Jake Bicknell
@JEBicknell
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Conservation Scientist, Senior Lecturer at @DICE_Kent, University of Kent, @TEDx speaker Watch my TEDx talk here https://t.co/b1nW5hgWN1
Joined August 2013
For me @DrMichaelMosley was like the David Attenborough of health and wellbeing. Devastated. Much love to your family Michael. 😭.
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RT @mattstruebig: 📢 More @LeverhulmeTrust scholarships @DICE_Kent !! . 4 MSc+PhD scholarships available!. We want to help UK students from….
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Kent officially has hundreds of wild beavers. Here's a video I took on my phone. 🦫
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Hundreds of beavers in Kent! I love this.
bbc.co.uk
One of the report’s authors says Kent hosts the biggest population of beavers in England.
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RT @Glyn_nature: Great chance to be part of and help shape @DICE_Kent and conservation for the future.
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RT @DICE_Kent: 🚨Social Media and Events Coordinator job 🚨. Are you interested in conservation and brilliant at social media and organising….
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RT @DICE_Kent: 🚨 Conservation Science Fellowships🚨. This is a reminder that we are advertising 4 Research Fellowships and 3 Innovation Fell….
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RT @DICE_Kent: 🚨MORE JOBS🚨. We have 4 Research and 3 Innovation Fellowships on our E3 'Sharing Space for Nature' initiative. All 5-yr posts….
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RT @mattstruebig: Join us! More conservation innovation & research jobs @DICE_Kent! . 7 (yes *seven*!) fellowships available, all for 5 yea….
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RT @UniKent: A new study published today provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that….
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Here's my video explainer:
A new study published today provides the strongest evidence to date that not only is nature conservation successful, but that further investment would be transformational for halting and reversing biodiversity loss 🌍. Dr @JEBicknell, Senior Lecturer in Biodiversity Conservation
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7/ Finally, thanks to the many co-authors who helped, and particularly the four core institutions: @rewild, @DICE_Kent, @UniofOxford, @IUCN
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6/ And the best bit, conservation is getting more effective over time. That means conservationists have been honing their skills over the last century
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5/ Importantly, we show that conservation actions are often really effective, resulting in not just small improvements for biodiversity, but major positive enhancements, such as a large population increase where a species has been aided by conservation.
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4/ We show that actions like establishing & managing protected areas, eradicating and controlling invasive species, sustainably managing ecosystems, habitat loss reduction and restoration improved the state of biodiversity
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3/ We analyzed 186 studies, including 665 trials that looked at the impact of a wide range of conservation interventions globally, and over time, compared to what would have happened without those interventions. Paper here:
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