Ash Simkins
@ashsimkins
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Zoology PhD student | Conservation Science Group, University of Cambridge | King's College | Data Science | 🏳️🌈 he/him
Cambridge, England
Joined September 2020
At least 80% of the most important areas for biodiversity on land contain infrastructure, and this is likely to increase! New paper from @BirdLife_Sci @wwf_uk @WWF @WWFNorge @Cambridge_Uni @ConservEvidence
https://t.co/fYhi3vRNcP See🧵below. 1/12
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New online! The status, threats and conservation of Critically Endangered species https://t.co/UQ5MwvMUvU
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@CamZoology @CamESS_CCLEAR @Kings_College @CCI_Cambridge @Bill_Sutherland @LynnDicks Silviu Petrovan @AlecChristie888 Will Morgan
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Excited to be involved in both a workshop and symposium with @idoimpact @ICCB2025 . Join to hear about challenges, solutions and future directions for impact evaluation in conservation. I'll be speaking about some of my PhD work on using evidence in species conservation 🐅🫎🐨🦔
Join the Impact Evaluation Working Group @ICCB2025! Wondering where to find us? See below for the list of events we'll be hosting 🌏🪼 @Society4ConBio #ICCB2025
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📢Publication alert! How can we diagnose the causes of wild species population decline more quickly and reliably? A new paper by Prof Rhys Green and Prof Jeremy Wilson @RSPBScience suggests a way forward. Read more about it here: https://t.co/KyNoKwDp4W
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Conservation has never looked so cute. But all squees aside, the European hamster faces serious threats amid a serious int'l conflict. Our #conservation dir. explains how we're helping scientists restore this endangered species ➤ https://t.co/aYVvhxhn6r
#WorldHamsterDay
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Huge thanks to my supervisors and collaborators @Bill_Sutherland, @LynnDicks, @durleigh, @mollykgrace, @stubutchart, @RebeccaASenior, Silviu Petrovan, @CamESS_CCLEAR for funding & all those who contribute to the @IUCNRedList!
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*Positive news* Despite global declines in biodiversity, we find conservation has driven improvements in >100 species. This suggests with greater resource allocation to more species, conservation can halt and reverse biodiversity loss! First PhD paper: https://t.co/p2246DPb0g
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Incase you missed it-this talk about our paper (what is a unit of nature) is now on you tube https://t.co/yaG8p7yNqA
Are you, or any of your followers, interested in the emerging biodiversity credit market & how nature is measured? Do share the link for this excellent seminar at Oxford University (online or in person) about our recent paper: 'What is a unit of nature?' https://t.co/LQCWCUb22p
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Invasive alien species are one of the main direct drivers of #biodiversity loss and species extinctions. Check out #EICAT, the IUCN standard to support global action on #InvasiveAlienSpecies
https://t.co/z7t4nAuwpg
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New paper in @ScienceMagazine on tiger recovery in India India gained 30% tiger distribution in over a decade and now holds 75% of global wild tigers Beyond ecological settings, tiger recovery was driven by peace and sustainability in the landscape https://t.co/jXNJMFCB2e
science.org
Recovery of large yet ecologically important carnivores poses a formidable global challenge. Tiger (Panthera tigris) recovery in India, the world’s most populated region, offers a distinct opportun...
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Excited to share the new Conservation Evidence Toolkit! A guide to a collection of tools 🛠️ and resources 📃for embedding evidence in conservation and improving practice. Tools were co-designed with practitioners, funders, policymakers. Download here: https://t.co/5vO7lHonzg
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Our paper reviews the problem of invasive species carried with ornamental plants. https://t.co/Ofl3jgWjhJ
https://t.co/3GsPuHjo2U
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📢Publication alert! LIFE: A metric for mapping the impact of land-cover change on global extinctions Published today in Philosophical Transactions of the @royalsociety B: Biological Sciences Authors include @AliEyres and Prof Andrew Balmford https://t.co/ivhm5Ewq9m
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20 yrs ago I started comparing the 3 lists of threatened birds BirdLife had published & working out overall trends. The Red List Index resulted from the ensuing collaboration & is now used by the world's governments & UN. Our new paper reviews the history
royalsocietypublishing.org
The Red List Index (RLI) is an indicator of the average extinction risk of groups of species and reflects trends in this through time. It is calculated from the number of species in each category on...
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Learn about today's announcement that a quarter of freshwater animal species (fish, crabs, crayfish, shrimps, dragonflies and damselflies) are threatened with extinction, and what @IndianapolisZoo is doing to help!
New blog post about a new @Nature publication! The Global Freshwater Fauna Assessment shows that a quarter of freshwater animals are at risk of extinction. The Global Center's Freshwater Conservation Coordinator co-authored the publication. 🌍🧪🐟 https://t.co/dvw36n2cnG
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Attention all conservation geeks! On behalf of the @IUCNssc & @CMPmeasures, we are pleased to announce the formal publication of the "IUCN-CMP Classification of Direct Threats to Species and Ecosystems 4.0" in @ConBiology: https://t.co/0ry15z7Tda.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Identifying and assessing the magnitude of direct threats to ecosystems and species are critical steps to prioritizing, planning, implementing, and assessing conservation actions. Just as medical...
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Excited to attend my first BES! Presenting my 1st PhD chapter "what works in species conservation" in 3A at 11 on Wednesday. Come along if interested! Also keen to chat all things species conservation including extinction risk & action effectiveness! #BES2024
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