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London, UK
Joined November 2010
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Wonderful public! Share our #ChristmasMessage & help #birdsofprey
#WildlifeCrime in progress? 999.
Suspected crime with evidence at scene or suspect nearby? 101.
Non urgent-report online.
Pass info about a person to police anonymously or @CrimestoppersUK
#OpOwl #OperationOwl
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Part of the RBG Kew @KewScience delegation is already at #COP16 @UNBiodiversity in Cali
Find us at the UK Biodiversity Alliance booth to hear more about our mission to protect plants 🌿 and fungi 🍄(and if you find me you'll hear a lot about genetic diversity too!)
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New special issue of @ConBiology out now!
Explore "Beyond Charismatic Megafauna in Illegal Wildlife Trade" in Vol. 38, Issue 5.
Learn how conservation efforts are tackling trade in lesser-known species. 🐾🌿 Read more: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.c…
#WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity
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🧵 Extremely excited to share our updated #Orchid Tree of Life poster, led by @kewgardens and inc. over 40 coauthors! It showcases the latest relationships, origin timings of major groups, and key facts, inc. global #species richness and those under threat of #extinction 1/2
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🚨🌿 Unwitting online shoppers are pushing precious #plant species to the brink of #extinction. Find out how we're working with @kewgardens and @eBay to combat the threat: loom.ly/PpYUKLQ
@UKBCFs
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Because it is #NationalOrchidDay (well, it was yesterday but whatever 🤪), pls have a look at
a) 5 cool facts about orchids (see vid below produced by the talented @LydiaShelWalker!)
b) the orchid tree of life (read more about it here: nph.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/…)
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Key to ‘regreening Madagascar’ is identifying the right places for reforestation.
Delighted to join the launch of a @KewScience project working to do just that - & the first in #Madagascar to be supported by the new 🇬🇧-funded Global Centre on Biodiversity for Climate, @gcbc_org.
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#Pachypodium mikea (IUCN EN) #Apocynaceae is a succulent tree up to 7 m, restricted to the SW coast #Madagascar in dry spiny forest on white sand and limestome substrate, popuplation declining to collect of living plant and unknown desease
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#Palms of New Guinea book is out at last! 26 years in the making, 250 species, 91 of them described as new-to-science along the way, 650 photos, 250 line illustrations by @palmsmithy. Huge thanks to @KewScience and all of our partners in Indonesia, PNG and beyond!
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A great display for a tour by @claredrinkell and @desairinku3 🌿 @KewScience #herbarium
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Rainforest in the heart of a city…six hectares of beautiful primary rainforest in Singapore Botanic Gardens. Come and see the real life forest giants, herbs and climbers whilst being serenaded by the calls of canopy birds.
nparks.gov.sg/sbg/our-garden…
@nparksbuzz
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Not sure about the species of this #Angraecum #Orchidaceae (could be A. caulescens) I have recorded N of #Antananarivo part of Central Highland #Madagascar but this is the tiniest Orchids flower I have ever recorded so far
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We have been making progress to improve the school at Tomboya, Guinea. Read about it in the update. Every single share and donation makes a difference. gofund.me/29665a5c
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📣 Attention, plant lovers! Ready to be a responsible plant parent?
🌱 Discover how the wild harvest and online trade of rare plant species endangers wild populations. Master ethical, sustainable, and legal plant shopping in our latest blog 🔗 loom.ly/7Xye_f8 @KewScience
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I’m sorry to spoil your Boxing Day evening @UKLabour @Keir_Starmer @SteveReedMP @AngelaRayner but this poor fox is not having one . This is the face of illegal fox hunting in the UK . . . it’s got to end . . . we respectfully ask that you will end ‘trail hunting’ in your manifesto . Thank you
Please RT
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Brown Leaf Chameleon #Brookesia superciliaris, tiny chameleon restricted to Eastern in humid forest #Madagascar ressembles to dead leaf, I found it at #Analamazaotra Forest
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Interesting article but the manuscript this is based on has a number of issues, including mischaracterising how various aspects of @IUCNRedList works.
theguardian.com/environment/…
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Another rare #Kenyan #Endemic species not known by many (probably first online field photos). #Loewia tanaensis (#Passifloraceae) grows mainly on riparian Acacia-Commiphora bushland along Tana River. Formerly placed in #Turneraceae #FloraOfTropicalEastAfrica. Photos by @Kennedoz
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#PressRelease 📰 | At the CITES Standing Committee's first meeting since CoP19, compliance matters dominated the discussions. #CITESSC77 highlights also included:
🌏 global youth network
🐘 trade in African elephants
🐆 jaguar conservation
Full article➡️ bit.ly/3Gb6W88
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SO excited to invite you to register for a webinar on Fonio, co-organised with the @FAO for the International Year of Millets 2023 🌿🌾🤠 Speakers will discuss fonio in the context of livelihoods, climate change, genetics and more #IYM23 @KewScience
fao.org/millets-2023/events/…
