New paper bit.ly/3Typvun shows UK hunters' voluntary ban on lead shot is still ineffective 4 years into 5-year transition with 93% of pheasants killed with lead eri Prof Debbie Pain.

📣NEW PAPER: Effective actions to remove introduced coconut palms on tropical islands with abandoned copra plantations. Part of a project at Palmyra Atoll aiming to restore native rainforest cover, provide seabird habitat, and increase ecosystem resilience bit.ly/4bBxRbs

Happy to announce that the Student Conference in Conservation is back in March - helping to run this conference is always a highlight of our year. You can sign up to stream the talks below:

Parachuting Beavers tinyurl.com/yy2k44bn
Partridge Cafeterias tinyurl.com/mrxt7wyh

🏆 This year's VC Award for Established Academic went to Professor Bill Sutherland and his team at Conservation Evidence for their work in transforming #conservation using co-production of evidence synthesis and novel tools for practitioners.

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📢NEW PAPER Plant assemblages on coastal dunes in southern Spain recovered following removal of invasive Aleppo pine Pinus halepensis. Perennial grasses and shrubs typical of sun-exposed areas were observed. Suggest manual control of seedlings every 3-5 years to avoid reinvasion.

Study on use of lead shot in Scotland bit.ly/3RfojeM Analysis of discarded shotgun cartridges indicates that lead is present in about 50% used for shooting in tidal and riverside wetlands in Scotland. It has been illegal to use lead shot in Scottish wetlands since 2005

New study addressing the need to increase coral production while reducing the costs associated with coral farming. Aponte-Marcano et al. bit.ly/3P0ZMHk found that raising corals in horizontal frames is more cost-effective than growing them in tree-like nurseries 🪸

We're delighted to hear Cambridge University has won a CASE Silver Award for the 'The Evidence Effect', a film about our work to make conservation evidence-based, feat. Iolo Williams, Sir David Attenborough and some of our Evidence Champions!

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Delighted that Cambridge University won a CASE Circle of Excellence Award for promoting Conservation Evidence (4,000 nominations from 27 countries). Follow the link to see the film with Yolo Williams, David Attenborough, global conservationists (and me!)
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New paper published today bit.ly/41rCoXQ looks at how we restore underground rivers. Research from Arup ecologists and lighting designers explores how artificial lighting could bring plant life back to these rivers. Conservation Evidence

ECI Prize Laureates include many of my heroes (Georgina Mace, John Lawton, Illka Hanski, Daniel Pauly, Jane Lubchenco, Ramon Margalef, Monica Turner, Paul Ehrlich, Gene Likens, E. O. Wilson, Harold Mooney, Robert Paine etc). Honoured to join these. bit.ly/3MAqTcQ

📣NEW PAPER bit.ly/40gwRmC Prescribed burning was shown to benefit populations of the threatened spring pasque flower Pulsatilla vernalis on both open heathland and forested heathland in eastern Sweden Charlotta Hagström Charlotte Jander

📣NEW PAPER bit.ly/3lc94pn Excluding barn owls from a UK greater horseshoe bat roost sees the return of a large maternity colony. Find out about actions Vincent Wildlife carried out to conserve this important site Marina Bollo Palacios Tom Kitching Patrick Wright Henry Schofield

NEW ARTICLE ALERT: bit.ly/3XWZ0Oa UK hunters voluntary ban on lead shot use still ineffective 3 years into 5-year transition with 94% of pheasants killed with lead Conservation Evidence eri Prof Debbie Pain Photo: Andy Hay/rspb-images.com

Excellent work. Also take a look at the recent paper in the Conservation Evidence Journal conservationevidencejournal.com/reference/pdf/…

Save the date! 🗓️

When: 30th January

What: Our #ConservationLearning webinar with @MavaFdn & Foundations of Success

Why: Learn about the need for #EvidenceInConservation , our practical five-step approach, & key capacity-building insights.

How: Register at us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

Sharing evidence of actions that work for conservation (and, importantly, those that don't work) is vital as we continue #TransformingConservation Our new open access book, out TODAY, guides you through the process. Download for free openbookpublishers.com/books/10.11647…

Delighted that our annual horizon scan for 2023 has just been published by TREE. A great team as usual with funding from NERC and RSPB authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S01…

Better building management benefits greater and lesser horseshoe bats. Paper shows effective reserve management resulted in stronger bat population size increases compared with unmanaged sites. doi.org/10.52201/CEJ19… Vincent Wildlife Patrick Wright Tom Kitching
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