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🤝 MPAs also support human well-being by integrating equitable practices & Indigenous traditional knowledge. They’re not just about conservation - they’re about communities too.

#OceanProtection #IUCN #JNCC #MPABioClimate

🌱 Climate-adaptive MPAs balance ecological goals with social needs - offering co-benefits like carbon sequestration & coastal protection. They’re key to ecosystem-based approaches & marine spatial planning.

🛠️ Resources & Tools

Case studies from Indonesia, Kenya/Tanzania, Australia, UK, US & the Central Arctic Ocean show how MPAs can deliver ecological & social outcomes while building climate resilience.

📖 What’s Inside?

The report outlines 4 guiding principles for climate-adaptive MPAs:

🔹Understand change
🔹Strengthen resilience
🔹Ensure equity
🔹Generate holistic co-benefits

🌍 As countries work toward Target 3 of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework, this report highlights the need to integrate climate change into MPA planning for long-term conservation success.

#KunmingMontrealFramework #MPAs #ClimateResilience

Latest WCPA report - Establishing Marine Protected Areas in a changing climate - mpabioclimate.com […]

🌊 New IUCN Report

"Establishing #MarineProtectedAreas in a Changing Climate" offers vital guidance for designing climate-resilient MPA networks across local, national & transboundary scales 🧵

Dive into the full report 👇

mpabioclimate.org/latest-wcpa-...

📸 NOAA/Robert Schwemmer

Check out the newly published Arctic Indicators paper ⬇️ which uses WeBS and GSMP data!

Butterfly Conservation's Butterflies and Moths to see in August: Gatekeeper, Jersey Tiger moth, Large White, Green Carpet, Clouded Yellow, Red Underwing, White-letter Hairstreak, Magpie moth, Small Copper

New month, new butterflies and moths to look out for in your gardens and local green spaces! 🦋🌻

See how many you can spot in the #BigButterflyCount, which runs until 10 August 👉 buff.ly/4pAZzyX

Attendees of a seagrass monitoring workshop receiving a final briefing before putting their new skill to the test (photo courtesy of Eirian Kettle)

Seagrass species (Thalassodendron ciliatum) below the water in Nosy Be, Madagascar (photo courtesy of Eirian Kettle)

A red-knobbed starfish (Protoreaster linckii) on the sand in Sri Lanka (photo courtesy of Holly Baigent)

A group of professionals come together for a Q&A panel at the Maldives Protected & Conserved Areas Forum 2024 (photo courtesy of Jamie Small)

This #MPADay, we're reminded that every wave carries the promise of a sustainable future💙 MPAs give our planet breathing space – storing carbon, supporting biodiversity, securing livelihoods

Discover our role in #MarineConservation over the past 10 years & the value of MPAs 👉 bit.ly/JNCC-Interna...

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(1/) This is a reminder to please submit your BBS and WBBS data by 31 August at the latest! This deadline is in place to ensure that your Regional Organiser and the BBS Team at BTO HQ have enough time to verify your data. @btobirds.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @rspbscience.bsky.social #Ornithology

The latest JNCC newsletter features a wide range of research and conservation, and thanks for including PoMS - great to partner with JNCC and be part of #TogetherForNature @ukceh.bsky.social

A colour image of the Nature News heading with the JNCC logo and illustrations of a butterfly, bird, four people and a tree. Three images are below showing (left to right) a tree canopy, three people standing in front of the mobile laboratory and a Variable Nomad Bee (Nomada zonata) on a yellow flower

🚨Latest edition of our e-newsletter out now! bit.ly/JNCC-NN-July...

In this issue:

💚 New partnership for climate & nature

🧪 The mobile lab helping rural communities

🐝 Pollinators & the power of plants

Sign-up to hear about our work 👉 bit.ly/JNCC-NN-SignUp

#TogetherForNature

Job Advert reads: Work with us! Seabird Monitoring Programme Organsier www.bto.org/jobs With a photo of a Razorbill flying behind the text.

📢Job alert! We’re looking for the next Seabird Monitoring Programme Organiser to join the BTO Surveys Team!🔭📈

ℹ️ For more information and to apply: www.bto.org/jobs
🗓️ Deadline for applications: 8th Sept 2025.

#seabirds #citizenscience
@btobirds.bsky.social, @jncc.bsky.social, @rspb.bsky.social

The day reinforced our commitment to evidence-based conservation and collaborative approaches that deliver measurable outcomes for biodiversity protection across the UK's overseas territories.

#ForNaturePeoplePlanet #TurningScienceIntoAction

Key highlights included:

🔷 market stall presentations showcasing JNCC's & the Blue Belt Programme’s work,

🔷 focused breakout sessions addressing the 'what' & 'how' for future progress,

🔷 valuable networking opportunities that strengthened partnerships across territories.

In his closing remarks, JNCC Chair Dr David Cooper thanked all the participants and highlighted the importance of future collaboration.

JNCC's Chief Executive, Dr Gemma Harper, set the tone for the day with her opening remarks: a review of past work & achievements, while actively looking ahead to the future of #BiodiversityConservation in the UK’s Overseas Territories.

🤝 The event celebrated real-world outcomes from our collaborative #biodiversity work, and identified crucial next steps and opportunities for future conservation efforts 💚

Last week's 'Conserving Tomorrow: Biodiversity of the UK Overseas Territories' event brought together conservation practitioners & representatives from across the UK Overseas Territories global network at JNCC's Peterborough offices 🧵

#TogetherForNature

A graph showing the Cormorant Index for England. The dates run from 1987 to 2024. The graph can be seen increasing before starting to level off

These #OfficialStatistics are based on data gathered through the @btobirds.bsky.social / @rspbscience.bsky.social / JNCC Wetland Bird Survey @webs-gsmp.bsky.social

A dark brown bird sits on a branch with its wings outstretched.

Latest Cormorant indices released for England

The Cormorant population in England increased since monitoring began in the late 1980s. However, the latest results suggest a recent levelling off jncc.gov.uk/our-work/cor...

A colour image of calm seas, with clouds and blue sky above copyright Bryony Baker

A colour image of the sun setting behind the sea with a lone seabird flying above the water and the railings of the boat, in shadow, in the forground copyright Bryony Baker

The #ProcBe project is part of the Offshore Wind Evidence and Change programme, aiming to expand offshore wind sustainably whilst supporting the marine environment #OWEC

@thecrownestate.bsky.social

#Shearwaters #StormPetrels #SeabirdBehaviour #Ornithology #OffshoreWind

📸 © Bryony Baker

A colour image of two Orca's, their fins showing above the water copyright Joe Pender

A close-up of a Orca's fin, just above the water copyright Joe Pender

With a particularly exciting sighting of Orca, a very uncommon sight off Scilly and what turned out to be a pair of individuals from a mysterious Iberian population
📸 © Joe Pender

A colour image of a Cory's Shearwater in flight with waves beneath copyright Joe Pender

A colour image of a Sabine's Gull in flight copyright Joe Pender

In addition to our target species we have had some special encounters with Cory's shearwaters, Sabine's gulls and sunfish 📸 © Joe Pender

A colour image of a European Storm Petrel in flight copyright Joe Pender

A colour image of a Wilson's Storm Petrel in flight copyright Joe Pender

So far we have had a good range of weather conditions, including both challenging swell and glassy, calm seas and been treated to some incredible views of both European and Wilson's Storm Petrels! 📸 ©Joe Pender

A colour image of seabirds flying in the background, with two seabirds perching on the railing of a boat in the foreground, copyright Bryony Baker

A colour image of a person standing on a boat holding a camera, with the swell of the sea behind copyright Orea Anderson

A colour image of a person standing at the back of a boat looking out to sea using binoculars copyright Bryony Baker

The #ProcBe field season is well underway!

@jncc.bsky.social have sent a team to the Isles of Scilly to collect flight height data on European Storm Petrels using laser rangefinders, where we have been welcomed on board the Sapphire with @scillypelagics.bsky.social

📸©Bryony Baker & Orea Anderson

A colour photograph of a desk, with various finance-related papers and a laptop.

📢 #JobOpportunity #WeAreSeeking to appoint a Head of Finance & Planning bit.ly/JNCCjob202536

You will have a pivotal role that supports the financial planning, management, reporting, control & procurement functions across JNCC. Closing date is Sunday 10 August 2025 #Finance #Planning

A colour image of INR technicians and Principal Scientist at the EnviroLab launch event copyright INR.

EnviroLab is also a hub for outreach & education & serves as a platform to strengthen relationships with citizen scientists & community champions.

See our blog 👉 bit.ly/JNCC-EPP-Env... &
The Witness press release 👉 bit.ly/4m4JGvr to discover the exciting capabilities & opportunities of the lab

A colour image of three INR partners providing a demonstration of equipment available with the EnviroLab copyright INR

Equipped with cutting-edge laboratory kit, the EnviroLab can be used to take samples from the environment & analyse pollutants at the site & in real-time.

This is critical for addressing pollution issues in areas that previously lacked access to such resources.

#PollutionAction

A colour imae of the EPP’s EnviroLab – a mobile laboratory in South Africa copyright INR

A colour image of the EPP team and partners with the mobile lab copyright Isabella Gosetto

🧪 🔬 Mobile laboratory launched to bring #Pollution testing to remote communities 🧪 🔬

The Environmental Pollution Programme (EPP) partners, the Institute of Natural Resources, have launched a state-of-the-art 4x4 mobile laboratory, designed to support South Africa’s remote communities 🧵