Steffen Oppel
@SteffOpp
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I used Twitter to promote science and conservation of globally threatened birds, but this activity has now moved to: https://t.co/iAZMWmufVR
Sempach, Switzerland
Joined April 2016
Want to become part of @RSPBScience? Good overview of the skills needed to get a job in #conservation: https://t.co/EncYAVoAkE
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to manage a team to evaluate peatland restoration projects that benefit #waders in #NorthernIreland: https://t.co/ZNdqbYJGbI
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to track #seabirds from Rathlin Island and analyse data to identify foraging areas (deadline 10 Nov): https://t.co/vMN6M4yoaF
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation heading a team that develops habitat measures to benefit priority #bird species in #Switzerland (deadline 8 Dec 2025): https://t.co/XyUdrtmRkY
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that some #raptors switched foraging strategy when #COVID19 lockdowns reduced the availability of #roadkill: https://t.co/D8fYIS1k2Y
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that a single pigmentation gene can affect different body parts and lead to the variety of colour morphs in #wheatears: https://t.co/bjJgd2u4kp
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NEW JOB in #ornithology with @RSPBScience to oversee research in #Wales with #seabirds and #waders: https://t.co/pKLK4sGbOc
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation to help build sustainable livelihoods that maintain #biodiversity in one of #Africa's greatest rainforests: https://t.co/8BjKPWarO6
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NEW JOB with @RSPBScience in #ornithology to analyze citizen science data of common #birds in #Britain: https://t.co/g70AJgRXfO
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These two studies do not contradict each other but reinforce the desperate need to get strongly regulated and strictly enforced MPAs in place - not just boxes on a map with little effect
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How is that possible? Quite simple - the second paper only looks at a small subset of strictly regulated MPAs. They have good enforcement, and may never had any fishing in the first place - so very little occurs there now
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The second paper finds very little industrial fishing in the highly regulated and strictly protected MPAs: https://t.co/fKqzfkCoZ5
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The first paper finds a lot of industrial fishing in all coastal MPAs, which is alarming because there does not seem to be much protection at all:
science.org
Marine protected areas (MPAs) are expanding worldwide, but industrial fishing within their boundaries remains poorly understood. By combining vessel Global Positioning System data with satellite...
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NEW PAPERS in #conservation that seem to contradict each other about whether marine protected areas (MPAs) effectively reduce industrial fishing
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CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT in #ornithology - the effects of lead poisoning on #raptors (in #Italy 17-18 Oct 2025):
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NEW PhD studentship in #ornithology studying foraging distribution of coastal #seabirds in #France: https://t.co/lne4YgW3SW
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NEW JOB in #ornithology and #conservation managing two major restoration projects for #islands important for #seabirds: https://t.co/7MpGO1bAZV
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NEW PAPER in #ornithology shows that #seabirds on Marion #island continue to be assaulted by invasive mice now killing adult #albatrosses: https://t.co/NiS8YZ4ooN
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New paper out in @ScienceMagazine today tracking the movements of >100 large marine vertebrate species 🌊 @RSPBScience are among the almost 400 scientists across >50 countries in this @MegaMove_Org @EcoEvo_ANU led project Read the paper here:
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The recent Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF) sets ambitious goals but no clear pathway for how zero loss of important biodiversity areas and halting human-induced extinction of...
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NEW PAPER collates #telemetry data of >100 marine vertebrate species including #seabirds and finds that protecting only 30% of the global ocean is not enough - because marine animals live everywhere: https://t.co/ypsURgx5RE
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