This was a fun paper to write! A big thank you to leads @jess-dasilva.bsky.social and @seanmhoban.bsky.social, and to all co-authors Andrew DeWoody, @testeeves.bsky.social, Paul Sunnucks and @sibellevilaca.bsky.social!

A better understanding of the KMGBF will help scientists engage and fulfill global, national, and local commitments to the conservation of our planet’s biodiversity. We hope that with this paper, the policy landscape becomes more accessible for those working in this field.

To help practitioners contribute to meeting the goals and targets of the KMGBF related to GD, we highlight guidance and decision-support tools for management based on several conservation genetic paradigms that have emerged from decades of research and applied conservation.

Next, we explain how two approaches can be used effectively by nations in measuring and monitoring GD to achieve the KMGBF: direct assessment of DNA sequences with genetic methods, and indirect assessment based on measuring the processes that produce GD change.

Then we discuss where and how GD is explicitly mentioned in, or relevant to, KMGBF targets, including where GD conservation or knowledge of GD are not mentioned but could help achieve a target. The most explicit mention of GD in the KMGBF is in Goal A | Target 4.

Typically, the term “genetic resources” has been associated with physical specimens; however, policy discussions have examined how Digital Sequence Information (DSI) might be incorporated into access and benefit-sharing (ABS) mechanisms.

We first cover the history of the CBD, the major components of the KMGBF and similar multinational environmental agreements, and relevant terminology.

Adopted in 2022, the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (KMGBF) under the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) outlines a visionary roadmap guiding humanity’s relationship with nature. Genetic diversity, underlying adaptation and fitness, is a core tenet.

Some of the policy landscape may sound confusing (it is!), but we try to disentangle it and explain it in a way that will help anybody working towards integrating genetics in conservation programs. Important for making an impact!

New publication out, highlighting the link between genetic diversity (GD) and policy! 🧬📜 "Conserving genetic diversity in accordance with the Global Biodiversity Framework" www.annualreviews.org/content/jour... We summarize the highlights in this thread. 🧵

When people celebrate the individual genius of folks in science, they should also mourn the collective loss of genius of folks who were actively discouraged or disadvantaged from a career in science because of the same person(s)

Thinking only of Rosalind Franklin today, and what was stolen from her (and so many other female scientists alongside her).

📣 Open position: We are looking for a new #ScientificLead for the #SILVA database 🧬🖥️, who will be responsible for guiding the development of this important resource and for curating the #SILVA taxonomy🌳. Read and share! 👉 www.dsmz.de/dsmz/career/... 🧪🦠🌱🦋💽

🧬 The Vertebrate Genome Lab is hiring for a Project Coordinator to join the Sample Management team at the Rockefeller University campus! Apply here: careers.rockefeller.edu/jobs/1943?la...

The collapse of talks about a UN plastics treaty is the wake-up call we didn’t need go.nature.com/4oftybY

#Conservation works Green sea turtles are making a comeback, IUCN says 'no longer endangered' though some subpopulations are still in trouble, news.mongabay.com/short-articl... They're not rare in the Galapagos where I made this image (saw up to 4 at once!) but E. Pacific pop is still 'vulnerable'

How does life evolve to adapt to modern cities? Out now in Science, my PhD work with @lindymcbr.bsky.social uncovers the ancient origin of the “London Underground mosquito” – one of the most iconic examples of urban adaptation. 🧵(1/n) @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.ady4515

Oh my. This seems like an impossible task with all the nuance and different approaches to authorship across fields and even sub-disciplines. The incentive to leave early career technicians and others off of papers as authors is going to be high. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Have you recently read about a particular field in depth? Perhaps you have just finished your PhD thesis? @jevbio.bsky.social is seeking Review Articles! Find out more about Reviews and Target Reviews at JEB here: academic.oup.com/jeb/pages/re...

Two years after a record-setting heatwave, scientists have confirmed that two iconic corals that have flourished across Florida’s 560-kilometre-long reef for more than 10,000 years are now ‘functionally extinct’ go.nature.com/4ozyesU

I am hiring! - looking for a Staff Scientist to co-run my research group with me. Staff Scientist is a senior professional scientist role at EMBL. Please forward to people you might know who could be interested! embl.wd103.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/EMBL/j...

A hearty Denisovan stew ripe with stories of mixing and more mixing, even with a third more ‘archaic’ hominid. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

OUT TODAY: SimHumanity, a SLiM 5 model of the human genome, replete with demography, autosomes, X/Y & mtDNA. A shared starting point for reproducible evolutionary simulations. Huge thanks to coauthors Ben Haller, @mufernando.bsky.social & Philipp Messer. 🔗 www.pivotscipub.com/hpgg/5/4/0006

Neat job alert 🧬🐺🦌 Montana Fish Wildlife & Parks is hiring a wildlife conservation geneticist based in Missoula, MT. The position is joint with @umontana.bsky.social, working with Dr. Ryan Kovach on lots of neat wildlife #consgen projects. Reach out to Ryan with questions.

#IUCNcongress Members’ Assembly: Supporting a motion to pause the release of genetically engineered wild species into ecosystems, POLLINIS (France) stresses the precautionary principle, warning: “Let us not cross a line we cannot step back from.”

A surge in global temperatures has caused widespread bleaching and death of warm-water corals around the world. go.nature.com/4n8cvHn

what is biobanking about? find our more in these guidelines just published today 🌏🦤🧪 They are freely available and can be downloaded here: portals.iucn.org/library/site... #consgen

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today. Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

"Ciclos irregulares de financiamento no Brasil são uma barreira à conservação da biodiversidade e à liderança global do país" doi.org/10.32942/X21...

🧬 Interested in monitoring & reporting on genetic diversity? 🏞️ Our project GINAMO (Genetic Indicators for NAture MOnitoring) now has a blog & newsletter! 🐝 Please share! ginamo.org/2025/09/29/welcome-2 #Conservation #Genetics #Biodiversity #Nature #consgen #KMGBF #SciComm

RIP #JaneGoodall - one of the modern pioneers of profound interconnections between people, animals and ecosystems. Her life was lived through science, compassion and tireless advocacy for the multiple values of nature - leaving a legacy that will endure for people and planet.

Reference genome choice compromises population genetic analyses - Cell www.cell.com/cell/abstrac... #genetics #genomics #popgen

De-extinction technology and its application to conservation academic.oup.com/jhered/advan... #consgen

why we need genetic diversity new paper out #consgen 🧪🦤🌏 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

The TERRA cluster is looking for a CORE NGS specialist until 31.12.2032! 🧪 🧬 👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 #Science #Bioinformatics #postdoc #Genomics

Hybridization and introgression are major evolutionary processes. Since the 1940s, the prevailing view has been that they shape plants far more than animals. In our new study (www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... ), we find the opposite: animals exchange genes more, and for longer, than plants

A common type of ant in Europe breaks a fundamental rule in biology: its queens can produce male offspring that are a whole different species go.nature.com/467N16m

I have read few papers as immediately useful and important as this one on Cacio e Pepe phase behavior. Tl;dr: the starchy pasta water is absolutely critical to avoiding “mozzarella phase” arxiv.org/abs/2501.00536

woah this is genuinely, utterly WILD Ant queens of one species produce males of another species, so she can then mate with them and produce hybrid workers! This is so gloriously weird I can't quite compute it 🤯🧪🐜 www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Announcing SimHumanity, a baseline SLiM 5.0 model of the full human genome, replete with demographic history, autosomes, X/Y, and mtDNA. A shared starting point for reproducible evolutionary simulations. We’d love your feedback! #SLiM #evolution #genomics www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

New: Strong global support for the 30x30 conservation target *Data from 5 continents (N=12k) show 82% in support of 30x30 *2 experiments find highly consistent expansion policy preferences, incl. prioritization of nature and rich countries bearing higher costs Out now OA in @pnas.org. Viz. below.

Sparse genetic data limit biodiversity assessments in protected areas globally esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

About 15-20 yrs ago, a bunch of reviews (inc. 1 by me) made predictions about the future of genomics in conservation. 1 yr ago at ICISB, Robin Waples assessed which of those predictions had been fulfilled. Sam May & Sam Rosenbaum now led the effort to turn this into a review: doi.org/10.1111/mec....

Excited to share our study on sailing siphonophores, AKA bluebottles or man-o'-war! 🌊 we received hundreds of samples from scientists around the world, part of a huge effort to sequence genomes and test for multiple species 🧬 out today in @currentbiology.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.cu... 🦑🧪📌

Future Projections of Biodiversity Under Global Change Need to Include Genetic Diversity onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Scholarships available for Genome Informatics - just include a brief summary on your open science work plus your conference abstract. If you have already paid to register, we will work with CSHL to refund you the $$$. Apply today! jxtxfoundation.org/news/2025-6-... @jxtxfoundation.bsky.social

This is now published at #MolecularEcology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Check it out!

#popgen #congen