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I ran out of steam to post about our @britishecologicalsociety.org funded workshop on forest restoration in Piracicaba, Brazil... However, reflecting on it a month later, it was a fantastic event that really helped to open my eyes to restoration in different contexts.

Are you into molecular ecology and bioinformatics? If the answer is yes, then you should totally apply for this position with @ainhoamagrach.bsky.social and co. The lab is next door to my office and they're a great and supportive team working on super interesting topics.

Another great day with our @britishecologicalsociety.org working group in Piracicaba yesterday discussing progress over the last year & some concentrated group work on outputs, all topped off with excellent ice-cream! We really pushed things forward, hopefully we can do thame today.

Amazing first day yesterday in the field in Sao Paulo state for our @britishecologicalsociety.org funded working group on forest restoration! First, Pedro Brancalion led us on a tour of the nursery of re.green, which produces >2 million seedlings of >100 species per year for forest restoration (!)

Cool new paper by Emily Waddell et al in @jappliedecology.bsky.social examines effects of drivers on the complexity in restored grasslands & woodlands. Site age is key in both habitats, with former industrial sites showing lower structural but higher bacterial complexity tinyurl.com/mry9sty6

¿Quieres hacer ciencia que mejore la restauración o la gestión forestal? Si es así, encajarías perfectamente en nuestro grupo. Buscamos candidatos para la convocatoria de becas Marie Curie - ponte en contacto conmigo si te interesa. Más información: tinyurl.com/mptnnh6c

Horizon Europe MSCA - How to applyFind out how to apply for funding under the MSCAtinyurl.com

Do you want to do science that helps to improve forest restoration or management practice? If you answered yes, then you'd be a good fit for our group. We're looking for applicants for the Marie Curie fellowship call, so get in touch with me if you're interested. Call info: tinyurl.com/mptnnh6c

Horizon Europe MSCA - How to applyFind out how to apply for funding under the MSCArea.ec.europa.eu

Fantastic day with folk from the cooperative Tantai on the Bizkaia/Gipuzkoa border discussing continuous cover forestry and the potential for future collaboration. Nice to learn more about the approach and especially cool to see something like this in a region where intensive production dominates.

Coming from a journal editor: if you accept to review a manuscript, please don't then turn down the invite to review the resubmission. I'm genuinely amazed that people do this. It creates a massive headache for me and messes up the process for the authors.

Had a fun day receiving acknowledgement of my Ikerbaque fellowship and briefly meeting the Basque president today, along with a few of my BC3 colleagues, all while repping my favourite academic society @britishecologicalsociety.org

Nice surprise to see not one, but two relatively good reviews for manuscripts drop into my inbox when I was on the way home too. A pretty perfect work day all round - hopefully I'll be posting about the papers soonish, one of which should be the first output of my working group on forest restoration

Great to be out in the field today surveying our chronosequence of forest restoration plots planted by Fundación Lurgaia and nearby mature(ish) forests. Spring is really springing and natural regeneration is rapid in some plots but not others. Would love to work out why!