Biological conservation at risk in Slovakia: Brown bears under attack of autocratic pressures - doi.org/10.1111/csp2... Paper discussing how recent government changes in Slovakia lead to increased culling and reduced expert involvement.

Temperate #old-growthforests are vital climate refugia by providing stable microclimate conditions, supporting biodiversity, carbon storage, and resilience to drought and disturbance. Protecting and reconnecting these forests is key to reducing biodiversity loss and strengthening climate adaptation.

Liebe @sueddeutsche_de - das ist absurdes Framing. Es fließen 80 Milliarden $ WELTWEIT in AKW, 665 Milliarden in Erneuerbare Energien - mehr als 8x soviel. Plus weitere hunderte Milliarden in Elektrifizierung, Effizienz, Netze und Speicher (in letztere alleine MEHR als in AKW).

Study showing that elephants influence ecosystems not only through their impact on vegetation and trampling but are a keystone species for the “brown food web” of decomposers as well. The hidden consequences of elephant extinction | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

"Allocating prices will not redistribute use of natural resources enough to overcome problems on a global scale. Scale and distribution should come before allocation." GDP and beyond: why treating nature as capital cannot save the planet www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Leather production is an important driver of deforestation and should not be exempted from the EUDR! --> www.politico.eu/article/lvmh...

LLMs agree with the user’s position 49% more often than humans asked for advice—and humans prefer advice from LLMs that sycophantically affirm them. LLMs even affirmed intentionally *harmful* prompts 47% of the time. never ask for advice from something without a brain

Just reading: Comment in Nature The uncritical adoption of AI in science is alarming — we urgently need guard rails www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Chile’s regulatory rollback harms biosphere | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Early-career researchers do more ‘disruptive’ science than veterans www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This, by @jonathan-watts.bsky.social, is a brilliant, fascinating and definitional article. If you want to understand what's happening around the world, you should read it. www.theguardian.com/us-news/ng-i...

In 2019, a Persian leopard named Aren was first spotted in Armenia. Later that year, he was seen again, but he was missing a leg. Rangers believe he stepped on a landmine. Aren's story shows how roads, fences, & landmines fragment the habitat of this endangered species. By @ayleighk.bsky.social.

Our Matters Arising article "Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy" is out in @nature.com today. We raise concerns that attributing biodiversity loss from shifting cultivation to international commodity trade may misguide policy. 📝: rdcu.be/ff6XH 🗞️ : shorturl.at/JCaUA

Once in a while you get a week when a whole strain of highly complementary papers is published. Such was the case this week, with three great papers all discussing the social dimensions of conservation in relation to the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework’s target of 30x30 🧵

Putting India's tropical dry forests and woodlands - and how the change - on the map: new paper out by Dhanapa Govindarajulu in Environmental Research Letters. Nice collabo between Johan Oldekop's team at Univ. Manchester and @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social

Angola’s northern escarpment forest is disappearing before our eyes --> doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Conserving 30% of the planet will only succeed if people are part of the plan. New ICTA-UAB study by @javierfajardo.bsky.social & @danbrockington.bsky.social. Published today in @nature.com Nature Communications. theconversation.com/conserving-3...

Merz und Reiche: Das ist das Klima-Albtraumpaar. Sogar der Säule der europäischen Klimapolitik, dem Emissionshandel, wollen sie an den Kragen. Dass die Union damit das Parade-Instrument für den #Klimaschutz angreift, ist verantwortungslos. www.sueddeutsche.de/meinung/merz...

My tribute to the one and only, Sir David Attenborough theconversation.com/from-fossick... Happy birthday!

Following 22 meetings with industry groups, the EU is nearing a decision to exempt leather from new deforestation regulations. Critics warn that excluding hides ignores their link to cattle ranching, a primary driver of forest loss. Elisângela Mendonça reports for #Mongabay.

Not All Tree Cover Connects: Home Gardens Outperform Plantations for Biodiversity in Rwanda -> #newpaper out in Landscape Ecology by @pingsun.bsky.social and colleagues: @bakaplin.bsky.social , @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social, Jörn Fischer link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Studie zu globalem Waldverlust: Fleischproduktion zerstört die Urwälder taz.de/Studie-zu-Wa...

We currently are looking for a postdoctoral research associate (3 years with possibility to extend) with experience in community ecology, and ideally a good match with our group profile; biodiversity, land use change and urban ecology. Please share for max reach www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...

🐄🐐 Don't forget to check out @skybluejamie.bsky.social 's new paper: mapping livestock systems across 4.2 million km² of South America's Dry Diagonal. With @tkuemmerle.bsky.social, @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social & colleagues. doi.org/10.1016/j.gl... 📷 Photo: Jamie Burton

Full house at Marie Pratzer's PHD defense!! She talked about "Conservation in contested landscapes: considering land-use complexity in tropical dry woodlands" - congrats on an amazing dissertation!! #phd #defense #dissertation #congrats #biogeography #huberlin

Mapping diverse livestock systems across South America’s dry diagonal - new paper out in Global Environmental Change, led by Jamie Burton @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu @humboldtuni.bsky.social #SystemShift www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The Lula administration is bypassing environmental laws to renew a highway. Scientists warn paving this road through the Amazon could push it to a tipping point. The move has already triggered the resignation of top Brazilian environmental officials. @nandawenzel.bsky.social report for #Mongabay.

Excited to share a new article from the lab & wonderful co-authors. We argue that habitat fragmentation research needs to be recalibrated to focus on changes over time. We hope that doing so will advance understanding, isolate attribution, and diminish heated debate. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

Many govts hope capturing carbon from power plants burning wood will cause "negative emissions." New Nature Sust. paper today finds this likely increases emissions for decades, generates no negative emissions within 150 years, and increase electricity costs ~3.5-fold. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Our research shows that over long time periods, poorer people in the US have a greater preference for environmental protection over economic growth. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

This is lovely: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #science #biology

Happy to announce @anabuchadas.bsky.social last phd chapter is out! Together with an amazing team, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social, @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @profjulietlu.bsky.social, @arnimscheidel.bsky.social & many more - read the paper here: ecologyandsociety.org/vol31/iss2/a...

Von einem Fraktionschef einer Regierungsfraktion erwarte ich in einer heraufziehenden Wirtschaftskrise die Beschäftigung mit der Lösung von realen Problemen. Für das Reiten toter Pferde sollte er sich ins Privatleben zurück ziehen.

Die französische Regierung hat den nun von der Berliner Regierung beschlossenen Tankrabatt übrigens vehement abgelehnt - weil er die Profite der Ölkonzerne vergrößert und die Einnahmen des Staates verringert. Tja, sie hat Recht. www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

Bravo! @ckemfert.bsky.social schreibt gegen die Märchen der Öl- und Gaslobby an. „Der Wandel weg von Öl, Gas und Kohle hat für Deutschland vor allem Vorteile – er bringt Arbeitsplätze, macht unabhängig von den Wirren der Weltpolitik und schützt dazu das Klima.“ 👏 www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/ener...

Gute Frage 👇- lesenswerter Artikel von @christianstoecker.de zur Verschleppung und Verhinderung der Energiewende durch die Bundeswirtschaftsministerin. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...

Trump tariff 'politics' driving natural ecosystem destruction in the Brazilian Cerrado - in areas that would otherwise be rather marginal for agriculture. Nice insight into what is currently happening in this global agricultural expansion hotspot @mongabay.com news.mongabay.com/2026/04/rail...

How wild cattle recovery is transforming local livelihoods near key Thai reserve - news.mongabay.com/2026/04/how-... Banteng - very subjectively, the most beautiful surviving wild cattle species on the planet

Rainforest biodiversity can recover after agriculture is abandonded - but full recovery takes long www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Immer mehr Stimmen fordern ein günstigeres #Deutschlandticket. Statt noch weiter Benzin, Diesel und Pendlerpauschale zu subventionieren, braucht es bezahlbare Mobilität für alle. Wir als @umwelthilfe.bsky.social sagen: #29EuroTicket jetzt! Petition im Kommentar www.zeit.de/wirtschaft/2...

Viele Maßnahmen, um die Abhängigkeit von Öl zu reduzieren sind aufwendig und teuer. Und dann gibt es das Tempolimit. Schnell und einfach umsetzbar, kaum Kosten und hat auch noch positive Effekte für Sicherheit und Klimaschutz. Und nicht mal da traut die Regierung sich ran.

Schrödinger’s carbon’: The misclassification of carbon capture and storage as standard mitigation www.nature.com/articles/d41...

📢 Happy to announce my last PhD chapter is out! With an amazing team: @tkuemmerle.bsky.social, @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @profjulietlu.bsky.social, Patrick Meyfroidt, and others @biogeoberlin.bsky.social, we investigate failed land investments that led to deforestation 📄: sl1nk.com/odvipum

Support Iran’s diaspora scholars Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Check out the new issue of ECOSYSTEMS, great studies in ecosystem ecology across a wide range of systems and scales. We welcome your manuscripts! Top-notch editorial board, quality reviews, timely publication. @steve-carpenter.bsky.social @springernature.com link.springer.com/journal/1002...

Very interesting papers in the @ambio-journal.bsky.social special issues on "Human-wildlife relations: resilience thinking for coexistence"! link.springer.com/collections/...