Thomas Pienkowski
@tom-pienkowski.bsky.social
Interested in the science of scaling conservation for nature and human health: https://tinyurl.com/5acvp2eu
Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow @dice-kent.bsky.social
Previously at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk
Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow @dice-kent.bsky.social
Previously at @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social and @ox.ac.uk
@mattcscience.bsky.social absolutely smashing an interview on ABC News Australia about our new paper on conservation abandonment
📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (email me for a copy if needed, t.pienkowski[at]kent.ac.uk)
🔓 Open pre-print: osf.io/preprints/so...
📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (email me for a copy if needed, t.pienkowski[at]kent.ac.uk)
🔓 Open pre-print: osf.io/preprints/so...
November 13, 2025 at 8:41 AM
@mattcscience.bsky.social absolutely smashing an interview on ABC News Australia about our new paper on conservation abandonment
📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (email me for a copy if needed, t.pienkowski[at]kent.ac.uk)
🔓 Open pre-print: osf.io/preprints/so...
📄 Paper: www.nature.com/articles/s41... (email me for a copy if needed, t.pienkowski[at]kent.ac.uk)
🔓 Open pre-print: osf.io/preprints/so...
Reposted by Thomas Pienkowski
Co-authored by Imperial's @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social , Matthew Clark, Cecylia Watrobska & @morenamills.bsky.social the @ic-cep.bsky.social, the research warns that the failure to sustain existing conservation efforts could jeopardise international biodiversity & climate goals.
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Imperial study highlights overlooked crisis of conservation abandonment | Imperial News | Imperial College London
As COP 30 gets underway today in Belem, Brazil, Imperial researchers warn about the abandonment of conservation initiatives.
ow.ly
November 12, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Co-authored by Imperial's @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social , Matthew Clark, Cecylia Watrobska & @morenamills.bsky.social the @ic-cep.bsky.social, the research warns that the failure to sustain existing conservation efforts could jeopardise international biodiversity & climate goals.
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ow.ly/NQ3N50Xqoba
Reposted by Thomas Pienkowski
Massive cross-institutional paper out today, bringing in almost 40 co-authors across 20 institutions and 9 countries 🌍. Led by @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Diagnosing scaling bottlenecks in 10 community conservation initiatives in southern and eastern Africa
Scaling area-based conservation, including initiatives led or comanaged by Indigenous Peoples and local communities, is a flagship goal of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. Conserva....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Massive cross-institutional paper out today, bringing in almost 40 co-authors across 20 institutions and 9 countries 🌍. Led by @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Thomas Pienkowski
Out today in @natecoevo.nature.com 'Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot'. Co-led by me and @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social as part of @catalyzconserv.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social & @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Amidst the collective push to establish nature conservation initiatives, little attention has been paid to ensuring that they persist over time. The abandonment of conservation commitments is a blind ...
www.nature.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Out today in @natecoevo.nature.com 'Conservation abandonment is a policy blind spot'. Co-led by me and @tom-pienkowski.bsky.social as part of @catalyzconserv.bsky.social at @ic-cep.bsky.social & @imperialsci.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Very pleased to share this paper, fantastically led by @hollieboothie - a rare example of an #RCT of incentive-based conservation intervention. I think this paper is a textbook example of why they are valuable: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Conservation impacts and hidden actions in a randomized controlled trial of a marine pay-to-release program
Pay-to-release program encouraged live release of endangered marine taxa but led some fishers to increase catches of those taxa.
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Very pleased to share this paper, fantastically led by @hollieboothie - a rare example of an #RCT of incentive-based conservation intervention. I think this paper is a textbook example of why they are valuable: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Just seen this new study in @thelancet.bsky.social. Great bit of work. Shocking results: "Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported deaths due to violence by 41% and that 3% of the population has died due to violence"
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Full paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Full paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
Gaza: 64,000 deaths due to violence between October 2023 and June 2024, analysis suggests | LSHTM
An independent study by researchers from the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) suggests the Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza underreported the death toll due to violence by ap...
www.lshtm.ac.uk
January 10, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Just seen this new study in @thelancet.bsky.social. Great bit of work. Shocking results: "Palestinian Ministry of Health underreported deaths due to violence by 41% and that 3% of the population has died due to violence"
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Full paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/n...
Full paper: www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
1/n New paper relevant to those interested in scaling forest restoration: Spatial predictors of landowners' engagement in the restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (doi.org/10.1002/pan3...)
January 9, 2025 at 11:44 AM
1/n New paper relevant to those interested in scaling forest restoration: Spatial predictors of landowners' engagement in the restoration of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest (doi.org/10.1002/pan3...)
Very much enjoying my first week as a Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow at Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (@dice-kent.bsky.social). In the theme of new pastures, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to switch over to here!
January 9, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Very much enjoying my first week as a Sharing Space for Nature Research Fellow at Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology (@dice-kent.bsky.social). In the theme of new pastures, I thought this would be a perfect opportunity to switch over to here!