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KSAfricaHack
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Part-time professor, full-time writer on human-wildlife conflict. University of Kent, DICE and Institute of Commonwealth Studies
Some context on the sad rise in South African rhino poaching in 2023. Shock and disappointment at rise in rhino poaching in South Africa | Institute of Commonwealth Studies (sas.ac.uk)
March 27, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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🚨Scholarship alert! 🚨
 
We are delighted to announce the inaugural Burnett Scholarship scheme for 2024/25 for conservationists from Angola, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia & Zimbabwe.
 
This provides 6 fully funded scholarships on our MSc in Conservation Science
 
Deadline: 22/04/24
March 18, 2024 at 5:42 PM
Bella’s version of lockdown. At least I could reach my Scotch with the other hand.
January 31, 2024 at 9:16 PM
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Field ecologist job with the company I work for! Are you good with tech, sorting out field issues, training people and like travelling all over the place? Then boy do I have the job for you 🧪 🌍
www.linkedin.com/posts/pivota...
Pivotal Future on LinkedIn: #nature #biodiversity #techforgood
Do you love time in the field? Passionate about the planet and projects to support the protection and restoration of the natural world? We're looking for a…
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January 26, 2024 at 10:14 AM
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Paid part time home-working editorial role with one of conservation's fastest-growing journals, within the Society for Conservation Biology's portfolio. Looks like a good opportunity! careers.conbio.org/job/622868/s...
Senior Associate Editor - Working from home
We are seeking applications for two Senior Associate Editors for the journal Conservation Science and Practice.
careers.conbio.org
January 23, 2024 at 4:40 PM
Great relief have sent off to my publisher the manuscript for my rhino book.
January 18, 2024 at 12:11 PM
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Paperback version of our book 'Trophy Hunting' has been made available for €38:

link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
January 10, 2024 at 8:23 AM
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It is disgraceful that neither Biden nor Sunak have yet clearly condemned the massacre of Palestinians in Gaza. They rightly condemned the murder of Israeli civilians on October 7. Why not the ongoing murder of Palestinian civilians?
January 9, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Looking forward to Vianet Djenguet‘s documentary on gorillas. He has deft, sensitive approach. His northern white rhino one was very good.
January 7, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Bad news out of South Africa re rhino poaching. Pelham Jones of Private Rhino Owners’ Assoc tells me c600 killed in 2023, up about 152 on last year. 282 killed in KZN, mostly on provincial-run reserves. Disappointing as African rhino population seemed to recovering. Awaiting official confirmation.
January 1, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Switzerland has a growing but not huge wolf population. The lbreathing space, with cull suspended, should be used by this rich country, to mitigate the conflict with wolves and compensate farmers for losses. if wolves have to be killed sell permits for limited shooting. www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-e...
December 30, 2023 at 10:24 AM
Very good news for the Wildwood/Blean bison project. www.wildwoodtrust.org/conservation...
December 26, 2023 at 1:05 PM
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Blog from the Saiga Conservation Alliance - 2023, a year to remember. And it certainly has been that! saiga-conservation.org/2023/12/20/c...
December 23, 2023 at 12:17 PM
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One of the most abiding villains in film and literature is Harry Lime, who profiteered during a pandemic, selling fake medicine.
Now, thanks to the corruption of Boris Johnson's contemptible government, the rich lists are swarming with Harry Limes.
December 19, 2023 at 4:55 PM
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I wrote a blog about the amazing change in status of the saiga antelope from Critically Endangered to Near-Threatened on the IUCN Red List, and how conservation works, but you need to stick at it. I hope you enjoy it! iccs.org.uk/conservation...
Conservation works - with persistence, coalition-building, good faith, and a dose of luck - ICCS
With so much bad news it can be easy to let the good news slip by and focus on the many challenges that conservationists face. But it’s important to celebrate and share our successes, and also to sh...
iccs.org.uk
December 11, 2023 at 6:02 PM
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The UK's joke climate minister Graham Stuart has left the #Cop28 talks, on the most important issue of all, to support the stupidest, cruellest and most pointless bill to be forced through Parliament in recent times.
Tells you all you need to know about this fatuous government.
December 12, 2023 at 12:59 PM
Good news for rhino conservation, and reintroductions to regions where they were poached out. African Parks sends more rhino to Chad to reestablish black rhino there. VIP passengers: the five black rhinos flown 2,700 miles on a mission to repopulate Chad | Environment | The Guardian
December 11, 2023 at 9:52 AM
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This is a really excellent opportunity for someone interested in scientific knowledge exchange and conservation policy. Apply!
Job alert! jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastl... working on an amazing new project to support academic researchers to engage better with generating evidence and building capability to engage with international conservation policy. Short deadline - 21st Dec, please share!
Research Associate in Conservation Science and Knowledge Exchange
Research Associate in Conservation Science and Knowledge Exchange
jobs.ncl.ac.uk
December 8, 2023 at 10:52 AM
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When you’re told that the free market works and that the nationalised public services are actually very unpopular by Sensible Grown-Ups you are being lied to.
December 3, 2023 at 6:01 AM
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3 x Research fellowships @ Zoological Society of London (ZSL) Come and join us! Happy to discuss with anyone who’s interested. Tight deadline of 3rd November! careers-zsl.icims.com/jobs/3319/re...
October 20, 2023 at 4:53 PM