We've got another great opportunity to join our centre! We’re looking for a postdoctoral researcher to explore how rights of nature legal frameworks can be successfully implemented through governance, exploring biocultural relationships and biodiversity protection.
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Driven by a lifelong love for the natural world, Dominique Maucieri's research journey evolved from terrestrial fieldwork to marine ecology. She's now joined LCAB as a postdoc working on understanding biological responses to human-driven environmental change.
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A group photo picturing the workshop attendees
It was a pleasure to co-convene a two day workshop on historical approaches to unwanted non-human life. It brought together researches from a range of periods and disciplines and fostered conversations on the challenges and opportunities of with working in this field. Many thanks to all involved!
📰 I have a new paper out with Peter Sands @anthropocenebio.bsky.social in Society & Animals - setting out the idea of a #PoliticalEcology of reanimating to understand current trends in #rewilding through the lens of individual animal lives brill.com/view/journal...
We are excited to be recruiting a number of new postdoctoral researchers working across a range of topics from biodiversity modelling and creative future visioning to cultural understandings of biodiversity and game design.
Find out more and apply by 28 April:
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Tracey Hayes reflects on the (Super)naturecultures Symposium which brought together folklorists & ethnologists from across the North Atlantic region to explore vernacular conceptions of the natural world & humans’ relationship to it as expressed in folk tradition.
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Better late than never - we were delighted to host Maastricht University System Earth Science researchers at York recently. Our discussions were focused on identifying research synergies and priorities across a range of areas. Looking forward to where these conversations lead!
Marco Franzoi reflects on his Japanese Society for the Promotion of the Science fellowship and how a chance mention by a friend led to one of the most rewarding experiences of his academic and professional career.
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In these Anthropocene times, the concept of "resilience", i.e. the ability of systems/landscapes to bounce back from shocks, has become all the rage. Yet those who try to implement the concept on the ground will promptly run into questions, such as: Resilience of what, and according whom? 🧵
Created for our university community, the touch grass bingo card encourages you to slow down, unplug, & reconnect with nature on campus.
Supporting sustainability, celebrating biodiversity & nurturing wellbeing.
🌿Download a card & head outside: drive.google.com/file/d/1cxZy...
Great questions! 🌍🌐🦊🙏
The Wild Imperative: Rewilding in the Anthropocene journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
New paper uses stable carbon isotopes from baobabs in Madagascar to reconstruct long-term rainfall records.
Understanding long-term patterns in rainfall variability helps us to untangle the role of climate & people in driving vegetation change.
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If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise. It’s unlikely to be bears but if you're somewhere along the UK’s west coast you may just find yourself in a rainforest, or at least a temperate one. Kian Hayles-Cotton reflects on his PhD fieldwork.
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What can biodiversity patterns during the Black Death tell us about our relationships with nature?
(hint: its not all bad!)
Read more in our new paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Sarah Bezan & Peter Sands edit a special issue that examines de-extinction through the lenses of art and science.
The issue considers the ways in which species revival depends as much on speculative imaginaries as it does on the hard genetic & ecological sciences.
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This Sustainability Week join LCAB and @york.ac.uk grounds staff to plant a blackthorn thicket on Campus East.
📆4 March
🕜13:30 - 16:00
Open to staff and students but places are limited so book now: www.york.ac.uk/about/sustai...
Researching God’s Acre: The Biodiversity of British Churchyards
A widespread community initiative seeking to improve biodiversity in the UK is churchyard improvement schemes. @jessbotha.bsky.social considers why they're important & what we can learn from them
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Exploring Community and Government forest #conservation in #Nigeria provide the evidence on how management, local security, and collaboration are essential for forest #sustainability @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
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Clemency Cooper’s PhD research aims to understand how perceptions of the landscape have shaped the North York Moors, and how evidence of past change might influence decisions about its future character.
@northyorkmoors.org.uk
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LCAB at IPBES 12: Reflections from Manchester.
An LCAB group attended #IPBES12 to observe proceedings, engage with stakeholders & learn more about how the platform works in practice.
Find out more about what they learned: www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
How can AI support biodiversity? 🤖🐝
Researchers from Computer Science and Ecology are teaming up to create a ChatGPT-style tool that gives farmers tailored advice on pollination.
Grounding cutting-edge AI in real-world ecological knowledge. Learn more about the project 🔗 buff.ly/Tl2PUA3
From forests to reefs, biodiversity underpins the health & functioning of ecosystems, yet measuring biodiversity is not an easy task. Victoria's PhD research will compare different approaches & examine how they shape our interpretation of biodiversity trends. #IPBES12
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A new study reveals key challenges & recommends solutions for protecting biodiversity within oil palm landscapes.
Corporate commitments to biodiversity protection are difficult to achieve; linking scientific guidance with local knowledge is key to success.
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#IPBES12
Academics, policy makers and businesses are coming together this week at #IPBES12 in Manchester. LCAB researchers are official observers at this important plenary meeting which will have a particular focus on business and biodiversity and the nature-positive approaches companies can adopt.
Jamie Carr highlights the growing call for rights-based, locally led conservation and introduces his horizon scan on the realities - challenges, trade-offs and co-benefits - of implementing the Principles for Inclusive Nature Action in real-world contexts.
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#IPBES12
A privilege to spend a day behind the scenes at @yorkmuseumstrust.bsky.social collections and the conversations it sparks - from #biodiversity changes to ecosystem restoration, from human environment interactions through to #art and engagement @ypsyork.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
Join us for a discussion and screening of UNRULY with @joenq.bsky.social; a South African theatre production exploring challenges of human-wildlife coexistence when tensions run high between people and baboons.
Thurs 26 Feb | 10am or 3pm
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📢 New paper: Life on New Earth: biodiversity change & humanity in a novel future
A counterpoint to collapse based narratives of biosphere futures by accounting for how ecological novelty, gains & past human experiences can help us navigate accelerating biodiversity change.
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Eilidh Thompson introduces her PhD research into the decline of fish numbers in Ullswater. Piecing together sources of historical information, including fishing guides, romantic literature & newspaper reports, she hopes to be able to model the history of the lake.
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Andrew Hill reflects on the Theoretical Archaeology Group annual meeting where he presented the theory behind his current project titled ‘The Never-Wildwood: Humans and Beavers in Britain’s Woodlands in the Mesolithic and the Present’.
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