Excited to be trailing FreeStations - accessible environmental pollution equipment - at our @dice-kent.bsky.social campus next week
Huge thanks for Prof Mark Mulligan from @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social for building them with us!
Read more here: blogs.kent.ac.uk/dice/2025/09...
We bring together conservation leaders from across Southeast Asia to explore:
– What’s driving biodiversity loss
– How threats vary by country
– Which solutions are working
– Why local leadership is key
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Did you know tens of millions of kilograms of wild meat are wasted across Africa each year?
A new study reveals how snaring harms wildlife and food systems, & why sustainable, community-led solutions are urgently needed.
Read:🔗 https://bit.ly/4e5Hlxj
#TreesPeoplePlanet | @dice-kent.bsky.social
*New postgraduate studentship*! ⚠️⬇️
We are now offering fully funded taught MSc in Conservation Science studentships at the University of Kent, particularly targeted towards individuals from underserved backgrounds.
Apply here: ➡️ www.kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst...
#postgraduatescholarships
Great article by @spoorthyraman.bsky.social with comments from me @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social
Endangered shark trophies dominate the online wildlife trade, study finds 🦈 news.mongabay.com/2025/06/enda...
New paper out today in
@natecoevo.nature.com on biodiversity & human wellbeing in UK forests, both seasonally and along a gradient of socioeconomic deprivation
Funded by @erc.europa.eu and Woodland Trust 🌳, with lovely @dice-kent.bsky.social team
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
👋 Hello BlueSky! I’m Dr Stephanie Brittain, a Lecturer in Conservation Science at @dice-kent.bsky.social & a Research Fellow @iccs.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk.
I’m also President of the SCB SSWG (Social Science Working Group) @society4conbio.bsky.social scbsocialscience.org #ConSocSci
Please come along to our #ICCB2025 symposium on "Future pathways for area-based conservation" tomorrow, Tues 17, from 3:15 to 4:15 pm in Mezzanine Level Meeting Room M3.
We have a set of excellent speakers talking about how and whether different types of conservation areas fit within GBF Target 3.
Want to join our team of friendly, fun (personal opinion) and interdisciplinary fellows at @dice-kent.bsky.social?
We’re interested in researching nature recovery from ecological, social and policy perspectives
Happy to chat about my life as a fellow!
Apply 👇
🌎 #ConservationScience
🚨New Paper!🚨'Analysis of morphological attributes as a driver of trade in poison dart frogs' in @conbiology.bsky.social with Puya Jaichand, Iain Fraser & @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social @wildlifetrade.bsky.social #wildlifetrade 🐸☠️🎨💵 doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
There are currently SIX PhD studentships being advertised at DICE - details here:
PhD 2: Exploring scenarios for conservation areas to balance biodiversity and ecosystem services in the UK’s marine environment. Deadline 23/04/25.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by Rachel Seary and Bob Smith, funded by Leverhulme.
I am advertising two PhD studentships (part of the six that DICE is currently advertising).
PhD 1: Understanding and optimising local nature recovery networks in England. Deadline 11/05/25.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Supervised by Bob Smith and Zoe Davies, funded by UKRI E3.
Fantastic #phd opportunity on #marineconservation working with @dice-kent.bsky.social and #cefas using the #OneBenthic dataset
www.kent.ac.uk/durrell-inst...
A small village surrounded by dense forest and agricultural fields, with mist covering the nearby hills in West Java.
In this video by @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social, @mattstruebig.bsky.social, a Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Awardee @kent.ac.uk talks about defaunation - one of the major global conservation issues of our time. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/strueb...
It's sure to be a wonderful event, with speakers from DICE, including alumnae and current students and staff. Come along! #IWD
We congratulate DICE staff members, Dr Jess Fisher and Professor Zoe Davies, on the publication of their groundbreaking research, yesterday featured in the Independent 👏🌲
An image of a blobfish, with a screenshot featuring the Nature Insight logo and the following text: "IPBES Podcast. Nature Insight: Speed Dating with the Future. Season 4 Episode 4"
Charismatic species like lions 🦁 steal the spotlight, but what about the underdogs of nature?
Simon Watt & Prof. Bob Smith join #NatureInsight to discuss the “ugly” species we ignore—and why they deserve a second look. 🌍💔
🎙️ Episode 4 is NOW out: natureinsight.podbean.com
Very much enjoying my first week as a Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow at Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (@dice-kent.bsky.social). In the theme of new pastures, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to switch over to here!
We are proud to announce the publication of a collaborative research project in Nature Sustainability.
The paper used wildmeat.org to better understand the regional patterns of wild animal hunting in African tropical forests: doi.org/10.1038/s418...
Congratulations to all parties involved!
Remembering our namesake, Gerald Durrell, who today would have turned 100 years old.
A conservationist, naturalist, writer and presenter, his work continues through The Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust and DICE is a proud partner with them on projects around the world.
#wildlifeconservation
Don't miss this month's DICE Talk! 🚨
23rd January, 6pm 🗓️
Templeman Lecture Theatre 📍
Andre has worked across the RSPB's agenda, including climate change and working to safeguard the legal framework for protecting designated sites.
No booking required.
#dicetalks #lectureseries #conservation
Had an amazing time at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social!
Great to connect with brilliant researchers, share our work on Ethiopia's progress toward #30x30, and get valuable feedback.
Icing on the cake? Tasty Ethiopian food and a chance to practice our Amharic—bringing back fieldwork memories!🌍
Very excited to start as a Research Fellow at @dice-kent.bsky.social this week, joining the E3 Sharing Space for Nature project. Had a very warm welcome from everyone this week and I can’t wait to see what’s to come!
Keep an eye out for updates on the project: t.co/Lsq4uMqhMO
Interested in #rewilding? Looking for a cool PhD project? This may be for you - based in Swansea (in Miguel’s lab), co-supervised by ZSL Science (me) and Rewilding Britain (Sahran). At the interface between community, ecosystem and applied ecology :)
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
This is the first #ConservationJob I've posted over here, & it's a corker!
I only joined the team here at Durrell recently & I'm very glad I did. We're now looking for an Impact Officer to join us in the Conservation Knowledge team.
www.durrell.org/get-involved...
#Conservation
#Job
#EnvironmentJob
Opportunity to join @dice-kent.bsky.social as a funded PhD student working on wild pigs and the impacts of African Swine Fever in Indonesia.
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Today is Wildlife Conservation Day! 🌱
At DICE, we are proud to celebrate and champion conservation through our research. Our programmes have trained over 1000 conservation scientists and biodiversity managers to-date.
As we come to the end of the year, how will you champion conservation in 2025?
Photo of Sao Tome and Principe archipelago from https://www.saotomechoice.com/about/
Land use categories for São Tomé island in West Africa
📢 Interested in island bats in West Africa? 🦇🦇
Check out our new paper led by Ana Sofia Castro-Fernandes investigating how bats respond to land use change, including island endemics doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
PI's - @ricardonature.bsky.social & Ana Filipa Palmeirim
🚨New Paper🚨'Inferring species #extinction from sighting data' by McCrea, Cheale, Campillo-Funollet & @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social @dice-kent.bsky.social & Uni. Lancaster in Cambridge Prisms: Extinction inc. RShiny App👇 doi.org/10.1017/ext....