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Lindsay Stringer

@proflinds.bsky.social

Env & Dev Prof, Director @yesiuoy.bsky.social drylands, land degradation, livelihoods, policy, climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, water, food, energy, sustainable development

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This just happened! | Lindsay C. Stringer This just happened! I'm honoured! Lindsay Stringer MBE! Huge thanks to all my fabulous colleagues and collaborators, near and far, who have made this possible ๐Ÿค— https://lnkd.in/eqSikavY

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14.06.2025 07:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Mapping stakeholders in Thailand as part of our British Council ISPF-NRCTโ€ฆ | Lindsay C. Stringer Mapping stakeholders in Thailand as part of our British Council ISPF-NRCT project on Fostering better engagement in biotechnology research in Thailand: Building capacity to understand societal readine...

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20.05.2025 12:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Thanks to all at Bayero University Kano's Centre for Dryland Agriculture for a great event last week on rangeland sustainability @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social I gave an invited talk on climate resilient development and rangeland restoration

10.05.2025 15:24 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1

Check out this new @desertificationeu.bsky.social blog by @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social

07.05.2025 10:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Our new paper is out in Nature Scientific Reports! It's a complicated business to reduce deforestation and improve clean energy access, and the tradeoffs need to be carefully managed #Nigeria #woodfuel @uoyenvironment.bsky.social

16.04.2025 18:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Green Trade Lab Early Career Researcher Workshop The greening of trade as a way out of the polycrises? Regress, reforms and rebuilding international cooperation in the environment-trade nexus. 3rd and 4th July 2025 University of York (York, UK). As the world edges over planetary tipping points, with 2024

๐Ÿšจ Call for Abstracts! ๐Ÿšจ

Are you an Early Career Researcher working on trade + the environment? Join the Green Trade Lab ECR Workshop 2025 (3โ€“4 July, @york.ac.uk) to present your work + connect with peers!

๐Ÿ”น Submit by 18 Apr
๐Ÿ”น Hybrid event
๐Ÿ”น More info: sites.google.com/vie...

#GreenTrade

24.03.2025 09:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Hope in Creation Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts

๐ŸŒฑIntroducing our new YESI Discipline Hopping Fellows project "Hope in Creation". Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts.
โžก๏ธ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe...

26.03.2025 16:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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SHELTER Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments

๐Ÿ  SHELTER: Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments. YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project bringing together expertise from Environment and Geography, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Archaeology + School for Business and Society.
โžก๏ธ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe...

27.03.2025 12:06 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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YESI ECR grant incubator session Join YESI's ECR Grant Incubator Sessionโ€”a hands-on opportunity to refine your grant ideas with expert feedback from experienced PIs, evaluators, and research services staff!

YESI Grant Incubator Session (aimed at Early Career Researchers) Wednesday 2 April, 12:00-2:00 pm, ATB/057 Seebohm Rowntree Building. Book your place โžก๏ธ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...

27.03.2025 14:37 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 3    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly

Discover the YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project: Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly. A collaboration between SEI-Y, Biology, SBS, PET + Isles of Scilly Community Venture (IOSCV). โžก๏ธ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe... @lizrylott.bsky.social

28.03.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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AAH X YESI: Waste Join art historians in conversation with YESI as we explore waste as a heuristic for dialogue across interdisciplinary areas.

AAH X YESI: Waste event - 9 April, 4:00-5.30pm
How can the study of resilient socio-ecological systems help us better understand creative environments of the past while shaping sustainable studios of the future? @lizrylott.bsky.social @proflinds.bsky.social

Registerโžก๏ธ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...

27.03.2025 09:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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Engaging day exploring the pressing issues around #climate finance, #nature positive development, future foci and how links between Government and universities can help to navigate multiple future challenges @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social

05.02.2025 11:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 6    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Clean Cooking: Fast Path to Saving Forests in Nigeria
YouTube video by YESIatUoY Clean Cooking: Fast Path to Saving Forests in Nigeria

How can we improve access to clean + modern energy for cooking and reduce land degradation + biodiversity loss in Nigeria?

Check out this collaborative project between researchers at @BUK_Nigeria @york.ac.uk + @ucl.ac.uk for some answers.

โžก๏ธ youtu.be/EFXoj9fg2kE

14.01.2025 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Introducing the Centre's new Associate Director Professor Lindsay Stringer is the new Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity. Here we talk about her area of work and what drew her to the Centre.

We're thrilled to welcome @proflinds.bsky.social as our new Associate Director.

Lindsay is a Professor in Environment and Development, and Director of the @yesiuoy.bsky.social.

Find out more about her research and what drew her to #LCAB

www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...

06.01.2025 10:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 14    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 2
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๐ŸŒAt #COP16 in Riyadh, @proflinds.bsky.social represented @desertificationeu.bsky.social in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation. She highlighted the projects multi-actor partnerships empowering local communities to tackle desertification across Europe + North Africa.๐Ÿค๐ŸŒฑ#UNCCD

17.12.2024 13:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Climate resilient development in vulnerable geographies - Mitigation and Adaptation Strategies for Global Change The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change highlights the urgent need to operationalise Climate Resilient Development Pathways (CRDP), adopting mitigation and adaptation measures to secure a safe c...

New paper on Climate Resilient Development in vulnerable geographies now out: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @yesiuoy.bsky.social

10.12.2024 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Drought and Disasters - This is What the Desert Meeting is About | Sweden Herald Increasing deserts that spread out, agricultural land that gets destroyed, and drought that paralyses communities

What's going on in Riyadh? swedenherald.com/article/drou...

03.12.2024 08:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ขExciting news! @proflinds.bsky.social is PI on one of 12 scoping projects awarded by @innovateukโ€™s Climate-Smart Agriculture P'ship๐ŸŒ๐ŸŒฑ

Connecting the UK, Brazil, Ghana + Nigeria to innovate for sustainable food systems + climate-smart solutions.

More infoโžก๏ธhttps://ow.ly/1gPz50Ui6fA

02.12.2024 09:19 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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