Conserves plants, rides bikes at home and abroad and explores the world with my girls.
Joined April 2014
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Malin Rivers retweeted
31 Oct 2024
“Saving Species Sustains Life” —At the 5th SSC Leaders’ Meeting, conservationists reaffirmed the critical link between biodiversity and human well-being, calling for collective action.
🔗 Discover the declaration: tinyurl.com/4yc8umn4
#WeAreSSC #SSCLeadersMeeting2024
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Malin Rivers retweeted
28 Oct 2024
For the first time, the majority of the world’s trees have been listed on the IUCN Red List, revealing that at least 16,425 of the 47,282 species assessed are at risk of extinction.
Read more: tinyurl.com/4fepyda2
#WeAreSSC #IUCNRedList #IconicSpecies #COP16Colombia
28 Oct 2024
BREAKING NEWS: More than one in three tree species worldwide faces #extinction - IUCN Red List
Thirty-eight per cent of the world’s trees are at risk of extinction according to the first Global Tree Assessment
shorturl.at/JXsvd #COP16Colombia
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Malin Rivers retweeted
28 Oct 2024
“The number of threatened trees now outweighs all threatened birds, mammals, reptiles and amphibians put together“
Sad, but at least we know where we are... Now more action is needed.
@malinrivers @distortedabso
Amazing work over many years @bgci
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📢 BREAKING NEWS: More than one in three tree species worldwide faces #extinction - @IUCNRedList
➡️ shorturl.at/JXsvd
#COP16Colombia
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Malin Rivers retweeted
28 Oct 2024
❗ Over 80% of tree species have now been assessed on the @IUCNRedList, with 38% of the world’s trees at risk of extinction! The loss of trees is a major threat to thousands of other plants, fungi and animals.
Read the press release at the link below:
buff.ly/4fjvDhX
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Malin Rivers retweeted
9 Apr 2024
Scientists' warning to humanity on tree extinctions
Rivers et al. @MalinRivers @bgci @GTA_GTSG
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#CelebratingBotanicGardens
ALT Photograph of piles of logged wood in mountainous tropical forest.
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Malin Rivers retweeted
We're excited for the #ChristmasChallenge. Donations made via @BigGive will be doubled for 1 week only (28/11 - 05/12)!
This doubles the impact to projects such as collecting & banking 200 seeds of 4 critically endangered plants in India.
ow.ly/X8Qe50QaW38
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Malin Rivers retweeted
20 Nov 2023
Another🔥off the press in the same volume! Syzygium setosum (Myrtaceae), a rare and endangered peat swamp tree in Southeast Asia: lectotypification, conservation status and a new record in Sumatra bioone.org/journals/candolle…
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Malin Rivers retweeted
13 Oct 2023
There is a need for greater conservation action for timber trees, with only 46% of threatened species found in ex situ collections. Case studies in #RedListofTimberTrees show what @BGCI gardens are already doing to help.
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Malin Rivers retweeted
13 Oct 2023
#SOTWPF @MalinRivers summarises Session 3: What do we know about extinction risk? Very few fungi described or have IUCN red list assessments. 45% plants (& 75% of undescribed spp.) at risk of extinction. 220K plants are endemics - alignment w/ national priorities impt @KewScience
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Malin Rivers retweeted
13 Oct 2023
Released today The Red List of Timber Trees finds 1/3 of the world’s timber tree species are threatened with extinction. To read the full report follow the link below:
ow.ly/wJvj50PW3Ca
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Malin Rivers retweeted
27 Jun 2023
"Conservation prioritisation, planning & action for Colombian Trees" is a joint project between the Global Tree Specialist Group and Colombia Plant Specialist Group, funded by @Indianapoliszoo. The project will prioritise planning & a conservation action plan for Colombian trees
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Malin Rivers retweeted
21 Jun 2023
#Trees sustain life and enrich our lives, but we're losing tree diversity at an alarming rate.
This Special Issue highlights the Global Tree Assessment. A global effort is needed to protect trees for the benefit of plants, people and the planet.
📚 ow.ly/LPHt50OQyBR
ALT Tourists marvel at two iconic trees (Shorea leprosula Miq. and Ficus albipila (Miq.) King), known as the 'couple tree', in Kebun Raya, Bogor, Indonesia.
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Malin Rivers retweeted
21 Jun 2023
The new Global Tree Assessment @plantspplplanet special issue is out, containing 13 articles by @GTA_GTSG members and partners, providing a multi-faceted view of the impact of the GTA (1/3)
bgci.org/news-events/plants-…
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21 Mar 2023
Big news! Our book - Rare Trees - is now available. 🌲🌳🌴🌿Including the most charismatic, fascinating, and bizarre examples of threatened trees from all around the globe. @sarabotanical @malinrivers @timberpress
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19 Mar 2023
Rare Trees – discover the beauty and importance - of the world's most threatened tree species in our new book – out next week! @sarabotanical @malinrivers @timberpress
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27 Feb 2023
So great to meet friends and work on tree assessments in Singapore Botanic Gardens
27 Feb 2023
This week members of the @GTA_GTSG team are in Singapore for a workshop with partners from Indonesia and Malaysia, assessing species for the Global Tree Assessment
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Malin Rivers retweeted
23 Dec 2022
📰Published!
How can we ensure #Ecosystem #Restoration includes threatened flora? 🌳🌱🌹
Check out some potential solutions in our new #opinion article
doi.org/10.1111/rec.13849
#youngvoices #generationrestoration @SERestoration @wearetheleaf @UmeaUniversity
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3 Jan 2023
Apply today!
23 Dec 2022
**🥁 Exciting News Drum-roll 🥁**
🌿🔍🌷 CGE is expanding - we need a Special Collections Researcher to focus on identifying & mobilising our Type collections in 2023! 🌸📚🌲
1 year Fixed Term 🍄🌾
Read more: tinyurl.com/39x6w3v2 🍍📰
Apply by 3rd Jan: tinyurl.com/4ky5acmj
ALT Picture of three 19th century herbarium specimen sheets (dried pressed plant material, including leaves and flowers, mounted onto archival paper, with handwritten labels) with two brightly coloured illustrations attached. One illustration shows yellow flowers and the other has red flowers. The sheets are laid on top of the paper folder they are normally curated into, with bright red edges @MarkBox
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Malin Rivers retweeted
2 Dec 2022
NEW PAPERS!: Today our TWO review articles on the biodiversity of Madagascar were published in @ScienceMagazine. This project included 84 co-authors and 50 institutions, born from an @antonelli_lab group meeting in 2020. @KewScience, @TeamKMCC & @GGBC_GU led the papers.
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