Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science
@iccs.bsky.social
We are a group of conservation scientists working on applied research at the interface of social and ecological systems. Our vision is a nature-rich and just world in which everyone can thrive. iccs.org.uk
"The collaboration continues. Our theme group meetings now stretch across time zones, busy schedules, and disciplinary differences. But that is also the beauty of interdisciplinary work: it stretches you, and it reminds you that meaningful research is built slowly, with patience and care."
Bibek's reflections on ICN 2025 - ICCS
Written by Bibek Raj Shrestha, a participant in this year’s Interdisciplinary Conservation Network. Arrivals and excitement With the onset of October, I was excited to be heading to South Africa to ...
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December 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
"The collaboration continues. Our theme group meetings now stretch across time zones, busy schedules, and disciplinary differences. But that is also the beauty of interdisciplinary work: it stretches you, and it reminds you that meaningful research is built slowly, with patience and care."
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🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
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@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
December 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌳Join us and be a part of making our first Oxford Nature Festival a success! 🐝
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
More info and to register our interest: bit.ly/4rFC7Pf
@ecioxford.bsky.social @morethanadodo.bsky.social
@oxfordecosystems.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
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Our annual lecture is next Tuesday 16 December!
There are still some spaces left in person, so if you're in Oxford come and enjoy some festive drinks with us as a bonus. If you're further afield, the lecture will be online too 👇
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/event/biolog...
There are still some spaces left in person, so if you're in Oxford come and enjoy some festive drinks with us as a bonus. If you're further afield, the lecture will be online too 👇
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/event/biolog...
Join us for our annual lecture on 16 December! We will delve into the wonders of animal seismic senses, from spider webs to elephant rumbles, with Dr Beth Mortimer 🐘🕷️
16 December 17:15, in the Life and Mind Building, Oxford & online 👇
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/event/biolog...
16 December 17:15, in the Life and Mind Building, Oxford & online 👇
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/event/biolog...
December 10, 2025 at 9:51 AM
Our annual lecture is next Tuesday 16 December!
There are still some spaces left in person, so if you're in Oxford come and enjoy some festive drinks with us as a bonus. If you're further afield, the lecture will be online too 👇
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/event/biolog...
There are still some spaces left in person, so if you're in Oxford come and enjoy some festive drinks with us as a bonus. If you're further afield, the lecture will be online too 👇
www.biology.ox.ac.uk/event/biolog...
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🍖 New research by Sackey et al. They analyze bushmeat preferences & consumption in northern Ghana using household surveys; species consumed & factors shaping preferences and protein intake #Bushmeat #Conservation
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December 8, 2025 at 1:02 PM
🍖 New research by Sackey et al. They analyze bushmeat preferences & consumption in northern Ghana using household surveys; species consumed & factors shaping preferences and protein intake #Bushmeat #Conservation
➡️ buff.ly/CCGmDNY
➡️ buff.ly/CCGmDNY
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In Friday's Nature talk Francesca Vitali will discuss saving #rhinos & protecting ecosystems! Her pilot health monitoring in Kenya aims to make translocations smarter, safer, & more effective—boosting species recovery, ecosystem resilience & One Health.🦏 oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
December 2, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In Friday's Nature talk Francesca Vitali will discuss saving #rhinos & protecting ecosystems! Her pilot health monitoring in Kenya aims to make translocations smarter, safer, & more effective—boosting species recovery, ecosystem resilience & One Health.🦏 oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
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NEW: Infectious diseases like malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose a major challenge to global health.
The study warns that climate change, poverty, and drug resistance are combining to create a rising crisis - a potential 'creeping catastrophe' if ignored.
The study warns that climate change, poverty, and drug resistance are combining to create a rising crisis - a potential 'creeping catastrophe' if ignored.
New study warns of 'creeping catastrophy' as climate change drives a
Infectious diseases such as malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose as great a challenge to global health as new or emerging pathogens, according to a major international study led
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December 2, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: Infectious diseases like malaria, dengue, and tuberculosis are considered to pose a major challenge to global health.
The study warns that climate change, poverty, and drug resistance are combining to create a rising crisis - a potential 'creeping catastrophe' if ignored.
The study warns that climate change, poverty, and drug resistance are combining to create a rising crisis - a potential 'creeping catastrophe' if ignored.
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About 30% of island-restricted reptiles are currently threatened with extinction (vs 12% of mainland reptile species). Yet, just 6.7% of the published research from 1960-2021 is devoted to island species @mongabay.com
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Island-confined reptiles face high extinction risk, but low research interest
Reptile species found only on islands are significantly more vulnerable to extinction than their mainland counterparts, yet remain vastly overlooked by researchers, according to a recent study. “Repti...
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November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
About 30% of island-restricted reptiles are currently threatened with extinction (vs 12% of mainland reptile species). Yet, just 6.7% of the published research from 1960-2021 is devoted to island species @mongabay.com
@biology.ox.ac.uk @jesusoxford.bsky.social
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Thanks for a fantastic talk, Esteban!
Thrilled to speak today at the @iccs.bsky.social , sharing my work “Beyond Green Criminology: Blue Justice and the Rights of the Ocean.” 🌊✨
From ocean harmscapes to rights-of-nature and ecocide, we explored why the ocean must be seen not as a resource, but as a rights-bearing entity. @uji.es
From ocean harmscapes to rights-of-nature and ecocide, we explored why the ocean must be seen not as a resource, but as a rights-bearing entity. @uji.es
November 27, 2025 at 9:39 AM
Thanks for a fantastic talk, Esteban!
New guidance under the #TransformativePathways project, led by @albanaberberi.bsky.social in collaboration with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
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Community-based monitoring of river health and biodiversity - Transformative Pathways
This guide for Indigenous Peoples and local communities presents a variety of options for monitoring the health of your local rivers and the diversity of life (biodiversity) that they support.
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November 19, 2025 at 6:00 PM
New guidance under the #TransformativePathways project, led by @albanaberberi.bsky.social in collaboration with @forestpeoplesp.bsky.social
transformativepathways.net/community-ba...
transformativepathways.net/community-ba...
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We still have some seats for our talk this Friday, do join us in person and stay for the drinks reception afterwards, or join online. Register here oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com 🍃
November 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
We still have some seats for our talk this Friday, do join us in person and stay for the drinks reception afterwards, or join online. Register here oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com 🍃
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Our new study shows that island populations of grey long-eared #bats have distinct DNA haplotypes compared to mainland populations, reflecting long-term isolation & independent evolutionary trajectories: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @iccs.bsky.social @jesusoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
November 10, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Our new study shows that island populations of grey long-eared #bats have distinct DNA haplotypes compared to mainland populations, reflecting long-term isolation & independent evolutionary trajectories: link.springer.com/article/10.1... @iccs.bsky.social @jesusoxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk
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This Friday's lecture from Cristina Banks-Leite looks to be a thought-provoking one, so sign up to attend on-line, or in-person (followed by a drinks reception) oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
November 10, 2025 at 12:31 PM
This Friday's lecture from Cristina Banks-Leite looks to be a thought-provoking one, so sign up to attend on-line, or in-person (followed by a drinks reception) oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
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Women play vital, but often overlooked, roles in wildmeat systems worldwide.
A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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November 10, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Women play vital, but often overlooked, roles in wildmeat systems worldwide.
A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
A review of 300+ studies across 54 countries highlights women's influence from household consumption to market trade, yet their voices are rarely heard in decision-making.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
@biology.ox.ac.uk
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NEW: An Oxford-led study has found that reptiles confined to islands face double jeopardy - they’re more likely to go extinct than mainland species, yet remain largely overlooked by researchers.
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Island reptiles face extinction before they are even studied, warns
A new study led by the University of Oxford has revealed that reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy. Despite being more likely to go extinct than mainland species, they remain
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November 7, 2025 at 8:55 AM
NEW: An Oxford-led study has found that reptiles confined to islands face double jeopardy - they’re more likely to go extinct than mainland species, yet remain largely overlooked by researchers.
Read more ⬇️
Read more ⬇️
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Reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy 🦎
New research from @ricardonature.bsky.social shows that 30% of island reptiles are threatened with extinction (compared to 12.1% of reptiles overall) - but only 6.7% of reptile-focused research since 1960 has studied them 👇
bit.ly/3LqQo1F
New research from @ricardonature.bsky.social shows that 30% of island reptiles are threatened with extinction (compared to 12.1% of reptiles overall) - but only 6.7% of reptile-focused research since 1960 has studied them 👇
bit.ly/3LqQo1F
Island reptiles face extinction before they are even studied
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November 6, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reptiles confined to islands are facing a double jeopardy 🦎
New research from @ricardonature.bsky.social shows that 30% of island reptiles are threatened with extinction (compared to 12.1% of reptiles overall) - but only 6.7% of reptile-focused research since 1960 has studied them 👇
bit.ly/3LqQo1F
New research from @ricardonature.bsky.social shows that 30% of island reptiles are threatened with extinction (compared to 12.1% of reptiles overall) - but only 6.7% of reptile-focused research since 1960 has studied them 👇
bit.ly/3LqQo1F
"ICN reminded me that even with the best intentions, we must keep reflecting and refining how we engage...Whose voices are missing? Whose knowledge do we prioritize? Are we listening deeply enough before deciding what’s best?"
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Rethinking Conservation: Reflections from ICN 2025 - ICCS
By Oluchi Agodi, a participant in the Interdisciplinary Conservation Network 2025. When I received the email confirming my selection for the 2025 Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN) Workshop ...
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November 5, 2025 at 11:04 AM
"ICN reminded me that even with the best intentions, we must keep reflecting and refining how we engage...Whose voices are missing? Whose knowledge do we prioritize? Are we listening deeply enough before deciding what’s best?"
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iccs.org.uk/rethinking-c...
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Join us this Friday when @julespretty.bsky.social will be leading an important discussion on 'How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises' oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @iccs.bsky.social
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November 4, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Join us this Friday when @julespretty.bsky.social will be leading an important discussion on 'How Story Creates Agency for the Nature and Climate Crises' oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @iccs.bsky.social
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social @biology.ox.ac.uk @iccs.bsky.social
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Our new paper (brilliantly led by @theflyingpat.bsky.social) shows that birds & bats can naturally suppress rice pests in West African rice landscapes - offering a sustainable solution as global rice demand grows. www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/research-rev... @jesusoxford.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Our new paper (brilliantly led by @theflyingpat.bsky.social) shows that birds & bats can naturally suppress rice pests in West African rice landscapes - offering a sustainable solution as global rice demand grows. www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/research-rev... @jesusoxford.bsky.social @iccs.bsky.social
A lovely post from Nelson Mandela University about this year's Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN).
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October 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
A lovely post from Nelson Mandela University about this year's Interdisciplinary Conservation Network (ICN).
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PhD opportunity: Examining the role of public acceptance on the success of island restoration initiatives 🏝️🐀🤝 w. @rspb.bsky.social
* Project outline: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
* Deadline: Sunday 14th December 2025
* How to apply: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/applications...
Happy to answer questions!
* Project outline: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
* Deadline: Sunday 14th December 2025
* How to apply: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/applications...
Happy to answer questions!
October 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
PhD opportunity: Examining the role of public acceptance on the success of island restoration initiatives 🏝️🐀🤝 w. @rspb.bsky.social
* Project outline: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
* Deadline: Sunday 14th December 2025
* How to apply: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/applications...
Happy to answer questions!
* Project outline: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item...
* Deadline: Sunday 14th December 2025
* How to apply: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/applications...
Happy to answer questions!
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Our team launched a new business briefing today at the European Business and Nature Summit in Helsinki 🌿
It explores how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can support robust, evidence-based biodiversity strategies — helping organisations understand their full impacts on nature and take effective action.
It explores how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can support robust, evidence-based biodiversity strategies — helping organisations understand their full impacts on nature and take effective action.
Using life cycle assessment as part of robust biodiversity strategy design
This business briefing note uses academic research to understand the different types of uncertainty that occur across multiple stages in LCA.
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October 23, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Our team launched a new business briefing today at the European Business and Nature Summit in Helsinki 🌿
It explores how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can support robust, evidence-based biodiversity strategies — helping organisations understand their full impacts on nature and take effective action.
It explores how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) can support robust, evidence-based biodiversity strategies — helping organisations understand their full impacts on nature and take effective action.
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Extremely proud to have been part of the 2025 ICN workshop held in George, SA! This collaboration between NMU and @ox.ac.uk brought young conservationists together to discuss important topics in #conservation. Visit @iccs.bsky.social for updates and blog posts from participants. I am inspired! ❤️
October 23, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Extremely proud to have been part of the 2025 ICN workshop held in George, SA! This collaboration between NMU and @ox.ac.uk brought young conservationists together to discuss important topics in #conservation. Visit @iccs.bsky.social for updates and blog posts from participants. I am inspired! ❤️
Great blog to start the week: reflections from @sonakshis.bsky.social on the 2025 Interdisciplinary Conservation Network.
"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
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"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
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What Interdisciplinarity Feels Like in Practice - ICCS
By Sonakshi Srivastava, a participant in the Interdisciplinary Conservation Network 2025. I am not going to lie: as a social scientist, I am still a little scared of natural scientists. It is hard t...
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October 20, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Great blog to start the week: reflections from @sonakshis.bsky.social on the 2025 Interdisciplinary Conservation Network.
"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
iccs.org.uk/what-interdi...
"The highlight of ICN for me was the people. Their presence reminded me of what interdisciplinarity truly looks like and what it takes to build it."
iccs.org.uk/what-interdi...
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The Masterclass in Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade is a free course aimed at practitioners, policy makers and researchers based in West Africa, wishing to learn about combating wildlife trafficking
📆 Deadline: 17th October
✅ Apply here: https://ow.ly/k6hN50Xc6PM
The Masterclass in Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade is a free course aimed at practitioners, policy makers and researchers based in West Africa, wishing to learn about combating wildlife trafficking
📆 Deadline: 17th October
✅ Apply here: https://ow.ly/k6hN50Xc6PM
October 16, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1 day left to apply ⏰
The Masterclass in Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade is a free course aimed at practitioners, policy makers and researchers based in West Africa, wishing to learn about combating wildlife trafficking
📆 Deadline: 17th October
✅ Apply here: https://ow.ly/k6hN50Xc6PM
The Masterclass in Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade is a free course aimed at practitioners, policy makers and researchers based in West Africa, wishing to learn about combating wildlife trafficking
📆 Deadline: 17th October
✅ Apply here: https://ow.ly/k6hN50Xc6PM
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So happy that the first chapter of my PhD has been published! We explored where women exist in tropical wild meat systems, what they do & why. Huge thanks to my co-authors and my wonderful supervisory team 🙌
🚨Women are central to tropical wild meat systems, yet too often overlooked🚨
A new paper led by @jasminwillis.bsky.social, Dr Lauren Coad, @orchiddelirium.bsky.social & @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social reviewed 334 studies across 54 countries, finding women occupy 36 roles, from harvesting to trade.
A new paper led by @jasminwillis.bsky.social, Dr Lauren Coad, @orchiddelirium.bsky.social & @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social reviewed 334 studies across 54 countries, finding women occupy 36 roles, from harvesting to trade.
October 2, 2025 at 11:01 AM
So happy that the first chapter of my PhD has been published! We explored where women exist in tropical wild meat systems, what they do & why. Huge thanks to my co-authors and my wonderful supervisory team 🙌