Nathalie Pettorelli

Developers encroach on 2,000-year-old Devon wetland citing ‘blockages’ to Labour’s housing plans According to planning conditions, Wolborough Fen in Newton Abbot must be protected as groundworks are prepared for 1,200 homes

A 2000 year old SSSI….

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UK must prepare buildings for 2C rise in global temperature, government told Climate advisers warn that current plans to protect against extreme weather are inadequate

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National security threatened by climate crisis, UK intelligence chiefs due to warn Report by joint intelligence committee delayed, with concerns expressed that it may not be published

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We're thrilled to announce our first-ever webinar!

@hollietree.bsky.social & @pettorelli.bsky.social will be joining us to discuss how Integrated Nature-Climate Action can strengthen policy responses to biodiversity loss & climate change 🌍🧪

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Revealed: Europe losing 600 football pitches of nature and crop land a day Investigation shows extent of green land lost across UK and mainland Europe to development from 2018 to 2023

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The perks of attending an in-person BES meeting :)

Beyond Nature‐based Solutions: The case for Integrated Nature‐Climate Action Moving beyond NbS to pursue an inclusive INCA concept can help address the systemic drivers of the global polycrisis. With synergies between the Rio Conventions expected to be a key focus of the upco....

Integrated Nature-Climate Action: what is it? why do we need it? If you are interested in #policy, #synergies, #climateaction and how to improve coordination on the tackling of the nature & climate crises, this #OA paper out today is for you besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Nearly 4,000 NASA employees opt to leave agency through deferred resignation program The employees who have chosen to leave the agency amount to about 20% of NASA's workforce.

NASA losing 20% of its workforce seems bad.

This is a really crazy thing to do.

Amid Fear of Retaliation, N.S.F. Workers Sign Letter of Dissent

“More than 140 employees of the National Science Foundation have signed a letter denouncing what they described as efforts to undermine one of the country’s main science funding agencies.”

‘Total infiltration’: How plastics industry swamped vital global treaty talks Petrostates and well-funded lobbyists at UN-hosted talks are derailing a deal to cut plastic production and protect people and the planet

Life as an academic criticising industry at Global Plastics Treaty

"I filed harassment reports... I’ve been harassed & intimidated lots of other times, in lots of other contexts, at off-site meetings, at side events, also at sci conferences, via email and so on”

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Investors hitting ‘limit’ for insuring against UK floods, warns Flood Re chief CEO of reinsurer says exposure to risks is now ‘worse’ than when the scheme started in 2016

Insurance companies will no longer be able to cover the UK's most flood-exposed homes, because "the [flooding] problem is....now worse than when we started" (climate change huh?)

350k homes will become uninhabitable

Should the oil industry pay to cover this?

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Open Call for Associate Editors

The Zoological Society of London is looking for active researchers to join the Editorial Board of RSEC.

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🌿 Exciting Announcement! 🌱

Join us for the Movement and Rewilding Ecology (MoRE) Workshop on September 22, 2025, at BES, 42 Wharf Rd, London! 🌍

Powered by the #BES-rewilding @besmovesig.bsky.social SIGs.

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#BritishEcologicalSociety

Impacts of an omnivorous ungulate on plant communities and soil organic carbon In this study, we investigate the direct and indirect relationships between a reintroduced omnivorous ungulate, the wild boar, and soil carbon. We find boar activity corresponds to resource-acquisiti...

Wild board are incredible ecosystem engineers - but how does their presence relate to plant diversity and soil carbon? Interested in finding out? Answer here besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Should Ecology be more proactive & vocal on one of the key issues of our times? What systemic & institutional changes are needed for the ecological community to be at the forefront of the response? If these are questions that speak to you, this new paper may be of interest lnkd.in/eXfXG4xM

The paper *should* be accessible at rdcu.be/epIAw (but let me know if that doesn't work)

Of course - just drop me an email :)

Should Ecology be more proactive & vocal on one of the key issues of our times? What systemic & institutional changes are needed for the ecological community to be at the forefront of the response? If these are questions that speak to you, this new paper may be of interest lnkd.in/eXfXG4xM

It’s today, same place (London Southbank), same time (1-4PM) as it has been for the last 15 years - hope to see some of you there!

Can’t do this one? There’s many more planned for this year - have a look at soapboxscience.org

Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time)

For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...

Earth's Energy Imbalance More Than Doubled in Recent Decades Earth's energy imbalance more than doubled in recent decades The large trend has taken us by surprise, and as a community we should strive to understand the underlying causes Our capability to o...

"Observations from space of the energy imbalance shows that it is rising much faster than expected, and in 2023 it reached values two times higher than the best estimate from IPCC." 😬

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Black-veined Moth by Butterfly Conservation/Mark Parsons. The image shows a creamy white moth with fine black lines across its wings, perched on a plant stem against a grassy green background

Job Alert! 🌿🐛🦋📢 Could you be @savebutterflies.bsky.social new Head of Ecology Services? Leading and building our role providing advice and technical services, this role puts you at the heart of our nature recovery work! Please apply or DM for a chat about it. www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/42...

📣 Calling all PhD students 📣

Want to learn how to translate research into impact? Applications for the BES POST Fellowship are now open for real-world experience working within the UK parliament to support the use of research evidence.

🗓️ Apply by 11 June

How weird…if you drop me an email I’ll send you the pdf ;)

Unveiling pervasive assumptions: moving beyond the poverty-biodiversity loss association in conservation This paper reflects on the continued persistence of the idea in conservation research and practice that poverty drives biodiversity loss (the poverty-…

We need to talk about this idea that poverty drives biodiversity loss - great paper led by Rachel Carmenta, now out and #OA for the next 50 days via this link www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

England's environmental watchdog says Labour's planning bill risks weakening nature protections

"There are fewer protections for nature written into the bill than under existing law. Creating new flexibility without sufficient legal safeguards could see environmental outcomes lessened over time."

London councils yet to spend £130m in local climate funds Local authorities have spent less than £40m out of £170m collected since offsetting scheme began in 2016

London councils sitting on more than £130m (!!) that should be funding local climate action

Government ‘failing to support natural regeneration of trees in England’ Campaigners say targets for woodland creation are unlikely to be met because 95% of grants are for planting

95% of funds used for planting, 5% on natural regeneration…