Ash Simkins

Zoology PhD student | Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge | King's College | Data Science | 🏳️‍🌈 he/him

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

At least 80% of the most important areas for biodiversity on land contain infrastructure, and this is likely to increase!

New paper from @BirdLife_Sci @wwf_uk @WWF @WWFNorge @Cambridge_Uni @ConservEvidence
https://t.co/fYhi3vRNcP
See🧵below.

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[Lynn Dicks @LynnDicks]

Here's an amazing postdoctoral opportunity to shape a key biodiversity metric for the agrifood sector, working closely with me & the Agroecology group at Cambridge @Camzoology & @CoolFarmTool (https://t.co/HoiqTnqvAI). DM me for more information. DEADLINE 8AM 12 JAN 2025

[Nature Reviews Biodiversity @NatRevBiodiv]

New online! The status, threats and conservation of Critically Endangered species https://t.co/UQ5MwvMUvU

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

@CamZoology @CamESS_CCLEAR @Kings_College @CCI_Cambridge @Bill_Sutherland @LynnDicks Silviu Petrovan @AlecChristie888 Will Morgan

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

Excited to be involved in both a workshop and symposium with @idoimpact @ICCB2025 . Join to hear about challenges, solutions and future directions for impact evaluation in conservation. I'll be speaking about some of my PhD work on using evidence in species conservation 🐅🫎🐨🦔

[#teamcounterfactual @idoimpact]

Join the Impact Evaluation Working Group @ICCB2025! Wondering where to find us? See below for the list of events we'll be hosting 🌏🪼

@Society4ConBio #ICCB2025

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

@CamZoology @CamESS_CCLEAR @Kings_College @CCI_Cambridge

[Dept of Zoology @CamZoology]

📢Publication alert!

How can we diagnose the causes of wild species population decline more quickly and reliably?

A new paper by Prof Rhys Green and Prof Jeremy Wilson @RSPBScience suggests a way forward.

Read more about it here: https://t.co/KyNoKwDp4W
@BritishEcolSoc

[Zoo New England @zoonewengland]

Conservation has never looked so cute. But all squees aside, the European hamster faces serious threats amid a serious int'l conflict.

Our #conservation dir. explains how we're helping scientists restore this endangered species ➤ https://t.co/aYVvhxhn6r

#WorldHamsterDay

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

@CamZoology @ConservEvidence @Kings_College @CCI_Cambridge @Cambridge_Uni @IUCN @ICCS_updates @OxfordBiology @BirdLife_Sci @CEGDurham @PLOSBiology

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

*Positive news* Despite global declines in biodiversity, we find conservation has driven improvements in >100 species. This suggests with greater resource allocation to more species, conservation can halt and reverse biodiversity loss! First PhD paper: https://t.co/p2246DPb0g

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

Huge thanks to my supervisors and collaborators @Bill_Sutherland, @LynnDicks, @durleigh, @mollykgrace, @stubutchart, @RebeccaASenior, Silviu Petrovan, @CamESS_CCLEAR for funding & all those who contribute to the @IUCNRedList!

[Julia Jones @juliapgjones]

Incase you missed it-this talk about our paper (what is a unit of nature) is now on you tube
https://t.co/yaG8p7yNqA

[IUCN @IUCN]

Invasive alien species are one of the main direct drivers of #biodiversity loss and species extinctions. Check out #EICAT, the IUCN standard to support global action on #InvasiveAlienSpecies

https://t.co/z7t4nAuwpg

[Ninad Mungi @ninad_mungi]

New paper in @ScienceMagazine on tiger recovery in India

India gained 30% tiger distribution in over a decade and now holds 75% of global wild tigers

Beyond ecological settings, tiger recovery was driven by peace and sustainability in the landscape
https://t.co/jXNJMFCB2e

[Conservation Evidence @ConservEvidence]

Excited to share the new Conservation Evidence Toolkit!
A guide to a collection of tools 🛠️ and resources 📃for embedding evidence in conservation and improving practice. Tools were co-designed with practitioners, funders, policymakers.
Download here: https://t.co/5vO7lHonzg

[Bill Sutherland @Bill_Sutherland]

Our paper reviews the problem of invasive species carried with ornamental plants.
https://t.co/Ofl3jgWjhJ
https://t.co/3GsPuHjo2U

[Dept of Zoology @CamZoology]

📢Publication alert!

LIFE: A metric for mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions

Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the @royalsociety B: Biological Sciences

Authors include @AliEyres and Prof Andrew Balmford

https://t.co/ivhm5Ewq9m

[Stuart Butchart @stubutchart]

20 yrs ago I started comparing the 3 lists of threatened birds BirdLife had published & working out overall trends. The Red List Index resulted from the ensuing collaboration & is now used by the world's governments & UN. Our new paper reviews the history https://t.co/XCGbffApNE

[Monika Bohm @MonniKaboom]

Learn about today's announcement that a quarter of freshwater animal species (fish, crabs, crayfish, shrimps, dragonflies and damselflies) are threatened with extinction, and what @IndianapolisZoo is doing to help!

[Monika Bohm @MonniKaboom]

Attention all conservation geeks! On behalf of the @IUCNssc & @CMPmeasures, we are pleased to announce the formal publication of the "IUCN-CMP Classification of Direct Threats to Species and Ecosystems 4.0" in @ConBiology: https://t.co/0ry15z7Tda.

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

@CamESS_CCLEAR @CamZoology @Kings_College @CCI_Cambridge @Bill_Sutherland @LynnDicks @durleigh @mollykgrace @stubutchart @RebeccaASenior @BritishEcolSoc

[Ash Simkins @ashsimkins]

Excited to attend my first BES! Presenting my 1st PhD chapter "what works in species conservation" in 3A at 11 on Wednesday. Come along if interested! Also keen to chat all things species conservation including extinction risk & action effectiveness! #BES2024