Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
World-leading interdisciplinary research into the complexities of biodiversity gains and losses in the Anthropocene, funded by The Leverhulme Trust and based at the University of York. #LCAB
Urban green spaces have the potential to mitigate some of the negative effects of urbanisation, delivering broad positive impacts to people, biodiversity & the urban ecosystem. LCAB PhD student Rebecca Morris talks about her project investigating these spaces in LMICs
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Urban green spaces matter most where people and biodiversity are most vulnerable
As tropical low- and middle-income countries share trends in biodiversity loss, climate risk and rapid urbanisation, green spaces can serve as multifunctional oases in otherwise concrete jungles.
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November 11, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Urban green spaces have the potential to mitigate some of the negative effects of urbanisation, delivering broad positive impacts to people, biodiversity & the urban ecosystem. LCAB PhD student Rebecca Morris talks about her project investigating these spaces in LMICs
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
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Very exciting @yesiuoy.bsky.social seminar coming up. Prof. Rocha challenges our thinking about land ownership in national parks, and moves toward some possible solutions for Campos Gerais in Brazil!
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
Rethinking Conservation Strategies in Brazil
Discover how lessons from UK National Parks are inspiring locally adapted strategies to support sustainable land management and biodiversity conservation in Campos Gerais and the Atlantic Rainforest, ...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Very exciting @yesiuoy.bsky.social seminar coming up. Prof. Rocha challenges our thinking about land ownership in national parks, and moves toward some possible solutions for Campos Gerais in Brazil!
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
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Very excited to be working with some excellent partners across Europe and Africa to strengthen our understanding on the importance of Mountains for navigating future climate, biodiversity and sustainability challenges @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social
@yesiuoy.bsky.social
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@yesiuoy.bsky.social
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Rob Marchant, Laura Pereira, Unai Pascual, and Thomas Hickler will use their ERC Synergy Grant to understand how nature and societies interact in and beyond mountain socioecological systems ⛰️
@rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social
👉 buff.ly/ZQhLp4h
#ERCSyG
@rob-marchant.bsky.social @laurap18.bsky.social @upascual.bsky.social
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#ERCSyG
November 10, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Very excited to be working with some excellent partners across Europe and Africa to strengthen our understanding on the importance of Mountains for navigating future climate, biodiversity and sustainability challenges @mtnresearchmri.bsky.social
@yesiuoy.bsky.social
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
@yesiuoy.bsky.social
@anthropocenebio.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to @rob-marchant.bsky.social & team, including LCAB Director Lindsey Gillson & Fellow @christophlyon.bsky.social, on their new ERC-funded project examining how East African mountain ecosystems & the communities who rely on them interact & evolve.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
erc.europa.eu/news-events/.... Lots of interesting insights to happen over the coming 6 years in our new ERC-funded project working across mountain systems
Synergy Grants 2025: Examples of projects
How do you solve science’s toughest puzzles? By joining forces. Sixty-six research teams, bringing together 239 scientists, will receive a total of €684 million in European Research Council Synergy Gr...
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November 7, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Huge congratulations to @rob-marchant.bsky.social & team, including LCAB Director Lindsey Gillson & Fellow @christophlyon.bsky.social, on their new ERC-funded project examining how East African mountain ecosystems & the communities who rely on them interact & evolve.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
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Time to rethink nature conservation?
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
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Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
@pettorelli.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Time to rethink nature conservation?
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
@pettorelli.bsky.social
Ecologists call for an ecosystem approach to halt UK wildlife decline and protect the vital services nature provides us in our new report with @nationaltrust.org.uk
@pettorelli.bsky.social
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🎉 Hard to believe it’s already been a month since I passed my PhD viva! Still feeling very grateful, proud, and a little bit in disbelief that I am #PhDone!
November 6, 2025 at 5:28 PM
🎉 Hard to believe it’s already been a month since I passed my PhD viva! Still feeling very grateful, proud, and a little bit in disbelief that I am #PhDone!
📢🦋Paper: butterfly trends over the past 166 years
Rather than systematic declines, @tiff-ki.bsky.social & others found evidence of reshuffling in butterfly community composition; some species becoming more common, others staying stable & some declining.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Rather than systematic declines, @tiff-ki.bsky.social & others found evidence of reshuffling in butterfly community composition; some species becoming more common, others staying stable & some declining.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
November 4, 2025 at 12:32 PM
📢🦋Paper: butterfly trends over the past 166 years
Rather than systematic declines, @tiff-ki.bsky.social & others found evidence of reshuffling in butterfly community composition; some species becoming more common, others staying stable & some declining.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Rather than systematic declines, @tiff-ki.bsky.social & others found evidence of reshuffling in butterfly community composition; some species becoming more common, others staying stable & some declining.
royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
Differing approaches to National Park management in the UK & Brazil provided grounds for a lively discussion at our recent panel event, co-hosted with @yesiuoy.bsky.social & including visitors from Paraná State in Brazil who are interested in the Campos Gerais NP.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
YESI and LCAB host Panel on National Parks
At an event co-hosted by YESI and LCAB, researchers and stakeholders shared experiences in managing and working with diverse National Parks in Brazil and the UK.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Differing approaches to National Park management in the UK & Brazil provided grounds for a lively discussion at our recent panel event, co-hosted with @yesiuoy.bsky.social & including visitors from Paraná State in Brazil who are interested in the Campos Gerais NP.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
Across southern Europe & North Africa, landscapes that once supported thriving agricultural communities are increasingly under threat. @tomtimberlake.bsky.social gives an overview of his work on the TERRASAFE project to empower communities to combat desertification.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
October 24, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Across southern Europe & North Africa, landscapes that once supported thriving agricultural communities are increasingly under threat. @tomtimberlake.bsky.social gives an overview of his work on the TERRASAFE project to empower communities to combat desertification.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
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Thought provoking day @anthropocenebio.bsky.social exploring how participatory scenarios can be used to maximising the benefits from protected areas for nature, for people and the for wider environment @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Thought provoking day @anthropocenebio.bsky.social exploring how participatory scenarios can be used to maximising the benefits from protected areas for nature, for people and the for wider environment @uoyenvironment.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social
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A review led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social concludes that we have not reached the threshold of 'mass extinction', but could do so if biodiversity loss continues to increase
#openaccess manuscript via White Rose Research Online eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓 📄
#openaccess manuscript via White Rose Research Online eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓 📄
Humans driving extinctions on scale not seen since dinosaurs, scientists say
Human activity may be triggering the greatest extinction event since the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs, according to scientists.
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October 17, 2025 at 7:38 AM
A review led by @anthropocenebio.bsky.social @biologyatyork.bsky.social concludes that we have not reached the threshold of 'mass extinction', but could do so if biodiversity loss continues to increase
#openaccess manuscript via White Rose Research Online eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓 📄
#openaccess manuscript via White Rose Research Online eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/id/eprint/23... 🔓 📄
Contextualising anthropogenic extinctions. Jack Hatfield discusses his recent article resulting from a series of LCAB funded workshops bringing together paleobiologists and ecologists to discuss the evidence around how current extinctions compare to the fossil record.
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www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
October 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Contextualising anthropogenic extinctions. Jack Hatfield discusses his recent article resulting from a series of LCAB funded workshops bringing together paleobiologists and ecologists to discuss the evidence around how current extinctions compare to the fossil record.
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
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Loved roaming Yorkshire Arboretum & Bog Hall last week for the LCAB field trip. Mushroom season is in full swing! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
October 6, 2025 at 11:12 AM
Loved roaming Yorkshire Arboretum & Bog Hall last week for the LCAB field trip. Mushroom season is in full swing! @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
Thanks to @green-goddess.bsky.social from the Yorkshire Arboretum & Guy Thallon from @castlehowardestate.bsky.social for hosting a visit for us yesterday. A fantastic day hearing about both the challenges & opportunities of our changing landscapes.
October 3, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Thanks to @green-goddess.bsky.social from the Yorkshire Arboretum & Guy Thallon from @castlehowardestate.bsky.social for hosting a visit for us yesterday. A fantastic day hearing about both the challenges & opportunities of our changing landscapes.
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Hot from the @consletters.bsky.social press: "Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves and Other Species for European Conservation", where Erica Von Essen and I discuss future trajectories of species recovery and management in Europe. Here summarised by @sthlmresilience.bsky.social.
🐺 Wolves and other large carnivore species are making a comeback in Europe.
Yet current conservation policies are still geared toward protecting species on the brink of extinction. This no longer reflects reality, argue researchers in a new commentary. www.stockholmresilience.org/5.1a496cd119...
Yet current conservation policies are still geared toward protecting species on the brink of extinction. This no longer reflects reality, argue researchers in a new commentary. www.stockholmresilience.org/5.1a496cd119...
September 18, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Hot from the @consletters.bsky.social press: "Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves and Other Species for European Conservation", where Erica Von Essen and I discuss future trajectories of species recovery and management in Europe. Here summarised by @sthlmresilience.bsky.social.
📢🐺New paper: Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves & Other Species for European Conservation
Given their ongoing recovery, decision-makers need to plan for future scenarios of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Given their ongoing recovery, decision-makers need to plan for future scenarios of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 18, 2025 at 2:18 PM
📢🐺New paper: Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves & Other Species for European Conservation
Given their ongoing recovery, decision-makers need to plan for future scenarios of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Given their ongoing recovery, decision-makers need to plan for future scenarios of large carnivores in human-dominated landscapes.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.
🦊 Reimagining habituation: The case for a reciprocal and contextual understanding ➡️ buff.ly/6rbtYxu
@livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social
@livwildlab.bsky.social @ethanddoney.bsky.social @vdonfrancesco.bsky.social @hannalp.bsky.social @csandbrook.bsky.social
September 18, 2025 at 11:40 AM
What do we mean when we say that carnivores and other wildlife are "habituating" to people? Who actually habituates to whom? Is this bad or god? Who decides? All of this and more in our new paper, expertly led by @ethanddoney.bsky.social, out now in @peopleandnature.bsky.social.
Huge congratulations to @janehillyork.bsky.social on being recognised in the first round of @britishecologicalsociety.org Fellows, awarded to those making outstanding contributions to ecology across research and teaching.
🌿 We’re celebrating our first round of BES Fellows!
20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology.
👇 Meet them:
20 ecologists recognised for excellence in research, teaching & the application of ecology.
👇 Meet them:
Meet our first round of BES Fellows - British Ecological Society
We are delighted to announce the first round of BES Fellows, recognising outstanding contributions to ecology across research, teaching, and its application within our international community.
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September 10, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Huge congratulations to @janehillyork.bsky.social on being recognised in the first round of @britishecologicalsociety.org Fellows, awarded to those making outstanding contributions to ecology across research and teaching.
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In our new article just out we examine the current extinction event in the context of the longer fossil record. We conclude it is likely the greatest event in the last 66 million years
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
The Greatest Extinction Event in 66 Million Years? Contextualising Anthropogenic Extinctions
Species and ecosystems are changing rapidly in response to human actions, but how does this compare with the deeper past? We review and compare the current extinction event to those over the last 66 ...
doi.org
September 4, 2025 at 10:46 AM
In our new article just out we examine the current extinction event in the context of the longer fossil record. We conclude it is likely the greatest event in the last 66 million years
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
A lively and light hearted moth vs butterfly discussion on The Infinite Monkey Cage with @janehillyork.bsky.social, @chrisjiggins.bsky.social, Katy Brand, @profbriancox.bsky.social & Robin Ince.
Are you team butterfly or team moth 🦋💡?
Listen to the episode in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Are you team butterfly or team moth 🦋💡?
Listen to the episode in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The Infinite Monkey Cage - Series 33 - Moths v Butterflies - Katy Brand, Jane Hill and Chris Jiggins - BBC Sounds
Brian Cox and Robin Ince adjudicate a fluttery face off!
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September 4, 2025 at 11:07 AM
A lively and light hearted moth vs butterfly discussion on The Infinite Monkey Cage with @janehillyork.bsky.social, @chrisjiggins.bsky.social, Katy Brand, @profbriancox.bsky.social & Robin Ince.
Are you team butterfly or team moth 🦋💡?
Listen to the episode in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
Are you team butterfly or team moth 🦋💡?
Listen to the episode in full: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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🌾What can today’s policymakers + food innovators learn from Britain’s postwar Agricultural Revolution?
Join us for a workshop exploring lessons from farming rapid transformation after 1940 + it's relevance for the future of food.
🔗 buff.ly/Vx6JWBE @shamilto.bsky.social @sabineclarke.bsky.social
Join us for a workshop exploring lessons from farming rapid transformation after 1940 + it's relevance for the future of food.
🔗 buff.ly/Vx6JWBE @shamilto.bsky.social @sabineclarke.bsky.social
August 20, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🌾What can today’s policymakers + food innovators learn from Britain’s postwar Agricultural Revolution?
Join us for a workshop exploring lessons from farming rapid transformation after 1940 + it's relevance for the future of food.
🔗 buff.ly/Vx6JWBE @shamilto.bsky.social @sabineclarke.bsky.social
Join us for a workshop exploring lessons from farming rapid transformation after 1940 + it's relevance for the future of food.
🔗 buff.ly/Vx6JWBE @shamilto.bsky.social @sabineclarke.bsky.social
Inga Jackson reflects on her recent visit to the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Unearthed: The Power of Gardening exhibition which reinterprets the classic & most well-known narratives of garden history as well as interweaving voices that have been more marginalised.
➡️ www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
➡️ www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
July 29, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Inga Jackson reflects on her recent visit to the @britishlibrary.bsky.social Unearthed: The Power of Gardening exhibition which reinterprets the classic & most well-known narratives of garden history as well as interweaving voices that have been more marginalised.
➡️ www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
➡️ www.york.ac.uk/anthropocene...
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🆕 Publication alert! I’m excited to share a new paper I co-authored, just published in a special issue of Conservation Science and Practice:
👉 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👉 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 28, 2025 at 9:07 AM
🆕 Publication alert! I’m excited to share a new paper I co-authored, just published in a special issue of Conservation Science and Practice:
👉 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👉 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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This #BogDay seems apt to announce that I am starting a PhD @york.ac.uk in September with @anthropocenebio.bsky.social and the Department of Archaeology. I will be researching the past ecology of the North Yorks Moors and using this evidence to explore views about the future landscape #MoorViews 🪧
July 27, 2025 at 5:10 PM
This #BogDay seems apt to announce that I am starting a PhD @york.ac.uk in September with @anthropocenebio.bsky.social and the Department of Archaeology. I will be researching the past ecology of the North Yorks Moors and using this evidence to explore views about the future landscape #MoorViews 🪧
🎓🎉Huge congratulations to all our graduates!
A fantastic achievement and a lovely day celebrating all your hard work with family and friends.
A fantastic achievement and a lovely day celebrating all your hard work with family and friends.
July 23, 2025 at 1:13 PM
🎓🎉Huge congratulations to all our graduates!
A fantastic achievement and a lovely day celebrating all your hard work with family and friends.
A fantastic achievement and a lovely day celebrating all your hard work with family and friends.