The paper is Junior’s first PhD publication, great effort and a very important paper

Warm greetings to Junior for publishing his first PhD paper, which is now out (early online) in Trends in Ecology & Evolution and may be of interest to many of you. The paper discusses a new concept we call Backyard Conservation in traditionally owned lands and presents a case study from Junior’s community on the island of Bougainville, PNG. See link to the paper: https://authors.elsevier.com/a/1fnJ8cZ3WuSnU and pdf attached.

The TREE Editor has decided to start a new series and special issue in TREE focused on Local and Indigenous ecological knowledge, which is relevant to conservation work around the world and will come out in January, which is an important and timely initiative.

Odette and Salit delivered ab invited plenary talk to a 150 Masters student and faculty audience in

St. Xavier’s College and Tribhuvan University in Nepal

Our newest paper in @TheLancetPlanet discusses why protecting ecosystems & biodiversity is crucial for both planetary & human health. It results from collaborative work by https://karkgroup.org team members. #COVID19 #biodiversity #OneHealth https://doi.org/10.1016/S2542-5196(21)00258-8 https://pic.twitter.com/9NehfXhdzS

A warm welcome to James who has joined us from Dunedin in New Zealand to start his PhD and Annalise who is joining us from Perth to start her MPhil project this month.

Well done Junior, an outstanding study on the biodiversity and conservation of your home island and an important yet unexplored biodiversity hotspot – Bounaginville Island

Well done Leslie who has been awarded her PhD this week!