Will be spending the next few months at the @eui-eu.bsky.social as a visiting fellow working on the history of #conservation #frontiers in Europe. Hit me up if you are around! #GreenFrontier #conservationjustice
September 24, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Will be spending the next few months at the @eui-eu.bsky.social as a visiting fellow working on the history of #conservation #frontiers in Europe. Hit me up if you are around! #GreenFrontier #conservationjustice
10/10
Time’s up. SEG: show your impact—or admit you’re just selling extinction with a smile.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
@guardian
@ISEALalliance
Time’s up. SEG: show your impact—or admit you’re just selling extinction with a smile.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
@guardian
@ISEALalliance
September 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
10/10
Time’s up. SEG: show your impact—or admit you’re just selling extinction with a smile.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
@guardian
@ISEALalliance
Time’s up. SEG: show your impact—or admit you’re just selling extinction with a smile.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
@guardian
@ISEALalliance
6/6
🔍 Why It Matters
SEG shapes European eel policy.
But if it’s undemocratic, opaque, and riddled with conflicts —
Who is it really protecting?
The eel is vanishing.
So is accountability.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK @CITES
🔍 Why It Matters
SEG shapes European eel policy.
But if it’s undemocratic, opaque, and riddled with conflicts —
Who is it really protecting?
The eel is vanishing.
So is accountability.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK @CITES
August 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
6/6
🔍 Why It Matters
SEG shapes European eel policy.
But if it’s undemocratic, opaque, and riddled with conflicts —
Who is it really protecting?
The eel is vanishing.
So is accountability.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK @CITES
🔍 Why It Matters
SEG shapes European eel policy.
But if it’s undemocratic, opaque, and riddled with conflicts —
Who is it really protecting?
The eel is vanishing.
So is accountability.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
#EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK @CITES
5/5
The critically endangered European eel is being pushed closer to extinction while those charged with its protection do little more than issue platitudes, promote Europes consumption and delay real intervention”#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@EnvironmentAgency
The critically endangered European eel is being pushed closer to extinction while those charged with its protection do little more than issue platitudes, promote Europes consumption and delay real intervention”#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@EnvironmentAgency
August 10, 2025 at 9:55 AM
5/5
The critically endangered European eel is being pushed closer to extinction while those charged with its protection do little more than issue platitudes, promote Europes consumption and delay real intervention”#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@EnvironmentAgency
The critically endangered European eel is being pushed closer to extinction while those charged with its protection do little more than issue platitudes, promote Europes consumption and delay real intervention”#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@EnvironmentAgency
8/8
The European eel doesn’t need more marketing.
It needs space to migrate. Time to recover. And freedom from exploitation.
Stop the consumption.
Stop the extinction.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
The European eel doesn’t need more marketing.
It needs space to migrate. Time to recover. And freedom from exploitation.
Stop the consumption.
Stop the extinction.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
August 7, 2025 at 1:11 PM
8/8
The European eel doesn’t need more marketing.
It needs space to migrate. Time to recover. And freedom from exploitation.
Stop the consumption.
Stop the extinction.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
The European eel doesn’t need more marketing.
It needs space to migrate. Time to recover. And freedom from exploitation.
Stop the consumption.
Stop the extinction.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
8/8
A certification stamp isn’t the whole story.
If you care about ethics, ask how the eel was killed — not just how it was caught (probably illegally).
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
A certification stamp isn’t the whole story.
If you care about ethics, ask how the eel was killed — not just how it was caught (probably illegally).
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
August 5, 2025 at 10:38 AM
8/8
A certification stamp isn’t the whole story.
If you care about ethics, ask how the eel was killed — not just how it was caught (probably illegally).
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
A certification stamp isn’t the whole story.
If you care about ethics, ask how the eel was killed — not just how it was caught (probably illegally).
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
Even when dive money supports MPAs, if dive workers are underpaid and local communities left out, then it’s not conservation. It’s extractive economics in a neoprene suit.
#ConservationJustice #OceanEquity #DiveEthics
#ConservationJustice #OceanEquity #DiveEthics
August 4, 2025 at 4:40 PM
Even when dive money supports MPAs, if dive workers are underpaid and local communities left out, then it’s not conservation. It’s extractive economics in a neoprene suit.
#ConservationJustice #OceanEquity #DiveEthics
#ConservationJustice #OceanEquity #DiveEthics
4/4
Bottom line:
Even on SEG-certified farms, serious welfare concerns can exist.
Certification should mean more than just efficiency—it should mean ethics.
📢 It’s time for reform.
@DefraGovUK @CITES
#ConservationJustice #EUTransparency #AnimalWelfare #SaveTheEel
Bottom line:
Even on SEG-certified farms, serious welfare concerns can exist.
Certification should mean more than just efficiency—it should mean ethics.
📢 It’s time for reform.
@DefraGovUK @CITES
#ConservationJustice #EUTransparency #AnimalWelfare #SaveTheEel
August 4, 2025 at 10:29 AM
4/4
Bottom line:
Even on SEG-certified farms, serious welfare concerns can exist.
Certification should mean more than just efficiency—it should mean ethics.
📢 It’s time for reform.
@DefraGovUK @CITES
#ConservationJustice #EUTransparency #AnimalWelfare #SaveTheEel
Bottom line:
Even on SEG-certified farms, serious welfare concerns can exist.
Certification should mean more than just efficiency—it should mean ethics.
📢 It’s time for reform.
@DefraGovUK @CITES
#ConservationJustice #EUTransparency #AnimalWelfare #SaveTheEel
9/9
It’s time for SEG to decide:
Are they a conservation group?
Or an industry lobby in a green mask?
Because the eel doesn’t have time for politics.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
It’s time for SEG to decide:
Are they a conservation group?
Or an industry lobby in a green mask?
Because the eel doesn’t have time for politics.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
July 29, 2025 at 1:49 PM
9/9
It’s time for SEG to decide:
Are they a conservation group?
Or an industry lobby in a green mask?
Because the eel doesn’t have time for politics.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
It’s time for SEG to decide:
Are they a conservation group?
Or an industry lobby in a green mask?
Because the eel doesn’t have time for politics.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice #ActNow
#Fisheries #EUTransparency #EelConservation
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
5/5
Andrew Kerr: “Save UK eels!”
Also Andrew Kerr: Oversees 25,000 tons of eels consumed in Europe.
Talks conservation at home, profits from exploration and destruction abroad.
This isn’t protection—it’s HYPOCRISY.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK @CITES
Andrew Kerr: “Save UK eels!”
Also Andrew Kerr: Oversees 25,000 tons of eels consumed in Europe.
Talks conservation at home, profits from exploration and destruction abroad.
This isn’t protection—it’s HYPOCRISY.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK @CITES
July 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
5/5
Andrew Kerr: “Save UK eels!”
Also Andrew Kerr: Oversees 25,000 tons of eels consumed in Europe.
Talks conservation at home, profits from exploration and destruction abroad.
This isn’t protection—it’s HYPOCRISY.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK @CITES
Andrew Kerr: “Save UK eels!”
Also Andrew Kerr: Oversees 25,000 tons of eels consumed in Europe.
Talks conservation at home, profits from exploration and destruction abroad.
This isn’t protection—it’s HYPOCRISY.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK @CITES
8/8
If Andrew Kerr truly cares about eel conservation, he must ban Europe’s consumption until stocks recover. Anything less risks trading ecology for profit. You can’t protect a species by selling its last survivors.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
If Andrew Kerr truly cares about eel conservation, he must ban Europe’s consumption until stocks recover. Anything less risks trading ecology for profit. You can’t protect a species by selling its last survivors.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
July 25, 2025 at 10:33 AM
8/8
If Andrew Kerr truly cares about eel conservation, he must ban Europe’s consumption until stocks recover. Anything less risks trading ecology for profit. You can’t protect a species by selling its last survivors.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
If Andrew Kerr truly cares about eel conservation, he must ban Europe’s consumption until stocks recover. Anything less risks trading ecology for profit. You can’t protect a species by selling its last survivors.
#SaveTheEel #ConservationJustice
@DefraGovUK
@CITES
😬 “We’re not a DEI funder.”
Translation: We think saving species can happen without justice, power shifts, or culture change.
#ConservationJustice #DEI #PhilanthropyFails
Translation: We think saving species can happen without justice, power shifts, or culture change.
#ConservationJustice #DEI #PhilanthropyFails
July 18, 2025 at 4:31 PM
😬 “We’re not a DEI funder.”
Translation: We think saving species can happen without justice, power shifts, or culture change.
#ConservationJustice #DEI #PhilanthropyFails
Translation: We think saving species can happen without justice, power shifts, or culture change.
#ConservationJustice #DEI #PhilanthropyFails
Some species are gone.
Some endure.
But what we choose to revive, remember, or ignore says everything about who we center, and who we leave out.
Not all restoration is repair.
#OceanHoptimism #JustConservation #ConservationJustice
Some endure.
But what we choose to revive, remember, or ignore says everything about who we center, and who we leave out.
Not all restoration is repair.
#OceanHoptimism #JustConservation #ConservationJustice
What does reviving an extinct bird have to do with the ocean?
More than you’d think.
The huia de-extinction debate in Aotearoa isn’t just about species. It’s a metaphor for how conservation too often sidelines local stewards.
Not everything that’s possible is right. 🧵
#OceanHoptimism
More than you’d think.
The huia de-extinction debate in Aotearoa isn’t just about species. It’s a metaphor for how conservation too often sidelines local stewards.
Not everything that’s possible is right. 🧵
#OceanHoptimism
Return of the huia? Why Māori worldviews must be part of the ‘de-extinction’ debate
There is nothing to stop de-extinction companies using specimens from museum collections, despite little Māori support for reviving lost native species.
theconversation.com
July 10, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Some species are gone.
Some endure.
But what we choose to revive, remember, or ignore says everything about who we center, and who we leave out.
Not all restoration is repair.
#OceanHoptimism #JustConservation #ConservationJustice
Some endure.
But what we choose to revive, remember, or ignore says everything about who we center, and who we leave out.
Not all restoration is repair.
#OceanHoptimism #JustConservation #ConservationJustice
We’ve had 7 Jurassic Park movies to teach us: de-extinction isn’t about animals. It’s about control.
Dinosaurs are the metaphor.
But the huia? The moa? They’re real.
And the real issue is colonial conservation dressed up as progress.
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
Dinosaurs are the metaphor.
But the huia? The moa? They’re real.
And the real issue is colonial conservation dressed up as progress.
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
July 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
We’ve had 7 Jurassic Park movies to teach us: de-extinction isn’t about animals. It’s about control.
Dinosaurs are the metaphor.
But the huia? The moa? They’re real.
And the real issue is colonial conservation dressed up as progress.
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
Dinosaurs are the metaphor.
But the huia? The moa? They’re real.
And the real issue is colonial conservation dressed up as progress.
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
De-extinction is a distraction.
But the questions it raises?
Vital.
Who decides what counts as “restoration”?
Who’s at the table when conservation plans are made?
And who gets left out?
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
But the questions it raises?
Vital.
Who decides what counts as “restoration”?
Who’s at the table when conservation plans are made?
And who gets left out?
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
July 10, 2025 at 4:00 PM
De-extinction is a distraction.
But the questions it raises?
Vital.
Who decides what counts as “restoration”?
Who’s at the table when conservation plans are made?
And who gets left out?
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
But the questions it raises?
Vital.
Who decides what counts as “restoration”?
Who’s at the table when conservation plans are made?
And who gets left out?
#ConservationJustice #OceanHoptimism
🚩 TROPE: “Big NGOs love splashy announcements but don’t follow through.”
Sometimes true. But incomplete. Local models like Raja Ampat + Cabo Pulmo + Roatan + Velondriake show what works when PR meets local leadership and management. Highlight the “yes, and.”
#MPAsWork #ConservationJustice
Sometimes true. But incomplete. Local models like Raja Ampat + Cabo Pulmo + Roatan + Velondriake show what works when PR meets local leadership and management. Highlight the “yes, and.”
#MPAsWork #ConservationJustice
June 25, 2025 at 7:23 PM
🚩 TROPE: “Big NGOs love splashy announcements but don’t follow through.”
Sometimes true. But incomplete. Local models like Raja Ampat + Cabo Pulmo + Roatan + Velondriake show what works when PR meets local leadership and management. Highlight the “yes, and.”
#MPAsWork #ConservationJustice
Sometimes true. But incomplete. Local models like Raja Ampat + Cabo Pulmo + Roatan + Velondriake show what works when PR meets local leadership and management. Highlight the “yes, and.”
#MPAsWork #ConservationJustice
#solidarity #birds #birding #conservationjustice #justice #ornithology #blacksky #scicomm #sciart #nature #wildlife #africa #sudan #blackinnature #blackbirdersweek
May 27, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Today we welcome Day 3 of #BlackBirdersWeek,"United in Flight", connecting with Black birders across the diaspora to share resources, navigate challenges, and uplift each other to soar to new heights in spaces where we’ve been underrepresented.
#blacksky #conservationjustice #scicomm #birds
#blacksky #conservationjustice #scicomm #birds
May 27, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Today we welcome Day 3 of #BlackBirdersWeek,"United in Flight", connecting with Black birders across the diaspora to share resources, navigate challenges, and uplift each other to soar to new heights in spaces where we’ve been underrepresented.
#blacksky #conservationjustice #scicomm #birds
#blacksky #conservationjustice #scicomm #birds
Bird Collective x Black Birders Week Sparrow T-Shirt Giveaway
Support Bird Collective and The Black AF in STEM Collective by sporting a Black Birders Week 2025 Official Sparrow T-shirt!
We will be giving away one (1) t-shirt every day, all week long.
#blacksky #nature #conservationjustice
Support Bird Collective and The Black AF in STEM Collective by sporting a Black Birders Week 2025 Official Sparrow T-shirt!
We will be giving away one (1) t-shirt every day, all week long.
#blacksky #nature #conservationjustice
May 26, 2025 at 9:17 PM
Bird Collective x Black Birders Week Sparrow T-Shirt Giveaway
Support Bird Collective and The Black AF in STEM Collective by sporting a Black Birders Week 2025 Official Sparrow T-shirt!
We will be giving away one (1) t-shirt every day, all week long.
#blacksky #nature #conservationjustice
Support Bird Collective and The Black AF in STEM Collective by sporting a Black Birders Week 2025 Official Sparrow T-shirt!
We will be giving away one (1) t-shirt every day, all week long.
#blacksky #nature #conservationjustice
With its striking rusty Mohawk, bold black eyeline, and sweet, rapid trill, this little songbird brings charm to backyards, parks, and open woodlands across North America. Keep an ear out for its cheerful song and watch for its ground-foraging antics near your feeders!
#conservationjustice
#conservationjustice
May 25, 2025 at 3:33 PM
With its striking rusty Mohawk, bold black eyeline, and sweet, rapid trill, this little songbird brings charm to backyards, parks, and open woodlands across North America. Keep an ear out for its cheerful song and watch for its ground-foraging antics near your feeders!
#conservationjustice
#conservationjustice
Welcome! It’s Day 1 of #BlackBirdersWeek, “Flock to Freedom”. Introduce yourself & connect with other Black birders using #BlackInNature ✊🏽
#scicomm #blacksky #blackinnature #blackbirdersweek #blackbirder #ecojustice #conservationjustice #birding #nature #wildlife #birds
#scicomm #blacksky #blackinnature #blackbirdersweek #blackbirder #ecojustice #conservationjustice #birding #nature #wildlife #birds
May 25, 2025 at 3:23 PM
Welcome! It’s Day 1 of #BlackBirdersWeek, “Flock to Freedom”. Introduce yourself & connect with other Black birders using #BlackInNature ✊🏽
#scicomm #blacksky #blackinnature #blackbirdersweek #blackbirder #ecojustice #conservationjustice #birding #nature #wildlife #birds
#scicomm #blacksky #blackinnature #blackbirdersweek #blackbirder #ecojustice #conservationjustice #birding #nature #wildlife #birds
Local & Indigenous communities are leading—but too often underfunded or left out. If we want lasting solutions, equity and sustainable support must come first.
#ConservationJustice #NearshoreNow
#ConservationJustice #NearshoreNow
May 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Local & Indigenous communities are leading—but too often underfunded or left out. If we want lasting solutions, equity and sustainable support must come first.
#ConservationJustice #NearshoreNow
#ConservationJustice #NearshoreNow
An important project on #conservationjustice in Europe "EU has committed to expand the strict protection of nature to 10 per cent of Europe’s land by 2030". What would that mean for land, people and nature? @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and its research team will look at it soon.
For a brief newspiece on #GreenFrontier project on conservation frontiers in Europe's peripheries, check www.wur.nl/en/newsartic...
FNP researcher George Iordachescu among five in WU to receive ERC grant
George will receive a 1.5 million euro Starting Grant from the European Research Council to research how the strict protection of biodiversity in Europe's marginal areas can affect human-environment r...
www.wur.nl
January 22, 2025 at 2:42 PM
An important project on #conservationjustice in Europe "EU has committed to expand the strict protection of nature to 10 per cent of Europe’s land by 2030". What would that mean for land, people and nature? @georgemonbiot.bsky.social and its research team will look at it soon.