Bruce Webber
Global change ecologist: conservation, bioinvasions & climate change 🌳🐜🐈🐊 | adventurer | coffee enthusiast | photographer (views my own)
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- An avoidable cat-astrophe in Western Australia. Every month ~800 pet cats and ~4M birds, mammals & reptiles die because current policy prevents pet cats from being contained. This paper reveals broad support for change: 78% of local govts want containment laws. Let's get this done. #bioinvasions 🌐🌏
- A new paper in @pacificconsbio.bsky.social reveals that preventing pet cats from roaming remains a significant but important challenge. Our findings reveal that change is long overdue for Western Australians to rethink what it means to be a responsible pet cat owner. OA: doi.org/10.1071/PC25...
- Feral cats and foxes really have driven many Australian mammals to extinction. Claims these introduced predators aren't responsible don't stack up. Protecting our unique species will be even harder if feral cats and foxes are given a free pass to keep killing. 🌐🌎 theconversation.com/yes-feral-ca...
- Introduced foxes and cats have had a devastating impact on Australia's mammals. This threat to biodiversity has been widely recognised, documented and acted upon by scientists, policy makers and land managers. Here we refute recent assertions to the contrary. Read more (OA): doi.org/10.1093/bios...
- "Too frequently, leaders are chosen not because they exhibit the right qualities for successful leadership but because they are willing to say and do whatever it takes to get to the top." - Paul Hardisty. What are your inspiring leadership lessons? paulhardistyauthor.substack.com/p/leadership...
- Extinction rarely departs with drama, it slips out the back door while we’re still debating the guest list. These records are made official on the Red List. "Conservation failures are often recognised only once they can no longer be reversed." via @mongabay.com: news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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- Bush Heritage Australia are purchasing Avocet Nature Refuge in Queensland! This is one of only two sites where Bridled Nailtail Wallabies still live wild. We're raising $1.4M to help us manage this remnant Brigalow reserve. Can you help us with a donation? secure.bushheritage.org.au/donations
- The aurora australis dances over the peaks of the Freycinet National Park peninsula and Schouten Island. ... ... #auroraaustralis #aurora #freycinetnationalpark #freycinet
- Brad Bowden and I caught up on Ep 5 of the RTRFM podcast This Changes Everything. We discuss tree diversity in WA, the benefits they provide, and the myriad threats they face. We also cover what we can be doing to be good custodians of trees for future generations. 🌐🌏 rtrfm.com.au/podcasts/thi...
- Today is world numbat day. The numbat is our state animal emblem in WA, yet it is threatened with extinction by predation from introduced cats and foxes. It is now restricted to only a few small unfenced areas in WA, after being once found across southern Australia.
- "...we have to do everything in our power to make the world a better place for the children alive today, and for those that will follow. You have it in your power to make a difference. Don’t give up." - Jane Goodall on Famous Last Words for @netflix.com www.netflix.com/tudum/articl...
- "The greatest danger to our future is apathy. ... What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of difference you want to make." - Vale Jane Goodall (1934-2025).
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- The Building Private Land Conservation Symposium, held in Fremantle, was an outstanding opportunity to hear updates and share Bush Heritage Australia's latest on covenanting, stewardship and co-investment opportunities to secure the future of Western Australia's unique landscapes. 🌏 #scicomm
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- Australia's 2035 climate targets are difficult to achieve, and even if they are, we won't be fine. A sobering assessment from @alankohler.bsky.social via ABC News. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- Addressing the connection between animal biodiversity declines and the carbon stored in our ecosystems can help to make smarter decisions about aligning responses to the biodiversity crisis and the climate crisis. 🌐🌏 via @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2025/09/anim...
- It's not all about PFAS: metal(loid)s are associated with physiological and metabolic changes in motorbike frogs (Ranoidea moorei) from conservation significant wetlands in Perth WA. Great to see this paper out, a big effort led by @lettsgetsnakes.bsky.social. authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S... 🌐🌏
- This week we saw solutions announced in Western Australia to improve responsible pet cat ownership. Hannah Beazley MLA announced (1) an amendment to the Cat Act that will allow for local governments to prevent pet cats from roaming, & (2) a broader review of the Cat Act. A🧵 #wildoz
- Can Australia really be a responsible climate actor if it keeps developing major new gas projects as global emissions continue to rise? 🌐 www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- There are so many aspects of the shot-hole borer #eradication campaign that are worth reflecting on to inform how to do better with future #biosecurity threats. We really need to rethink the entire framework that deploys ineffective biosecurity in #Australia. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09...
- A sold out screening of Wilding this week shared the benefits of helping nature recover with almost 500 people. These events energise me and give me hope that while we have an enormous challenge ahead of us, we have plenty of people wanting to make a difference to biodiversity conservation outcomes.
- Reposted by Bruce WebberAbstracts call closes Nov 10, 2025 ⏰ We hope you’ll join us at SOTM 2026 !!! www.speciesonthemove.com #SOTM2026 #speciesonthemove
- Reposted by Bruce WebberThe achievable carbon uptake from planting trees is much lower than previous estimates, and even lower than many nations have committed to. New paper by Wang et al. in Science. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌏🌳🌲🌐
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- Join us for a special event screening of Wilding, presented by Bush Heritage Australia at Luna Cinemas. The film, based on Isabella Tree's best-selling book, will be followed by an exclusive panel discussion. Wed 3 Sep from 6pm | Tickets: www.lunapalace.com.au/events/wildi... 🌐🌏 #scicomm
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- I'm looking forward to reading this one, just out in @newphyt.bsky.social 👀 👇
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- Reposted by Bruce WebberThis surprisingly relaxing footage is from SIX MILES under the ocean – and it’s the deepest ecosystem yet discovered
- Here's a #podcast to bring nature to your ears and hope to your hearts. Bush Heritage Australia's latest season of Big Sky Country has dropped! Hope-filled stories from the frontlines of the #climate and #biodiversity crisis are here to share: 🎧: www.bushheritage.org.au/news/podcasts 🌏 🌐 #SciComm
- Come and work with us at Bush Heritage Australia, delivering conservation impact in some of Western Australia's most spectacular regions. If you’re passionate about conserving Australia's unique landscapes, we'd love to hear from you! Learn more and apply today 👉 bit.ly/4lwLVI7 #ConservationJobs
- Species succession over nearly 3 decades on either side of a predator exclusion fence. A great example from the #AridRecovery team of the insight that long-term studies provide! 🌐 #bioinvasions www.abc.net.au/news/2025-07...
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- I enjoyed talking with Oliver Peterson on 6PR Perth about the urgent need for solutions so that local governments can introduce laws that prevent pet cats from roaming. Listen to the interview here: nine.social/Zro
- We've taken the pulse on on responsible cat ownership across Western Australia. The @wafcwg.bsky.social undertook a survey of all 139 local governments on past attempts, current efforts, and future aspirations by local governments for managing pet cats. A🧵(1/5)
- The most concerning part of a 'transition to management' for PSHB is that the full extent of national impacts are not clear for stakeholders, nor is what happens when the transition finishes in 18 months. Eradication is challenging but not impossible. www.australiangeographic.com.au/science-envi...
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- Reposted by Bruce WebberWhat I wish I knew: 33 thoughts for early career researchers Reflections I wish someone had shared with me early in my research career. predirections.substack.com/p/what-i-wis...
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- It's #ShowYourStripes day today. These iconic #DataViz examples boldly reveal our #ClimateCrisis. We have to live with what has happened in the past but we can change our future trajectory. How will you be part of that change? @edhawkins.org via www.ShowYourStripes.info #SciComm
- "...we must not fall into the trap of mistaking the outputs of writing (which are increasingly substitutable through technology) from the value of the cognitive process of writing..." www.forkingpaths.co/p/the-death-... #SciComm
- I could not be more excited to begin working with Bush Heritage Australia today. We live in an era where the future of our natural world has never been so threatened. Yet as David Attenborough cautioned, “We know what we need to do. What happens next is up to us.” (1/2)
