Ecological Solutions and Evidence is accepting proposals for their latest Special Feature!
They invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't turn out as expected, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species 🌱
We are looking for a 3-year postdoc to work on a self-defined research project in environmental history that places electronic or digital technologies at the center of its historical inquiry.
More details in the announcement linked to below.
#envhist
Logos of the supporters and sponsors of the symposium Habitat restoration for diadromous fishes - best practices and impacts on stock assessment, held in Oulu, Finland from 30 June to 2 July, 2026. SAFIRE University of Oulu, Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), An international society for fish biology (FSBI), International Council for the exploration of the sea (ICES), Digital Waters, Society for Ecological Restoration, TRIWA Life, EMKVR, European Union.
📣Registration to our #restoration symposium is now open! I can promise an exciting agenda, and more information on that will continue to be added on the website.
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Thanks @luke.fi @icesmarine.bsky.social @thefsbi.bsky.social @oulu.fi, LIFE programme and others.
Funded PhD opportunity working with my ex-supervisor Staffan at Cambridge; a good fit for historians of insect-human relations, natural history collections and history of science. Information session online 24 March 11:00–12:00 pm BST
www.ccc.cam.ac.uk/initiatives/...
A nice summary can be found here www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/40-f... as well as on senior author @fengzhihe.bsky.social ‘s Bluesky thread!
A mixed bag of human interactions with giant aliens… 🌏 Introduced big freshwater species have a range of impacts on people, as shown by Xing Chen et al’s paper (which I was part of). There is high variation in how people perceive the impacts of 👽 🛸 species like 🐟 🐊 and 🦛 #conservationscience … a 🧵
In addition to complex impacts on local people, introduced freshwater megafauna have posed profound impacts on native biodiversity, leading to population declines or even local extinctions of native species. doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Freshwater megafauna are frequently introduced outside their native range for perceived economic benefits. They could pose complex impacts on native ecosystems and local people. Some detrimental effects were indirect and difficult to identify. Hence, these detrimental effects may be underreported.
Check out our new paper in One Earth @cp-oneearth.bsky.social led by Xing Chen. We assessed the beneficial and detrimental contributions of introduced freshwater megafauna to people worldwide. Despite the widely reported benefits, they have posed detrimental impacts on local people.
Hello—Is a River Alive? is published in paperback in the UK today.
It’s dedicated to the rivers & their guardians.
Thanks to all who’ve supported its journey into the world: read it, talked about it, got in touch.
It’s @waterstones.bsky.social book of the month.
“Hope is the thing with rivers…”
Job alert!
We are looking for talented PhD researchers to write a dissertation on Benzaiten worship in modern Japan or Mazu pilgrimages in Taiwan, as part of the ERC project "Maritime Goddesses: Transnational Connections, Blue Environments, and Ritual Care in East- and Southeast Asia" (MARGO).
Omg I need one for my office! 🤩🤩
In a nutshell:
Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!
A screenshot of the first page of the article. DM me and I’ll send you a copy!
The Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) is an international treaty for helping transboundary collaboration in saving species on the move. Freshwater fish are currently barely listed despite many migrating across borders - we reflect on how this tool could be used for future fish conservation! 🐟
📣Job vacancy!📣
Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
#ConservationScience 🌍
Polluting waterways is a crime. However, it is a remarkable state of affairs that it is a crime that is overlooked when the people doing so are water company executives earning millions in annual salaries (paid for by the public). And it is government policy to turn a blind eye.
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My pet gar that I donated to Shedd Aquarium would recognize me and swim over to say hi when I visited her exhibit ❤️🐠
A rare hybrid gar, I raised her since she was 2 inches long, and had to re-home her when I moved to Chicago. I was happy I could visit her in her new home!
TO BE CONTINUED…
Ah amazing! Thank you Dave!
I just watched this fascinating short documentary on the importance of namä’o (Lake Sturgeon) the Ancient Storyteller to the Menominee people (watch all the way to the end for the post-credits conclusion of the cute animation!) youtu.be/c5vII8Qzi3c?...
#sturgeon #freshwatermegafauna
“Trashing the living world to stimulate growth is like sacrificing virgins to secure a good harvest: it’s cruel, ignorant and ineffective.”
1. Because this issue is critical, but has received remarkably little coverage, here's a thread pulling out the key themes from my article yesterday, on the Planning and Infrastructure Bill, which puts decades of environmental protections to the torch. 🧵 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
To extend everyone’s little sturgeon break… very chill baby sturgeons sturgeoning.
To extend everyone’s little sturgeon break… very chill baby sturgeons sturgeoning.
I would totally research mermaid diets 🤣 looking for microbes in different types of water (whiskey being an important water?)
