Becky Davess

climate change specialist / ecological field surveyor / Natural England

[NE Chief Scientist @NEChiefSci]

1/3 Published! Our interim report on the Nature Returns programme. Through #NatureReturns, we’re building the science and evidence for investing in #NatureBasedSolutions for climate change and biodiversity loss.
Read the report here:
https://t.co/BF4ilbbkLB

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A very exciting project to be a part of 🎉

[National Trust South East @southeastNT]

Mandy from @wakehurst_kew and Becky from @NaturalEngland are researching nature-based solutions for climate change. We were delighted to provide some well-managed Chilterns hedges for their study.

To find out more about the project, head to: https://t.co/cN4qIRgAFd

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As nature heals so do we 🌿🐾 https://t.co/o2lMs1kyye

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A very happy first ever #WorldRewildingDay 🌎This incredible conservation movement restores natural processes to increase biodiversity, mitigate climate change and create self-sustainable environments from rewilding rivers and wetlands to reintroducing key species #ReadyToRewild

[BBC Wildlife @WildlifeMag]

Best plants to grow for pollinators in your wildlife garden
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@gizoeco Such a guy! 😂😎

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#thoughtforthursday Dr Mika Peck trained a local community to be #paraecologists. They’ve secured a 40sq/km protected area for the Spider Monkey in Ecuador🐒 The Cacao project provides employment, improves engagement with local people & priorities #conservation!#2019EBE #Ecuador

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#thoughtforthursday fractionation is when duplicate genomes return to half. Is the loss of synteny and increased methylation a potential cause for pseudogenes? As their genomic status will half? 🤯🧬🤓 #genomics #genes #pseudogenes #science #research #2019EBE

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#thoughtforthursday Dr Alex Bousios presented his findings on transposable elements in maize and sorghum 🌾 Their epigenetic status is maintained in donor syntelogs by gene silencing which produces an epigenetic conflict 🧬 ⚔️#Bioinformatics #Genomics #2019EBE

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#thoughtforthursday Sussex PhD student Veronica Wignall focuses on positive public attitudes towards pollinators & how UK garden centres should meet their demand, provide information on pollinator-friendly plants (no pesticides) and promote organic gardening 🌻🐝👩🏼‍🌾 #organic

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#thoughtforthursday PhD student Vivak Soni developed a new method for quantifying the frequency of balancing selection using variation data 🤯😱🤓 this tested for long-divergent shared polymorphisms in the human genome 🧬 #Statistics

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An undeniable truth. Simply hoping things will get better is not enough. #2019EBE #TimeIsNow #conservation #actionoverwords

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Instead of investing time and money into building robotic bees, shouldn’t more efforts go into saving real🐝 ? Wouldn’t it be a better world if natural pollinators were encouraged to thrive? #2019EBE https://t.co/KgcE4xN6ZN

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#thoughtforthursday A gripping seminar by guest speaker Professor @DaveGoulson on “insect apocalypse”. Insect extinction rate is 8x faster than mammals, birds & reptiles. Earth’s ecosystem is on the verge of collapse. Read this article to find out their vita role! 🦋🦟#2019EBE

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#thoughtforthursday Help stop pollinator decline ✋🍓🌼@EllenRotheray & @The_Buzz_Club created 2 citizen projects: Buzzing Balconies & Hoverfly Lagoons. Easy, home-made habitats made to benefit the vital pollinators bees & hoverflies even in urban areas🐝 #2019EBE #conservation

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Thought for Thursdays💭 will share all the HOT🔥 topics from guest speakers at Sussex Uni. STAY TUNED 💚

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Welcome followers! My new & exciting project is to create a platform where I can share current scientific research and findings in all things evolution, behaviour and conservation 🦋🐬🦕🌍🌳🌿🦜💚