Joseph Oakley

MSc Conservation Biology at @DICE_Kent | #Herpetology 🐸 | Tropical biodiversity

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

Our findings may serve as a warning sign for agricultural systems that rely on ecosystem services provided by biodiversity. Thanks @JEBicknell and @DICE_Kent. Full OA paper available
https://t.co/Cj7xKx8kD5

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

What are the impacts of tropical agriculture on #biodiversity? This thread summarises our pan-tropical study by @JosephOakley94 and @JEBicknell published a few months ago in @JAppliedEcology

https://t.co/Cj7xKx8kD5

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

We then conducted a meta-analysis to assess the impact of tropical agriculture on biodiversity, comparing biodiversity values in food crop sites versus natural reference habitats. The overall findings are shown here:

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

I hope you’re sitting down, because this week’s column should make you very, very angry.
It shows how professional clinicians employed by the NHS in crucial test and trace jobs have been secretly replaced by teenaged call centre workers employed by Serco
https://t.co/6wYh9AguWZ

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

An extraordinary shift, and credit where it's due.
BUT: the great unsayable, that the BBC won't allow anyone to voice on air, is that the driver of planetary destruction is not "excess" capitalism, but capitalism itself.
https://t.co/4LqIpWxiVQ

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

Very excited to see @IFLScience write a feature about our Natural History Note regarding a novel herpetological observation from our time in Mexico with @opwall

[IFLScience @IFLScience]

Researchers Surprised To Discover Tadpoles Killing And Eating Frogs In Mexico
https://t.co/gfXQHrZ3Ry

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

Ambitious @jamesowild? A child born today will be 30 years old before we stop emitting greenhouse gasses. 30 years!!!

By that time your constituency will be suffering floods as big as the 1953 floods (which killed 3000 people) EVERY YEAR

#CEEbill #BackTheBill

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

Can we please stop talking about fighting climate change 'for future generations'?

People are dying NOW. Forests are burning NOW.

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

How the rich blame the poor for trashing the planet.

My column.

https://t.co/lgX0P9wJVz

[George Monbiot @GeorgeMonbiot]

People tell me "it's ridiculous to say the UK is the most corrupt nation on Earth. Look at Zimbabwe! Look at Nigeria!"
But where is the stolen money laundered?
The City of London.
Where is it hidden?
In tax havens branching from the City of London.

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

A huge honour to have (slightly) helped craft the Climate and Ecological Emergency Bill @CEEbill_NOW

This is ground-breaking legislation, and clearly sets out what the UK government must do. There are 4 things I particularly like about it

Thread
https://t.co/8JfWtYaCWW

[DICE Kent @DICE_Kent]

Badgers at @UniKent! Our PhD students Kate Allberry and @JessJessFisher did some great detective work and camera trapping to get these first photos of badgers on campus! 🦡🦡🦡 @UniKentSAC @UniKentGrounds

[Sonia Vallocchia @SoniaVallocchia]

Went to remove my camera trap hoping for a few water birds and maybe a fox.. but the highlight was definitely catching this Eurasian kingfisher in action! 🐟

#Hertsbirds #HMWTBadger #ShotOnAPEMAN

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

@JuliaNishimoto @lynch_rtd @GaleaEcology @bashyalreshu @cait_melidonis @SiriOckerman @Nuwanthika_SL @Ceire_Booth @specieswithshan @ElysiaScarlett @LMaamai @MicaelaGrove8 Well done everyone! Really interesting projects! 😀

[Dr Charlie Gardner (also on the blue place) @CharlieJGardner]

1/6 Is #Conservation ultimately effective?
Is our research and practice sufficient, in an emergency?

Building from work with @clairefrwordley in @NatureEcoEvo, I think the answers are a clear No❌and No❌

#DICECON20 #ConEffect1
https://t.co/VBx3OxoTUU

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

@sagitaninta @JEBicknell This is a very interesting and eye-opening paper. I've been keeping up with the impacts of coconut production and will be interested to see how other crops compare

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

1/6 Hello everyone! Today I am going to be sharing my ongoing MSc thesis that I am currently working on with my supervisor @JEBicknell.
#DICECON20 #LandLive1

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

@Mic_Lo1 Thank you! :)

[Joseph Oakley @JosephOakley94]

@orangulandtrust @JEBicknell I agree. More transparency in food production is needed overall, so that the general public are not only aware of where meat comes from, but also the animal feed that contributes to its production, so that we can make sustainable choices.