Andy Purvis

A brown penguin chick of some kind. It looks very much like a man in a suit. It is bedraggled and miserable

Made it to Friday but at what cost

Love this from @britishecologicalsociety.org this morning!
Science communication is a difficult skill....

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Who watches the worms? Motivation and (non-)participation in a contributory citizen science project - BMC Ecology and Evolution BMC Ecology and Evolution - Citizen science projects rely on public participation to generate data and promote engagement with science. However, little is known about the motivations of individuals...

My paper with @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social @dralanjones.bsky.social et al. on our Earthworm Watch 🪱 #citizenscience project @nhm-london.bsky.social & @earthwatcheurope.bsky.social is out! We examined motivations of those who did, and importantly, those who didn't, take part doi.org/10.1186/s128...

a group of people are crawling through the mud . Alt: a group of people are crawling through the mud .

Marie Curie fellowships are madness this year. A score of 97% required for funding. To all those who didn't succeed - you and your project are probably brilliant, hang in there and keep trying

Great to see you too Yanjie - and so many of the other @ipbes.net Fellows!

Photo shows a single part of what was once a console for projecting from a laptop. It is not connected to anything.

Struggling to project from the laptop for some reason

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IPBES Business and biodiversity assessment
www.ipbes.net/business-imp...
approved today.

Summary for decision makers should be out soon

New data shows surge in trans kids’ suicides following healthcare rollbacks | Good Law Project A freedom of information request by Good Law Project has found that deaths by suicide of trans young people under 18 surged following the withdrawal of gender-affirming healthcare

One of the wickedest things Wes Streeting has ever done is push politically convenient falsehoods about suicide rates amongst young trans people. We have new data from the National Child Mortality Database that exposes the truth he tried to cover up.

On first reading, I didn't notice the "of", so was worried for you

On the train back to London from Manchester after an inspiring and packed week at #IPBES12.

We aren’t moving fast enough because we aren’t working together. We must break down siloes to speed up action for #nature recovery because:

Nature is the economy
Nature is national security
Nature is health

If anyone is still on what-was-so-much-better-when-it-was-Twitter, *why* have you not yet left?

Amazing to see the scale of #IPBES 12th plenary under the UK host. Despite the US pulling out of this globally important initiative, navigating #biodiversity, #climate change and development challenges, there is support from across the world to ensure IPBES delivers. @yesiuoy.bsky.social @ipbes.net

I'm proud of many things in my life - the publications, the projects, the people I've worked with - but sometimes you nail a tricky parking manoeuvre and I feel we don't celebrate those often enough.

Reminder: if anyone, particular ECRs, is interested in helping to refresh the Data Management booklet, please get in touch ASAP. Details of how to get involved in the thread below. @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social @britishecologicalsociety.org.

Nature is the "ultimate foundation" for the economy, the King has told global experts meeting in Britain to discuss the decline in biodiversity.

Charles told delegates at an @ipbes.net meeting that nature is "vitally important" and underpins the climate, food, water and air we rely on.

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Panoramic shot of Mary Creagh MP in front of the huge pipe organ in the ornate Victorian gothic Whitworth Hall, Manchester

Whitworth Hall is *packed* for @marycreagh.bsky.social at a DEFRA event at #IPBES12

This morning at #IPBES12 🌍🧪

Delegates and observers meet in the main hall of Manchester Central for the opening ceremony of #IPBES12.

Once a train station connecting Manchester to the rest of the world, today it opens the session that will culminate in the #BizBiodiversity report launch.

Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity.

Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary of the Convention on Biological Diversity, reminded delegates of @ipbes.net’s role as a "beacon of knowledge on #biodiversity when science and knowledge are under strain and voices of disinformation are sometimes louder than facts.”

Don’t get me wrong - I love nature. But I especially love it in the form of computable data…

True, but worth bearing in mind that lots of the most widely-used reports - like those from @ipbes.net and @ipcc.bsky.social - have undergone multiple rounds of open peer review

So I appear to be in the minority here 😂 #IPBES12

IPBES assessments bring together the best available policy relevant knowledge on nature and its contributions to peoeple. AKA massive reports. 📚
Updake is growing, with clear examples from all over the world. What is needed to bring science and decision making closer together? #IPBES12 #ForNature

Before and after photographs of school grounds. One is a concrete playground the other has been improved with containers of colourful flowers.

🌿 Working in ecology, biodiversity or wildlife conservation?
Join our webinar exploring the open‑access Nature Park Map and how schools across England are taking action for nature recovery 📅 11 Feb, 16:00–16:45 🔗 www.educationnaturepark.org.uk/webinar-expl...

Ooh it’s filling up after the coffee break… #IPBES12

He’s struggling to get the clicker to advance the slides: I think it’s trying, in its own way, to save him from the next few days 😂

Steve Polasky and the other co-chairs are giving us the background of the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment at #IPBES12. These poor people are about to start days of exhausting line-by-line negotiation of the text with the Parties

⏳ Tomorrow, #IPBES12 begins in Manchester, UK!

Over 6 days, representatives of >150 member Governments will consider for approval the IPBES #BizBiodiversity Report.

👉 Follow us for live updates as science meets policy and evidence meets action.

Learn more: https://ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG