2) What people do with their animals further affects the environment. While tons of research focuses on the direct effects of climate and climate change on rangelands, we forget that climate also affects people's behavior. These secondary effects can be massive, but also predictable.

This is important for two reasons: 1) Poorer communities are more likely to sell cows during droughts to pay for food for the rest of the herd. This is disadvantageous. They're worth less when they're skinny and the market gets flooded with people doing the same. This is a sort of poverty trap.

New super cool paper out last week that you should definitely check out! 🚨😎🐮🌧️

We show that across space and time, economic wellbeing determines how communities respond to precipitation variability in South Africa:

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Really amazed by the turnout for our launch of 'Mangroves of Pemba' in Stonetown this past weekend, including the head of the heads of Zanzibar's of the Ministry Natural Resources and Dept. of Forests
See: shorturl.at/zwMYN
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Zanzibar-based people. Come by Emerson Spice in Stonetown this Saturday if you like free food and books about mangroves. Event in collaboration with the Zanzibar Dept of Forests and Mkuki na Nyota Publishers.

Super cool to see this up in the @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social entrance today for the Faculty of Natural Sciences Research Image Competition. This comes from ongoing work with @martin-brandt.bsky.social, @conservationorg.bsky.social,and others. @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social @morenamills.bsky.social

Some nice drone photos of seaweed farms in Pemba, Tanzania from this week. The seaweed 🌿 grown here goes all over the world, ending up in your toothpaste 🦷 and ice cream 🍦

Wild dogs on the road this morning before presenting @CatalyzingConservation research at the #HerdingforHealth annual indaba led by @ConservationSouthAfrica @PeaceParks & @ConservationInternational
#MeatNatruallyAfrica

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When I started studying mangroves in Pemba, I was surprised to find out that no one knew exactly how many species were on the island. So, my coauthors and I rode a motorcycle around to every coastal community to see which species were there and ask people about local names and uses.

First blusky post to share that I just received the first author-copies from my mangrove guidebook pet project from my phd. Super exciting!

Will be available to purchase at: tinyurl.com/2brr9v9j in the coming months with all proceeds going to mangrove conservation in Pemba.