Philippa Ryan

Where indigenous land rights prevail, so does nature. With @UN4Indigenous 24th session #UNPFII2025 underway, the Indigenous Peoples and ethnic communities in the North East India region show what is possible when indigenous peoples’ rights are respected: ow.ly/lP7s50VGzN7

Under centuries-old rice fields in central Japan’s Ichijo Valley, archaeologists have rediscovered Ichijodani, a formidable city that flourished from 1471 to 1573, when the Asakura clan ruled the province of Echizen amid medieval Japan’s power struggles. archaeology.org/issues/may-jun…

Check our new interview for @archaeologymag on our work on🍉 domestication! 1/6000 yrs ago, wmelons were pale, bitter & possibly even toxic. In 2022 our team seq'd aDNA from Citrullus seeds found in Neolithic burials in Libya & Sudan some as🧓🏼as 6000 yrs! archaeology.org/collection/a-p…

Biodiversity is under intense pressure from human activity worldwide. Sir David Attenborough explains why biodiversity is so important to humans, how biodiversity loss is impacting our world and how there is still time to change direction – if we act now:

Why biodiversity matters in agriculture and food systems science.org/doi/full/10.11… Image Jonas Frei

Congratulations to Professor Felix Driver - the impetus at the heart of Plant Humanities UK! Amazing achievement, totally deserved!

Have we, do we, underestimated species richness/diversity? A ‘taxonomic tale of two islands’ suggest maybe (note: *suggests*). Let’s start with Singapore then look at New Guinea. A short thread 🧵 #biodiversity

Interested in Geoarchaeology, archaeobotany and isotopes? Come do a PhD on Norse expansion of agriculture into the North Atlantic during the Medieval Warm Period! PhD studentship Northern Farming: Sustainable Practice Through Time iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships/n…

CFP: #EAST #ASIA & #ECONOMIC #BOTANY, 1800-1950, in-person symposium @KewGardens in collaboration with @RoyalHolloway @RHULHistory, 9-10 June 2025. Abstracts to Weipin.Tsai@rhul.ac.uk & c.cornish@kew.org by 30/12/2024 @RHGeoHumanities @Kew_LAA @KewScience @bacs_china @BPCS_China

@Fra_DAgostini @KewScience @CasparChater 🥳🌿

After months, I can finally say it’s really happening! 🔥 Today is my first day as an FLF @KewScience with @flip_ryan and @CasparChater! I can’t wait to start working on my new project on fonio and finger millet! 🌱🌱🌱🌱

Counting down the days to the #AFSForum2024! Join us in Kigali 🇷🇼 from September 2 to 6, as we explore strategies to #InnovateAccelerateScale food systems transformation across #Africa 🌍 @TheAGRF @RwandaAgri @AGRA_Africa 🔎 Discover all our sessions: alliancebioversityciat.org/events/africa-…

Government staff can develop systems that organize how biodiversity information is produced and made available for effective decision-making with UNEP-WCMC’s latest suite of information systems guide and tools: eu1.hubs.ly/H0bgfjB0 🛠️🌐🌿

FREE KENYAN FARMERS! ✊ Africa can feed itself. Let's rally together to abolish seed law punishing farmers senselessly. Add your voice 👉 bit.ly/45NyBI9

bbc.com/news/articles/… @sotonbiosci @BeaulieuBio #lablablab 🫘🫛🌞🌡️

Please share this pod. Its very important. Lots of people are scared to start a pension, or want to consolidate but don't know if its right. This takes you through it all (and do listen yourself ;) )

Earth System Tipping Points: A Governance Research Afgenda @ManjanaM @ESG_Journal sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

The Botanic Gardens Congress programme is now online, please have a look at what's on! Happy to answer any queries. @nparksbuzz @bgci #SBGScience

@NannonStevens @UCLarchaeology @ucl congrats!

Happy to be promoted to Professor of Archaeological Science ⁦@UCLarchaeology⁩ in ⁦@ucl⁩ ‘s Promotions 2023-24 ucl.ac.uk/human-resource…

Check out this amazing new article published by my fellow The Explorers Club colleague and friend Dr. Alicia Colson and colleagues in the anthropology magazine "Sapiens" ! Link: sapiens.org/culture/on-the… #INPST @colson_alicia @ExplorersClub #EC50