Pro-Vice-Chancellor & Professor of Zoology @RoyalHolloway; likes nature, wildlife, urban ecology & sustainability, sometimes HE issues; views own not employer's
South East, England
Joined February 2013
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I’m on a bit of a Twitter hiatus, but wanted to share that I’m delighted to be joining @RoyalHolloway very soon - exciting times ahead! A little bittersweet, as @UniofReading has been such a supportive, generous home for the past 23 years; thank you!
We are delighted to announce that Professor Mark Fellowes (@BaobabJ) has been appointed as Pro-Vice-Chancellor, Academic Strategy, Planning and Resources and will take up his new position at Royal Holloway on 1 September. Find out more: tinyurl.com/y4zbbjfw
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Our book
"Ecology of Tropical Cities-Natural and Social Sciences Applied to the Conservation of Urban Biodiversity"
has a cover! In the cover picture, Zara, a female leopard, in Jaipur, India. That picture beautifully illustrates its contents
#UrbanEcology #UrbanBiodiversity
Carbon dioxide levels are now 50% higher than during the pre-industrial era theguardian.com/environment/…
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Cats kill up to 270million prey every year, study suggests mol.im/a/10866639 read the full amazing study via sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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Turns out our speculation about too many leopards being removed in Mpumalanga journals.co.za/doi/pdf/10.41… could be the causing the rise in the unusual red colour-morph leopards as new research has found a high degree of relatedness onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@UniSurreyNews,@UniRdg_News
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I might not be popular with cat owners for this, but their potential threat to UK wildlife does need to be acknowledged. I did an interview on GB News earlier this week after the Times article on our paper. sciencedirect.com/science/ar… @UniRdg_News @UniSurreyNews @UniSurreyBioSci
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1)Our paper @Birds_MDPI Will Brazilian City Dwellers Actively Engage in Urban Conservation? A Case Study with the Charismatic Neotropical Blue-and-Yellow Macaw/Ara ararauna
With a good news:The great majority would be willing to plant fruit trees & provide nest sites for macaws‼️
Flying insect numbers have plunged by 60% since 2004, GB survey finds theguardian.com/environment/…
At launch this evening of @educationgovuk #climateineducation strategy by @nadhimzahawi @NHM_London, putting climate, sustainability, biodiversity into the heart of education. Now isn’t the time for lazy cynicism, it’s the time to work together to change our relationship w/nature
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As the @educationgovuk launch their Sustainability and Climate Change Strategy incl. our Climate Ambassador scheme, Prof Mark Fellowes (@BaobabJ) and Jo Anna Reed Johnson write for the Conversation on why a revolution in climate education is so important: theconversation.com/how-a-ne…
Pet cats (Felis catus) from urban boundaries use different habitats, h... sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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The #SaharanDust fallout associated with last days storm has coloured many of the 🇪🇺 mountain peaks from white ⬜️ to orange 🟧
This is how the Ossoue Valley in the #Pyrenees (Occitania 🇫🇷) looked yesterday 19 March in an image acquired by #Copernicus #Sentinel2 🇪🇺🛰️
On Feeding Birds and Other Wildlife zoology.ubc.ca/~krebs/ecolog…
Bird Feeders Are Good for Some Species--But Possibly Bad for Others - Scientific American; nice to see a couple of our papers cited here @PaW_Research scientificamerican.com/artic…
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The new #IPCC #ClimateReport shows that the climate and #biodiversity crises cannot be separated.
It finds that temporarily exceeding global warming of 1.5°C will result in severe impacts #ForNature, some of which will be irreversible.
📗@IPCC_CH report: report.ipcc.ch/ar6wg2/
Enraptured by raptors: the return of birds of prey ft.com/content/4b17dc7e-ce74…
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More fantastic news this morning to see @UniofReading ranked 15th in the newest @peopleandplanet university league tables. Such brilliant work on this across campus particularly @UoREnergyDan and great leadership @BaobabJ peopleandplanet.org/universi…
What humanity should eat to stay healthy and save the planet nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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UK parliament passes new Environment Act: Act aims to halt wildlife decline by 2030, and legislates new Office for Environmental Protection. (£) @DefraGovUK @BritishEcolSoc @BaobabJ
researchprofessionalnews.com…
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We've been working with @EducationGovUK, @MetOfficeLearn, @RMetS, @OfficeClimate, @TheEAUC and @Ashden_org (plus lots of others) to look at how we can improve climate education in the UK.
And today, we're launching our Climate Education Action Plan at #COP26.
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ALT young person holds a protest sign that reads: our planet, our future. text over the top says: National Climate Education Action Plan, working in partnership with the University of Reading