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The conservation of Earth's biodiversity owes so much to women.
We pledge to continue supporting and funding a diverse, interdisciplinary and intersectional future for the next generation of #WomenInScience.
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We pledge to continue supporting and funding a diverse, interdisciplinary and intersectional future for the next generation of #WomenInScience.
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Today, meet some extraordinary #WomenInScience, all of whom have won #WhitleyAwards for their grassroots action across the Global South.
They each employ different scientific tools in their work to conserve the world’s wildlife and wild places.
They each employ different scientific tools in their work to conserve the world’s wildlife and wild places.
Social science
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Gargi Banerji has spent 20 yrs leading sustainable management of the Tibetan Plateau and its medicinal plant diversity.
At the core of her work are the people whose livelihoods depend on this fragile ecosystem.
http://whitleyaward.org/winners/medicinal-aromatic-plants-india
#WomenInScienceGargi Banerji has spent 20 yrs leading sustainable management of the Tibetan Plateau and its medicinal plant diversity.
At the core of her work are the people whose livelihoods depend on this fragile ecosystem.
http://whitleyaward.org/winners/medicinal-aromatic-plants-india
Citizen science
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@AparajitaDatta4 gets the public to report sightings of hornbills online, to identify new areas for conservation in India.
The Hornbill Watch website also shares key ecological information about these threatened birds.
http://hornbills.in
#WomenInScience@AparajitaDatta4 gets the public to report sightings of hornbills online, to identify new areas for conservation in India.
The Hornbill Watch website also shares key ecological information about these threatened birds.
http://hornbills.in
Pioneering science
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Formalising an ‘action plan’ is crucial to saving a species or landscape.
#WhitleyAward winners @XimeVLiendo @MediciPatricia @JeanneT4Frogs & @StorkSister have all trailblazed development of official action plans across the Global South.
#WomenInScienceDayFormalising an ‘action plan’ is crucial to saving a species or landscape.
#WhitleyAward winners @XimeVLiendo @MediciPatricia @JeanneT4Frogs & @StorkSister have all trailblazed development of official action plans across the Global South.
One health science
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Dentist @HotlinJRO set up Indonesia’s first Conservation Hospital: a first-class medical facility & environmental education centre.
Her work spans public health & nature conservation, and their inseparable symbiosis
http://whitleyaward.org/winners/dentistry-deforestation-borneo
#WomenInScienceDentist @HotlinJRO set up Indonesia’s first Conservation Hospital: a first-class medical facility & environmental education centre.
Her work spans public health & nature conservation, and their inseparable symbiosis
http://whitleyaward.org/winners/dentistry-deforestation-borneo
Research science
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It’s a fact, Rachel Graham has THE coolest job: leading shark conservation & participatory research.
She's spearheaded a gillnet ban in Belize with research showing shark populations are plummeting due to overfishing.
http://whitleyaward.org/winners/saving-sharks-belize
#WomenInScienceIt’s a fact, Rachel Graham has THE coolest job: leading shark conservation & participatory research.
She's spearheaded a gillnet ban in Belize with research showing shark populations are plummeting due to overfishing.
http://whitleyaward.org/winners/saving-sharks-belize
