Herpetologist, Wildlife Biologist, Conservation Scientist and general rapscallion. Chair, IUCN SSC Snake Specialist Group. All views my own 🐍
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📢Job opportunity! 📢
A unique position for a unique and capable person. Please share:
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Happy World Snake Day, Everyone! @IUCN_SSG
Happy #WorldSnakeDay, everyone! Here's our 2minute video highlighting the wonderful work our Snake Specialist Group members do around the world. Video, click here: youtu.be/-8COnwyW9kc
@RachelNuwer this is a terrific article that sheds light on a complex and emotive issue in a balanced way. Thank you and congratulations.
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New Paper from some great @IUCN_SSG members. Take home message: water snakes of several species are ridiculously abundant in agricultural landscapes in Java, Indonesia. @CSIROPublishing
publish.csiro.au/WR/WR22079
Completely agree. Stick to the facts and don't embellish threats. The existing threats are serious enough.
Ya nadie compra períodicos de anuncios por palabras en los kioscos, ni cierra tratos con cartas enviadas por correo postal.
La obsesión por Internet como medio de @mitecogob hace gala de un anclaje de sus conceptos en el pasado, incluido el de conservación. Dentro 🧵👇
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Great opportunity for an Environmental Communications Specialist working on wildlife conservation and trade. Share far and wide!
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"It is critical that we recognise that sustainable use needs to be a key part of future protected area and conserved area policy. Sustainable use already provides major financing mechanisms for the majority of the world's protected areas." - Dr. Dylis Roe, IUCN #APAC2022
In a Nutshell: if you had to make a decision that could have a significant impact, would you not want to factor-in as much relevant information as you could - to ensure you made the right decision? I suspect you would. CITES should be no different. #CITES #wildlifetrade
📢New paper on decision-making in #CITES (frontiersin.org/articles/10.…). A 🧵. In 2021, we published a paper (frontiersin.org/articles/10.…) highlighting that listing decisions in #CITES are based on simplistic biological + trade criteria and don’t relate to the impact of the decision.
I spent earth day with a reptile harvesters in Borneo, catching wild reptiles for their livelihoods. They have no idea what earth day is, but their understanding and connection to this earth is remarkable. I wish westerners embraced earth day like these people do EVERY day.
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🚨NEW PAPER📢 Even though scrub pythons (Simalia amethistina) are among the world's largest species of snakes, in Cape York they have surprisingly small homes ranges and travel only small distances. These are remarkable animals!
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
Great opportunity with a great initiative! Get amongst it!
An amazing opportunity. Please see below, apply, share, love etc! @IUCNSULi @Responsible_Biz @IUCN_business @TRAFFIC_WLTrade @DanielNatusch @DanChallender @orchiddelirium @RickScobey @CCI_Cambridge
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Wow. I love and have dedicated my life to conserving animals, but this is the equivalent of saying “we care more about snake rights than about your child’s health”.
Wildlife is amazing, but you cannot have effective wildlife conservation without first helping people. Maslow 101
Wildlife trade is a complex topic, and ensuring it is sustainable can be equally complex. So it's important to get the facts right if we're to make good decisions. Check out this debate on the topic:
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Very interesting (and unsurprising) study. Some vocal conservation advocates do not listen to science, and others misrepresent it.
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Promise I’m not having a dig, but grateful if you would please read this:
@m_sosnow @RachelNuwer @NatGeo
Good guess, but it's actually #4 in this scenario! teapawt.net/MyFrogCroaked/status/1…
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Why keep an invasive and destructive cat when you could keep an Australian native that is from this environment? If only we had done this long ago…
No offense to cat lovers…😅
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Want an easy paper in Biological Conservation?
Just download some free wildlife trade data and start writing!
But unfortunately, too many authors get their analyses and interpretations wrong.
This great thread explains why that is bad for conservation and people.
#iwt
📣New paper📣"Mischaracterizing wildlife trade and its impacts may mislead policy processes" in @ConLetters @Society4ConBio This thread provides some details… conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…. @orchiddelirium @GeoFrancisMasse 1/n
Yep.
Using data you didn’t collect yourself to make broad interpretations about wildlife trade entails a substantial risk of getting it wrong.
See here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
IMPORTANT REMINDER when reading or writing studies about #WildlifeTrade: USFWS LEMIS records are not standardized for academic scientific use. Descriptions of species, violations & values vary by law enforcement officer. This human element is too often ignored in studies #SciComm
This. Is. Everything.
Jeffrey Sachs' speech at the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit (full speech) youtu.be/WZ1xc491mnU via @YouTube
