BES-communityscience
The BES Community Science group provides a forum for sharing and showcasing current community science in ecology, fostering creativity, inclusivity, interdisciplinarity and innovation in participatory and co-created research.
- Our 3rd newsletter is just now arriving in your mail boxes. We are introducing our new committee members Abigail and Rosa. You can check out the newsletter here: mailchi.mp/britishecolo... If you haven't yet, subscribe by hitting the button top-right in the link above ^
- Reposted by BES-communityscience🐻Bridging the gap: Why positive values are not enough for human–bear coexistence "Increased species knowledge heightened risk perception due to poor mitigation. Yet, trust in authorities positively predicts tolerance, especially with local engagement" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/KLSRa0G
- Conference in Lisbon this month - "Innovations that increase co-creation, responsiveness and the impact of citizen voice in social services" responsive.iscsp.ulisboa.pt/index.php?ut...
- Deadline is this coming Monday
- We are recruiting for our committee! - Communications Rep - Events Officer Please get in touch by 12th January 2026 To apply please see more information here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
- Reposted by BES-communityscienceNew issue! With research ranging from... 🐝 Pollinators & pesticide-free farming 🌊 Coasts, floods & community trust ✨ Indigenous knowledge & traditional literature 🌌 Light, darkness & nature 🐢 Conservation strategies & species management Read now! ➡️ buff.ly/y94vWmL
- 💬"We devised an index, the bat roost priority index (BRP), for prioritization of bat roosts for conservation in which community science and roost seasonality, uniqueness, and vulnerability are integrated..." @scbeurope.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
- We are recruiting for our committee! - Communications Rep - Events Officer Please get in touch by 12th January 2026 To apply please see more information here: www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/...
- Our 2nd newsletter is out. Check it out to hear about the @britishecologicalsociety.org annual meeting, open positions on our committee and other 'niche' updates. If you like it, hit subscribe in the top left. mailchi.mp/britishecolo...
- Community (citizen) scientists and those interested in diverse knowledges for ecology at the #BESAnnualMeeting - we’d love to meet you here in Edinburgh! 🏴 Join us at the Meet the SIGs (Tue 18:00–19:00), then come along for a drink with us after at The Hanging Bat 🦇
- 💬 “The views of rural community leaders expressed a blend of perspectives, aligning with both conservation groups and herders and farmers, suggesting that they may serve a bridging role and could be key partners in mediating more inclusive fire management approaches…”
- 🔥 Understanding fire conflict through stakeholder mapping in Madagascar's grassy biomes 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/rlEQK72
- 🚂 On our way to Edinburgh for the @britishecologicalsociety.org 2025 Annual Meeting. Will we see you there?
- Reposted by BES-communityscience🦋 "Can community science help assess nature’s benefits? Our UK case study finds it often supports biodiversity, but gaps remain for assessing benefits related to culture, soils, and water. Better integration into nature benefit's policy could improve community engagement" 📖 buff.ly/3t1EgNI
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- 🚨 Invitation to Consortium on Legacy Forest Information Resources Under the International Union of Forest Research Organizations (IUFRO) @iufro.bsky.social & focused on rescuing old forest data from around the world... www.iufro.org/task-forces/...
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- If you plan to attend the North American Congress for Conservation & Restoration (Wisconsin 2026) & would like to be part of a community science symposium please email Alison Ormsby by 19 Dec with 2 sentences about your citizen science program, your name & affiliation alison@adventurescientists.org
- Reposted by BES-communityscienceAt the BES, we believe cost should not be a barrier to publishing. Below, we have outlined how you can use resources like funding, waivers and agreements – including our own BES waivers – that cover the cost of publishing. Find out more👇 buff.ly/irQPJaP
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- 💬 “Using an online survey of 1000 participants broadly representative of the New Zealand adult population, we assessed participants' self-declared importance of different benefits…”
- 💡"First nationally representative survey of night-time light & dark: New-Zealanders rate safety/orientation benefits higher than benefits of darkness, depending on where they live. Findings call for balanced policy that recognises both" 📖 Read here ➡️ buff.ly/hqIGt55
- @peopleandnature.bsky.social... We "explore whether community (citizen) science could support holistic assessments of nature's benefits to inform national policies, using the UK as a case study" besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
- 💬"We surveyed 471 households in two villages in the Upper East region of Ghana, using questionnaires and focus groups, to examine consumer preferences for bushmeat and the socio-economic factors influencing its consumption"
- 🍖 New research by Sackey et al. They analyze bushmeat preferences & consumption in northern Ghana using household surveys; species consumed & factors shaping preferences and protein intake #Bushmeat #Conservation ➡️ buff.ly/CCGmDNY
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- We are recruiting a volunteer Events Officer to coordinate & deliver engaging activities e.g. online webinars, workshops, conference sessions, collaborative events with other BES groups For more info see: www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... We look forward to hearing from you
- We are recruiting a volunteer Communications Representative, to manage SM, coordinate newsletters, and work closely with the committee to promote our events & members’ work For more info see: www.britishecologicalsociety.org//wp-content/... We look forward to hearing from you
- If you missed our newsletter yesterday you can now see it here: mailchi.mp/britishecolo... Don't forget to sign up to get the next one delivered straight to your inbox 📩 @britishecologicalsociety.org
- environmental heritage, eco-tourism...
- CfP: Tourism, Memory and Heritage Conference (2026), Amsterdam and Wageningen, The Netherlands. Full details: lnkd.in/ebPHRqgM
- Reposted by BES-communityscience📜 "Nature descriptions in folksongs, myths, and legends can help in understanding ecological histories of tropical savannas" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/AhnI4Se
- Our first newsletter is out! 🎉 To make sure you stay up to date with the groups goings on, sign up to our newsletters here: britishecologicalsociety.us17.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=...
- 💬 “unpacking between- & within-group NCP preferences of actors can reduce the risk of stereotyping & oversimplifying social actors in scientific results. Such a research approach also fosters more inclusive conservation by accounting for plural needs from nature…”
- 🗻Understanding preferences for nature's contributions to people between and within social actors sheds insights for inclusive conservation 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/l24b8V7
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- Reposted by BES-communityscience📆Coffee mornings with us this Friday!📆 Come join us and present or listen to some of the amazing research that is happening out there! #climatechange So grab a hot drink and we will see you on Friday ☕ Link to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
- Reposted by BES-communityscience🌳 "Protected areas shape human-nature connections in diverse ways. Our study identifies five key narratives—learning, care, regional heritage, multifunctional production & collaborations—offering insights to strengthen conservation strategies" 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/HntSxCk
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- 💬 “Hunting led by local Indigenous Nations was ranked the most cost-effective strategy when benefits considered well-being of peoples and place holistically, and accounted for both Indigenous and Western science worldviews…”
- Reposted by BES-communityscienceEven your older nature photos can help scientists today! As long as you know when and where you took the photos, you can post your nature sightings on iNaturalist anytime — and they'll still contribute to science and conservation. Got anything in your camera roll to share? 👀
- 💬 “Through 138 on-site interviews, project meetings, online research, biodiversity assessments and landscape appraisals, we score the likelihood of ongoing effective stewardship…”
- 🏘️ Mow or no? This study of the 'Making Space for Nature' project details different pathways to effective stewardship of our urban green spaces; balancing the needs of diverse people and wildlife into the future 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/OlE5817
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- We have a new photo for the SIG, taken by our chair @chloechesney.bsky.social outside her home during her PhD in Guinea-Bissau. Foot prints of the community: people, chickens, dogs, can you see any others? www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/citi...
- 💬 “We find that certain common and useful plants have had their abundances increased or depleted by past human activities. We highlight the potential role of long-term human–environment interactions in shaping modern Amazonian forests”
- The Amazon Rainforest was shaped by people. Analysis of 262 trees species across 1,521 forest plots reveals that both pre-Columbian Indigenous peoples and European colonists enduringly influenced the forest’s relative abundance of trees. In PNAS: ow.ly/VAqY50XuP38
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- 💬 “Understanding why & how people use wildlife is therefore essential... This means looking beyond ecological indicators & protection targets to explore the social, economic, & cultural contexts that shape human-wildlife interactions”
- 🚨Post doc opportunity “The Research Fellow will lead analyses as part of a global working group synthesizing evidence on the biodiversity, climate, and social outcomes of community-based conservation (CBC) in land and coastal systems…” apply.interfolio.com/177757
- 🚨Call for papers 📝 “research manuscripts that employ multi-disciplinary as well as social science approaches in exploring themes and concepts, including… - Human values, beliefs, emotions, attitudes, norms, and knowledge related to bird conservation…” www.frontiersin.org/research-top...
- 💬 “Those actually living with the wildlife should be involved in the development of a vision for how they will coexist with wildlife, should they choose to”
- My response to a comment on my diversity article "#Conservation and #Coexistence at a Crossroads" is now available as early view in Conservation Biology, here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15231739...
- 💬 “Practical Tools are shorter (3000-4000 words) articles describing new field techniques, equipment or lab protocols”
- 💬 “This guide for Indigenous Peoples and local communities presents a variety of options for monitoring the health of your local rivers and the diversity of life (biodiversity) that they support”
- 💬 “An ecosystem approach to nature recovery implicitly includes people and complements species and habitat conservation by considering the whole ecological ‘system’, including human activities”
- Reposted by BES-communityscienceWe're looking for a 6th Senior Editor! If you… 👉are intrigued by the interface between ecology & biological resource management 👉are interested in contributing to the journal’s strategic vision 👉have editing experience …we’d love to hear from you! www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/seni...
- ✨Astroecology and Community Science, the crossover no one was expecting… and we could all get involved! Hike up Ben Alder anyone? www.instagram.com/reel/DOn1dS7...
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PhD opportunity: Examining the role of public acceptance on the success of island restoration initiatives 🏝️🐀🤝 w. @rspb.bsky.social * Project outline: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/project?item... * Deadline: Sunday 14th December 2025 * How to apply: e5-dtp.ed.ac.uk/applications... Happy to answer questions! - Reposted by BES-communityscience[Not loaded yet]
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