We're excited to welcome Erle Ellis (艾尔青) to #LCAB on Tues 7 May

Erle whose work on Anthromes is world-renowned will join us to talk about Re-Culturing Nature to Sustain Biodiversity in the Anthropocene

Open to University of York staff - register for your place here:
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We're excited to welcome our new Director to LCAB 🎉

Professor Lindsey Gillson joins us from the University of Cape Town. Her work addresses questions regarding ecosystem management, restoration, conservation & sustainability in the Anthropocene.

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Study shows conservation actions are effective at halting & reversing biodiversity loss.

A positive, can-do approach to conservation can ensure that people and the natural world can grow together into the future.

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The purpose of long-term scenarios is not to predict what will happen. It is to understand alternatives & avoid these trajectories which might be least desirable.

Trajectories depend on the policies we choose - these decisions are made day by day.

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Wonderful to see our study out looking at how land-use and climate change has shape and may shape the future of biodiversity

A truly massive team effort and learning experience.

13 models
12 metrics
3 scenarios
3 scales
150 years of change
(and 7 years to get it done!) 👇

We're recruiting another fully-funded PhD (at UK fee rates) for a Sept 24 start.

This project will review impacts of policies, fiscal interventions & programmes to support urban gardens on health, biodiversity & ecosystem service outcomes in Bangladesh

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We're recruiting a fully-funded PhD (at UK fee rates) for a Sept 24 start.

Using urban & rural churchyards, this project studies the perceptions & values of communities alongside the ecological benefits of churchyard biodiversity.

Find out more & apply
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📢 This #mammalweek join Jack Hatfield as he explores the story and science behind invasive species, examining the impacts on other species and ourselves.

Thursday 25 Apr, 1-2pm. Sign up now ⬇️

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🔊 Come and join us for the grand finale of our AI series. Hosted by Jane Birch, this panel discussion will explore AI, its environmental impact and use to achieve good:

🗓️ 26 April
🕝 2.30pm to 5.30pm
📍 The Guildhall York and online
▶️ Book tickets: bit.ly/ai-environment…

🚜 How has farm management evolved over time?

In his latest paper in Agricultural History, Shane Hamilton looks at the evolving landscape of farm management across the last 100 years: read.dukeupress.edu/agricultural-h…

Looking forward to exhibiting Growing Stories For Different Climates later this month. The audio composition uses acousmatic storytelling to explore synergies between food growing, climate & diasporic connections amongst black & minority ethnic peoples in the UK & beyond.

Getting ready for the CityNatureChallenge The species are lining up to be recorded.
York City Nature Challenge 2024

Study assesses the impact climate change could have on the distribution of ecosystems across the planet up to the year 2500, giving a global picture of how much humans, animals and plant-life may need to adapt.

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13th May from 7:30pm, come to Fulford Arms and find out if male elephants work together when they're scared! 🐘🐘

NEW BLOG: Reaching a new audience: behavioural ecologists of the future?

Helen Mylne shares her recent visit to St. Oswald's Primary to talk all about her research on African savannah elephants and introduce the children to Squank the elephant

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New Paper:

'Projected future climatic forcing on the global distribution of vegetation types' [...to 2500 CE]

Dr. Bethany Allen David Williams @[email protected] robmarchant Lindsay Stringer Michael Clark & Ariane M Burke
Royal Society Publishing

#climatechange #biodiversity

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rs…

New paper on assessing inconsistencies in historical global land-use models such as HYDEv3.2.1 using archaeological and historical reconstructions with Daryl Stump, Colin Beale and Chris Thomas Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity
#LandUse #Africa #historical
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LCAB visions - 13 May 2024

Join us as we showcase our work to date & our strategy for the next 5 years, marking our mid-grant change of Directors as Prof Chris Thomas hands over to Prof Lindsey Gillson.

Book your place now! Open to all University of York staff

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🌳Are you passionate about trees? Join this joint workshop for @UniofYork researchers to explore the many ways tree studies cut across diverse disciplines.
Alison Dyke Joanne Morris Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity School of Arts and Creative Technologies, UoYork Archaeology UoYork Department of Environment and Geography
30 April➡️ow.ly/NKL650R3hLh

Researchers, including #LCAB PDRA Jamie Carr, call for support for traditional Nigerian bakeries to shift to clean energy to reduce deforestation. Improved awareness of alternative energy sources & policies to address the issue are urgently needed.

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