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Rosaleen Duffy
@rosaleenduffy.bsky.social
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Political Ecologist, interested in IWT, conservation politics and animals. Professor at Sheffield University. https://www.sheffield.ac.uk/politics/people/academic-staff/rosaleen-duffy

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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · Feb 27
1/ 📣 Big news! For the next 5 years I’ll be working with this amazing team @evahaifa.bsky.social Alasdair Cochrane & Bob McKay on the @wellcometrust.bsky.social funded Multispecies Mutualisms project wellcome.org/grant-fundin...
Photo of From r-l Alasdair Cochrane Rosaleen Duffy Bob McKay and Eva Haifa Giraud
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Francis Masse @geofrancismasse.bsky.social · 8h
another example of Geopolitical Ecology of Conservation, now in the Arctic. To understand how national security interests shape conservation assistance, just like this, take a peak at this article w @jaredmargulies.bsky.social that seeks to understand that very relationship
tinyurl.com/bd9utx7y
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 1d
Amazing! Love the pics
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 1d
Soon an obscure new polar bear & snow leopard conservation NGO run by former Israeli intel will claim their efforts are key to fighting terrorism 🙄 & that polar bear hunters are in cahoots with Iran. Ivory 2012 all over again. I even wrote a book about it biosec.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/news/new-boo...
BIOSEC - New book on Conservation and Security
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 1d
🎯from @petercorkeron.bsky.social conservation efforts have long been a Trojan horse for US strategic/military interests. Now the WH is saying it out loud.
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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 1d
So on the one hand, the Trump admin is talking about $50 million for polar bears in Greenland. Greenland only, not Svalbard, Canada, Russia, US.

While Repubs want to gut the MMPA that protects polar bears in the US
apnews.com/article/seal...
US intelligence using conservation as an excuse
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Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50mn for Greenland’s polar bears, $25mn for Nepal's snow leopards
The Trump administration is considering whether to spend up to $50 million in foreign aid to protect polar bears in Greenland and $25 million for snow...
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 1d
📺 Really looking forward to this event organised by the terrific by @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social team. The session will be especially useful for #ECRs in environmental research & thinking about different career pathways. It’s online and open to everyone @mybisa.bsky.social. Tune in on Friday ⬇️
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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 1d
Event this Friday, 17th Oct!

Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy.

Three excellent speakers will talk about their different paths through environmental research.

Online - free - 1 til 2.30pm BST - register!

www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 1d
Event this Friday, 17th Oct!

Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy.

Three excellent speakers will talk about their different paths through environmental research.

Online - free - 1 til 2.30pm BST - register!

www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
www.bisa.ac.uk
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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 1d
So on the one hand, the Trump admin is talking about $50 million for polar bears in Greenland. Greenland only, not Svalbard, Canada, Russia, US.

While Repubs want to gut the MMPA that protects polar bears in the US
apnews.com/article/seal...
US intelligence using conservation as an excuse
🐳🌍🦑
Trump’s new foreign aid plan eyes $50mn for Greenland’s polar bears, $25mn for Nepal's snow leopards
The Trump administration is considering whether to spend up to $50 million in foreign aid to protect polar bears in Greenland and $25 million for snow...
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Peter Corkeron @petercorkeron.bsky.social · 1d
New piece on the ongoing attempts by Republicans in the US Congress to destroy the US Marine Mammal Protection Act.

Per the new bill "the act has “unduly and unnecessarily constrained government, tribes and the regulated community”"
In @apnews.com by Patrick Whittle
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Republicans try to weaken 50-year-old law protecting whales, seals and polar bears
One of the U.S.’s longest standing pieces of environmental legislation, credited with helping save rare whales from extinction, is the subject of an effort for cutbacks from Republican lawmakers who n...
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 4d
Urban expansion can lead to habitat loss. Yet, as IPBES #GlobalAssessment shows, smart city planning + nature-based solutions can create resilient, bird-friendly cities.🌍

This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay, let’s protect migratory birds in our #SharedSpaces 🏡

🧪https://www.worldmigratorybirdday.org/
Infographic detailing seven ways to create a bird-friendly community, including planting native plants, turning off lights, avoiding pesticides, and preventing collisions.
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 4d
Today is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay !🌏🐦

Celebrate the wonder of bird migration by birdwatching in your local area – every bird counts!🙌

You can contribute to conservation science and raise vital funds!🔎

Want to get involved? There’s still time!

Find out more👉 www.birdlife.org/getcounting/ #WMBD2025
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Dan Brockington @danbrockington.bsky.social · 6d
#POLLEN"2026 panels are now live.

What happens now is a vital part of the preparation

Hundreds of potential participants will be sending in their ideas to the hundreds of different convenors. It is a rich moment of exchange and interaction.

Please spread the word.

shorturl.at/fCGhB
Call for presentations & posters - POLLEN
The call for presentations and posters is now open until 23:59 CET on Friday 5th December. Before proposing anything, please read the conference rationale & purpose, the rules below, and then browse t...
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Hannah D-C @hannahdcknsn.bsky.social · 7d
V excited to see #POLLEN2026 sessions being advertised. Myself, @guillemrubio.bsky.social and Larissa Flesichmann are delighted that our session on 'Political Ecologies of Animal Waste/Waste Animals' has been accepted. And we would like to invite you to submit an abstract (see below!) 🐕‍🦺🐟💩🪶🥚🦴🐚🐌🐖
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 8d
A historic partnership for people and nature. ✨

The World Bank and BirdLife International are scaling up conservation efforts across the African-Eurasian Flyway 🤝, supporting over 2 billion migratory birds and numerous communities. 🌍

Discover more here: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/10...
World Bank and BirdLife launch historic conservation push
The latest Global Flyway Initiative aims to save critical bird habitats and link three continents across the African-Eurasian Flyway…
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Simon Pooley @s-pooley.bsky.social · 9d
I will be giving an Animal History Group seminar on aspects of my forthcoming book Discovering the Okapi: Western Science, Indigenous Knowledge, and the Search for a Rainforest Enigma - online on 12 November at 8pm GMT.

Book for this free event here:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ahg-semina...
AHG Seminar - 12 November: Book Talk - Discovering the Okapi
Join us for our monthly seminar series.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 11d
Congratulations- this looks amazing. And definitely let’s talk 😀
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Feargal Cochrane @feargalc.bsky.social · 13d
Authors -it’s worth checking this to see if your work is included, -though seems there’s much less on the eligible works list here than work downloaded from LibGen or PiLiMi -though this might be the beginning of legal action over AI theft of copyrighted work, rather than the end. Good Luck 🤞
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Catherine Fletcher @cathfletcher.bsky.social · 13d
The Anthropic settlement list is up. Authors, check here to see if your books are included: www.anthropiccopyrightsettlement.com
ANT Homepage | ANT
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 14d
Good luck with the move 😀
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 14d
really looking forward to it 😀

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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 14d
It's October, and we have an event coming up!

Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy. A conversation for ECRs about post-PhD research between 3 people who have taken different paths.

17th October, online & free, 1pm-2.30pm BST.

Register here

www.bisa.ac.uk/members/work...
Aimed at PhD and ECR researchers who are thinking about their future in environmental research, this roundtable brings together three researchers who have taken different pathways with their PhDs. Professor Rosaleen Duffy, Chair of International Politics at the University of Sheffield, will speak to her academic career as a researcher and teacher of global environmental change and governance. Dr Jane Clarke, Principal Analyst at the Office for Environmental Protection, will discuss her experience working on environmental policy across both non-government and government sectors. And Dr Kai Heron, Lecturer in Political Ecology at Lancaster University and co-director of the progressive policy platform Abundance, will share his experience as an activist researcher and using academia to further social movement goals. The discussion will shed light on different ways to use your environment PhD, what different career pathways can offer, and opportunities for intersections between them. We hope you can join us!
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 15d
Congrats on the publication - look forward to reading it 😀
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Prof. Sian Sullivan @siansullivan.bsky.social · 15d
🦏 New #OpenAccess article in Biological Conservation!

'Community-based #conservation surveillance: an ethnographic analysis of the drivers & obstacles of local reporting on rhino & plains game poaching in Namibia'

www.sciencedirect.com/science/art...
Community-based conservation surveillance: an ethnographic analysis of the drivers and obstacles of local reporting on rhino and plains game poaching in Namibia
Conservation surveillance, or the monitoring of people for conservation purposes, is a core component of coercive conservation governance. Over the la…
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 16d
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 16d
Yes he did - the camera angle makes it look higher than it is. He was happily trotting off to the woods afterwards. Over the years I have had to phone various orgs in the area to free deer stuck in fences. It’s so sad.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 16d
The irony being that I took that path to avoid walking our dog near the stags hanging out in the woods - it’s rutting season 😬
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 16d
This morning in the Peak District: absolutely crushing the Autumn 2025 collection 🔥
Footpath sign post, mist over the valley, Peak District edge coming out if the clouds to a blue sky and sun with halo effect Make red stag, large antlers, jumping over a wall. Green field, bright blue sky Red deer stag in a bright green grassy field with a stone wall and trees in the background Misty valley with trees poking through the must. Blue sky
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Doc Stein @steinbutt.bsky.social · 19d
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Major blow to billion-euro glass eel trafficking networks – DNA testing in the US and raids in France expose global reach of trafficking networks | Europol
The latest iteration of Operation LAKE, which ran from October 2024 to June 2025, uncovered large-scale trafficking networks and disrupted the flow of live eels destined for illegal farms in Asia.
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 20d
On happier note, also pleased to see one of my all time fave bands, Massive Attack, rightly showcased as leading the Bristol sound of the 90s. Thanks to @tomtay10r.bsky.social for the recommendation to go to M Shed 😀
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 20d
Just before leaving Bristol I had a chance to visit the excellent M-Shed, which includes the Colston statue and a reminder of the strong links between trades in #ivory #sugar & #slaves that built cities like Bristol. Ivory was a significant economic underpinning for the British Empire #WildlifeTrade
Display case with ivory tusks, weapons, sugarloaf cone & documents about slavery Bronze statue of Colston in a glass case; pink graffiti sprayed on the statue Panel says ‘in memory of 18 million African Ancestors brutally kidnapped & sold into chattel slavery, of which half a million were transported on ships from Bristol. In this space we proudly honour your memory with 18 black poppies’
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 21d
It was very engaging discussion in SPAIS in Bristol Uni today. My thanks to Ashley Dodsworth for the invite. I’ve also enjoyed the massive range of public art in Bristol ⬇️
Rosaleen stood in front of a red PowerPoint screen ready to give a seminar talk Sculpture of a rhino beetle on a stone plinth Positing if a Jaws film - style shark riding through the water towards a discarded plastic water bottle Famous banksy- naked man hanging out of a window
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Rosaleen Duffy @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social · 21d
Very much looking forward to this - I’ll be talking about the job search in academia, with key insights from some very generous ECRs about their own journeys in to academia. Sign up is in the link ⬇️
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Environment and Climate Politics Working Group @bisa-ecpwg.bsky.social · 21d
Our next event! 17th October, 1pm-2.30pm. Online, and free to attend.

'Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy' with speakers Professor Rosaleen Duffy, Dr Kai Heron and Dr Jane Clarke.

@kaiheron.bsky.social @rosaleenduffy.bsky.social

www.bisa.ac.uk/events/pathw...
Pathways for environment research: academia, activism, policy- Environment and Climate Politics | BISA
- Environment and Climate Politics Working Group
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