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UK and South Africa, exploring the value of international partnerships - today TIPC's Chux Daniels, PhD at University of Sussex Business School will join partners for an exciting discussion at Science Forum South Africa on delivering world-leading research through international collaboration in research and innovation #SFSA, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, University of Sussex Science Policy Research Unit (SPRU), University of Sussex Global Engagement, The National Research Foundation of South Africa (NRF), Innovate UK, UK Research and Innovation, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR)

In this episode of Now Innovating, Dr. Eleanor Dickinson, a 2024-2025 Innovation Postdoctoral Fellow at vet med, shares her work with the Kutz Research Group. She highlights her strategies for monitoring and managing caribou and muskoxen health, the importance of partnerships, and the difference between caribou and reindeer. ???? Learn how she collaborates with academic and non-academic partners, local communities, and Arctic conservation advocates to turn research into real-world impact. Watch the full episode: https://lnkd.in/g4TDrSuY

Non-metropolitan areas face unique challenges when trying to establish thriving research ecosystems. In this week's 3-Minute Read, we explore these challenges and how university-industry partnerships can help. See the full 3-Minute Read: https://lnkd.in/ewQnp4b2

As this recently released brief sets out, "the answer to intensifying geostrategic competition isn't to simply compete harder, nor clumsily instrumentalise the development program as a tool of that competition." My colleagues at the Lab propose a different approach, suggesting that if Australia focuses on addressing the root causes of fragility and helping people in the region live better lives, then resilience against competition and long-term geostrategic success will follow. Give it a read below!

?? The Macedonian Grayling is one of Europe’s rarest butterflies. Yet you can easily buy it online for as little as €30. How is this possible? The cross-border investigation led by Balkan and German journalists has revealed a legal loophole which allows smugglers to get away with selling this protected species outside North Macedonia. ?? The team's findings show just how widespread the problem is, with specimen being sold openly in Central Europe, despite national bans and scientists' disapproval. ? ?? IMPACT: In the follow-up to this investigation, researchers are now preparing a scientific paper to push for stronger conservation measures: they plan to submit the CITES application to add the Macedonian Grayling to Appendix 3 of the Declaration during the upcoming session in 2025. ?? Ana Aleksovska Kiril Arsovski Przo Florian Schmitz Zaneta Trajkoska Vlado Nikoloski Deutsche Welle Arcadia

"The response to intensifying geostrategic competition is to not simply compete harder, nor clumsily instrumentalise the development program as a tool of that competition." Great brief from Development Intelligence Lab on how geostrategic competition fuels fragility, which in turn fuels competition, all while directing development funding away from addressing fragility. "Geostrategic competition is exacerbating existing vulnerabilities within regional states, while those fragilities are enabling and fuelling a fiercer competition. These two dynamics are not occurring in parallel but intersecting and driving each other in a sustained and escalating cycle." Essential reading for deeply considering how we engage on these issues in foreign policy and development policy.

At the Lab, we’ve been keeping an eye on a dynamic that is emerging in some low- and middle-income countries in the Indo-Pacific: the interaction between geostrategic competition and fragility. Geostrategic competition, and the risks of great-power conflict, dominate policymaker attention. But complex fragility within regional states is an equally important – but overlooked – dynamic of Australia’s strategic context, with similarly significant potential to impact its interests. New analysis from the Lab’s Heather Murphy, Bridi Rice and Martina Zapf finds that geostrategic competition and fragility are profoundly interlinked. By addressing the root causes of fragility Australia can also turn down the temperature of the strategic contest. Read the Lab’s new policy brief, ‘How geostrategic competition and fragility interact’ here ?? https://lnkd.in/g4YZv6Aq Sign up to receive Lab analysis straight into your inbox here ???https://ow.ly/k8kB50T1G5Z

"The border is not necessarily a barrier, but a space where life, science, and community can converge for the benefit of biodiversity and the cultures that coexist there." - 2024 Border BioBlitz Report Earlier this year, we were able to participate for the first in the Border BioBlitz, a community science effort to record as many species as possible along the U.S.-Mexico border. We were proud to help with the first ever bilingual Border BioBlitz events. A total of 244 participants from diverse regions and backgrounds came together! We recorded an impressive number of 42,973 observations and 3,230 species were documented. Check out the full report below to learn more about the organizations and volunteers that participated, the things we saw, and the power of collaboration.

The loss of species within ecosystems can have a major impact. The much-discussed WWF Living report from last week indicated a catastrophic decline in average wildlife populations: 73% over the past 50 years (https://lnkd.in/ehVgTNTZ) While the study indicates that in Europe the decline of 35% is much slower than in Africa and Latin America and the Caribbean (where it's estimated to have declined by whooping 95%), we should realise that the low number is due to the fact that Europe was the first to perform poorly in that respect, and wild nature here was in a poor state already before the 1970s. Some great conservation initiatives were implemented on the continent in the last decade, but a lot more legal protection is due to be enforced. For now, lions are toyed with (https://lnkd.in/ewvwy6b6), bear meat can be eaten with cranberry sauce (https://lnkd.in/eme48C5H) and poached rare butterflies can be bought for next to nothing — see more details about that below (follow the link to see the documentary!) #biodiversity #Europe #wildnature

Sad developments in New Zealand's science sector. I understand several universities and CRIs are struggling already, and it doesn't look like it's going to get better anytime soon. What perspective does this give to Kiwis considering a career in science and those whose jobs may be threatened due to funding cuts? I would not be surprised if this leads to considerable brain drain and long-lasting damage to the science sector in NZ.