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Lindsay Stringer
@proflinds.bsky.social
Env & Dev Prof, Director @yesiuoy.bsky.social drylands, land degradation, livelihoods, policy, climate change, biodiversity, ecosystem services, water, food, energy, sustainable development
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We didn’t win but we had a fabulous and uplifting night at the #THEAwards and we were honoured to be shortlisted in the Environmental Leadership category.

Congratulations to all the inspiring winners and nominees, you’re all amazing 👏👏👏
November 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
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What happens to the soil total carbon pool when land use changes? 🌱

A new paper from @proflinds.bsky.social +colleagues, in Agriculture, Ecosystems + Environment explores how shifts in land use affect soil carbon — a key factor in tackling climate change.

🔗https://buff.ly/bBroAcy
October 29, 2025 at 8:51 AM
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What can be done to help make the UK’s development trajectory more drought proof?

In this new #ImpactConversation @proflinds.bsky.social explains how to take a fresh approach towards a roadmap on long-term integrated governance and action..
November 7, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Our new paper published in Anthropocene Science provides a new policy option for how we deal with #drought at a global level while taking an integrated policy approach with climate change, biodiversity, disaster risk reduction and development 👇
🌍By 2050, droughts could hit 80% of the world’s population, costing hundreds of billion💸.

New paper led by YESI Director @proflinds.bsky.social calls for urgent, transformative drought governance under the #UNCCD—aligned with the #ParisAgreement, #CBD, #SendaiFramework + #SDGs.

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September 25, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Excited to learn that we've been shortlisted in what's billed as the "Oscars of Higher Education" for our YESI Fellows programme! The final award ceremony is in November.
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York shortlisted in two categories at prestigious THE Awards 2025
The University of York has been shortlisted in two categories in this year’s THE Awards.
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September 4, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Great to be a coauthor of this new paper in @natureportfolio.nature.com which provides a comprehensive set of solutions to bend the land degradation curve & leverage the transformation of global #food systems. #land #climate #biodiversity @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
To meet the targets of the #UN Rio Conventions (#UNCCD, #UNFCCC & #CBD) we must bend the curve of land degradation. Our latest Review in @natureportfolio.nature.com #Nature discusses how to do it by 2050 by urgently transforming global food systems rdcu.be/eACfr #KAUST
August 14, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Thanks to all at Bayero University Kano's Centre for Dryland Agriculture for a great event last week on rangeland sustainability @yesiuoy.bsky.social @uoyenvironment.bsky.social I gave an invited talk on climate resilient development and rangeland restoration
May 10, 2025 at 3:24 PM
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TERRASAFE has made one thing very clear from the start: change can’t happen without people.

In our new blog, @tomtimberlake.bsky.social and @proflinds.bsky.social (@yesiuoy.bsky.social) explain why building desertification-resilient communities starts with listening

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May 7, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Our new paper is out in Nature Scientific Reports! It's a complicated business to reduce deforestation and improve clean energy access, and the tradeoffs need to be carefully managed #Nigeria #woodfuel @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
Development interventions can yield co-benefits across multiple SustainableDevelopment Goals. We developed a solutions-oriented methodology to assess the impacts of development solutions applied wood fuel cooking challenges in Nigeria
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A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria
Scientific Reports - A methodological framework for assessing development solutions: application to wood fuel challenges in Nigeria
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April 16, 2025 at 6:50 PM
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🚨 Call for Abstracts! 🚨

Are you an Early Career Researcher working on trade + the environment? Join the Green Trade Lab ECR Workshop 2025 (3–4 July, @york.ac.uk) to present your work + connect with peers!

🔹 Submit by 18 Apr
🔹 Hybrid event
🔹 More info: sites.google.com/vie...

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Green Trade Lab
Early Career Researcher Workshop The greening of trade as a way out of the polycrises? Regress, reforms and rebuilding international cooperation in the environment-trade nexus. 3rd and 4th July 2025 University of York (York, UK). As the world edges over planetary tipping points, with 2024
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March 24, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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🌱Introducing our new YESI Discipline Hopping Fellows project "Hope in Creation". Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts.
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Hope in Creation
Communicating environmental research through literary, visual, and performing arts
www.york.ac.uk
March 26, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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🏠 SHELTER: Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments. YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project bringing together expertise from Environment and Geography, Green Chemistry Centre of Excellence, Archaeology + School for Business and Society.
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SHELTER
Sustainable Housing for Eco-friendly Living and Thriving Environments
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March 27, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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YESI Grant Incubator Session (aimed at Early Career Researchers) Wednesday 2 April, 12:00-2:00 pm, ATB/057 Seebohm Rowntree Building. Book your place ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
YESI ECR grant incubator session
Join YESI's ECR Grant Incubator Session—a hands-on opportunity to refine your grant ideas with expert feedback from experienced PIs, evaluators, and research services staff!
www.york.ac.uk
March 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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Discover the YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows project: Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly. A collaboration between SEI-Y, Biology, SBS, PET + Isles of Scilly Community Venture (IOSCV). ➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/yesi-fe... @lizrylott.bsky.social
Composting food waste on the Isles of Scilly
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March 28, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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AAH X YESI: Waste event - 9 April, 4:00-5.30pm
How can the study of resilient socio-ecological systems help us better understand creative environments of the past while shaping sustainable studios of the future? @lizrylott.bsky.social @proflinds.bsky.social

Register➡️ www.york.ac.uk/yesi/events/...
AAH X YESI: Waste
Join art historians in conversation with YESI as we explore waste as a heuristic for dialogue across interdisciplinary areas.
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March 27, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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Engaging day exploring the pressing issues around #climate finance, #nature positive development, future foci and how links between Government and universities can help to navigate multiple future challenges @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
February 5, 2025 at 11:19 AM
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How can we improve access to clean + modern energy for cooking and reduce land degradation + biodiversity loss in Nigeria?

Check out this collaborative project between researchers at @BUK_Nigeria @york.ac.uk + @ucl.ac.uk for some answers.

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Clean Cooking: Fast Path to Saving Forests in Nigeria
YouTube video by YESIatUoY
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January 14, 2025 at 1:55 PM
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We're thrilled to welcome @proflinds.bsky.social as our new Associate Director.

Lindsay is a Professor in Environment and Development, and Director of the @yesiuoy.bsky.social.

Find out more about her research and what drew her to #LCAB

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Introducing the Centre's new Associate Director
Professor Lindsay Stringer is the new Associate Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Anthropocene Biodiversity. Here we talk about her area of work and what drew her to the Centre.
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January 6, 2025 at 10:48 AM
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🌍At #COP16 in Riyadh, @proflinds.bsky.social represented @desertificationeu.bsky.social in a session on innovative approaches to combat land degradation. She highlighted the projects multi-actor partnerships empowering local communities to tackle desertification across Europe + North Africa.🤝🌱#UNCCD
December 17, 2024 at 1:55 PM
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📢Exciting news! @proflinds.bsky.social is PI on one of 12 scoping projects awarded by @innovateuk’s Climate-Smart Agriculture P'ship🌍🌱

Connecting the UK, Brazil, Ghana + Nigeria to innovate for sustainable food systems + climate-smart solutions.

More info➡️https://ow.ly/1gPz50Ui6fA
December 2, 2024 at 9:19 AM