New paper warns of catastrophic loss of EU's birds. Net loss of 600 million birds between 1980 to 2017

That's one out of every six birds

#ornithology 1/12 In fact, 900 million birds have been lost during that period, but this is set against an increase of around 340 million in some species

The eight species showing the largest declines make-up around two thirds of this total decline & the same is true for increasing species

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*THREAD* Second session today at #RSPBScieConf19 features @Natures_Voice work on "Saving Nature Through People" #conservationscience #socialscience @Natures_Voice First up: @tomswinfield on tropical forest restoration🌴🌳 Private sector restoration concessions must be profitable if they are to be a scaleable restoration option. An enabling regulatory environment is needed. @hutan_harapan @ICRAF @BurungIndonesia #RSPBScieConf19

*THREAD* This #RSPBScieConf19 session thread presents advances in @Natures_Voice's goal to champion land well-managed for nature #ornithology #conservationscience @Natures_Voice Now @Tomfinch89 shows that combining high-yield farmland with natural habitat and low-yield farmland can reconcile conflict between food production and nature conservation @RSPBScience @_BTO @CamZoology @savebutterflies and @NaturalEngland.

*Paper here* conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.111…

*THREAD* This #RSPBScieConf19 session thread focuses on @Natures_Voice's priority work "Saving species" in the UK and further afield…
#ornithology #conservationscience @Natures_Voice What's the best way to select species for habitat specific indicators? PhD student @enya_oreilly describes a quantitative method combining a species’ relative habitat use with a niche-based selection framework to develop regional indicators for EU forests @ueaceec @biouea #PECBMS

*THREAD* The next session focuses on one of our (@Natures_Voice) six strategic themes: "Seas well managed for Nature"

#RSPBScieConf19 #ornithology #conservationscience @Natures_Voice 2020 is the final year of the seabird census. If you’re one of the amazing #volunteers who have been involved - don’t forget to send #JNCC your data! Contact SeabirdsCountCoordinator@jncc.gov.uk for details #SeabirdsCount #SMP @JNCC_UKseabirds