Moses Gee

he/him 🦅 MSc in Biodiversity and Global Change @UCL, @ZSLScience & @NHM_Science

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

@jackremmington @honeygirl270 Yeah it’s standing!

[Pelham @Resist_05]

Palestine delivers the greatest speech in modern history at the UN Security Council…🔥

[Flying Penguin Force @flying_force]

#Seabirds (and the 🌏) depend on the #HighSeas. But #conservation thereof is DIFFICULT, especially under global change (#ClimateChange, #PlasticPollution, #OffshoreWind etc.). To secure the Kuaka, we evaluated conservation options in the high seas! https://t.co/h0ibURYd75

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[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

@theobrook230 @flying_force @hihinews @Stefano_Canessa So kind 🥰

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

Wow! My first publication in @ConsLetters, thanks to @flying_force, @hihinews , @Stefano_Canessa and so many others. We evaluated how potential area-based management tools (ABMTs) could influence the conservation of the Critically Endangered seabird, Kuaka, on the high seas 1/7

[John Ewen @hihinews]

This is a super interesting study evaluating potential area based management tools for seabird conservation on the high seas. Led by @MscBgc student @MosesGee and expertly coordinated by @docgovtnz’s @flying_force! A fun and impactful collaboration 🙏

[ZSL Science @ZSLScience]

The high seas cover ~90% of Earth’s ocean volume, yet only ~1.2% is protected, with threats to wildlife including pollution and commercial fishing, and highly complex governance structures 🌊 1/4

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

which will result in the implementation of more robust ABMTs, supporting the holistic action required for Kuaka conservation and all the other species that inhabit the high seas 7/7 https://t.co/LEDFf8EX4v

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

There is hope for Kuaka! The BBNJ Treaty will utilise majority decision-making, reducing the power of single countries in negotiations, and providing a framework for coordination and cooperation across oceans... 6/7

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

Our paper also highlights the value of decision science tools to help inform the best decision when faced with a high degree of uncertainty, which is so often the case in species conservation. Something @docgovtnz is embracing brilliantly 5/7

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

Cost-effectiveness analysis revealed:
- Decisive and early action (by 2030) is not only the most effective conservation strategy for Kuaka, but costs less and minimises international negotiation effort 4/7

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

- Mitigation implemented by 2040 under current high seas governance structures performed the worst
- Acting sooner (by 2030) rather than later (by 2040) is critical to Kuaka survival 3/7

[Moses Gee @MosesGee]

Population projections under ABMTs, informed by expert elicitations, predicted:
- Implementation of ABMTs would prevent a 60% decline in Kuaka by 2050
- Seasonal closure implemented by 2030 under the @UN's Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction #BBNJ performed the best 2/7

[𝙰𝙽𝙰𝙽𝙸𝙰 @Anania00]

i wish nothing but long lives in a new, free, un-colonized palestine for these angels

[ayan. @artan_ayan]

The Director of the UN's New York office just resigned after thirty years at the organisation over the UN's handling of the ongoing genocide of Palestinians.

The entirety of his resignation letter is a necessary read but this first page blew me away.