Liam Hughes

Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis Nature Reviews Biodiversity - The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people...

Southeast Asia covers multiple global biodiversity hotspots — but is experiencing a biodiversity crisis.

Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it?
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Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 23 July 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00064-7The terrestrial ecosystems of Southeast Asia are both globally important reservoirs of biodiversity, and a provider of resources and livelihoods for millions of people across the region. This Review summarizes the threats to biodiversity in Southeast Asia, and the conservation solutions required to ensure successful outcomes for biodiversity and people.

New online! Drivers and solutions to Southeast Asia’s biodiversity crisis

Bird hunting in Cambodia driven by poverty and lax enforcement Conservationists are raising the alarm on an overlooked crisis across the country and Southeast Asia

Hunting birds is rampant throughout Cambodia. w/ Vutha Srey, we joined hunters catching birds at night and dug into the reasons behind the trade for @dialogueearth.bsky.social

With support from @anticorruption.bsky.social Cambodia

dialogue.earth/en/nature/bi... #birds 🌏

The price for Europe’s packing paper boom The rapid rise of e-commerce and food delivery services has transformed consumption patterns worldwide. In an effort to reduce plastic waste, the European Union introduced policies such as the Packagi...

Terrific new short documentary film here:

▶️ The EU's push for paper packaging vs plastic has transformed a huge swath of Mozambique farmers' land into a eucalyptus plantation

Losses of livelihoods, health, water resources & #biodiversity compel many to now -- firmly -- ask for their land back:

A small village surrounded by dense forest and agricultural fields, with mist covering the nearby hills in West Java.

In this video by @nftsfilmtv.bsky.social, @mattstruebig.bsky.social, a Leverhulme Trust Research Leadership Awardee @kent.ac.uk talks about defaunation - one of the major global conservation issues of our time. media.leverhulme.ac.uk/video/strueb...

Slightly late, but Happy New Year!

Had a great 2024, undoubted highlights being two fieldwork seasons in Aceh and Bengkulu, Sumatra. Very grateful to have met and worked with some amazing people and to have seen some beautiful places along the way 🌱🌳

We particularly welcome contributions on topics such as:

Are you working on evidence use in biodiversity conservation? Then you might be interested in submitting an abstract to our cross journal @britishecolsoc.bsky.social special feature marking 20 years of evidence-based conservation #bes2024 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/evidence-bas...

What is a unit of nature? Measurement challenges in the emerging biodiversity credit market | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences Bending the curve of biodiversity loss requires the business and financial sectors to disclose and reduce their biodiversity impacts and help fund nature recovery. This has sparked interest in developing generalizable, standardized measurements of ...

Are you interested in Biodiversity Credits? Read the inaugral Georgina Mace Review in @royalsociety.org: 'What is a unit of nature? Measurement challenges in the emerging biodiversity credit market' out today.

royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Had a great time at the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social conference last week (via a trip to Chester zoo!) and got to present some preliminary results from my first PhD chapter.

So great to meet so many inspiring people and hear about lots of interesting research from around the world!

This starter pack is open to all current & former students & staff of the Durrell Institute of #Conservation & #Ecology (DICE) @dice-kent.bsky.social go.bsky.app/5tT1i8y