Richard Ladle

Call for Applications for 2022 @SCB_Africa Graduate Research Grant for six awardees! This time, the award is open to all African graduate students; SCB membership is not required for consideration. Apply by 18 Sept. bit.ly/3cqP4uN

Protected Areas generate a huge amount of cultural value; our latest paper (sciencedirect.com/science/articl…) uses social media photos and machine learning to map cultural value across the length of Brazil's iconic coastline.

Here in PNAS we show that Amazonian sustainable-use protected areas catalyze many co-benefits resulting in dramatic improvements in local resident welfare well beyond biodiversity protection. Led by @Campos_Silva_JV pnas.org/content/118/40…… @ueaenv @ConBiology @institutojurua

Binge-watching, baking, and birding - In a new paper @ESAFrontiers we show (using #culturomics) that during the 1st #Covid lockdown people were more interested in common garden birds doi.org/10.1002/fee.23… @IvanJaric @prjepson @bapinheiro @rahcorreia85 @ana_malhado @LadleRichard

No surprise, interest in urban nature increased when we wee stuck at home... @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication/35…

Try this link: sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Environmental threats and extreme poverty are deeply intertwined in MPAs in Brazil, and tackling inequalities might be a prerequisite for effective conservation. See our latest study: authors.elsevier.com/c/1c5vU14Z6tek…

Totally agree with Bill about this. For a slightly different perspective check out our article from 2014: Multilinguismo nas ciências ambientais: Ahora ya! (don't worry... it's in English) link.springer.com/article/10.100…

This was great fun to do. Thanks to @IvanJaric for putting together such a great research team.

I`m giving a webinar today at 15:30 (Portugal Time) on "NATURE CONSERVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: CONSERVATION CULTUROMICS AND iECOLOGY". Details here: cibio.up.pt/seminars-in-bi…

I'm looking for three post-docs to work on conservation in Lusophone Africa. Based in Porto. See: eracareers.pt/opportunities/…

This is a fantastic read... it's one of the only science books I have ever read in a single sitting.

Check out this paper we published last year using culturomics methods from @LadleRichard and colleagues besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10…

Conservation managers need long term data to make good decisions... that's why we need long term ecological research. Check out our ground-breaking project on the 'Coral Coast' in Alagoas. doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2… #LTER #PELD #conservation #Alagoas

@LloydCymru A combination of the following: i. Time-lag between infection and seeking test ii. Increase in testing iii. Change in testing (now testing those with milder symptoms) iv. Transmission among population who cannot self-isolate Death rate is less prone to bias.

Over 3,000 people in the UK are testing positive every day EIGHT WEEKS into lockdown. What’s gone wrong here?

The pandemic has disrupted conservation work and funding, with potential repercussions for years to come, according to conservation groups. But we can seize the opportunity to push for stronger action to protect the natural world. bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…

Recentemente anunciamos em nosso instagram que começaríamos a produzir conteúdo de divulgação científica para crianças também! Pois bem, o grande dia finalmente chegou. Apresento a vocês o Mar à Vista! O desenho do Lacos21 youtube.com/watch?v=9U0q1U…

@JBiogeography Definitely the latter!

Conservation Biogeography — a confusing and redundant discipline or a socially relevant and intellectually adventurous research area? Katinas & Ladle respond to a recent critique by Driscoll et al. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jb…

Conservation is complicated and there are no 'silver bullets'. We certainly need to increase reforestation here in Brazil, but as this article shows, doing it badly could be worse than doing nothing.