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In 2029, Reform UK could win on under 30% of the vote according to some polls. Our new research paper shows our voting system has a hand in this.

Read more & find out why electoral reform is not a nice-to-have, but an emergency.

#ukpolitics #PR #FPTP #VotingSystem

The shooting of Alex Pretti was (US) state sanctioned murder and has been followed up by attempts to destroy evidence and stop local police (and even the FBI) from investigating.

Minnesota police are trying to counter the lies and illegality.

Terrifying

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Are you a West African national working on wildlife trade? This course could be for you!

Apply here by 23.59 GMT on 30th January: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/mas...

#IllegalWildlifeTrade #Masterclass #Ghana

Looking for books to get for #climate curious friends & family this Christmas🎄?

Here are 6 of my favourites reads this year.

First up, Yale University historian Sunil Amrith's relentlessly edifying 'The Burning Earth'. A staggeringly comprehensive account of how we got to where we are! 🧵

This was such a good seminar! Huge thanks to the organisers and to Dr Ross Brooks.

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik The massacres carried out by the RSF in El Fasher, Darfur, with the support of its UAE sponsors, will only stop when the international community acts, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

Blood spilled in Sudan can be seen from space. Nobody can feign ignorance about what’s going on | Nesrine Malik

Always follow the money and never, ever think that Farage is on your side. He isn't.

What Interdisciplinarity Feels Like in Practice - ICCS By Sonakshi Srivastava, a participant in the Interdisciplinary Conservation Network 2025.   I am not going to lie: as a social scientist, I am still a little scared of natural scientists. It is hard t...

Great blog to start the week: reflections from @sonakshis.bsky.social on the 2025 Interdisciplinary Conservation Network.

"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."

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Field with sign on a gate saying: STOP THE RESERVOIR FIX THE LEAKS! TRANSFER NEW WATER FROM THE SEVERN BETTER CHEAPER SAFER Thames Water Thames Water says new Abingdon reservoir could cost bill-payers up to £7.5bn Price rise to three times original budget is a blow to government's reservoir expansion plans

Thames Water have racked up £20 billion in debt to pay themselves huge dividends. 🤑

Now they've run out of other people's money and want YOU to pay for their greed. 🤬

Enough! This madness ends now.

Make Thames Water public. Take 1 minute to email your MP today 👇

Come now to see our 'twinkling stars' of Grass of Parnassus, in Lye Valley alkaline spring-fen now within Oxford (how does the fen survive do I hear you ask?).

By changing our diets now, we can avoid the food chaos that climate change is bringing By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.

By choosing to transform how we grow food and what we eat – rather than letting climate change dictate the pace of change – we have so much to gain.

'Danger zones': Study raises alarm over care home heatwave risk Friends of the Earth report warns nearly 10,000 care homes are in areas of the UK most at risk from increasingly intense heatwaves

Reports on how the UK is dangerously ill-prepared for extreme heat and people are dying as a result are increasingly just part of the normal summer media cycle. www.businessgreen.com/news/4517501...

mRNA vaccines can be modified and produced cheaply and quickly. This doesn't only help us respond to pandemics better, it enables researchers to rapidly test different treatment strategies for many diseases such as cancer. Cutting mRNA funding slows all of health research and makes us all sicker.

2 in 5 arrested over last summer’s riots had been reported for domestic abuse Police data indicates overlaps between public violent disorder and domestic violence and abuse

The far right terrorising asylum seekers in hotels love to spread the lie they’re worried about the risk of sexual assault. But here’s the truth: Two in five men arrested for last summer’s riots had been reported for domestic abuse. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

"The value of qualitative approaches to impact evaluation in biodiversity conservation" is a fantastic new output from the 2023 Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN).

Read it here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Find out more about ICN here: iccs.org.uk/catalysing-c...

A section of melted boardwalk, part of which is completely burnt through fills the bottom three quarters of the photo. There is green vegetation to both sides, a small information board top left, and a piece of red and white tape across an unburnt section of boardwalk top right.

❗ ANNOUNCEMENT ❗

It's not currently possibly to safely or easily walk the full length of the Lye Valley after some mindless vandal(s) set fire to part of the boardwalk last night. The City Council are aware of the situation, and are visiting today.
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Fanny Djomkam's experience as a Leventis Fellow - ICCS Over the past three months, I had the remarkable opportunity to join the Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science (ICCS) at the University of Oxford as a Leventis African Biodiversity Fellow ...

"This fellowship...has reinforced my belief that conservation must be inclusive, community-driven, and evidence-based. As I continue my work back in Cameroon, I carry with me the insights, networks, and renewed energy inspired by my time in Oxford"

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Ask your MP to show their support for a people-first future for our water! We can make our water work for people - not shareholders - but water lobbyists are working hard to shut this solution down. Will you make sure your MP hears about it?

Our privatised water system is broken - and water lobbyists have worked hard to shut down alternatives.In July the People’s Commission is launching a people-first vision for our water in Parliament.Your MP needs to hear about it: actionnetwork.org/letters/ask-...

Enabling conditions for conservation on Indigenous and community lands Despite increasing evidence and general acceptance in global environmental policy of the significant role of Indigenous Peoples and local communities (IP&LC) in biodiversity conservation and climate ...

New publication: "Enabling conditions for conservation on Indigenous and community lands"

@stephaniebrittain.bsky.social

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Petition: Keir Starmer – Oppose Trump’s war on Iran Stop Trump Coalition

Sign the petition to Keir Starmer: Oppose Trump's war on Iran
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#conservation | Celesté Maré Are you an early career researcher (ECR) passionate about #Conservation? See below for an amazing opportunity to work with fellow motivated ECRs to explore and develop important themes around Conserva...

Are you an early career researcher (ECR) passionate about #Conservation? See below for an amazing opportunity to work with fellow motivated ECRs to explore and develop important themes around Biodiversity conservation! Deadline is 12 June 2025. www.linkedin.com/posts/celest...

🚨Investigation confirms human rights abuses by African Parks rangers against the Baka 🚨

A long-awaited investigation has confirmed multiple human rights violations by eco-guards in Odzala-Kokoua National Park, Republic of Congo.

Still can't believe we got onto the cover of Science! Across 11 reserves and 7 years, we found that dehorning achieved large reductions in poaching, but it's not a magic bullet

Full article: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Popular version: www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025...

On this #worldenvironmentday we reflect on the role of #academia in addressing the #biodiversity crisis.

www.biodiversity.ox.ac.uk?p=11042

Two thirds of Brits want Keir Starmer to end arms sales to Israel, poll shows Polling by campaign group Global Justice Now found 65% if voters support an arm sales ban until attacks on Gaza end, with just 11% opposing the move

NEW: 3 in 5 Brits would support sanctions on Israel, to exert pressure on it to stop its attacks on Gaza

65% would support a COMPLETE arms sales ban to Israel. And 60% would support an end to the trade deal between the UK and Israel.

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We're now accepting applications for The Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN) 2025! ICN provides an opportunity for ECRs to hone key skills, build networks + work collaboratively to develop cutting-edge research in conservation.

Apply here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/app...

Apply now to be part of an interdisciplinary workshop on shaping the future of AI for conservation!

Full details and application form here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/sha...

#AI #AIForConservation #Interdisciplinary

Huge congratulations to @bashyalreshu.bsky.social on winning a #WhitleyAward!

Reshu is leading efforts to protect Nepal’s medicinal plants, focusing on the rare Maire’s yew and wild orchids, through her organisation Greenhood Nepal. She also collaborates with ICCS via @orchiddelirium.bsky.social

The Disappearing Act: On the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Cuts and the Trump Administration’s War on American Culture The same night celebrities climbed the Met Gala stairs under a storm of flashbulbs, draped in couture and symbolism, another event was unfolding—quieter, far more devastating.

While the Met Gala dazzled, the Trump admin quietly began clawing back NEA grants already awarded to arts orgs across the U.S.

This isn’t budget tightening—it’s cultural erasure.

My latest: on power, censorship, and the future of American art.

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Activate climate’s ‘silent majority’ to supercharge action, experts say Making concerned people aware their views are far from alone could unlock the change so urgently needed

The majority of people —56% in the US!—are worried about climate change, but not activated.

Why not? Most feel helpless, hopeless, and don't know what to do. So more fear won't activate them. Rather, knowing what to do—and being invited to do it—will.

Where to start? With a conversation today. 🧵