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Matt Hayward

@conservresearch.bsky.social

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Professor of Conservation Science Uni of Newcastle, Australia

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Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Sep 3

Eliza Hoyland starting off the Hunter Environment Institute’s career session & talking about her transition from her marine science undergraduate degree, honours study, grad research position and now role as an education officer at Newcastle Council. @hunterenviro @Uni_Newcastle

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Aug 25

More publicity for Satem's PhD research on how the modernisation of hunting through technological advances means Naga community cultural activities are now a threat to biodiversity: india.mongabay.com/2025/08/evol... A great read and great work Satem Longchar!

Evolving hunting practices pose an increasing threat to wildlife

Changing hunting practices in Nagaland, driven by fading traditional ethics and cross-border wildlife trade, are wildlife at risk.

india.mongabay.com

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Jul 16

School holidays so I am working from home this arvo! Kids fitted me with a face mask so I’m beautiful for next zoom meeting.

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SCCS Conference 2026 @sccscambridge.bsky.social · Jul 14

SCCS 2026 has opened for applications!

📣Spread the word!

It will be our 25th conference in Cambridge and will take place between 31 March – 2 April 2026. Check out the website for more info and to apply: www.sccs-cam.org.

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Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Jul 4

Former PhD student Satem stars in a new article in Mongabay about her recent paper where she illustrates the risks of modern hunting weapons for biodiversity and culture. news.mongabay.com/short-articl... She’s a rock star!

Traditional hunting shifts with access to cheap guns in India’s Nagaland: Study

Among Indigenous Naga tribes in India’s northeastern state of Nagaland, hunting traditions are transforming as cheap homemade guns make targeting commercially valuable large mammals easier, a recent s...

news.mongabay.com

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Jul 1

Interested in a fully funded PhD focused on forest restoration, conservation, and carbon and biodiversity markets? Brooke Williams has a scholarship (Australia) at the University of Newcastle, but international candidates are possible. Find out more here: www.newcastle.edu.au/study/resear...

The Implications of Forest Based Environmental Markets Crossing Borders

www.newcastle.edu.au

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Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · May 26

New paper out by the indominable Satem Longchar on conservation in Nagaland, India: www.cambridge.org/core/journal... Great work Satem!

Hunting strategies, wild meat preferences and perceptions of wildlife conservation in Nagaland, India | Oryx | Cambridge Core

Hunting strategies, wild meat preferences and perceptions of wildlife conservation in Nagaland, India

www.cambridge.org

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Apr 17

Some people have questioned whether the blerb from my book-Saving Biodiversity-was legit! A colleague found this pic that proves it -
"The book follows the author...being chased by elephants, sniffed by lions, gored by quokkas, and watched by wolves."
www.routledge.com/Saving-Biodi...

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Apr 9

I joined Mark Kyle on his The Fur Real Podcast to talk about quokkas - great fun: www.youtube.com/watch?v=obV6...

"QUOKKA'S ...THE HAPPIEST ANIMAL IN THE WORLD" with Dr. Matthew Hayward

YouTube video by The Fur Real Podcast

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Adam Morton @adammorton.bsky.social · Apr 6

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Australia is in an extinction crisis – why isn’t it an issue at this election?

Some of the country’s most loved native species, including the koala and the hairy-nosed wombat, are on the brink. Is this their last chance at survival?

www.theguardian.com

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Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Mar 27

Litoria littlejohni is #Endangered &
@ConservationUon
recently got the chance to apply some of our research knowledge to help improve its plight by creating artificial ponds to increase habitat and restore connectivity. Within 3 months, the ponds had LLJ in them
@Uni_Newcastle

Dr Alex Callen holds a Littlejohn's tree frog that has recently colonised the ponds that have been newly constructed by Forest Corp to increase habitat for the species and improve its connectivity to ensure genetic diversity is maximised.

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Lucas Sabean @lucas-sabean.bsky.social · Mar 3

New Look, Same Urgency. Thrilled to share the updated poster for The Invisible Doctrine featuring @georgemonbiot.bsky.social This film exposes the hidden history of neoliberalism and its grip on our world.
#TheInvisibleDoctrine #Documentary #FilmPoster #BestDocs2025 #Neoliberalism #FilmUpdate

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Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Mar 3

A Wild #Nepal rockstar talked on @abcnews radio about our @NewColomboPlan trip through @Uni_Newcastle and @ConservationUon (he's kindly spooning me in the pic). It starts from around 1 hr 18 mins:
[https://www.abc.net.au/.../newcastle-drive/drive/104976096](url.au.m.mimecastprotect.com/.../YQ...)

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Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Feb 14

40 km of trekking through high altitudes in the Annapurna region has left sore muscles & amazing memories, with unforgettable learning experiences of the community conservation initiatives conducted by the @NTNC team. The @uni_newcastle team was supported by the @NewColomboPlan.

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Feb 10

Exciting day on the @Uni_Newcastle Wild #Nepal @NewColomboPlan trip where we learned how the local community has worked so successfully to conserve #vultures after the diclofenac devastation. Saw 7 species!

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Feb 9

The team from Uni of Newcastle learning about endangered gharial captive breeding on the New Colombo Plan funded Wild Nepal trip.

Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Feb 9

Breakfast with rhinos at the NTNC BCC camp in #Chitwan NP, #Nepal

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Matt Hayward @conservresearch.bsky.social · Feb 8

The Wild Nepal team learnt about the plight of man-eating tigers, setting up camera traps, methods of animal capture and then scanned the museum to see the fauna of Chitwan.