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The UK’s statutory, scientific authority on nature. We work across land & sea for nature, for people & the planet.
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🌱 Unlocking Scalable Investment for #SustainableAgriculture

📅 19 Nov | ⏰ 16:00–17:30 (Belém)

📍 UK Pavilion, Blue Zone

Join leaders driving investment in #SustainableFarming.

✅ Attend in person at #COP30
✅ Watch online via UK Pavilion livestream

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#ClimateAction
November 14, 2025 at 10:56 AM
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🔹 Collaborating on new scientific research into air pollution to develop indicators for ecosystem and species recovery jncc.gov.uk/our-work/air...

Together, we’re driving change #ForNaturePeoplePlanet 💚

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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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🌍 Our work includes:

🔹 Supporting negotiations for the CBD Global Action Plan on Biodiversity and Health, adopted at COP16 www.cbd.int/health/GAP.s...

🔹 Investigating the role of wild species in international trade linked to zoonotic diseases jncc.gov.uk/resources/96...
Cover of the report "Zoonotic potential of international trade in CITES-listed species"
November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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❤️‍🩹 Today is #OneHealthDay – a chance to recognise the vital connections between the health of people, animals & our shared environment. 🌍

At JNCC, we work to understand & protect these links – because a healthy natural world underpins #HumanHealth & wellbeing. 🧵

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November 3, 2025 at 3:02 PM
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We finished with a tour around INCOIS' Synergistic Ocean Observation Prediction System, where we heard about the incredible technology and skills involved in such disaster response & monitoring

We look forward to future collaboration between our institutes!

#TogetherForNature
Four people stand smiling in front of a big sign which says 'Synops synergistic Observation Prediction System' A model of the earth hangs from the ceiling. A large tsunami can be seen in the ocean
October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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Earlier this month, UK specialists from JNCC & @cefasgovuk.bsky.social joined the National Pollution Response Exercise in Chennai, collaborating with Ambipar as Hazardous and Noxious Substances experts

We delivered seminars on Environmental Impact Assessments & Post Spill Monitoring
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October 29, 2025 at 11:17 AM
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A panel discussion on the five strands to the crisis drew the event to a close

The panel was chaired by @gybnuk.bsky.social's Abi Gardner, with Ruth Davis, Prof Pete Smith, Prof Elise Cartmell, Prof Mat Williams, @publichealthscot.bsky.social's Paul Johnston & Zero Waste Scotland's Iain Gulland.
A close up of the screen with small round images of each of the panel speakers. From left to right - Professor Elise Cartmell FRSE, Zero Emissions Lead from Scottish Water, Ruth Davis OBE, UK Special Representative for Nature from UK Government, Iain Gullard, CEO of Zero Waste Scotland, Paul Johnston, Chief Executive of Public Health Scotland, Professor Pete Smith FRS FRSE, lead author of IPBES Nexus Assessment and with IPCC and UNEP and Professor Mat Williams, Chief Scientific Advisor, Environment, Natural Resources and Agriculture for Scottish Government Image shows a full room of people sitting in front of a stage with a speaker stood on the right Close up image of six people sat in front of a screen with their faces on it.
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Next JNCC’s Chief Executive @jncc-ceo.bsky.social spoke about a path to transformative change and a brief overview on the findings of two major new reports from @ipbes.net – the ‘Nexus Assessment’ & the ‘Transformative Change Assessment’.
JNCC's Chief Executive Gemma Harper stands in front of a large screen. The screen has the words 'The Nexus Assessment. Five interconnected crises. Biodiversity Loss. Water availability and quality. Food insecurity. Health risks and inequalities. Climate change. Are our responses?'
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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The afternoon session kicked off with the opening speech by Ruth Davis, Defra's UK Special Representative for Nature.
Ruth Davis, Defra's UK Special Representative for Nature stands to the right of a large screen. You can just make out the words 'Don't Waste' on the screen
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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Just Don’t Waste, organised by the @royalsoced.bsky.social, JNCC, @naturescot.bsky.social and Scottish Government, are exploring practical solutions to the five interlinked crises of #BiodiversityLoss, #ClimateChange, food and water insecurity & public health threats.
JNCC's Chief Executive Gemma Harper (right) and Abi Gardner from the Global Youth Biodiversity Network (right) stand in front of a blue screen smiling. The screen has the text 'Just Don't Waste! A path to transformative change'
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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🌿Tackling environmental crises affecting Scotland and beyond🌿

Today JNCC have been meeting with the public and leading ground-breaking discussions on tackling environmental crises.
JNCC's Chief Executive Gemma Harper stands in front of a large screen. The screen says 'Just Don't Waste! A path to transformative change'
October 24, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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RSE’s Des Thompson then led discussions on barriers to & how best to promote, cross sectoral policy-development & action & how to implement the strategies outlines in the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment

A productive morning - keep an eye out for our post this afternoon! 💪 #TogetherForNature
A grand room with chandeliers is filled with people at various roundtables. In the forefront one group of people look on as JNCC's Sam McNab writes on a flipchart Four people sit around a table in discussion. A lady stands by a white flipchart with writing on it. JNCC's former Chair Tom Meaghre and JNCC Hayley Dorrian Bak sit with two other gentleman around a table. A white flipchart is next to them with writing on it. Three women sit at a table in discussion. JNCC's Alyssa Fischer writes on a flipchart.
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Clive Mitchell from NatureScot spoke about the underlying causes of biodiversity loss, with Susie Turpie from Scottish Government talking about developing Scotland’s draft Environment Strategy.
NatureScot's Clive Mitchell stands to the right of a large screen. A slide can be seen with the IPBES logo on the right and the words 'the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change. On the left it says 'interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health'. The Scottish Government's Susie Turpie stands to the right of a screen with a blue slide on it saying 'the environment strategy for Scotland'
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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The morning session kicked off with a talk from JNCC’s Dr Sarah Scott on the IPBES Nexus Assessment and its representation in key UK policies.
JNCC's Sarah Scott stands to the right of a large screen. The screen is on a blue slide which has written 'The IPBES Nexus Assessment and its representation in key UK policies'
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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🌿Tackling environmental crises through practical solutions🌿

JNCC are at the @royalsoced.bsky.social today, helping to deliver groundbreaking discussions on tackling environmental crises.

#TogetherForNature
JNCC Sarah Scott (left) and the Royal Society of Edinburgh's Des Thompson (right) stand in front of a blue screen in a grand room with a chandelier above.
October 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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🌿 JNCC at @unep.org #CartagenaConvention COP 18 and #SPAWProtocol COP13 🌿

Last week, we presented our project: “Blue Growth through Green Restoration: Capacity Building on Seagrass Ecosystems under the Cartagena Convention”

A thread 🧵
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October 23, 2025 at 9:52 AM
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📢#JobOpportunity #WeAreSeeking an HR Policy Specialist bit.ly/JNCCjob202549 to help deliver our new People Strategy & lead on development & modernisation of our HR policies. Closing date: Sunday 9 November 2025 #HR #HumanResources
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October 23, 2025 at 8:46 AM
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Groundbreaking discussions on environmental crises are happening in Edinburgh – and you can join online!

📅 24 Oct | 14:00–15:30 BST

👉 Register: jncc.gov.uk/news/scotlan...

#JustDontWaste #ClimateAction 🧵

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Event: Just Don't Waste, Friday 24 October, 14:00 - 15:30, Online Logos of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, Scottish Government, NatureScot and JNCC
October 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
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🚨 Latest edition of our e-newsletter out now! bit.ly/46SzvFw

In this issue:
💚 New partnership for #climate & #nature

🦋🌱Celebrating butterflies & plant monitoring

🪸Flood protection in the Caribbean

Sign-up to hear about our work👉 bit.ly/JNCC-NN-SignUp
A logo with the title Nature News sits across with some icons of people, trees, a bat and a butterfly. Underneath are three images. The left is of two people shaking hands with three people looking on. The middle is a presentation screen with a graph showing how butterfly sites monitored have increased to 3,552 sites since 1976 and the right hand image is a beautiful coral reef full of lots of vibrantly coloured coral species in the clear, blue ocean
October 16, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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🌍 On International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, new research highlights how nature protects us from extreme weather.

🌊 In the Cayman Islands, coral reefs and mangroves provide £60 million annually in flood protection - equivalent to 30% of the islands’ hotel and restaurant sector value. 🧵
Coral reef copyright Alex Mustard
October 13, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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Last session of the day, a panel Q&A session about the future of the @ukbms.bsky.social

Chaired by @btobirds.bsky.social David Noble with James Haywood, JNCC’s Jasmine SalvatI, @savebutterflies.bsky.social Ian Middlebrook and @ukceh.bsky.social Prof David Roy
October 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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‪Hot off the press! Update to the European Red List of Butterflies has been published today by @europebutterfly.bsky.social

‪Report show one quarter of butterfly species are now threatened ‬in Europe
October 11, 2025 at 2:21 PM
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Excellent talk from @europebutterfly.bsky.social Cristina Gonzalez Sevilleja showing how @ukbms.bsky.social data are being used at a continental scale - including how it’s influenced other countries’ schemes! #ButterflyMonitoringAt50
October 11, 2025 at 2:11 PM
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Great to hear more about @btobirds.bsky.social @bbs-birds.bsky.social and monitoring population changes of the UK’s common and widespread breeding birds

Remember you can do the Wider Countryside Butterfly Survey square on BBS squares
October 11, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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@savebutterflies.bsky.social Russel Hobbs discusses using @ukbms.bsky.social data to deliver #NatureRecovery on the ground
October 11, 2025 at 1:16 PM