Bob Smith

Director of @DICE_Kent and Founder of @izeleHQ

[Bob Smith @AnotherBobSmith]

It's a real testament to DICE that we've received this funding and I'm so excited about leading the project.

We will be advertising a number of lectureships, fellowships and PhD studentships soon, so follow @DICE_Kent and the DICE LinkedIn page for details.

[DICE Kent @DICE_Kent]

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We're thrilled to announce DICE has been awarded an £8.3 million grant from @UKRI_News Enabling Excellence in England (E3) for a 5 year project on 'Sharing Space for Nature: enhancing the role of conservation areas in tackling environmental crises'. https://t.co/mIYINirnG6

[Environmentjob.co.uk @environmentjob]

Innovation Fellow in Conservation Science: @DICE_Kent Canterbury, Kent, £38,205 - £42,978 depending on experience https://t.co/VZkzMMQcYp

[Ara Monadjem @MonadjemAra]

I am excited by this new publication that reports on the mammals of a poorly studied, yet important, region, the Chimanimani mountains that straddle the border between Zimbabwe and Mozambique. We hope that this will stimulate further research in Mozambique https://t.co/pmxCI3CkxB

[Lynn Dicks @LynnDicks]

Calling plant ecologists & conservationists! There's an opening for a permanent lectureship in Cambridge, includes field teaching https://t.co/4r9oaXmXrk Deadline 6 Decmber 2024. Come join us in @cambridge_uccri @CCI_Cambridge Please RT @KewScience @BES_careers @plantspplplanet

[DICE Kent @DICE_Kent]

🚨JOB ALERT🚨

We are advertising for an Innovation Fellow in Conservation Science on our 5-year @UKRI_News E3 'Sharing Space for Nature' project.

Project: https://t.co/rlriqPKwUr

Advert: https://t.co/EETdXkv4qy

Deadline: 06/11/24

[Conor Ryan @whale_nerd]

No-, low- & medium-impact journal articles are more important to US species conservation policy than are high-impact papers. "our findings stress the need to value and fund the taxa- and region-specific science that underpins actionable conservation laws" https://t.co/hSbUHZwsbT

[Ben Ansell @benwansell]

In amazing train news I am stuck on the Chiltern line because a train today hit the corpse of a cow that had been hit by a different train two days ago, left by the side of the track, exploded and rolled back onto the track again.

And you thought James Cleverly had a bad day.

[Julia Jones @juliapgjones]

Do you know anyone looking for a PhD in conservation social sciences? Share these awesome opportunities with the Welsh Graduate School for Social Sciences @BangorUni! Potential applicants should contact supervisors to develop a proposal (submission deadline 11th Dec).

[Paul Whitfield @FoxWhitfield]

But it took nearly a year and huge amounts of work and costs to get a licence to realise native Red Billed Chough…
This system is broken.

[Johanna Eklund @eklund_jo]

Come work with me to identify factors linked to successful conservation outcomes for protected areas. The idea is to use state of the art qualitative impact evaluation methods #teamcounterfactual. Please share far and wide @idoimpact @SCB_SSWG

[Amy Dickman 🦁 @amydickman.bsky.social @AmyDickman4]

.@ScienceMagazine published a letter about #Amboseli #elephant trophy hunting, which completely ignored Tanzanian realities. Shockingly, Science rejected multiple responses from Tz authors: the local MP has published his now as a press release, but appalling this wasn't published

[DICE Kent @DICE_Kent]

We're saddened and shocked by the passing of Keith Somerville, a much valued member of DICE. A former BBC journalist and world expert on Africa, his work covered the politics and practice of African conservation. His punchy, insightful writing always championed the underdog.

[Liz Corry @Corry_Liz]

#choughs in Kent doing what they do best...having fun
@WildwoodTrust @CornishParadise @KentWildlife

[Phil Martin @_PhilMartin]

We're really struggling to get someone to talk about evidence-based conservation from a Global South perspective for our session at #BES2024. If you're going to the conference and could give a talk on this topic, could you get in touch?

[Rosie Woodroffe @RosieWoodroffe]

I’m seeing a lot of anger and disappointment in badger circles today that the badger cull is ending, but not ending fast enough. Apologies for the long thread 🧵, but tet me explain why I think the news is the best it could be 1/25

[Dan Richards @pilts1974]

Spotted 9 White Stork just outside Deal, on my drive home today. I'm guessing some of @KneppWilding birds.

[RiRi @RiahNotRia]

More proof that #Lions 🦁 are indeed 'spilling' out of #Gir #Gujarat as there is literally no more space. Here you see the classic dispersal of young male lions. Just a matter of time before man-animal conflicts start to rise exponentially & the #Asiaticlion becomes the bad guy.

[Thomas Mapfumo @OfficialMukanya]

Hello Chimurenga Music fans, the 1981 album "Gwindinwi Rine Shumba" is now available on all digital platforms. Tracks include "Shumba", "Hwahwa", "Mhondoro", "Rita" and more. Here are the YouTube and Spotify links (Enjoy!):

https://t.co/IavsAIKfDU

https://t.co/9Vb7WbkiM9

[Amy Hinsley @orchiddelirium]

🧵 1/ Wildlife trade involves 1000s of species and changes rapidly, making it difficult to develop effective management strategies. Our new @NatureComms paper presents a novel analysis of 50 years of commercial wildlife-related patents: https://t.co/JkwxAlcVgy #WildlifeTrade