Edidiong "Eddy" Daniel

Figure 2 from the described publication: A conceptual framework showing the links among human health, wildlife health, and environmental health in the context of human-wildlife interactions as well as key guiding questions to advance health equity and human-wildlife coexistence. The three main components of health included in the diagram are human health, wildlife health, and environmental health. Questions included are "Who disproportionately experiences the health benefits and risks of HWI?", "Who is more likely to experience HWI because of land use and climate change?", and "How do human actions to promote or prevent HWI affect wildlife health?"

🎉 Excited to share our new publication, out now in BioScience: “Health as an outcome and driver of human-wildlife interactions”

Check it out here: tinyurl.com/OneHealthHWIs

Huge thanks to @mhmurray.bsky.social for leading us, and to the rest of our amazing team!

@aibsbiology.bsky.social 🧪🌍🐾👣

Award, Fellowship and Grants Opportunities Award, Fellowship and Grant Opportunities Below is a list of some of the ongoing award, fellowship and grant opportunities that we thought our members might be interested in. Use the hyperlinks to ju...

Terrific list of conservation-related funding opportunities, made by @society4conbio.bsky.social:

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#ConservationFunding #Conservation

In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion KASESE DISTRICT, Uganda — In western Uganda’s Kasese district, where the Rwenzori Mountains meet the sprawling plains of Queen Elizabeth National Park, Janet Nyakairu Abwoli is on a mission to rejuven...

In Uganda, a women-led reforestation initiative fights flooding, erosion news.mongabay.com/2025/01/in-u...

The new White House has already deleted dozens of environmental justice websites and reports. Worry not, they’re all backed up on various independent university websites. eelp.law.harvard.edu/tracker-type...

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How Mongabay Exposes Threats to the Environment and Indigenous Communities GIJN member Mongabay is leading the way in environmental journalism with a innovative global-plus-local approach to watchdog reporting.

“There is simply no journalistic enterprise with Mongabay’s ability to tell stories from the ground up, from Indonesia to India to Amazonia and beyond.” - @revkin.bsky.social

Thanks to @gijn.org for the terrific coverage of the @mongabay.bsky.social team’s investigative arm:

Have grown skeptical of social media, but figured I would give this a try!

Current PhD student (+ looking for jobs!) at Harvard in Pop Health Sciences - interests in #environmentalhealth, #justice, and #water quality 💧

The Ocean Can Play a Bigger Role in Fighting Climate Change than Previously Thought New research shows that ocean-based climate change solutions could deliver over one-third of the emissions reductions needed to meet global climate goals.

🌊🌏 Ocean-based climate solutions can deliver up to 35% of the annual greenhouse gas emission cuts needed in 2050 to limit global temperature rise to 1.5 C (2.7 degrees F).

Learn about 7 ways oceans can help us fight #ClimateChange👇

Meet fungiforecast.com, a simple af website that shows an overview of the types of fungi you might find on your hikes. Search by season, distance and location.

🍄‍🟫 Beta testers and feedback welcome.

Like and share to push me to make it better.

#fungifriends #mycology #fungi #mushrooms

Effects of Microplastic Exposure on Human Digestive, Reproductive, and Respiratory Health: A Rapid Systematic Review Microplastics are ubiquitous environmental contaminants for which there are documented human exposures, but there is a paucity of research evaluating their impacts on human health. We conducted a rapid systematic review using the “Navigation Guide” systematic review method. We searched four databases in July 2022 and April 2024 with no restriction on the date. We included studies using predefined eligibility criteria that quantitatively examined the association of microplastic exposure with any health outcomes. We amended the eligibility criteria after screening studies and prioritized digestive, reproductive, and respiratory outcomes for further evaluation. We included three human observational studies examining reproductive (n = 2) and respiratory (n = 1) outcomes and 28 animal studies examining reproductive (n = 11), respiratory (n = 7), and digestive (n = 10) outcomes. For reproductive outcomes (sperm quality) and digestive outcomes (immunosuppresion) we rated overall body evidence as “high” quality and concluded microplastic exposure is “suspected” to adversely impact them. For reproductive outcomes (female follicles and reproductive hormones), digestive outcomes (gross or microanatomic colon/small intestine effects, alters cell proliferation and cell death, and chronic inflammation), and respiratory outcomes (pulmonary function, lung injury, chronic inflammation, and oxidative stress) we rated the overall body of evidence as “moderate” quality and concluded microplastic exposure is “suspected” to adversely impact them. We concluded that exposure to microplastics is “unclassifiable” for birth outcomes and gestational age in humans on the basis of the “low” and “very low” quality of the evidence. We concluded that microplastics are “suspected” to harm human reproductive, digestive, and respiratory health, with a suggested link to colon and lung cancer. Future research on microplastics should investigate additional health outcomes impacted by microplastic exposure and identify strategies to reduce exposure.

🌬️⚠️ Microplastics in the air linked to cancer?

A systematic review of 31 articles (3 human-based and 28 animal) suggests airborne microplastics may contribute to lung and colon cancers, as well as male and female infertility.

🔗 pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

#Microplastics #Health #SciComm 🧪

Beyond the Hype: Navigating the Conservation Implications of Artificial Intelligence Conservation AI—the deliberate application of artificial intelligence technology to achieve conservation goals—has great potential to boost productivity, make existing conservation actions more effic...

A thoughtful analysis of the risks of #AI in and around conservation. We hear a lot about the positives, and for my research, machine learning has been a game changer. This article brings a broader perspective

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The IUCN Red List categories and criteria

The IUCN Red List logo

Did you know that you can get trained in IUCN Red List assessment for free online?

I have my undergrads do this as a semester-long assignment to understand policy-relevant science. You can do it too! 🧪🦑🌎

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Great! 🐝 🌎

Send a message or comment if you're a student and would like to be on the list. If you know a student, also share so I can add them.
Thank you!

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A lot of the starter packs are for researchers/experts, so I decided to create one just for students in the field so we can connect with each other.

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REUs/Summer Research 2024 List (Ecology and Evolution)

I started gathering a list for REUs/Summer research opportunities for undergraduate students in Ecology/Conservation/Evolutionary Biology. Feel share to share with any undergraduate students who may be interested in participating in *PAID* research.

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Looking to connect with people interested in these areas.

#conservation #humandimensions #environmentalhealth #pollution #ecosystemrestoration #greenspace #scicomm #childrenshealth #environmentaldata

- children's exposure to environmental pollutants
- human dimensions of conservation
- ecosystems restoration
- community access to green space & ecosystem services
- communicating environmental health, biodiversity & conservation issues
- data & mapping for conservation & pollutant monitoring

Just joined Bluesky from Twitter (X) and I'm glad to be here! 👋🏽

I have a BSc in environmental management & toxicology and my interests center on environmental health, justice, & conservation. Here's a closer look:

- impact of environmental pollutant on species and ecosystem

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ALA Labs frontpage & text logo. ALA LABS text is in white, formatted as off-centre stacked text. Underneath is smaller text, "Experiments in code, data analysis & visualisation from the Atlas of Living Australia." The background is green grass with a Southern Brown Tree Frog in the middle, hanging onto the grass. It has a darker brown top and lighter brown underside. The frog's eye is a rich dark yellow, with a black pupil in the shape of an oval, stretching from the left to right side of the eye

An animated scroll through an ALA Labs post, showing code, text and visuals to make a data visualisation in R. The article is on how to make a hexagon map of Australia, where each hexagon is an area of Australia, and each point in the hexagon is positioned and coloured to represent a species.

Examples of dataviz that ALA Labs posts show how to make in R. They are colourful and fun. One of them is even 3D!

✅ Do you use R or Python?
✅ Are you an ecologist/biologist?

Then you might find our website ALA Labs useful!

ALA Labs is full of how-to articles to visualise or analyse biodiversity data. Some are for beginners, others are advanced/experimental 😀

labs.ala.org.au

🧪🌏 #rstats #python #quartopub

Genetic diversity in locally adapted, weedy, and invasive plants

I have funding available in my lab at NC State for a graduate student interested in plant evolutionary genetics, especially in weeds. Please email me by Dec 20 for full consideration. Details and contact info on the lab website: avanwallendael.github.io/#joining-the-lab

Partially funded graduate student position (PhD or MS) at Univ of Sydney examining environmental impacts of euthanasia solution and sedatives from buried whale carcasses. #🦑🐋🧪
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Energy Justice & Equity - Children's Environmental Health Network Energy Justice & Equity By Eddy Daniel, Intern, Children’s Environmental Health Network December 2023 Energy justice and equity guarantee all communities, regardless of race, location, and socioeconom...

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Children's environmental health: Failing is not an option | Pesticide Action & Agroecology Network (PAN) All children have the right to live and thrive in a healthy and safe environment. Children's Environmental Health Day is a good time to remember that pesticides make their way into our children’s bodi...

And blogs
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