🦅Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms🦫 📰 lnkd.in/dw7EVA5n 🖥️ lnkd.in/dxJK4Wy6
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Great to see our new guerilla #rewilding #paper out in Oryx Available #openaccess here 👉🔗 doi.org/10.1017/S003... 🌍🧪
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Can we learn from the UK’s guerrilla rewilding movement? | Oryx | Cambridge Core
Can we learn from the UK’s guerrilla rewilding movement?
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Rewilding History @rewildinghistory.com · 09/09/2025
Considering the value that history and other disciplines outside of the natural sciences offer for rewilding efforts.
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Joe Sarling @joesarling.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
📣 Super important paper 📣 It explores what's needed to ensure placemaking, the built environment, & transport can play a role in health creation & overcoming inequalities. Systems thinking is vital: foster the right leadership, collaborate across disciplines, and empower. (HT @sfrost.bsky.social)
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Our new #rewilding #paper is Open Access and free to view 🌎 👇
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Patrick Bresnihan @pbresnihan.bsky.social · 30/07/2025
Louise Fitzgerald & I are hiring an 18 month postdoc and 18 month research assistant (no PhD required) for a project on the political ecology of land ownership in Ireland. 2 weeks to apply. DM for any questions. 🧵 Link to DCU website: www.dcu.ie/people/jobs
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Jobs - Open Vacancies at DCU | DCU People
Want to advance your career and work at Dublin City University? Find all of our job vacancies here, from teaching positions to administrative positions.
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Robert Francis @birdhistory.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
When she was just 26 Florence Merriam wrote the first guide to birding with binoculars in 1889. And she slipped in this incredible feminist gem:
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Fantastic 🤩 👏
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
1/ 📄New paper! Alison Hutchinson @georgeiorda.bsky.social Teresa Lappe-Osthege & myself have developed a new harms-based #PoliticalEcology as a way of understanding the #WildlifeTrade published in @jpoliticalecology.bsky.social ⬇️ beastlybusiness.org/2025/07/23/n...
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New paper on harms-based political ecology - Beastly Business
Our team members Alison Hutchinson, Rosaleen Duffy, George Iordachescu and Teresa Lappe-Osthege developed an idea of bringing together debates on harms from green criminology with political ecology co...
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Plus a jargon-free Plain Language Summary explaining how using #socialscience in #rewilding benefits #nature and #people 🔗👉 relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/07/15/p... 🌍
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
POLLEN 2026 is happening in Barcelona 🌅 The call for panels is open and closes on July 31st. See here for more information: tinyurl.com/5b8c5w7j Spread the word.
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POLLEN 2026: Open for Panels - POLLEN
When will POLLEN 2026 be launched? IT ALREADY HAS - get ready to come to Barcelona and join us! Panel Submissions are Currently Open (until July 31st) The announcement is here. Or take a look at this ...
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Perhaps a survey is needed by @uniofaberdeen.bsky.social to keep up the momentum following the Climate & Sustainability Assembly on this topic 🌳🚲🐦📒
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 22/07/2025
OUT NOW: The laid-out version of the FULL @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Report 💥 Explore how fundamental change can halt biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. 🌏🧪 Access the full report in English⬇️ www.ipbes.net/transformative-change…
An image of the cover of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Report. Overlay text reads: “Transformative Change Assessment Report. Laid-out report in English available now.”
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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Working on #EnvironmentalJustice topics in Central and Eastern Europe? Then you might want to send an abstract for the conference 'The Greyzone of the Green Transition' that I'm co-organizing with my colleagues from Sibiu next year in Romania (18-19 May 2026). Participation is free of charge!
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International Conference: The Greyzone of the Green Transition – ecoJust home
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Thanks George!
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 19/07/2025
📢 Our new #rewilding #paper is now out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social We show how #interdisciplinary critical #socialscience can help enhance social and environmental #justice in #conservation Available FREE #openaccess here 👉 🔗 doi.org/10.1002/pan3... 🌎🧪
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Five critical questions we should ask of rewilding projects—And that social science can help us answer
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Slow Ways @slowwaysuk.bsky.social · 21/06/2025
Would more people get to enjoying active travel and time outdoors if they had better route information? Do you use a wheelchair, scooter or pushchair and feel limited by a lack of good information on accessible paths? We've got a plan. Please look and share! www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/slowways ⭐🐌
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Calling everybody who walks, runs or rides!
Now’s the time - back our project to develop the ultimate walking, running, wheeling, cycling & horse riding network for Britain and Ireland
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jonathan w. y. gray @jwyg.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Looking for a research associate to explore societal engagement with forest restoration on digital media – with @lboungr.bsky.social @wildflyingpanda.bsky.social @gabrielecolombo.bsky.social & more. Grateful for help sharing with those who might be interested! jonathangray.org/2025/05/31/s...
screenshot of https://forest-restoration.eu/
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Sustain: the alliance for better food and farming @sustainweb.org · 13/05/2025
Sustain responds to Land Use Framework consultation ▶️ 21 organisations sign joint response coordinated by Sustain, highlighting key oversights in the government's proposed framework, intended to guide future decision making about land use in England.
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Sustain responds to Land Use Framework consultation | Sustain
21 organisations signed the joint response, highlighting key oversights in the government's proposed framework, intended to guide future decisionmaking about land use in England.
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 13/05/2025
📢FREE online course on Biodiversity Finance! Learn to develop financially sound conservation solutions, conduct needs assessments & create effective finance plans. ➡️Adopt tools to make stronger business cases for biodiversity & nature.💼🌍🧪 Learn more: www.learningfornature.org/en/courses/b...
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Biodiversity Finance – Learning for Nature
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Closes today! ⬇️
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Institute of Development Studies (IDS) @ids.ac.uk · 07/03/2025
Survey: The #UK’s global #research priorities on nature The UK government is seeking insights on its research priorities for nature and environment in #ODA (Official Development Assistance) settings. An online survey is open until 4 April. universityofsussex.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
Green and brown mountains with white grey river flowing zig zag and yellow banner.
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Prof Esther Turnhout🦄🌎🌼💚 @estherturnhout.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We have a vacancy for a 3 year full time postdoc position to: ➡️ research bottom up and transformative initiatives for biodiversity and climate ➡️ develop innovative knowledge and governance infrastructure ➡️ collaborate with societal actors to create space for just and sustainable futures
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Department of Ecology and Conservation Biology @tamueccb.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
🚨 Great news! Dr. @amandastronza.bsky.social & Dr. @helinajolly.bsky.social published an article in @society4conbio.bsky.social 📖✨ It explores #human-wildlife coexistence through Indigenous knowledge & relational perspectives. 🌿🦌 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #TAMUECCB #ecology
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Insights on human−wildlife coexistence from social science and Indigenous and traditional knowledge
Much work on human−wildlife conflict focuses on safeguarding wildlife from humans and vice versa, protecting humans, their crops, livestock, and property from wildlife, and mitigating negative, somet...
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walkhighlands @walkhighlands.co.uk · 11/03/2025
Just a reminder to anyone reading this PR piece - true wild camping is covered under access rights in Scotland and does not require paying a membership fee or any fee to landowners. Official government advice on where/how to wild camp responsibly here: www.outdooraccess-scotland.scot/doc/camping-...
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Camping in Scotland
Scotland’s access legislation allows camping wherever access rights apply. This leaflet tells you all you need to know to enjoy camping responsibly.
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British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org · 02/03/2025
Have your say on the future of environmental science! NERC have launched a community consultation on their Forward Look, setting the direction for environmental science over the next decade.
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Forward Look Community Consultation - UK Research and Innovation - Citizen Space
Find and participate in activities run by UK Research and Innovation
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
1/ 📣 Big news! For the next 5 years I’ll be working with this amazing team @evahaifa.bsky.social Alasdair Cochrane & Bob McKay on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded Multispecies Mutualisms project wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
Photo of From r-l Alasdair Cochrane Rosaleen Duffy Bob McKay and Eva Haifa Giraud
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JNCC @jncc.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
📢Are you an expert in biodiversity? @ipbes.net is looking for Experts and Fellows to produce the 2nd Global Assessment This will provide the best available scientific evidence to support global agreements such as the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social #CBD, inc assessing progress made against its targets
Hand holding a world with a tree growing out of it. The IPBES logo is in the top right hand corner, and the hashtag For Nature is in the top left
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Shit Planning @planningshit.bsky.social · 15/02/2025
‘There’s an urgent housing crisis, we need to build more homes at staggeringly low densities!’
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Monica Vasile 🐾 @monicavasile.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Superinspiring talks at 'Rethinking Wild Europe' conference. Highlights for me included #wolves in NL by @martindrenthen.bsky.social, conservation frontiers of Europe by @georgeiorda.bsky.social, the 'king and queen' of UK rewilding by @researchrestore.bsky.social #envhist #envhum
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Dr George Iordachescu 🏳️‍🌈 🟥 @georgeiorda.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
10/ Day 2 of Rethinking Wild Europe workshop @univie.ac.at starts with a fascinating keynote by @martindrenthen.bsky.social on the strategies for dealing with the recent dispersal of #wolves into 🇳🇱. He unpacks the 🗝 question - what is really at stake in the Dutch wolf debate?
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Monica Vasile 🐾 @monicavasile.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Excited to do the first keynote lecture for the conference Rethinking Wild Europe tomorrow cetep.eu/rethinking-w... #envhist #envhum
Screenshot from website of conference Rethinking Wild Europe, picturing high mountains
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Dr Emmy @researchrestore.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Great to share my ideas on #rewilding knowledge & decisions at day 1 of the Rethinking Wild Europe conference in #Vienna. Looking forward to more discussions today on day 2! #wilderness #ethics #decisions
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Mike Sowden @mikeachim.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
In 2014 Dutch scientists left a hamster wheel outside, to see if wild animals would use it like their domesticated counterparts. The answer: hell yes! 734 visits from wild mice - plus rats, shrews, slugs ("running" being subjective here) & even frogs and snails. The apparent reason: fun. Just fun.
Chart showing instances of wild animals using a hamster wheel left out in the wild, with visits dominated by wild mice, followed by slugs, rats, shrews and a few frogs and snails.
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