Matt Struebig
@mattstruebig.bsky.social
Reader in Conservation & PI of the Leverhulme Tropical Defaunation Hub at DICE, University of Kent
tropical biodiversity - environmental change - SE Asia - lover of Phở!
tropical biodiversity - environmental change - SE Asia - lover of Phở!
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Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people...
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Southeast Asia covers multiple global biodiversity hotspots — but is experiencing a biodiversity crisis.
Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it?
👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7
Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it?
👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7
Reposted by Matt Struebig
Brilliantly led by Namrata Anirudh, with @wendyerb.bsky.social @dave-s.bsky.social @nicolasjdeere.bsky.social @mattstruebig.bsky.social and many others not on here.
Link to the OA paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Link to the OA paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Lowland heath forests of Indonesian Borneo: ecological value and conservation challenges | Journal of Tropical Ecology | Cambridge Core
Lowland heath forests of Indonesian Borneo: ecological value and conservation challenges - Volume 41
www.cambridge.org
August 14, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Brilliantly led by Namrata Anirudh, with @wendyerb.bsky.social @dave-s.bsky.social @nicolasjdeere.bsky.social @mattstruebig.bsky.social and many others not on here.
Link to the OA paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Link to the OA paper:
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
🗣️ Want to help?
We’ve translated the article into major ASEAN languages to spread the word.
🌐 figshare.com/collections/...
We still need help with some languages.🙏
Please share with your networks. Let’s make the science accessible.
Currently free to access
We’ve translated the article into major ASEAN languages to spread the word.
🌐 figshare.com/collections/...
We still need help with some languages.🙏
Please share with your networks. Let’s make the science accessible.
Currently free to access
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🗣️ Want to help?
We’ve translated the article into major ASEAN languages to spread the word.
🌐 figshare.com/collections/...
We still need help with some languages.🙏
Please share with your networks. Let’s make the science accessible.
Currently free to access
We’ve translated the article into major ASEAN languages to spread the word.
🌐 figshare.com/collections/...
We still need help with some languages.🙏
Please share with your networks. Let’s make the science accessible.
Currently free to access
This is a call to move beyond diagnosing conservation problems.
We need more scalable, just, and locally driven solutions.
The future of Southeast Asia’s biodiversity — the resources that sustain millions of its people — depends on it.
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We need more scalable, just, and locally driven solutions.
The future of Southeast Asia’s biodiversity — the resources that sustain millions of its people — depends on it.
6/7
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This is a call to move beyond diagnosing conservation problems.
We need more scalable, just, and locally driven solutions.
The future of Southeast Asia’s biodiversity — the resources that sustain millions of its people — depends on it.
6/7
We need more scalable, just, and locally driven solutions.
The future of Southeast Asia’s biodiversity — the resources that sustain millions of its people — depends on it.
6/7
Some of the most promising solutions we found:
✅ Stronger community forest governance
✅ Incentives for conservation in working landscapes
✅ Reducing urban wildmeat demand
✅ Aligning climate + biodiversity goals
✅ Better monitoring and evaluation tools
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✅ Stronger community forest governance
✅ Incentives for conservation in working landscapes
✅ Reducing urban wildmeat demand
✅ Aligning climate + biodiversity goals
✅ Better monitoring and evaluation tools
5/7
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some of the most promising solutions we found:
✅ Stronger community forest governance
✅ Incentives for conservation in working landscapes
✅ Reducing urban wildmeat demand
✅ Aligning climate + biodiversity goals
✅ Better monitoring and evaluation tools
5/7
✅ Stronger community forest governance
✅ Incentives for conservation in working landscapes
✅ Reducing urban wildmeat demand
✅ Aligning climate + biodiversity goals
✅ Better monitoring and evaluation tools
5/7
🌍 Land-use change
🛣️ Infrastructure expansion
🐗 Overexploitation
And increasingly....
🔥 Climate change
🦎 Invasive species
... often acting together in synergistic ways.
It’s a complex picture 😱 — but not a hopeless one 🙂!
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🛣️ Infrastructure expansion
🐗 Overexploitation
And increasingly....
🔥 Climate change
🦎 Invasive species
... often acting together in synergistic ways.
It’s a complex picture 😱 — but not a hopeless one 🙂!
4/7
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
🌍 Land-use change
🛣️ Infrastructure expansion
🐗 Overexploitation
And increasingly....
🔥 Climate change
🦎 Invasive species
... often acting together in synergistic ways.
It’s a complex picture 😱 — but not a hopeless one 🙂!
4/7
🛣️ Infrastructure expansion
🐗 Overexploitation
And increasingly....
🔥 Climate change
🦎 Invasive species
... often acting together in synergistic ways.
It’s a complex picture 😱 — but not a hopeless one 🙂!
4/7
This builds on a powerful legacy.
20 years ago, the late Navjot Sodhi called attention to the region’s biodiversity crisis.
We revisit that warning — and ask what’s changed since.
Short answer: A lot! But the threats have evolved too.
3/7
20 years ago, the late Navjot Sodhi called attention to the region’s biodiversity crisis.
We revisit that warning — and ask what’s changed since.
Short answer: A lot! But the threats have evolved too.
3/7
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
This builds on a powerful legacy.
20 years ago, the late Navjot Sodhi called attention to the region’s biodiversity crisis.
We revisit that warning — and ask what’s changed since.
Short answer: A lot! But the threats have evolved too.
3/7
20 years ago, the late Navjot Sodhi called attention to the region’s biodiversity crisis.
We revisit that warning — and ask what’s changed since.
Short answer: A lot! But the threats have evolved too.
3/7
We bring together conservation leaders from across Southeast Asia to explore:
– What’s driving biodiversity loss
– How threats vary by country
– Which solutions are working
– Why local leadership is key
2/7
– What’s driving biodiversity loss
– How threats vary by country
– Which solutions are working
– Why local leadership is key
2/7
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
We bring together conservation leaders from across Southeast Asia to explore:
– What’s driving biodiversity loss
– How threats vary by country
– Which solutions are working
– Why local leadership is key
2/7
– What’s driving biodiversity loss
– How threats vary by country
– Which solutions are working
– Why local leadership is key
2/7
Southeast Asia covers multiple global biodiversity hotspots — but is experiencing a biodiversity crisis.
Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it?
👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7
Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it?
👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7
Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people...
rdcu.be
August 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Southeast Asia covers multiple global biodiversity hotspots — but is experiencing a biodiversity crisis.
Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it?
👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7
Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it?
👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7
Reposted by Matt Struebig
New online! Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 23 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00064-7The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people across the region. This Review summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia, and the conservation solutions required to ensure successful outcomes for biodiversity and people.
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July 23, 2025 at 11:55 AM
New online! Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis
Another proud #PhD supervisor moment. Three (yes 3) amazing new Doctors of Conservation graduated in Canterbury Cathedral yesterday.
@katielspencer.bsky.social @micgylo.bsky.social & Ardiantiono continue to do amazing research on the forests, biodiversity & people of Indonesia.
Semangaat semua!!🥳
@katielspencer.bsky.social @micgylo.bsky.social & Ardiantiono continue to do amazing research on the forests, biodiversity & people of Indonesia.
Semangaat semua!!🥳
July 24, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Another proud #PhD supervisor moment. Three (yes 3) amazing new Doctors of Conservation graduated in Canterbury Cathedral yesterday.
@katielspencer.bsky.social @micgylo.bsky.social & Ardiantiono continue to do amazing research on the forests, biodiversity & people of Indonesia.
Semangaat semua!!🥳
@katielspencer.bsky.social @micgylo.bsky.social & Ardiantiono continue to do amazing research on the forests, biodiversity & people of Indonesia.
Semangaat semua!!🥳
Reposted by Matt Struebig
The Women in Conservation Canterbury Network at @dice-kent.bsky.social are hosting an event for International Women's Day next Friday! It includes a panel of speakers who will share their experience of leadership, fundraising, research, scientific events and more 🧪
Event is free and open to all!
Event is free and open to all!
February 27, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The Women in Conservation Canterbury Network at @dice-kent.bsky.social are hosting an event for International Women's Day next Friday! It includes a panel of speakers who will share their experience of leadership, fundraising, research, scientific events and more 🧪
Event is free and open to all!
Event is free and open to all!
Thanks to @leverhulme.bsky.social and @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social for putting together this short film about our fabulous research collaborations across Indonesia . It was fun and rewarding to work with film students on their projects
In this video by @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social, @mattstruebig.bsky.social, a Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Awardee @kent.ac.uk talks about defaunation - one of the major global conservation issues of our time. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/strueb...
February 26, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Thanks to @leverhulme.bsky.social and @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social for putting together this short film about our fabulous research collaborations across Indonesia . It was fun and rewarding to work with film students on their projects
My understanding is that credits are allocated based on a bundle of metrics, so not just this one in isolation. But, agreed, this certainly warrants scrutiny.
We're working through a bunch of credit methodologies with partners in Sumatra. Biodiversity credits are too costly to implement for most
We're working through a bunch of credit methodologies with partners in Sumatra. Biodiversity credits are too costly to implement for most
January 23, 2025 at 1:31 PM
My understanding is that credits are allocated based on a bundle of metrics, so not just this one in isolation. But, agreed, this certainly warrants scrutiny.
We're working through a bunch of credit methodologies with partners in Sumatra. Biodiversity credits are too costly to implement for most
We're working through a bunch of credit methodologies with partners in Sumatra. Biodiversity credits are too costly to implement for most
Reposted by Matt Struebig
First post alert 🚨
Join @micgylo.bsky.social and me for panel P19 at the 2025 DSA Conference! Submit your abstracts by 28 Jan here: devstud.org.uk/conference/conference-2025/. We're eager to engage with your experience, imagination, and ideas on rural dev across the tropics! @devcomms.bsky.social
Join @micgylo.bsky.social and me for panel P19 at the 2025 DSA Conference! Submit your abstracts by 28 Jan here: devstud.org.uk/conference/conference-2025/. We're eager to engage with your experience, imagination, and ideas on rural dev across the tropics! @devcomms.bsky.social
25-27 June 2025: Hybrid at University of Bath
The DSA2025 conference will take place in hybrid format hosted by Centre for Development Studies, University of Bath so as to ensure the highest levels of inclusion, flexibility and engagement. There ...
devstud.org.uk
January 14, 2025 at 10:07 AM
First post alert 🚨
Join @micgylo.bsky.social and me for panel P19 at the 2025 DSA Conference! Submit your abstracts by 28 Jan here: devstud.org.uk/conference/conference-2025/. We're eager to engage with your experience, imagination, and ideas on rural dev across the tropics! @devcomms.bsky.social
Join @micgylo.bsky.social and me for panel P19 at the 2025 DSA Conference! Submit your abstracts by 28 Jan here: devstud.org.uk/conference/conference-2025/. We're eager to engage with your experience, imagination, and ideas on rural dev across the tropics! @devcomms.bsky.social
Reposted by Matt Struebig
Why birdsong matters more than you think | Natalia Zielonka and Simon Butler
Why birdsong matters more than you think | Natalia Zielonka and Simon Butler
Our natural soundscapes are falling silent as bird populations decline. To improve our lives, we must invest in conservation
Imagine you’re walking across rolling hills that stretch for miles, with warm sunshine and the chirping of birds all around.…
www.theguardian.com
December 12, 2024 at 8:07 AM
Why birdsong matters more than you think | Natalia Zielonka and Simon Butler
Reposted by Matt Struebig
Very clear article summarising the IPBES Nexus assessment by @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/ipbes-nexus-...
www.carbonbrief.org/ipbes-nexus-...
IPBES nexus report: Five takeaways for biodiversity, food, water, health and climate - Carbon Brief
“Fragmented governance” between biodiversity, climate change, food, water and health is putting all of those...
www.carbonbrief.org
December 17, 2024 at 10:10 PM
Very clear article summarising the IPBES Nexus assessment by @carbonbrief.org
www.carbonbrief.org/ipbes-nexus-...
www.carbonbrief.org/ipbes-nexus-...
Reposted by Matt Struebig
Did you know birdsong can boost your mood, mindfulness, and wellbeing? Protecting nature’s soundtrack is essential.
@natbzielonka.bsky.social & @simon-butler.bsky.social report. From @ConversationUK -- thanks!
Birdsong Conservation
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
@natbzielonka.bsky.social & @simon-butler.bsky.social report. From @ConversationUK -- thanks!
Birdsong Conservation
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Revealing the hidden benefits of birdsong
Nature’s soundtrack matters: louder, richer birdsong can enhance wellbeing and deepen our connection with the outdoors
eastangliabylines.co.uk
December 15, 2024 at 8:15 AM
Did you know birdsong can boost your mood, mindfulness, and wellbeing? Protecting nature’s soundtrack is essential.
@natbzielonka.bsky.social & @simon-butler.bsky.social report. From @ConversationUK -- thanks!
Birdsong Conservation
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
@natbzielonka.bsky.social & @simon-butler.bsky.social report. From @ConversationUK -- thanks!
Birdsong Conservation
eastangliabylines.co.uk/environment/...
Reposted by Matt Struebig
Job opportunity @ Durell Wildlife Trust 'Conservation Impact Officer' www.linkedin.com/posts/durrel...
Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust on LinkedIn: ⭐️ We're looking for a Conservation Impact Officer! ⭐️
🐾 This role…
⭐️ We're looking for a Conservation Impact Officer! ⭐️
🐾 This role contributes to Durrell’s Conservation Impact team, which is responsible for making…
www.linkedin.com
December 8, 2024 at 9:28 AM
Job opportunity @ Durell Wildlife Trust 'Conservation Impact Officer' www.linkedin.com/posts/durrel...
Reposted by Matt Struebig
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This is a must read! And! Stay tuned for our Special Issue on Urban Ecosystems scheduled for 2026!
This is a must read! And! Stay tuned for our Special Issue on Urban Ecosystems scheduled for 2026!
Tropical cities as windows into the ecosystems of our present and future
We propose an agenda for moving the field of tropical urban ecology forward through an interdisciplinary lens that synthesizes recent advances in both urban ecology and tropical biology. Specifically...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 6, 2024 at 6:47 PM
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
This is a must read! And! Stay tuned for our Special Issue on Urban Ecosystems scheduled for 2026!
This is a must read! And! Stay tuned for our Special Issue on Urban Ecosystems scheduled for 2026!
Reposted by Matt Struebig
We’ve launched our website for the BIO-WELL scale: an open access tool for measuring human wellbeing responses to biodiversity:
research.kent.ac.uk/bio-well/
Check out the video for more:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WJhQ...
research.kent.ac.uk/bio-well/
Check out the video for more:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WJhQ...
What is BIO-WELL animation
YouTube video by Zoe Davies
m.youtube.com
November 11, 2024 at 1:29 PM
We’ve launched our website for the BIO-WELL scale: an open access tool for measuring human wellbeing responses to biodiversity:
research.kent.ac.uk/bio-well/
Check out the video for more:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WJhQ...
research.kent.ac.uk/bio-well/
Check out the video for more:
m.youtube.com/watch?v=WJhQ...
Opportunity to join @dice-kent.bsky.social as a funded PhD student working on wild pigs and the impacts of African Swine Fever in Indonesia.
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#PhD #studentship opportunity to study threatened pig populations and African Swine Fever in Indonesia working with @mattstruebig @DICE_Kent and @RCCC_UI https://buff.ly/4dTPPpC
December 5, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Opportunity to join @dice-kent.bsky.social as a funded PhD student working on wild pigs and the impacts of African Swine Fever in Indonesia.
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I've made the move. Will try to get up to speed on here with everything tropical forests and wildlife conservation across Southeast Asia
December 4, 2024 at 4:03 PM
I've made the move. Will try to get up to speed on here with everything tropical forests and wildlife conservation across Southeast Asia
Thanks @juliajones.bsky.social . Great to meet the team and Utrecht's fantastic students. Thanks everyone for being such lovely hosts
December 4, 2024 at 1:18 PM
Thanks @juliajones.bsky.social . Great to meet the team and Utrecht's fantastic students. Thanks everyone for being such lovely hosts