Laura Kor

Conservation Scientist @DICE_kent | International Biodiversity Consultant | nature 🌿 sports 🏃🏽‍♀️ food 🍜 adventure

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Colombia has incredible plant diversity. But what areas are most important to protect & how can we recognise people in this? Our new paper: "Identifying Important Plant Areas (IPA) for useful plant species in Colombia"
https://t.co/J7K1ejNA4l
@mauriciodiazgranados @kewscience 1/3

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Turns out any trip can become an ethnobotanical adventure. Some Thailand highlights so far: blowing bubbles from the petiole of Jatropha curcas, using bamboo as a cooking vessel, browsing countless markets, and gorging on many of my favourite childhood fruits!

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

@blackgeogorg The @London_NERC_DTP is running a summer school for Year 12s @Quat_dan

[Burgess Park @BurgessPk]

Thanks for woodland assessment survey today @TCVtweets we all learnt a lot and have good baseline for future healthy woodland activity. @BurgessWoodland

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

So grateful to everyone who was part of this PhD journey. Including my cheer squad on the day 💚 all participants & collaborators who shared their time and knowledge, and of course my supervisors @MauricioDiazgra, @dawson_t, @KMHomewood

@London_NERC_DTP @kclgeography @KewScience

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Thanks to @R_CamaraLeret  & @AnotherBobSmith for an enjoyable PhD viva experience! It was great getting back into the subject and discussing it with fresh insights from systematic conservation planning and biocultural conservation. Happy to say I passed with minor corrections 😊

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

My PhD was on "Plant conservation in Colombia: Interdisciplinary approaches for the protection of useful plant species" with some of what it covered summarised in this blog: https://t.co/PlAzZe3qho and publications here: https://t.co/vIpKH5XIP4

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Great walk in one of my long-time favourite London parks. Thanks @RSPBcllgroup! Check out my snaps and Alison's great summary of the 39 bird species we came across last week in @BurgessPk 👇🐦‍⬛🦆🦢🌾 https://t.co/IZWlivUwEZ

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Ending 2023 by handing in my thesis! Thanks to these beautiful people for helping me celebrate last week and to the many, many others who have enriched this chapter of my life 💚

[Prof Phil Stevenson @chickpeaman]

Four great PhD talks @KewScience away day @britishmuseum from @laurabkor @phyloevolution Sebastian Pipins and Heather Craddock. 👏👏👏👏

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Thanks so much to co-authors @MauricioDiazgra @dawson_t @MateoFl9 and Diego Arturo Granados, our @UPFC4 colleagues, and of course our amazing collaborators and community participants in Otanche, Bahía Solano and Cesar, who shared so much of their time and knowledge 💚 [3/3]

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Community involvement is crucial for conservation. But global conservation efforts are also needed to tackle global challenges. How can we reconcile these vastly different scales? 👉 Our new paper: https://t.co/CQVNSZUKyF [1/3]
@KewScience @PlantlifeGlobal @kclgeography

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

"Bridging local and scientific knowledge for area-based conservation of useful plants in Colombia". Using the Important Plant Area (IPA) approach, we worked in 3 Colombian municipalities to see how different ways of knowing can come together to improve conservation planning [2/3]

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

@ugwa_ojonugwa @KewScience @PlantlifeGlobal @ugwa_ojonugwa Our study didn't bring up any existing work on IPAs or TIPAs in Nigeria. If you know of any it would be great to hear about it!

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

At @KewScience #SOTWPF presenting results of a global review on Important Plants Areas - the leading spatial conservation approach for plants and fungi. Come say hi to find out more about our results and recommendations @PlantlifeGlobal

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

@PlantlifeGlobal @KewScience Unfortunately I can't join in person for the rest of the symposium, but my poster's still up and available online: https://t.co/Xxihg8ZByw ☺️ very happy for anyone interested to get in touch

[Dr. Nicola Hogan @NicICT]

What a way to spend the morning - unveiling the new Waste To Wildlife Garden, at Guy's Campus, @KingsCollegeLon with @GSTTnhs @TeamLondonBdg and the design talent of Darryl at @cityscapesUK and @KCLsustainable #garden #greenspace #flower #biodiversity

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Grateful to have had the chance to chat to @QuaveEthnobot on the fantastic @FoodiePharma podcast🌿 not sure when I'll feel brave enough to listen back, but check it out to hear a bit about my work on useful plant conservation in Colombia and beyond!

[Foodie Pharmacology Podcast @FoodiePharma]

Human perceptions of #plants matter in #conservation! This week on the #podcast, I spoke with @laurabkor on the concept of “#sustainability-through-use,” which is important to designing conservation programs that consider the needs and priorities of local communities.

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

This is just the first stage! While very excited to share our results so far, lots more work needed to progress these into confirmed IPAs and achieve their conservation in an equitable and effective way 🌎 Engagement very welcome [3/3]

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

Colombia has incredible plant diversity. But what areas are most important to protect & how can we recognise people in this? Our new paper: "Identifying Important Plant Areas (IPA) for useful plant species in Colombia"
https://t.co/J7K1ejNA4l
@mauriciodiazgranados @kewscience 1/3

[Laura Kor @laurabkor]

We applied the IPA approach to identify key sites for the conservation of plants with reported human uses. 980 sites in Colombia met the criteria, with only 19.8% currently conserved. We highlighted 10 as "top priorities" for further action [2/3] @Love_plants