More training on communicating at the science-policy interface! Today’s course covered the key concepts of engaging with the public. By Charlotte Coales, Public Engagement Manager at the Zoological Society of London.
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Fellow Sean Jellesmark did a presentation entitled Measuring the impact of wetland reserves on breeding waders on 8th April 2021 during the ‘Statistics at the Zoo’ virtual seminar hosted by the Royal Statistical Society, East Midlands Local Group. He presented research about the impact of conservation on waders from his first and second chapter of his PhD and discussed how counterfactual evaluation can be used in ecology.
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Maria Lumbierres published a new blog post on the Inspire4Nature fellows’ website Science4Wildlife. You can read here her article entitled Covid-19 and biodiversity one year later.
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As part of Training Session 4 – Theory & practice of communicating at the science-policy interface – Inspire4Nature fellows are now receiving training on interview skills. Continue reading “Training module: interview skills”
A short video on how albatrosses and petrels connect countries, and on how their conservation relies on international cooperation, particularly in the high seas. Great scientific communication of the results by Martin Beal and collaborators, just published in Scientific Advances. Continue reading “YouTube: Martin Beal on #60SecondSeabirds”
Inspire4Nature fellow Martin Beal led a new article entitled Global political responsibility for the conservation of albatrosses and large petrels, co-authored among others by Inspire4Nature supervisors: Maria P. Dias and Paulo Catry.
They used the movements of nearly 6000 individual birds from 39 species of albatrosses, and their close relatives the large petrels, to identify the political areas around the world most important to their conservation. They show that these species connect countries around the world, and spend nearly 40% of their time in international waters, highlighting that international collaboration is crucial for ensuring the future of these charismatic creatures.
Kathrin Holenstein published a new blog post on the Inspire4Nature fellows’ website Science4Wildlife. You can read here her his article entitled The necessity of behavior change to reach goals in nature conservation.
Inspire4Nature fellow Konstantina Spiliopoulou led a new article published in the Biodiversity and Conservation journal, which investigated how well The Natura 2000 represents the threatened biodiversity of Greece by assessing the overlap between species ranges and the country’s Natura 2000 network.
Spiliopoulou, K., Dimitrakopoulos, P.G., Brooks, T.M., Kelaidi, G., Paragamian, K., Kati, V., Oikonomou, A., Vavylis, D., Trigas, P., Lymberakis, P., Darwall, W., Stoumboudi, M.Th. & Triantis K.A. (2021) The Natura 2000 network and the ranges of threatened species in Greece. Biodiversity and Conservation. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10531-021-02125-7 → Open Access Repository
This GA was both an occasion to hear about the project’s great scientific results and a training opportunity for the fellows’ to improve their presentation skills.
A 3rd Extraordinary Meeting of the Inspire4Nature Supervisory Board took place on the 18th of January 2021, remotely. It was convened to monitor progress in the fellows’ training programme and discuss how plans are being readjusted to deal with the complications derived from the covid sanitary crisis. Continue reading “3rd Inspire4Nature extraordinary Supervisory Board Meeting”