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More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds

More than 520 chemicals found in English soil, including long-banned medical substances

- Fertilising arable land with human waste leaves array of toxins that could re-enter food chain, study finds

#pollution
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👀 The authors of our recently published article on Red-footed boobies have written about their experience surveying the birds in the mangroves of Aldabra Atoll for the Oryx blog! 🖋️😍

📖 Read their wonderful blog here: www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/when-pr...

Oryx: Volume 59 - Issue 3 | Cambridge Core Cambridge Core - Oryx - Volume 59 - Issue 3

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Latest issue: Bear conservation By Cecilia Derrick, 24th November 2025

Read the blog here: www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/latest-...

The new issue of Oryx explores bear conservation across North America and Asia—from black bears in Hainan to brown bears in Nepal. With insights on habitat loss, local knowledge and policy reform, it highlights the urgent need for action in fragmented landscapes🐻

A landmark camera-trap study in Guyana’s Rupununi—led by Indigenous researchers—recorded 143 species across 40,000 km². A model for community-led conservation✊

🔗 Read the full story on the Oryx blog: www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/buildin...

#Conservation #Rupununi #OryxJournal

📣 New in Oryx: Aldabra Atoll hosts the largest known red-footed booby colony in the Indian Ocean — over 45,800 breeding pairs. Aerial and boat surveys reveal the global importance of this site for seabird conservation 🌊
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@sifseychelles.bsky.social

#Aldabra #Seychelles #RedFootedBooby

CLP has opened its 2026 Team Awards!

Deadline: January 9, 2026.

Early career conservationists can apply for the chance to gain up to US$15,000 in project funding, leadership training, and ongoing professional development support.

www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...

#WeAreCLP

🦈 Claassens et al. recorded the first-ever live footage of the painted swellshark. Filmed off Timor-Leste, the painted swellshark is a rare deep-sea species, now seen in the wild thanks to low-cost cameras!

#paintedswellshark #CephaloscylliumPictum
Read about this discovery in Oryx: doi.org/p952

Amazing photos taken by Paul Scholte 👏

🐐The Walia ibex, Ethiopia’s mountain icon, has dropped from 865 to just 306 in 9 years. Poaching is driving its decline. A new action plan and IUCN status change to Critically Endangered could help save it.

Read the Oryx Short Communication article by Scholte et al.: doi.org/p95x

#WaliaIbex

📸 A clouded leopard was photographed in Jilong County, Tibet—1,000 km from its known range. With 97% of its habitat lost in China, this discovery offers hope and calls for urgent cross-border conservation 🐾 doi.org/pf3w

🌳 A new population of Critically Endangered grey-shanked douc langurs was found in Khe Lim Forest, Vietnam. With habitat loss & road construction threatening their survival, urgent surveys & community outreach are needed 🐒 ⚠️ #DoucLangur #PrimateProtection

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🥳 Last week we celebrated the 40th anniversary of the Conservation Leadership Programme: doi.org/p9n3
From the first team to be given an award in 1985 to the 40th anniversary cohort, we'd like to congratulate the CLP team on four decades of supporting the next generation of conservation leaders!🌍

@brendangodley.bsky.social @exetermarine.bsky.social @exetergses.bsky.social

🧸 The Teddy Bear’s Doom: A Cautionary Tale in Conservation Policy

In his blog, renowned biologist Ronald Nowak revisits the complex and often controversial history of the Louisiana black bear — the real-life inspiration behind the beloved Teddy Bear.

www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/the-ted...

New blog!
🌿The Hawaiian Islands are home to some of the most unique ecosystems on Earth, yet nearly half of their native plant species are threatened
🌼Laukahi: The Hawai‘i Plant Conservation Network is an alliance working to protect Hawaiʻi’s botanical heritage
www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/laukahi...

New issue!🏝
The unique challenges and rewards of island conservation🦎

This theme highlights the importance of protecting island biodiversity, which is particularly vulnerable to extinction🦇🌋

You can read our new Island Conservation issue (🔓fully Open Access) here:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🪂Species reintroductions have a radical history; in the UK, where official rewilding remains tightly regulated, a covert counterculture has emerged🐗

🦅Glentworth et al. explore guerilla rewilding: unlicensed releases reshaping landscapes and challenging norms🦫

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Congratulations, Andrew! 👏🥳

Professor Andrew Balmford FRS is awarded the Royal Society Environment Medal 2025 for groundbreaking contributions to conservation science, having built transformative partnerships and redefining the landscape of conservation education. https://royalsociety.org/medals-and-prizes/environment-lecture/

We're excited to share that Professor Andrew Balmford, a Senior Editor of Oryx, has been awarded the inaugural 'Royal Society Environment Medal and Lecture' for outstanding & sustained work in environmental science 🎉🌱

Congratulations from the Oryx team, Andrew!👏

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The endangered tree flora of Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil

Read Guilherme's blog on our website here:
www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/the-end...

Guilherme Grittz's new study in Oryx reveals that 98% of tree species in Santa Catarina’s Atlantic Forest are under threat!

Using IUCN Red List criteria, they assessed over 500 species. Their results highlight the need for urgent regional conservation efforts🌳

#AtlanticForest #IUCN #SantaCatarina

@adityapal.bsky.social

Aditya Pal's first sight of a Bengal florican in Nepal left a big impression; one that would lead him to starting the Bengal Florican Project: lnkd.in/eNjQV3Hw 🐦‍⬛

We'd like to thank Aditya for his Conservation News piece and blog, and his continued support of the Bengal florican🪶

lnkd.in/eEx-MZVj 📰

The latest issue of @oryxthejournal.bsky.social features a special section on community participation in #conservation. 🦈 Find out more below:

The next decade will be difficult for #nature #conservation. In a new editorial in @oryxthejournal.bsky.social, we suggest a range of things we can do to rebuild support and challenge #post-truth politics. Led by Nigel Dudley, the piece reminds us that we must not abandon hope.

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Times are getting harder, but there is still everything to play for in conservation. Our new editorial in Oryx journal suggests some responses to right-wing populism, funding cuts and anti-environmental backlash... www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Please let us know what you think!

The latest issue of Oryx features a special section on community participation in conservation. In the lead article, Shidqi et al. describe an encouraging alternative livelihood intervention to protect thresher sharks in Indonesia.🦈 Find out more: www.oryxthejournal.org/blog/new-iss...