📢 “At its core, conservation is about behaviour change.”
New @ssir.org article highlights why behavioural science must be central to conservation - from project design to evaluation and systems change.
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Our new paper (with @biotay.bsky.social) is out and on the cover story of @currentbiology.bsky.social !!!! Veronika, a Carinthian mountain cow flexibly uses a “multi-purpose tool” to scratch herself. A video and more information will follow in the comments.
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Looking forward to getting cracking on this in 2026 with colleagues around the motu.
Thanks to @royalsocietynz.bsky.social
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At its core, conservation is about behavior change. Yet few organizations have put in place the structure, standards, and accountability needed to apply behavioral science effectively.
Behavioural ecologist and conservation scientist Dr Philippa Brakes has been awarded a Mana Tūāpapa Future Leader Fellowship from Royal Society Te Apārangi.
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IUCN SSC CEC Behaviour Change Task Force
Alice Auersperg
New paper!🚨 Social dynamics of group bubble net feeding in humpbacks. Congratulations Éadin for such an awesome first PhD paper!! 🐳🧪🦑
New episode!! 🎙️🎉
A chat w/ @pbrakes.bsky.social about animal cultures and animal conservation.
Culture was once thought to be uniquely human. No longer. We now know culture is found throughout the natural world. How does this complicate conservation?
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Luke Rendell
Red List Status & Extinction Risk of the World’s Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises published in Conservation Biology showed that 1 in 4 cetacean species (26% of 92) were assessed as threatened (Critically Endangered, Endangered, Vulnerable)
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