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Cath Dickson

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Conservation Ecologist, all things esp botany 🌿 wetlands πŸ’§, Subantarctic ​| Environmental NGO ​| Nipaluna, Lutruwita/Tasmania

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Today we launched Tasmania in Action - a collaboration between Our Common Place, UTAS and TLC, with input from NRE Tas, PWS, IFS. Based in evidence - this learning resource is designed to strengthen conservation practice and professional capacity across Australia - check it out below

03.12.2025 05:48 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Busy start to #ICCB2025 - sharing @tasland.bsky.social ten year fauna camera data set - pre & post-fire at Five Rivers. Huge shout out to coauthors including @drdevildave.bsky.social & Jo Potts

17.06.2025 08:26 πŸ‘ 10 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Great #NESP Resilient Landscapes Hub session @ #ICCB2025 - translating science into convention outcomes through meaningful relationships. Two fantastic @tasland.bsky.social @utas.edu.au projects presented by Natasha Stoudmann and Laura Smith.

17.06.2025 02:11 πŸ‘ 6 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Anne Boothroyd sharing her work on @tasland.bsky.social Conservation Prioritisation System (using MARXAN) to I'd our priorities across Tasmania, as part of TNC's Barbara Thomas Fellowship. @iccb2025.bsky.social #ICCB2025
Download our CPS Guidebook here:
tasland.org.au/wp-content/u...

17.06.2025 01:24 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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This #citizenscience month we are so excited to share with you our new #WildTracker video, produced by the incredibly talented #animation students at North Metro TAFE in WA.
Huge thanks to Charlotte, Kai, & the rest of the team for their #hardwork & #creativity.

24.04.2025 00:42 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Illustration of a Greenlandic landscape, showing in the foreground Rhododendron lapponicum on a cliff, with sea ice and icebergs in the background. Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social)

Illustration of a Greenlandic landscape, showing in the foreground Rhododendron lapponicum on a cliff, with sea ice and icebergs in the background. Illustration by Alberto S. Ballesteros (@asbillustration.bsky.social)

🌸Plant diversity dynamics over space and time in a warming Arctic 🌸

Our new study @nature.com analysed plant diversity change in >2000 tundra plots over 4 decades. We found that plants changed unevenly, mostly driven by warming and biotic interactions.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🧡 (1/7) 🌐πŸ§ͺ🌱🌍

30.04.2025 15:14 πŸ‘ 178 πŸ” 62 πŸ’¬ 7 πŸ“Œ 12

Awesome job Team Quoll!

03.03.2025 08:33 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
David Hamilton releases a quoll into the wild 
Photo credit: Cath Dickson

David Hamilton releases a quoll into the wild Photo credit: Cath Dickson

A close up of quoll feet
Photo credit: David Hamilton

A close up of quoll feet Photo credit: David Hamilton

A close up of a quoll in an enclosure 
Photo credit: Chloe Frick

A close up of a quoll in an enclosure Photo credit: Chloe Frick

Celebrating a wildlife win on World Wildlife Day, with quoll-ity conservation outcomes 🀩

Our scientists joined with several partners to kick off one of the biggest eastern quoll conservation efforts ever seen in Tasmania!

More: brnw.ch/quoll
(Follow @drdevildave.bsky.social for more quoll BEANS)

03.03.2025 03:45 πŸ‘ 32 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is a fantastic opportunity for those looking for a funded Masters by Research shorebird project, including a paid internship with our Science Team at @tasland.bsky.social - details below or get in touch!
@drdevildave.bsky.social

20.01.2025 02:58 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Herbarium collection | Botanic Gardens of Sydney The National Herbarium of New South Wales has more than 1 million plant specimens including rare species, Australian and Pacific flora, historical and type specimen collections. Access the digitised i...

NSW herbarium digitised collection is now available online
www.botanicgardens.org.au/our-science/...

06.01.2025 04:05 πŸ‘ 58 πŸ” 41 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 1
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The joy of heading south as the #MacquarieIslandConservationFoundation rep and with part of the MI Wildlife Monitoring Team - looking forward to seeing Macca again 🐧🦭

17.12.2024 09:25 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of an Eastern bettong

Photo of an Eastern bettong

It is with great pleasure that we share this photo of an Eastern bettong for our first @bsky.app post. This friendly fellow also graced the cover of our 2023-2024 Annual Report. Our report is now online and available to download at tasland.org.au/about-the-tlc/annual-reports/

05.12.2024 03:06 πŸ‘ 17 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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SPECIAL FEATURE: THE PLANT ECOLOGY OF NATURE‐BASED SOLUTIONS: Journal of Ecology: Vol 112, No 11 <em>Journal of Ecology</em> publishes original research on all aspects of the plant ecology (including algae), in both aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems.

🌎The Plant Ecology of Nature-Based Solutions

A Special Feature providing:
πŸ”Έfocused analysis of the #plant #ecology of NbS
πŸ”Έkey insights, challenges & opportunities for future research

#COP29 #COP16Biodiversity 🧡1/13 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/13652745...

07.11.2024 10:22 πŸ‘ 28 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 40 πŸ“Œ 19
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Nutrients, isolation and lack of grazing limit plant diversity in restored wetlands 🌱🌏 πŸ§ͺ

Restoration of plant diversity in wetlands is challenging, but the results of this study point to potential remedies πŸ’­

πŸ”— https://buff.ly/3YINJDk

19.11.2024 13:00 πŸ‘ 87 πŸ” 26 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 4
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🌎Special Feature: The plant ecology of nature-based solutions Senior Editor, Yvonne Buckley, introduces a new Special Feature in Journal of Ecology on The plant ecology of nature-based solutions: November has been a big month for biodiversity and climate with…

🌎 #Plants are at the heart of nature-based solutions.
🌱 This Special Feature covers #grasslands to #mangroves & from #agro-#ecosystems to #urban #forests that illustrate how we can improve & scale up NbS by incorporating cutting-edge theory & techniques: jecologyblog.com/2024/11/28/%...

28.11.2024 14:15 πŸ‘ 67 πŸ” 21 πŸ’¬ 2 πŸ“Œ 0
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🎢 It’s me, hi! 🎢
🎢 I’m the problem, it’s me 🎢

Did you know - 99% of camera trap photos taken in Tasmania are of brushtail possums messing with equipment…

15.11.2024 06:43 πŸ‘ 711 πŸ” 163 πŸ’¬ 29 πŸ“Œ 10