@ConservHustle

Helping early career researchers to up their game in wildlife conservation. With an added dash of sass. Tweets: @_sam_williams_

 South Africa
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Thanks so much for your patience - I have been quiet on here due to a family emergency, but will be back as soon as I can
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Great thread on job opportunities in conservation & ecology
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Job, anyone? Senior Manager, Wildlife Coexistence Program at @Defenders defenders.org/jobs/senior-ma…
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Podcast: Alasdair Davies | Creative Technologist. Al is on a journey to deliver affordable, open conservation technology for all. We talk about how technologies are rapidly changing the way we collect data in conservation. We also talk careers. conservation-careers.com/pod…
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Would you like ZAR 120,000 per year to do a PhD on prey responses to cheetah reintroductions in South Africa at @MandelaUni? Course you would. – at South Africa
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ping @M_Gatta – at South Africa
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Dr Laura Graham@LauraJaneGraham22 Aug 2018
Want to advance your #rstats skills? Come to @BES_QE_SIG workshop in Liverpool 3&4 Dec. Day one: data manipulation & visualisation using the #tidyverse with @gndaskalova Day two: spatial data manipulation & visualisation with @SchmuckiReto eventbrite.co.uk/e/advancing…
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Shannon Wild | Wildlife Photographer. @shannon__wild is an Australian wildlife photographer and passionate conservationist. In this interview below I ask for her advice and knowledge on the industry… conservation-careers.com/car…
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Dept of Zoology@CamZoology13 Aug 2018
Sorry to interrupt your holiday but don't forget the deadline for applying to our new lectureship in marine biology is fast approaching - 24 August is less than two weeks away...
Dept of Zoology@CamZoology2 Jul 2018
We are excited to announce the new Claire Barnes University Lectureship in Marine Biology available in our department. Application details are available here: jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/18023/
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Dr Dani Rabaiotti@DaniRabaiotti13 Aug 2018
My fave society the @BritishEcolSoc are looking for a part time, paid (living wage!), press intern for 3 months! britishecologicalsociety.org… Go work with Sabrina she is fab.
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Most readers will get no further with your paper than the abstract. Here's how to make your abstract count (and help get your paper accepted)
Anna Clemens, PhD@scientistswrite1 Aug 2018
There's one thing I only learned when it was too late for my own science career: There is a recipe to write the perfect abstract. bit.ly/2n0dBcv #NewPI #ECRchat #PostDoc #AcWri #PhDchat #abstract
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Same. Don't judge me.
New Scientist
@newscientist3 Aug 2018
Lemurs self-medicate by rubbing toxic millipedes over their bottoms newscienti.st/2n8UA7X
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Punk wildlife telemetry FTW!
Manuela Fischer@manniefischer2 Aug 2018
Did you wanna use GPS wildlife trackers for your research but your budget is limited? No problem, just DIY. Check out my new paper and the supplementary VIDEO on how to build your own cost-effective wildlife trackers. journals.plos.org/plosone/ar….

Biotelemetry marches on: A cost-effective GPS device for monitoring terrestrial wildlife

The availability of low-cost wildlife trackers increases the capacity to collect valuable ecological data when research budgets are limited. We converted a commercially available global positioning...

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3 postdocs available @Princeton on conservation in Indonesia & China, including modelling the impacts of climate change & land-use change on pikas. Which, let's be honest, are basically Pokémon careers.conbio.org/job/30750… 📷 Li Weidong – at South Africa
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Rebecca Schmidt@Phytoseiid2 Aug 2018
I am still looking for a Ph.D. student for Jan 2019! The project is predator biodiversity and non-target effects of pesticides in organic vegetables. Student should have an M.S., with experience in insect ID preferred.
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Another opening at the Primate & Predator Project: ZAR 8,000 per month + free accommodation for a Farm Trials Assistant 👩‍🌾 to help mitigate human-wildlife conflict in South Africa 🇿🇦. Expect some serious monkey business – at South Africa
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A year later, this article is still very relevant. "A rich person’s profession? Young conservationists struggle to make it" news.mongabay.com/2017/08/a-… (📷 @lucero_vaca_) – at South Africa
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Ed Mitchard 🛰️@EdMitchard31 Jul 2018
I'm looking for two new postdocs #peat #carbon #remotesensing @NERCscience @EdinburghUni 1. Amazonia (fieldwork Peru, Ecuador, Brazil), 2 years, vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/coreh… 2. Congo basin, big project led by @SimonLLewis, #lidar, 3 years, vacancies.ed.ac.uk/pls/coreh… Please retweet!
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Do you like primates 🐒? How about predators 🐆? Jobs available at the Primate and Predator Project (@PrimatePredator) in South Africa as Research Coordinator and General Manager – at South Africa
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Full disclosure: I used to do this job. It was pretty awesome. – at South Africa
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