“Conservation is happening everywhere, with young people all over the world contributing knowledge that will help inform how we move towards a nature positive future.”🌟

I wrote a blog about my experience at #SCCS24!🌳 Please do give it a read below:

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Heading home after a FABULOUS #SCCS2024 in Cambridge. It's 24 years since i attended my first one (& I've been on the committee for 12 years!)- it's such a great meeting. We had a good turn out of students & staff from Bangor University (reflecting strength of conservation in Bangor).

Ah Rats - it’s the last talk of SCCS! A great talk to end on, Walter Magesa talks about training giant rats to find illegally trafficked wildlife products 🐀🛎️🥑🍌

Prof Rachael Garrett (Rachael Garrett) now delivering her plenary talk on her journey from solving ‘obscure science questions’ to Co-developed sustainable solutions in the Amazon basin 🌳

The last day of SCCS has begun! Kicked off by Camille DeSisto talking about her work on faunal degradation on above ground biomass storage in #Gabon . Come join us online if you registered!

WildCRU Postgraduate Diploma students presented a great array of work at the #Cambridge Student Conference on #Conservation #Science yesterday. From penguin reproductive biology to carnivore co-existence, leopard genetics to clouded leopard prey information and much more! #SCCS24

Thank you to all our delegates and volunteers for coming out into the rain to take the all important group picture 📸! What a smiley bunch! 😁

Jon Paul Rodríguez (Jon Paul Rodríguez), SSC Chair delivered his plenary talk last night, reminding us of the importace of being part of the conversation about conservation - 'If you're not at the table, you are on the menu'🍽️

Prof Koh Lian Pin is currently giving his plenary lecture at SCCS - if you are registered to join us online, come along!

Fantastic plenary by Julia Jones and chaired by ZSL Chief Scientist Prof Johan Du Toit - Julia gave her thoughts on some of the key aspects for developing a career in conservation. Read the thread below! 🐋🦅🦗🌵🐘

Thanks Pete for summing up my whole plenary in a thread. Here is a link to all the tips for a career in conservation colleagues shared with me (I only included some in my talk). #SCCS2024
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Thank you to Cambridge University Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Prentice for kicking off SCCS 2024 - Inspiring words to set the stage for three days of talks🎙️, posters 📊, workshops 👩‍💼 and events 🪩!

Delegates for SCCS 2024 have begun to arrive! Looking forwards to welcoming the rest of you soon 🌴

SCCS is just around the corner! Can you describe your poster or talk for us in emojis? 🐌🦓🦧🦅🌱For example, SCCS could be:

BIG UPDATE: The schedule for SCCS 2024 has just dropped! We are excited to bring you a fantastic lineup of talks 🎙️, workshops 👩‍💼 and events 🪩

Check out the schedule here: tinyurl.com/SCCSTalks

Prof Julia Jones at @BangorSNS, one of this year's plenary speakers and long-time friend of SCCS:

'SCCS is my absolute favourite conference...The atmosphere is always so buzzing with people making new friends and connections. So many magical collaborations start at SCCS.' 🌍

Rio Heriniaina, an SCCS alumnus from🇲🇬Madagascar🇲🇬, tells us SCCS is “the best conference ever for students” and that the network of friends, colleagues and professors he formed at SCCS still supports his work 10 years on🎥Julia Jones Cambridge University Dept of Zoology Cambridge Conservation Initiative

What's your favourite thing about SCCS?
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SCCS is run almost entirely by a team of volunteers from Dept of Zoology. We asked them what they love about SCCS: “The breadth of awesome talks is unbelievable”; “It's fantastic meeting people from all over the world” 🌍