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Pākehā ecologist, Aotearoa. Biosecurity, biodiversity, invasive species, preoccupied with translating evidence into conservation outcomes, opinions my own, she/her/ia 🏳️‍🌈
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New in #BirdStudy #Seabirds Count shows 73% decline in Great Skuas after bird flu. Declines in UK breeding populations of seabird species of conservation concern following the outbreak of high pathogenicity avian influenza (HPAI) in 2021–2022 (Tremlett et al.) doi.org/10.1080/0006... #ornithology

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With the current influx of new users, it feels important to reshare this critical information Engaging with toxic posts, even if it’s to rebut or mock them, is still a form of amplification We need to go back to the basics of the early Internet: Don’t feed the trolls (and the grifters) #SocialWeb

submitted 106 days ago • 3 comments

Job alert: we're hiring a new Principal Advisor Biosecurity - does translating evidence and strategy into impactful conservation action, supporting (and supported by) a team of lovely peeps sound like your dream job? careers.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/job/Auckland...

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Incredible quote from the PM in relation to legislation to dishonor an agreement

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Marine heatwave promotes population expansion of the invasive ascidian Symplegma brakenhielmi: doi.org/10.1007/s105... Pretty amazing what ascidians can grow on. #ecology #invasivespecies

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Good turnout at March for Nature

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This. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

submitted 280 days ago • 8 comments

Reminder not to approach or touch sick or dead birds and if you see 3 or more call it in - public awareness is an important part of our early detection system for avian influenza! www.mpi.govt.nz/biosecurity/...

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How to Stop Bird Flu from Becoming the Next Pandemic time.com/6976402/bird...

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Great Q&A with Katelyn Jetelina on the latest in the H5N1 outbreak www.scientificamerican.com/article/u-s-...

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Folks in Ao/NZ... this is on our horizon. If you see unusual clusters of bird mortality, don't touch (!), but do report to MPI 0800 80 99 66 bbc.com/future/artic...

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Re-upping this because submissions close next week and it really is an extraordinary bill giving ministers an extraordinary amount of power. #nzpol www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...

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Consultation now open on Auckland Council's 10-year budget. Do you have an opinion about how we should fund biodiversity protection, climate action, transport, libraries or any of the other important mahi council does? Then submit! akhaveyoursay.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/hub-page/lon...

submitted 364 days ago • 1 comment

Bird flu arrives in mainland Antarctica – Expert Reaction via @smcnz.bsky.social www.sciencemediacentre.co.nz/2024/02/27/b...

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Los Angeles Times: "I’m an American doctor who went to Gaza. I have worked in other war zones. But what I witnessed in Gaza was not war — it was annihilation."

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Excited to see our new paper out. Turns out cats choosing to return to/seek out their owners is an important reinforcer of the relationship. Enabling choice/space within the property may be important for successfully encouraging containment 1/n

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Submissions close on Feb 8. This is not about branding. This is about righting a century old wrong. www.rnz.co.nz/news/ldr/508...

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Ten writers (of books for adults, though I really rate some authors of "children's" literature!) of whom I've read more than five books: Kate Atkinson Catherine Chidgey Barbara Kingsolver Patricia Grace Charles Dickens Jane Austin Graham Greene Gerald Durrell Evelyn Waugh Agatha Cristie

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People are welcome, of course, to disagree with what we write. But to respond with violence, threats of sexual abuse, threats of death — no, that’s not a healthy or reasonable response. Journalism should not be a dangerous occupation.

submitted 425 days ago • 6 comments

The impact your escaped pet has on NZ's natural environment www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

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I think this is crucial for all the people who want to do away with the treaty. Tāngata tiriti would broadly have no legal rights to be here (and no land rights) if the treaty were somehow revoked by referendum...

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Keeping possums as pets is a key potential barrier to realising #PredatorFreeNZ aspirations. #ResponsiblePetOwnership

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