Enjoying reading this new paper: "Mainstreaming social sciences expertise in UK environment policy and practice organisations: retrospect and prospect". Interesting insight into what constitutes "evidence" in environmental research and policy. doi.org/10.1057/s41599…

Big bittern news! 🗣️🗣️🗣️ In 2023, conservationists from RSPB recorded 234 male bitterns making their distinctive 'booming' call to attract a mate in England and Wales. That's a 24% increase in booming bitterns compared to 5 years ago!

📚 Ethical Guidelines for Educational Research, fifth edition (2024) BERA is delighted to publish this fifth edition which has been revised and updated to enable researchers to conduct their work to the highest ethical standards. Read and download here: bera.ac.uk/publication/et…

The Management of Hedgerows Regulations 2024 will apply to all agricultural land, ensuring: 🚫 No cutting during 1 March - 31st August 🌺 2m green buffer strips free from pesticides and cultivation You can read more 👇 defrafarming.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/16/lay…

Thanks, Martin! Working with you and everyone at The Outward Bound Trust was an absolute pleasure ⛰️🏕

How can we embed Nature into the heart of political and economic decision-making? Our thematic issue in Philosophical Transactions of the The Royal Society is out this week: royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.10… Royal Society Publishing

Join us this Friday as Forrest Fleischman discusses Restoration Social Science: Understanding how and why people restore landscapes, and what the impacts of restoration are on human well being. in person and online: oxfordbiodiversitynetwork.bookwhen.com

Really important report on biodiversity loss, environmental degradation, and the UK's economic resilience. Just built this into a paper being presented at the Regional Studies Association conference in June, where we're exploring nature recovery, regional development, and England's rural periphery.

I enjoyed chatting with Neil Selwyn about banning young people's mobile technologies in England's schools. Our conversation is now available on all major podcast platforms 📲 👇

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One reason why nature politics seems so irreconcilable is because there are many different ways to “value” nature. A new paper examines these differing value systems and how we might reconcile competing perspectives. cell.com/one-earth/full…

Pesticide pollution mapped across Europe Red marks ‘critical’ levels nature.com/articles/s4146…

Enjoyed reading this, especially "Google Street View as More-Than-Digital". It is suggested that "...meaning is ascribed and derived to and from places through the coming together of memories, technology, past histories, education, motherhood, infrastructure, and much more".

Completely overwhelmed by the kindness of response to this post. I can't reply to everyone, but thank you 🌿