Deeply saddened to hear Indian ecologist Madhav Gadgil has passed away. His science-based, community-led work shaped policy and helped protect the biodiverse Western Ghats. And why, in 2024, @unep.org honoured Madhav as a Champion of the Earth. Read about his legacy: www.unep.org/championsofe...

Come work with us! #PhD position on #ecosystem and #biodiversity effects of large #herbivores on the Eurasian steppes now announced: www.euraxess.de/jobs/395512 Nice combination of fieldwork and meta-analysis, co-supervised by @jonastrepel.bsky.social and ejlundgren.github.io

Proud to share that the paper "Recent sociocultural changes reverse the long-term trend of declining habitat availability for large wild mammals in Europe" by M. Davoli, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social and colleagues was awarded the Diversity and Distribution Early Career Researcher Best Paper Award!

Megafauna persistence is shaped by habitat refuges, human presence, and land use histories. New paper by @tamannakalam.bsky.social along with Marie Pratzer, Kulbhushansingh R. Suryawanshi, Xiang Liu, and @tkuemmerle.bsky.social ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss4/art30/ #newpaper #landuse #megafauna

Natural forests of the world – a 2020 baseline for deforestation and degradation monitoring Neumann et al 2025 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

According to India's first elephant census since 2017, the Asian elephant population has declined by 25% in 8 years, with electrocution, railway collisions, poaching and habitat loss as the leading causes of elephant deaths. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/dehradu...

New Paper by @ranjmurali.bsky.social and colleagues: "Understanding multiple pathways of the impacts of socio-economic shocks on large carnivores" out now in People and Nature -> besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #newpaper #socio-economic #shocks #carnivores

🛡️ Protected areas (PAs) are a cornerstone of biodiversity conservation. But how do we know whether they truly work? We reviewed 275 articles & 280 studies to map how terrestrial PA effectiveness is measured. Here's what we found: 🔗 www.biodiversa.eu/2025/10/14/h...

Building sustainability science on solid ground: our framework uses shared social-ecological units to integrate diverse data streams. Tested in Rwanda, adaptable elsewhere. Open, reproducible, and ready for interdisciplinary teams. #Rwanda #Restoration @biogeoberlin.bsky.social shorturl.at/qHaQ0

Southeast Asia covers multiple global biodiversity hotspots — but is experiencing a biodiversity crisis. Our new article in Nature Reviews Biodiversity asks: What’s really driving the losses, and what can we do about it? 👉 rdcu.be/expy6 1/7

After a long absence from Twitter, I'm now on Bluesky. Looking forward to sharing thoughts, research, and rants about the lack of attention paid to water. Let's kick this off with a new paper alert. Please share widely. Title says it all. Please help me grow followers www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Drawing on data from over 400 forest plantations in Himachal Pradesh, India, we show that improved forest outcomes (increasing forest cover, improved forest-based livelihoods) are strongly associated with long-term participation by local people in decision-making. iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

The biggest publishers pulled profit margins in 2023 that rival Big Tech. And they still charge you to publish and your library to read. When are we going to start seriously thinking of alternatives to reform #PeerReview? 🧪 #SciPub #AcademicPublishing

A Century of Loss: Long-Term #DryWoodland Decline and Its Implications for India’s #Megafauna Our latest paper, along with @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social and others is now out! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

🐄🐂 Putting landless cattle on the map! 🐄🐂 New paper in Env. Research Letters on mapping cattle intensification from space - across South America's dry diagonal doi.org/10.1088/1748... @erc.europa.eu @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social #SystemShift @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

📢 New in @globalchangebio.bsky.social The Accelerating Exposure of European #ProtectedAreas to #ClimateChange We measure climate velocity and magnitude in Europe, and estimate risk for #ProtectedAreas and species. Paper and maps available OA doi.org/10.1111/gcb.... @martacimatti.bsky.social

There is a new open position at our Lab!! haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/... #newposition #phd

Ten dead in ‘brutal’ attacks by Isis-linked militants on Mozambique wildlife reserve | Global development One of Africa’s largest protected areas has been shaken by a series of attacks by Islamic State-linked extremists, which have left at least 10 people dead. Conservationists in Niassa reserve,…

In our May issue: Review led by Robin Chazdon on the processes that can facilitate or impede natural forest regeneration, an important tool in the restoration toolkit. 🧪🌎 Web link: go.nature.com/3Hg5oNE Readcube: rdcu.be/emQx2

Excellent article covering a new systematic review of restoration in the Western Himalayas. Concerning findings, similar to my work, are that restoration has tended to focus on (not very successful) tree plantations on govt. land, with overuse of exotic species: india.mongabay.com/2025/05/unpa...

The first roads that slice through rainforests are widely recognized as pathways for #deforestation. However, new research reveals that secondary roads—those branching off from main roads—are responsible for significantly greater forest loss than the primary roads themselves. #tropicalforests

Background review: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

New paper! India's #agriculture-#savanna mosaics are changing: less traditional crops, more sugarcane. Led by @tejasconsbio.bsky.social, we studied implications for birds - those resident in India, but also steppe birds arriving from Kazakhstan such as Pallid Harrier and Sociable Lapwing.

How can AI for #EarthObservation deliver for social good? Read our recent #openaccess IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine article, co-authored by @hostertp.bsky.social and @philrufin.bsky.social!

Mapping the functional decline of top predators in the Gran #Chaco – a global deforestation hotspot. New paper led by @alfredoromero.bsky.social just out in Diversity & Distributions 👉https://doi.org/10.1111/ddi.70003 @humboldtuni.bsky.social / @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Interested in joining a new lab in our Geography department as a student assistant? Then have a close look at this add to apply for the position in the Conservation and Development Lab at @humboldtuni.bsky.social Deadline is March 8th!

Global biodiversity loss from outsourced deforestation doi.org/10.1038/s415...

On #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience let me remind you that we are NOWHERE NEAR parity. A few examples. 1. Women are credited less in science than men. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

This tigress has reclaimed the ancient fort within Bandhavgarh Tiger Reserve and made it her home. Protection, prey, peace, and prosperity have been key factors in the tiger recovery within India, according to a new Science study. Learn more in this week's issue: https://scim.ag/42yn5Ra

Landscape structure is important for allowing #megafauna to share space with people – even in one of Europe's ‘wildest’ regions! New paper out Biological Conservation by Gabri Retez: doi.org/10.1016/j.bi... #Rewilding @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social

“‘It’s very easy to assume that science is going to change organically towards equality — and what this study shows is that that’s not happening…It is an ‘important reminder for us that we need to stay vigilant in working towards equality in science’” @crsugimoto.bsky.social 🧪 #AcademicSky 👩🏽‍🔬

India's #Forest #Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Happy to see more and more articles focussing on the harsher realities of conducting research in India! #Stillalongwaytogo! "Why doing social science research is difficult in India today" www.nature.com/articles/d41...

It's keeps being hot here. "March 2024 was warmer globally than any previous March in the data record, with an average ERA5 surface air temperature of 14.14°C, 0.73°C above the 1991-2020 average for March" climate.copernicus.eu/copernicus-m...

Excited to share the new IUCN Red List assessment of the Persian leopard co-led by Igor Khorozyan & myself: www.iucnredlist.org/species/1596... While the subspecies retained its Endangered status since the last assessment 15 yrs ago, regional conservation initiatives are gaining momentum