Interdisciplinary Centre for Conservation Science - combining social and #ecological research to address key issues in #conservation. Also @iccs.bsky.social
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Jan 12
Apply now for the first in-person Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade! The application deadline is 30th January 2026 at 23.59pm UK time.
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk…
@cbcrgh @DanChallender @orchiddelirium
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16 Oct 2025
Deadline 17 October!
The Masterclass in Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade is a free course aimed at practitioners, policy makers and researchers based in West Africa, wishing to learn about combating wildlife trafficking
Apply here ow.ly/95gW50Xc71c
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13 Oct 2025
Applications are still open for the next Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade. Find out more about the course and apply here. Feel free to ask any questions in the comments below, or email us.
ow.ly/HEoC50XaJKY
#illegalwildlifetrade #masterclass #westafrica
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3 Oct 2025
Learn more below about ICCS's Dan Challender and colleagues' research, published in July, exposing the disconnect between the media and public perceptions of wild meat in the wake of COVID-19
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1 Oct 2025
"We often focus on hunters... But there's a whole range of other people involved."
Hear about the complexities of #wildlifetrade from course leaders of the Masterclass on Mitigating Wildlife, Amy Hinsley and Dan Challender, alongside E.J. Milner-Gulland ow.ly/pKlL50X3mKv
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29 Sep 2025
In case you missed it last week, the next Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade is now open for applications 🎉. Find out more ow.ly/ht3V50X3mhY
Deadline: 17th October
#IllegalWildlifeTrade #WestAfrica
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25 Sep 2025
The Masterclass on Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade is back! Aimed at practitioners, researchers and policymakers in West Africa addressing the illegal wildlife trade. Led by @UniofOxford academics and colleagues. Apply here tinyurl.com/mu5d7f4f #illegalwildlifetrade
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24 Apr 2025
Not long left to apply for the new Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade Masterclass from University of Oxford - deadline Sunday 27th April.
Learn more and apply here - tinyurl.com/mu5d7f4f
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2 Apr 2025
Applications are now OPEN for the Masterclass in Mitigating Illegal Wildlife Trade from @UniofOxford. This course aimed at equipping practitioners, researchers and policymakers in West Africa with the tools to take their work to the next level. Apply here tinyurl.com/t2pdpsx5
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28 Mar 2025
Work on addressing illegal wildlife trade? The @UniofOxford is launching a fantastic new Masterclass on Mitigating IWT, which this year will be for practitioners, researchers and policymakers in West Africa. Further details coming soon! #illegalwildlifetrade
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ICCS retweeted
11 Mar 2025
How do businesses estimate their 'biodiversity footprints'?
New research with @TBCbiodiversity: life cycle assessments come with assumptions & uncertainties, and need to be used with scientific best practice & direct monitoring for effective strategies 👇
bit.ly/4bwn0zT
ALT A hand reaches for plastic bottles on a rocky beach, with the ocean in the background
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ICCS retweeted
8 Mar 2025
The @ICCS_updates Leventis #African #Biodiversity Fellowships scheme has reopened, apply here: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk… We love hosting these inspiring biodiversity scientists!
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ICCS retweeted
4 Feb 2025
As @CITES turns 50, a new study in @FrontEcolEvol reveals that the global wildlife trade agreement is failing to curb illegal extraction and trafficking.
Researchers instead propose a new framework exploring institutionally diverse conservation models⬇️
bit.ly/4hmla72
ALT Pangolin curved in a ball. istock-1125626951
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ICCS retweeted
5 Feb 2025
🦁🌍@DanChallender, @tSasRolfes and @EJMilnerGulland from our Wildlife Trade programme have found that @CITES is not deterring widespread illegal activities in wildlife trade systems across the world.
Find out why: s.mtrbio.com/ipkpjnernr
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ICCS retweeted
¡@NacionWampis en Filipinas! 🇵🇭🐢 Durante evento internacional celebramos el repoblamiento de tortugas "Charapa" y "Taricaya" en el río Morona. ¡Casi 800 tortugas liberadas! 🙌
💚 #TransformativePathways #DíaDeLaAmazoníaPeruana
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6 Feb 2025
New paper in @NatureEcoEvo from ICCS team member
@sophusticated
and colleagues
@SUPERB_project
on ''The current state, opportunities & challenges for upscaling private investment in biodiversity in Europe": nature.com/articles/s41559-0…
Well done everyone involved!
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ICCS retweeted
29 Jan 2025
Last 48h to apply for this fully-funded studentship ...
@BES_careers
9 Jan 2025
Fully-funded PhD on "Meeting commitments to biodiversity conservation: developing a framework for predicting and monitoring the potential contributions of nature markets", with @OfficeforEP & @aberdeenuni
findaphd.com/phds/project/me…
Part of @NETGAIN_DFA
Deadline 31 Jan
ALT Biodiversity Net Gain, one form of nature market, is a key part of the UK's strategy for 'bending the curve' of biodiversity loss (a phenomenon depicted at https://www.geog.ox.ac.uk/news/2020/0911-bending-the-curve.html)
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16 Jan 2025
"Protecting the Nguru spiny pygmy chameleon is essential not only for conserving a unique species but also for safeguarding the rich biodiversity of Tanzania’s montane forests." - @EvaAyaro, 2024 Leventis African #Biodiversity Fellow.
fauna-flora.org/news/ten-spe…
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ICCS retweeted
15 Jan 2025
🌍 Can we mainstream biodiversity into global decisions? Join Prof @LeahLeopold to explore pathways from knowledge to action in conservation. Discover a replicable model for tackling the biodiversity crisis.
📅 23rd Jan | 5pm (GMT)
Register here: oxfordmartin.ox.ac.uk/events…
ALT An event poster with text on the left reading Understanding Pathways of Knowledge to Action in Conservation with Prof Leah Gerber (including the date, time and location details), and an image of a butterfly in a field on the right.
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