Jake Williams

Ecosystem science, policy and economics @ZSLConservation. Views my own.

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

Hi @wildfoodman, @saunteringsam and I've been chatting about UK commercial foraging and the seeming lack of appropriate regulation or quotas. This troubles us as conservationists. It seems you've been thinking about this already (with Kew?). Would you be interested in a chat?

[Rosie Woodroffe @RosieWoodroffe]

I agree. I couldn't believe that this morning it had been knocked completely off the front pages by the royal baby and Lady Gaga's dress. Back to business as usual. It's pathetic.

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

Good to be back in #Nepal with the dream team. Three weeks talking #conservation strategy and impact monitoring - what more could you want?
@ZSLconservation @OfficialZSL

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

"the news media continue to have a hard time coping with the essential fraudulence of most big policy debates". @paulkrugman highlights what I fear may just lie behind our recent history of 'political upsets'
https://t.co/qfyXWi10aa

[Paul Krugman @paulkrugman]

Now that's how to make an argument

[Thomas Piketty @PikettyWIL]

Basic income in India. The biggest election in world history has just begun in India. One the main innovations of the campaign: a minimum guaranteed income equal to 6,000 rupees per month (i.e. about 250 euros per month in PPP). What can we say about it?
https://t.co/vCZutPdf7t

[Dr Catherine Haddon @cath_haddon]

Letwin said yesterday’s vote was to give us ‘data’ on where people are at. Well we got lots of that. We can also see how much the splits are party oriented. You still have small number of MPs crossing the divide into Aye lobbies (bigger cross party agreements on No)

[Hugh Possingham @HugePossum]

Plastic pollution is a problem we must all address, but we should never lose focus on the bigger issues: habitat, climate, soil, nutrients, biodiversity https://t.co/7D9x8MjdNE via @wef

[Dominic Jermey @DomJermey]

This can’t come a moment too soon – I’ve been pushing this agenda and we will use our global expertise to support this review. We need to change the conversation surrounding biodiversity loss - it is not an end result; it drives issues like poverty, disease and crime.

[USFWS International @USFWSIntl]

A pioneering initiative in #pangolin conservation: learn how @OfficialZSL in #Nepal has been working with partners to achieve concrete results for the Critically Endangered Chinese pangolin: https://t.co/iXaB7CPVvo #WorldPangolinDay #ConservationOptimism

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

#China accounted for 25% of the net increase in global vegetation coverage 2000-2017; 42% of this came from #forests and 'ambitious programmes to conserve and expand forests with the goal of mitigating #landdegradation, #airpollution and #climatechange'. https://t.co/04v16ZdScd

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

The 2019 US Worldwide Threat Assessment identifies environmental and ecological degradation as a global threat "likely to fuel competition for resources, economic distress, and social discontent" and "undermine the economic benefits [#ecosystems] provide".
https://t.co/1UZmOS45dA

[The Guardian @guardian]

Giant leaf for mankind? China germinates first seed on moon https://t.co/rmnKl1jjTy

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

Great work @WorshipNature @travelingmind12 @tekraj_bhatt and all the team

[ZSL Conservation @ZSLconservation]

Earlier this week @DNPWC DDG, Mr Kandel, visited fishpond communities at Derai and Bote Taal in Chitwan National Park where ZSL is supporting the National Park Authority to enforce fishing restrictions and promote #sustainable and gharial-friendly fishing techniques.

[ZSL @OfficialZSL]

A big thank you to all of our #ZSLExperts who were able to take part in our #TigerTopic discussions. If tonight's #Dynasties has inspired you, head over to https://t.co/Qo4Ystm04z to see how you can help us work for wildlife.

[Laura D’Arcy @LDWildlifeCons]

The longest distance of a tiger dispersing was in western India, moving from Ranthambore National Park over 148 km. That’s nearly the distance from London to Birmingham. As we lose more forests, tigers will be forced into conflict situations @OfficialZSL #Dynasties #ZSLExperts

[Laura D’Arcy @LDWildlifeCons]

Human and wildlife coexistence is one of the key areas @OfficialZSL is working to conserve animals in the wild #Tigertopic #ZSLExperts #Dynasties

[ZSL @OfficialZSL]

Ad you can talk to some of our #ZSLExperts who are working for wildlife right now. #TigerTopic

[Dominic Jermey @DomJermey]

What an incredible episode. Our teams at @officialZSL are working tirelessly to make sure that tigers have a tomorrow - check out https://t.co/xR1e5fy38N to see how you can help us.

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

This isn't a point about culture! Economic development tends to remove large numbers of people from an intimate relatonship with nature, and so we forget how - and why - to share our planet with the other things that live here. #Dynasties #TigerTopic #ZSLExperts

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

Space to live is absolutely critical to the existence of #tigers and all other species - including people. Conservation is about finding ways to share the planet. We have failed so far, but realising that is the first step to succeeding. #Dynasties #TigerTopic

[Jake Williams @jakewilliams844]

Realising that more developed countries may have the least to teach and the most to learn about sharing the planet with non-humans will help us succeed - and do it fairly. #dynasties #TigerTopic