Dr Katie Powell
Postdoctoral researcher at Butterfly Conservation. Ecology, entomology and environmental change.
- Reposted by Dr Katie PowellBrilliant news! At last, confirmation that the Govt *will* go ahead with the #NaturalHistoryGCSE 🎉 We have to get to know our fellow travellers on this planet again. Young people who know & love nature are far more likely to protect & restore it - as well as enjoying better physical & mental health
- Reposted by Dr Katie PowellDespite endless stories that suggest the opposite, unemployment has stayed steady - & historically low at 4.4% The panic about too many people & too many of them being on benefits is misplaced. The problem is the wealth we all create goes only to the rich #r4today
- Reposted by Dr Katie PowellOur new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...
- Reposted by Dr Katie PowellThe @Telegraph excels itself today with the claim that @NaturalEngland is ‘ideologically wedded to concept of conservation’. This is our job, & we do it as a matter of legal requirement. Would be odd for a conservation organisation to do anything else. www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/02...
- Beautiful day at Exeter University yesterday for our @britishecolsoc.bsky.social People, Policy and Planet event on Conservation and Novel Ecosystems ✨ another great workshop for the English Policy Group!
- Reposted by Dr Katie PowellToday’s launch of the Land Use consultation is an important step. Land is a finite resource, and we have multiple demands on it for biodiversity, ecosystem services, food, timber, minerals, housing, energy and infrastructure. A strategic plan is essential if we are to reconcile these different uses.
- Reposted by Dr Katie PowellThere are no jobs on a dead planet: #ClimateEmergency www.theguardian.com/environment/...
- We've got an exciting FREE public event in Exeter coming up with the @britishecolsoc.bsky.social - "Conservation and Novel Ecosystems in a Changing Climate". Read all about it here and then SIGN UP! 👇 www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/cons...
- Having a fab time at #BES2024 @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Best thing about December! Maybe… Here’s me doing a little talk about one of my PhD chapters.
- Reposted by Dr Katie Powell🚨NEW exciting PhD opportunity... 🚨 designing effective habitat networks for species conservation #biodiversity #conservation #restoration A fab supervisory team from University of Liverpool, Natural England, Butterfly Conservation and @ukceh.bsky.social www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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- Reposted by Dr Katie PowellExcellent online meeting today with @savebutterflies.bsky.social research staff & PhD students, brilliantly run by @katiepowell51.bsky.social. Such exciting work covering everything from deep learning to moorland burning, via cytoplasmic incompatibility! butterfly-conservation.org/our-work/sci...
