In this edition: Plastics treaty intrigue — CITES proposals — High Seas biodiversity — Environmental defenders — Brazilian seed collectors — Vulture poisoning — Indian agroecology — Invasive fish —Exotic pets in the EU — Plus news from around the world, resources, opportunities + much more. 🌏🧪

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I found this birding book along the side of the road on the Tamiami trail in the Everglades on 8/25/25. It is so well loved with sightings going back decades. If you're a birder (I am not) please spread the word and hep me find the owner so they can be reunited

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New at Planet Ficus: How Fig Wasp Genetics Rewrote the Story of a Lost World 🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/how-fig-wa...

I just got the Taiwanese edition of The Light Eaters in the mail. This is just elite book design

New at Planet Ficus: How Fig Wasp Genetics Rewrote the Story of a Lost World 🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/how-fig-wa...

In this edition: Emergency briefing — Fisheries subsidies — Armenian bears — Invasive beetles — CITES reforms — Biodiversity credits — EU environmental law — Oysters for climate action — Vietnam as a trafficking hub — Rebranding climate action — Plus news, resources, opportunities + much more. 🌏🧪

Just published: The new edition of my newsletter for journalists (and anyone else) interested in biodiversity, the ecological crisis and nature-based solutions to climate change. It has news, resources, jobs, great stories, and more. 🌏🧪 thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/nature-bea...

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This edition includes: Climate plans — Wildlife trade — Bycatch of mammals —Synthetic biology for decarbonization — Snakebites — Climate-nature solutions — Plus the usual mix of news from around the world, useful resources, opportunities and much more. 🌏🧪

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Here’s my latest roundup from Planet Ficus. In it you’ll find: Costa Rican fruit bats. Giant figs in the Philippines. Sacred trees in Ethiopia. India's urban figs. An ancient carving. Turkish imaginaries. Figs in dentistry. And more!🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/planet-fic...

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Here’s my latest roundup from Planet Ficus. In it you’ll find: Costa Rican fruit bats. Giant figs in the Philippines. Sacred trees in Ethiopia. India's urban figs. An ancient carving. Turkish imaginaries. Figs in dentistry. And more!🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/planet-fic...

The latest newsletter from Triptych Journey, which features videos from @joanhalifax.bsky.social and @mikeshanahan.bsky.social.

It's a packed edition: Sharks -- Zoonoses -- Amazon -- Insects -- Birds -- Algal blooms -- 4 book reviews -- Biodiversity credits -- Conservation washing -- Research on forests, fish, OECMs and more -- plus jobs and opportunities and much more.🧪🌏

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A new film connects the Buddha's sacred fig tree to ecological, spiritual and societal resilience in a warming world. 🌏 planetficus.substack.com/p/the-buddha...

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From fragile wasps to flying foxes, heat is unraveling the ties that hold ecosystems together thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/how-rising... 🌏🧪

My latest post on Planet Ficus is a story I wrote last year about some great work going on in Borneo planetficus.substack.com/p/how-fig-tr... 🧪🌏

My latest post on Planet Ficus is a story I wrote last year about some great work going on in Borneo planetficus.substack.com/p/how-fig-tr... 🧪🌏

The last known Rodrigues parakeet died exactly 150 years ago. This story ticks a lot of natural history museum bingo boxes: ✔️Sex bias in natural history ✔️Colonial legacies ✔️Dodos But also, how museum specimens act as irreplaceable records of lost biodiversity: theconversation.com/the-rodrigue...

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Global Nature Beat today has 39 jobs, grants, fellowships + other opportunities for environment journalists listed here: thenaturebeat.substack.com/p/opportunit... Subscribers get new listings in their email inbox each week. Please spread the word to journalists you know who may be interested. 🧪🌏

Wasps of all kinds have an unfairly bad image, so it's worth noting that you're unlikely even to notice stealthy fig wasps as they fulfil their heroic function, much less see this. @mikeshanahan.bsky.social How Heat Could Silence the Forest’s Heartbeat #figs planetficus.substack.com/p/how-heat-c...

From the wings of tiny creatures hang the fates of hundreds of bird and mammal species, and perhaps even entire rainforests. My latest dispatch from Planet Ficus. 🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/how-heat-c...

From the wings of tiny creatures hang the fates of hundreds of bird and mammal species, and perhaps even entire rainforests. My latest dispatch from Planet Ficus. 🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/how-heat-c...

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Since launching Planet Ficus three months ago, I’ve published 13 editions exploring fig trees from all angles — evolution, ecology, myth, religion, culture and art. This special edition brings them all together for readers old and new. planetficus.substack.com/p/discover-o... 🧪🌏 Subscribe for more.

Since launching Planet Ficus three months ago, I’ve published 13 editions exploring fig trees from all angles — evolution, ecology, myth, religion, culture and art. This special edition brings them all together for readers old and new. planetficus.substack.com/p/discover-o... 🧪🌏 Subscribe for more.

My latest dispatch from Planet Ficus. In this edition, you’ll find endangered fig-eating wildlife in Borneo + India, six new fig species, a city of fig trees in China, invasive figs + their insects in Europe, surprising uses of fig trees — + much more. 🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/planet-fic...

My latest dispatch from Planet Ficus. In this edition, you’ll find endangered fig-eating wildlife in Borneo + India, six new fig species, a city of fig trees in China, invasive figs + their insects in Europe, surprising uses of fig trees — + much more. 🌏🧪 planetficus.substack.com/p/planet-fic...

Beyond wild, this is insane...

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Today Kabir’s tree is one of the biggest plants on the planet. Its true story is no less extraordinary than the myth.🧪🌏 planetficus.substack.com/p/the-majest...

Today Kabir’s tree is one of the biggest plants on the planet. Its true story is no less extraordinary than the myth.🧪🌏 planetficus.substack.com/p/the-majest...

US EPA science shutdown endangers health of people and planet 🌎 🌐 theconversation.com/the-us-envir...

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Net-zero is much cheaper than thought for UK – and unchecked global warming far more costly, says Office for Budget Responsibility #climatecrisis Story by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org www.carbonbrief.org/obr-net-zero...

No wonder the fig is sacred to the Kikuyu. I write about its symbolism in my book Wildly Different, in my chapters about Wangari Maathai. She played beneath one as a child and after she heard it had been cut down to make way for cash crops she started her movement to plant 30 million trees.