@landscapeecologyuk
The UK chapter of the International Association for Landscape Ecology. Promoting understanding and application of landscape ecology - the study of interactions between structure and function of physical, biological and cultural components of landscapes.
What can the biodiversity market learn from forest carbon credits?
Join our upcoming Annual Bunce Lecture 2025 to find out! 01/12 3pm - online π³
Keynote from Julia Jones, Professor of Conservation Science at Bangor University + 4 expert panellists π¦
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What a wonderful summary of our conference - thank you @naturecaroline.bsky.social, we are glad you were inspired π³π₯°
A group of conference delegates walk through the valley at Carifran wildwood on the third day of the conference. The group is surrounded by greenery with a dark moody sky in the background
All the conference delegates smile and wave to the camera
A group of conference delegates stand around ecologist, Leonie, and manager, Gill, during a tour of Lauriston farm on the third day of the conference. They stand in front of young trees with tree guards, on a grassy path, with a dark cloudy sky in the background.
Conference host, Marc, introduces the conference program, standing in front of a PowerPoint slide that says it will contain 4 thematic sessions, 4 keynotes, 11 posters, 145 minutes of interactive discussion, 2 field trips and 83 conference delegates
Thank you to everyone who joined and supported our conference on Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale this week. We are so pleased a wide range of delegates from academia, policy and practice decided to join us - we hope you made many new and valuable connections π³
View up the glacial valley at Carrifran in the southern uplands showing naturalistic tree planting with bracken and pink willowherb flowers in the foreground
Agricultural grassland blooming with buttercups and daisies with low mountains beyond capped by grey clouds
View of a dirt track leading through low trees to mountains beyond
A group of conference attendees seated wave their hands at the camera
Heading back south after two varied weeks in Scotland: Cairngorms with @colsocbi.bsky.social, holiday on South Uist and Barra and finally @landscapeecologyuk.bsky.social conference in Edinburgh with a trip to Carrifran. Great memories made, much to think about and I hope to haste back π΄σ §σ ’σ ³σ £σ ΄σ Ώ
IALE conference in Edinburgh!
A great week in Edinburgh for @landscapeecologyuk.bsky.social conference representing @ukceh.bsky.social; showing our poster on using Sentinel 1 data to predict water table depth on lowland peatlands
Thank you @natreswales.bsky.social for your help with the project!
Thank you for coming! Your work is fantastic π
Thank you for coming! Your talk was very interesting π
Looking forward to seeing you and hearing about your work! #LandscapeEcologyUK
Our conference βMonitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scaleβ begins with the welcome reception tomorrow 18:00!
If you registered you shouldβve received the information you need by now - message if you havenβt.
Program here www.landscape-ecology.uk/uk-conferenc...
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The Countryside Surveys were early initiatives to monitor environmental change, connecting with the theme of our conference this year, "Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale"
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New paper alert! Read about the process undertaken to safe-guard valuable data from the British Countryside Surveys, established by our late co-founder, Professor Robert (Bob) Bunce, in the 1970s, and complementary surveys in 1969 and the 1990s. link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Tomorrow is the last day our conference early bird prices are available! Register now!
Our program includes a variety of talks from academics, policy and practice with experience in monitoring ecosystem recovery
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We're offering a free webinar on Sponge Territories and water resilience next Monday, and we thought you might be interested! You can find more details here: bsky.app/profile/merl...
Feel free to register and/or share π
Fantastic work π§weβll share this with the participants of our upcoming early career workshop on freshwater habitat restoration π
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Interesting research on the use of grazing to restore ex-arable calcareous grassland β¬οΈβ¬οΈ
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Inspiring research by all, no idea how youβll decide the winner ποΈπΏ
Fantastic research πΎ
Not to be missed β¬οΈβ¬οΈ
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Have you heard about our upcoming workshop: the restoration of freshwater habitats?
For students & early career researchers and practitioners, 7-8th April, Oxford
Email students@iale.uk to register
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There's 4 days left to submit your abstract to join our conference Monitoring Ecosystem Recovery at the Landscape Scale!
Themes: technological innovations, nature restoration exemplars, scaling monitoring to the landscape scale and novel reporting solutions
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We are looking forward to our conference excursion to Lauriston Farm, Edinburgh, on the 3rd July - a 100 acre site run by a workers cooperative.
Our keynote speaker, Dr Hannah Rudman previously put together this videoβ¦.
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Astonishing: βin 2024, British bumblebees experienced their worst year since the BCT started its monitoring campaignβ¦the numbers of bees were down by more than one fifthβ¦one of our commonest species, the Red-tailed Bumblebee declined a staggering 74%β π
Excellent summary article here β¬οΈ
β‘οΈSubmit your application as expert by 28 March!
Amazing work! Such important features for the wider landscape πΈ
What a fantastic way to showcase these landscapes and the challenges they face π½οΈπ²
Our keynotes for our conference on monitoring ecosystem recovery are:
1. @hannahrudman.bsky.social - Highlands Rewilding
2. Yvonne Edwards- University of Edinburgh
3. @pettorelli.bsky.social - ZSLβs Institute of Zoology
4. Dr Ruth Waters- Natural England
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Yes the first one was! Glad to evoke happy memories π
A landscape image of moorland, with rocks in the foreground with a windblow tree, and rolling hills in the background.
A group of visitors gather in an old building - potentially a former military watch tower - situated in a vast landscape
Our first conference was back in 1992 - when we were called IaleUK. What have you always enjoyed about our conferences?
We've often heard people enjoyed the friendly atmosphere & value for money π
See info on our 2025 conference here: www.landscape-ecology.uk/uk-conferences
If youβre anything like us your camera roll will be full of nature photographs by the end of spring - put that enthusiasm to good use and participate in this exciting citizen science project πΈπ³
Excellent news, well done π looking forward to the new research and benefits to nature this could eventually unlock π