As 2025 draws to a close, I want to extend a big thank you to all our project/lab collaborators, supporters, members & colleagues for another productive year. Wishing you a wonderful end to the year and remember tidying up your workspace before year end can help you start the new year even brighter!

I’m excited to have recently joined the UQ Cultural Inclusion Council. Look forward to collaborating with other committed academics to develop and implement initiatives that promote inclusion for culturally and linguistically diverse staff and students at UQ. staff.uq.edu.au/information-...

Very pleased to see that @natecoevo.nature.com’s editorial introducing the journal’s AI policies builds on our evidence about language barriers faced by non-native English speakers. www.nature.com/articles/s41... #languagebarriers

In this new paper led by Marina Corella Tor, we analyzed international migratory bird agreements and found • Fewer agreements at lower latitudes; • Only 28% of species have full range coverage; 14% have none. doi.org/10.1002/fee.... PDF kaizenconservation.com/wp-content/u... @esajournals.bsky.social

In this paper led by Violeta Berdejo-Espinola, we trained machine learning models to identify Spanish-language papers on the effectiveness of conservation actions. The best model missed no relevant articles while excluding > 70% of irrelevant papers. doi.org/10.1186/s137... #languagebarriers

I am more than happy to chat with anyonoe/present anywhere about what we did to reduce #languagebarriers at #ICCB2025, so if interested please let me know.

I'm preparing for my talk at #BES2025 and want to know what people think the main goal of applied ecological and conservation research is. If everything goes to plan, I’ll be using the poll results in the talk itself, so the more responses the better! @britishecologicalsociety.org

Stay on the line after our AGM for a talk from @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social, Associate Professor at UQ and the chair of ICCB 2025's Language Accessibility Subcommittee. We were blown away by the live translation in all rooms at #ICCB2025 and can't wait to hear how it all came about!

How English-centric metrics distort global scientific productivity - a nice coverage of our recent paper (doi.org/10.1371/jour...) in @plosbiology.org www.the-scientist.com/how-english-... #languagebarriers

📢 Register for the 5th Helsinki Initiative webinar (8 December) on Multilingualism in Scholarly Communication with presentations by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social, @karenstroobants.bsky.social and Andre Brasil! More information and registration: www.helsinki-initiative.org/en/events/5t...

Why are Procellariiform seabirds most diverse in the Southern Hemisphere? Our study found that wind patterns and time since evolutionary origin best explain the extratropical peak in breeding species richness of these remarkable seabirds. 🐦💨 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Extremelly happy that our project BirdRice was approved for funding! We will keep studying the relationships between #waterbirds and #ricefields while trying to solve human-wildlife conflicts. #ornithology #tracking #connectivity #agriculture #conservation @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

In a recently published Conservation Letters perspective paper, Carissa Klein and colleagues from UQ explore Australia’s long-standing claims of global leadership in marine conservation. Read the paper here: doi.org/10.1111/conl...

Diversity in research. How can we take into account the extra burden of publishing in English for those who are not native speakers? With AI can we now translate and look at publications from any language? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social

For those interested to see the productivity gap for men, here are the figures using the same # years in research as female counterparts. Based on English papers: -50% for English non-native -58% for English non-native from low-income countries compared to English native from a high-income country.

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #languagebarriers

How do your #linguistic, #economic & #gender backgrounds impact your #scientific productivity? @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social & co reveal that being a woman, a non-native English speaker, and from a low-income country is associated with a 70% reduction in productivity @plosbiology.org 🧪 plos.io/4n3RLRQ

Read our Conversation piece on our new paper (doi.org/10.1371/jour...) here: theconversation.com/who-gets-to-... #languagebarriers @aunz.theconversation.com

女性、英語非ネイティブ、そして低所得国の出身者は、科学の世界で不利な立場にありますが、その格差はどれほどでしょうか？本研究では、英語を第一言語としない低所得国出身の女性は、英語での論文発表数が最大70％少ないことが分かりました。1/5 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #languagebarriers

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #languagebarriers

Did you know that all of our journals offer authors the chance to improve their manuscript's clarity for free? ✍️ This #PeerReviewWeek check out our post which explains why we made the decision to offer the Writefull service to all 👇 https://f.mtr.cool/rooofhshdm

Much pest and disease data is in grey literature or on ephemeral web sites. Collected by government departments and agencies but they don’t publish. In the global south trade magazines and newspapers may contain earlier reports than official sources. There is a place for AI web crawlers.

Great to see rOpenSci’s commitment to multilingual publishing to democratize access to quality resources and increase the possibilities of contributing to software and open science projects: www.r-bloggers.com/2025/06/mult... ropensci.org/multilingual... #languagebarriers

Scientists may take pride in publishing in prestigious English journals, but it is equally important to consider how these findings can be shared more broadly with their peers and the general population, especially those who do not speak or read English. #languagebarriers dx.doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Academic and grey literature searches in 11 European languages identified over 2,000 records of floral resource traits, complementing existing databases. #languagebarriers doi.org/10.1002/2688...

Including data published in Brazilian journals, esp those published in Portuguese, inreased the representation of Brazilian species (x 10) and populations (x 7.6) in vertebrate population trend data. Data from Brazilian journals reduced trend variation. #languagebarriers dx.doi.org/10.1111/1365...

世界中で記録的な猛暑が報道される中、Max Kotz氏が主導した本研究では、近年増加する猛暑（極端に気温が高い日）によって、熱帯の鳥類の個体数レベルが1950年以降25‐38％減少したと推定されました。猛暑の影響は平均気温の上昇や人間活動の直接的な影響を上回り、保全における気候変動対策の重要性が示されました。 rdcu.be/eAlQh

Kotz, Amano & Watson show that exposure to heat extremes is associated with declines in bird populations, especially in tropical regions @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social ‪ @pik-potsdam.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Read @theconversation.com piece on our new research showing the impact of extreme heat on tropical bird populations (rdcu.be/eAlQh). theconversation.com/70-years-of-... @uq-cbcs.bsky.social

As humans face record-breaking heatwaves, our new research led by Max Kotz shows intensified heat extremes caused a 25–38% decline in the level of abundance of tropical birds since 1950. These impacts often exceed those of average temperature rise and direct human pressures. rdcu.be/eAlQh

Our new paper, led by Andrew Burton-Jones, argues English-only science is unfair, costly and may no longer be necessary. With AI translation tools advancing rapidly, we ask what truly multilingual science could look like and how we might get there. doi.org/10.3127/ajis... #languagebarriers 1/4

Many thanks for featuring our work on language barriers in science and the role of AI in the #Changemaker podcast series: www.nature.com/articles/d41... Also see the original article here: www.nature.com/articles/d41... #languagebarriers

By chance this came when we have just uploaded a new resource to our website - an article by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social et al in @plosbiology.org (citation next post). It's one we've repeatedly gone searching for again to include in presentations on the many meanings of #diversity & #inclusion.

As with every other walk of life, talk of #AI has pervaded #Metascience2025. 🧵 Handily, @plosbiology.org yesterday published a short editorial about the (good and bad) consequences for researchers and publishers: journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...

As the availability and performance of #AI for language editing and #translation continues to improve, @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess and read #science. 🧪 plos.io/3TBbzie

Can we imagine a future in which everyone can use their own language to write, assess & read science with the help of AI? Read this to see why we believe this is the future of academic publishing. Great collab with @bowkerl.bsky.social & Andrew Burton-Jones. #languagebarriers doi.org/10.1371/jour...

See @amiyake.bsky.social's much better summary of our initiative at #ICCB2025 than mine here. Thank you! #languagebarries

What an amazing session, organised by @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social et al. @scboceania.org @conbiology.bsky.social #iccb2025

It has been a pleasant and productive journey with the six members of the #ICCB2025 Language Accessibility Subcommittee. Very proud of what we've accomplished and have learnt that a small group of committed people (+ a bit of 💰) can make a real difference in academia. conbio.org/mini-sites/i... 1/4

Our group on the last day of #ICCB2025: @elizeyxng.bsky.social gave an exellent talk in a room full of shorebird conservationists; we organised a symposium on the future of fair & academic publishing in conservation; and @kelsey-hannah.bsky.social won 3rd place in the Student Best Poster - congrats!

Today's presentation at #ICCB2025 from our group was by Violeta Berdejo-Espinola about the use of machine learning models to classify Spanish-language literature. Very well done!

Junya Saito presented his research in Japanese at #ICCB2025, while the audience used Wordly to understand follow along in other languages. Another success in our effort to break #languagebarriers.

Today's great presentations from our group at #ICCB2025 - very well done Marina and @kelsey-hannah.bsky.social!

Erik Sulidra proudly presented his work in Bahasa Indonesia. Everyone understood his presentation—whether in English, Japanese, or other languages—with Wordly's live AI translation. A moment when we broke #languagebarriers at #ICCB2025.

Our language accessibility support at #ICCB2025 isn't just through AI - much of it comes from PEOPLE. Pauline is supporting Alberto's presentation by providing Spanish-English translation. Minghao's presentation at his first int'l conference is supported by Chenhua's translation. #languagebarriers

Three great presentations today at #ICCB2025 from our group - very well done Nayelli, @pratt-c.bsky.social and @yeelai.bsky.social!

So amazing to see #ICCB2025 has kicked off and our language accessibility measures have been described. Live English transcription & translation into 60 languages is working properly. 39 people has already used it in 10 languages. If you are at #ICCB2025, please give it a try! #languagebarriers

Love the Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English at #iccb2025 for more accessible and diverse conferences @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social docs.google.com/document/d/1...

Am interested in new nerdy ideas for YouTube videos. These either explain a concept in conservation or ecology or explain a conservation project. These have something to show. Please say if at #ICCB2025 and would like to discuss an idea. youtube.com/@bill_suther...

Can’t believe this is finally happening after 2 years of hard work by so many people! #ICCB2025