Bibek Raj Shrestha
@bibekrajshrestha.bsky.social
Ecologist from Himalaya. PhD Researcher at UEA. Interested in understanding socio-ecological linkages of protected area effectiveness and impacts of linear infrastructures to biodiversity.
Good-bye Jane!
I met THE Jane in Kathmandu 😲 @janegoodall.org
October 2, 2025 at 4:58 AM
Good-bye Jane!
Reposted by Bibek Raj Shrestha
We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
Killer in the nest: how young storks are being strangled by plastic
Researchers in Europe found everyday plastics, especially farmers’ baler twine, being used by the birds as a building material and entangling their young. It is a problem that affects other species to...
www.theguardian.com
July 14, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We found that plastic materials left in the environment are carried by white storks to their nests and then cause chick mortality due to entanglements www.theguardian.com/environment/... link to paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ueaenv.bsky.social @ueaceec.bsky.social
Reposted by Bibek Raj Shrestha
NEW: For The Guardian, I spent a week in Kerala few weeks ago, for a story on a special place where a bunch indigenous and local women are cultivating and preserving rare and endemic wild plant species in one of the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots!
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Meet Kerala’s ‘rainforest gardeners’ creating a Noah’s ark for endangered plants
In one of the world’s ‘hottest hotspots’ of biodiversity, an all-female team have turned a patch of forest into a haven for orchids, ferns, succulents and carnivorous plants
www.theguardian.com
July 6, 2025 at 7:03 AM
NEW: For The Guardian, I spent a week in Kerala few weeks ago, for a story on a special place where a bunch indigenous and local women are cultivating and preserving rare and endemic wild plant species in one of the world's hottest biodiversity hotspots!
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
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If you are a domestic student interested in working on insect migration/conservation or citizen science @monashbiol.bsky.social, please reach out ASAP. The domestic round deadline is May 31st. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.
Please share. We are hiring domestic/international #PhD students to work on citizen science, insect migration/conservation at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia. If interested, please email me. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.
May 14, 2025 at 1:28 AM
If you are a domestic student interested in working on insect migration/conservation or citizen science @monashbiol.bsky.social, please reach out ASAP. The domestic round deadline is May 31st. You can find more about our research interests here. shawanchowdhury.com.
Reposted by Bibek Raj Shrestha
Conservation efforts could more effectively identify bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of conditions they need to thrive, says a new UEA-led study.🐦🌦️
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
April 10, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Conservation efforts could more effectively identify bird species at greatest risk from climate change by better understanding the range of conditions they need to thrive, says a new UEA-led study.🐦🌦️
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
Read more: www.uea.ac.uk/about/news/a...
#UEAResearch #Birddeclines #ClimateChange
🐅💥🚗 Global Roadkill Data 🌍🐾
🔹 208,570 roadkill records 📈
🔹 54 countries 🌍
🔹 53 years of records (1971–2024)
Our paper on the global dataset of wildlife-vehicle collisions is out in Scientific Data!
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x
@ueaenv.bsky.social
🔹 208,570 roadkill records 📈
🔹 54 countries 🌍
🔹 53 years of records (1971–2024)
Our paper on the global dataset of wildlife-vehicle collisions is out in Scientific Data!
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x
@ueaenv.bsky.social
March 31, 2025 at 10:32 PM
🐅💥🚗 Global Roadkill Data 🌍🐾
🔹 208,570 roadkill records 📈
🔹 54 countries 🌍
🔹 53 years of records (1971–2024)
Our paper on the global dataset of wildlife-vehicle collisions is out in Scientific Data!
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x
@ueaenv.bsky.social
🔹 208,570 roadkill records 📈
🔹 54 countries 🌍
🔹 53 years of records (1971–2024)
Our paper on the global dataset of wildlife-vehicle collisions is out in Scientific Data!
🔗 nature.com/articles/s41597-024-04207-x
@ueaenv.bsky.social
CEEC Rebellion has kicked off!!
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
March 19, 2025 at 9:58 AM
CEEC Rebellion has kicked off!!
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
1.5 days of exciting talks and plenary sessions!!
@ueaceec.bsky.social @uniofeastanglia.bsky.social @aldinafranco.bsky.social
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Great news - the Art Institute of Chicago today announced it will return this gorgeous 11/12th century sculpture of the Buddha in meditation, sheltered by the serpent king Muchalinda, to Nepal!
Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.
Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.
March 3, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Great news - the Art Institute of Chicago today announced it will return this gorgeous 11/12th century sculpture of the Buddha in meditation, sheltered by the serpent king Muchalinda, to Nepal!
Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.
Bad news - well... everything else? Let me take you on a lil' journey.
I met THE Jane in Kathmandu 😲 @janegoodall.org
December 14, 2024 at 1:41 AM
I met THE Jane in Kathmandu 😲 @janegoodall.org
