Petterson: compensation program for Sami reindeer herders worked, wolverine population increased. Now cost is higher but compensation is not, program may backfire. An estimated annual 30% loss of reindeer to predators is a lot. #WildlifeConflict 🧪 conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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This is a really thought-provoking podcast for anyone interested in how modern conservation may need to evolve to be much more flexible and pragmatic. tommysoutdoors.com/2025/12/09/2...

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Can we find a middle ground between those who see the EU's wolf downlisting as a catastrophe and those who celebrate it as good news? With @hannalp.bsky.social, we discuss the frustratingly polarised debate about wolf conservation in the EU. 🌍🦤🧪🦊 🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/362998

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Short piece in @consletters.bsky.social exploring social, cultural, political and ecological apsects of illicit and unregulated species translocations - what others (not me, due to homophone errors) might call guerilla rewilding. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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We received exceptional applications for the 2025 SCB Europe Early Career Conservation Award and decided to award two candidates. Congratulations to the winners Dr Hanna Pettersson (University of York UK) and Dr Volen Arkumarev (Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds / BirdLife Bulgaria) 👏🥳

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