Tom Lansley

PhD with @BirdLife_Sci, @EEB_Sheffield and @ACCE_DTP studying Important Bird and Biodiversity Areas and Key Biodiversity Areas

[Tom Lansley @TomLansley]

I am delighted to share my first PhD paper! We found that Key Biodiversity Areas cover the distributions of the world’s terrestrial birds excellently, representing 99.7%. KBAs are incredibly useful for conservation planning and policy. https://t.co/4wSWW3UBDT
#birds #conservation

[Ankita Sinha @ankita_enicurus]

Our paper https://t.co/2fBdWdGFeX simplified and asking everyone taking a stroll along rivers to look out for #birds to tell the tale of the #river's health

[Richard D Gregory @RichDGregory3]

New📄Developing spatially comparable biodiversity indicators using objective scale-dependent species selection 🐦🐦
@RSPBScience @UCLCBER @uniofeastanglia @_EBCC
Open access
https://t.co/5phkZUA0xn

[Tom Lansley @TomLansley]

@rytikerttunen Thanks for sharing Petr!

[Nicola Nadeau @NicolaNadeau]

Last week to apply for this BBSRC funded PhD on butterfly scale structure development with me! https://t.co/7K5buh7f7e pls RT

[Tom Lansley @TomLansley]

#BES2024 has lived up to its great reputation so far! You can find me at the poster session today talking about @KeyBiodiversity !

[Ian McFadden @ian_mcfadden_]

📣 Please RT!

I'm (co)advertising 4(!) PhD projects on topics including species interactions, AI, global mapping and tropical ecology!

PhD 1: https://t.co/dqNbI30YgM
PhD 2: https://t.co/RSxG5NVHKe
PhD 3: https://t.co/8Dv3oELzOd
PhD 4: https://t.co/bbTCuH4XHw

Happy 2 answer Qs

[Tom Webb @tomjwebb]

Also available is this macroevolutionary project led by
@TGuillerme on Traits innovation and elaboration in marine ecosystems: https://t.co/2BuozvKUab

[Tom Webb @tomjwebb]

Come and do a PhD with me! @ACCE_DTP funded studentship based @EEB_Sheffield in association with @CefasGovUK on Global patterns of fish feeding behaviour in a changing world: implications for food webs and fisheries https://t.co/u3kA4V3NS6

[Tom Lansley @TomLansley]

Follow me on @bluesky ! @tomlansley.bsky.social

[Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole]

Jeremy Clarkson, James Dyson, the Earl of Derby – they’re up in arms about paying tax on the vast areas of land they own.

Small farmers are worried that changes to Agricultural Property Relief (APR) will affect them. But who are the big landowners complaining the loudest?... 1/

[BirdLife International @BirdLife_News]

🚨Red List Update🚨

Migratory shorebird populations are plummeting globally. ⚠️ 📉

16 species have been reclassified to higher threat categories, with potential causes including habitat loss and degradation, disturbance, hunting and climate change. ��

🌎 Travelling the world on migration routes called flyways, shorebirds are a familiar sight worldwide.

Protecting shorebirds is vital for all of us. 💚 The places migratory birds stop and rest on their long journeys are important for millions of people.

CBD COP16 is the moment to galvanise action to halt and reverse nature loss by 2030. 🤝

Nature loss can be reversed but extinctions cannot.❌

Read more here 👉 https://t.co/FtBARsZzRp

#COP16Colombia #BirdLifeInternational #BirdLifeFlyways #RedList #HabitatLoss #Shorebirds #ClimateChange #Extinction #Conservation

[BirdLife International @BirdLife_News]

Let’s talk Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs)! 🗺

Only 1/5 of areas identified as the most important for biodiversity are fully protected.🦉

To conserve 30% of land, waters and seas by 2030, we need to focus on both quality and quantity of sites. KBAs are our best tool in identifying quality sites for conservation in every country. 💧🌎

So far, 13 countries have included actions based on KBAs in their revised National Targets, and 33 countries are pinpointing areas that matter most for biodiversity. 📍📄

By ensuring that 30% of our conservation efforts focus on these vital sites, we can make a real impact in achieving Goal A: halting extinctions. ❌

Together, we can protect the most vital places for nature! 🙌

Help KBAs here 👉 https://t.co/3cMGfk8ySD

#Biodiversity #COP16Colombia #PeaceWithNature #BirdLifeInternational #Habitats #ProtectedPlanet #ProtectedAreas #KBAs

[matt prior @mattthesparrow]

I am honestly flabbergasted. Today I ringed what for me is one of the most stunning birds of prey - the Laughing Falcon. They primarily feed on snakes, as the armoured feet show. What a privilege to see such a beautiful raptor so close

[Key Biodiversity Areas @KeyBiodiversity]

🌍 #KBAs are directly or indirectly relevant to nearly all the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework #GBF.

However, they are especially relevant for Targets 1, 2, and 3.

Discover how ⬇️

#Biodiversity #30x30 #COP16Colombia #PeaceWithNature

[Ferran Sayol @FerranSayol]

New research on the Global Impacts of Bird Extinctions 🌍🦜🦤

"The global loss of avian functional and phylogenetic diversity from anthropogenic extinctions" led by Tom Mathews and published in @ScienceMagazine.

https://t.co/iPZms4JbvH

A summary of our findings below 🧵(1/9)

[Key Biodiversity Areas @KeyBiodiversity]

#DYK | KBAs are key to delivering Target 3 of the
#BiodiversityPlan 🌍

➡ @UNBiodiversity's CBD Ad Hoc Technical Expert Group notes that #KBAs are the most comprehensive network of ‘areas of particular importance for biodiversity’ that have been systematically identified. 🌿

[Jolyon Troscianko @jTroscianko]

PhD position available: The influence of nighttime lighting on predator-prey dynamics and the landscape of fear. Working with RSPB and endangered shorebirds, visual modelling, field & experimental work, check it out https://t.co/hljnaip6Lr

[Key Biodiversity Areas @KeyBiodiversity]

🌿Biodiversity Breakthrough: The Bezos #KBA Project has uncovered 719 vital biodiversity hotspots across 7 countries, including the world's first KBAs for genetic diversity and ecological integrity. A major step towards 30x30 #conservation goals.🤝

���️https://t.co/wIrT3gefDm

[Key Biodiversity Areas @KeyBiodiversity]

“Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park has become the 1st KBA in the🌍to be recognized for its ecological integrity – a measure of the region's robust natural processes and resilience”

➡ https://t.co/HC5GbaM63f

📸 Western Lowland Gorilla ©Thomas Nicolon
Via @wcs_congo