🌍🪲 New research shows that citizen scientists are shaping stag beetle conservation in Portugal! 📖 Full study here: doi.org/10.1007/s105... @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @cjrego.bsky.social #StagBeetles #Biodiversity #ConservationScience #CitizenScience

🎙️ New episode! 📢 In this week's episode we explore the implications of legal wildlife trade for biodiversity conservation. 🎧 tinyurl.com/56yfce2k 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @pnas.org #WildlifeTrade #Biodiversity #Conservation #Podcast

📢 New #Podcast Episode! How do landscapes change biodiversity? This episode dives into mixture, an R function that tracks biodiversity shifts with greater precision. 🦇 🌍 tinyurl.com/sw85n3sr @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #ConservationScience #Ecology #Rstats

Trait-based approaches are crucial in ecology, but analysis choice matters! Choosing functional diversity metrics to better assess ecosystem changes. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ecog... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @stefanomammola.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #Ecology #Biodiversity #DataAnalysis

In portuguese, we discuss the recent paper on LEMIS, the wildlife trade database in the USA, and how its numbers are alarming. Far from perfect, we still need some system in the EU, where most traffic goes unregulated.

Who is protected and receives most funding? Not the most in need, but the cutest and flufiest. What can we do to change this?

🌍LIBRe's research on the news! Featured paper: 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @publico.pt @pnas.org #WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss

🌍🎙️ New #podcast! Explore how "charisma" shapes conservation priorities 🐾. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5Obt... 📚 environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Conservation #Biodiversity #Charisma #NaturecProtection @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social sky.social

The BASS project is taking place in a montado area near Grândola (Portugal), where 16 plots we set up and is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in this remarkable habitat and learn about biodiversity conservation. 🕷️🐜🪲🌍 Find out more reading the paper available in: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

Charisma in Conservation Ever wondered why certain species capture our hearts more than others? Learn how traits like beauty, behavior, and cultural appeal influence conservation efforts. 🐼🪰 @carol_sayuri_ DOI: 10.1186/s13750-024-00353-2 #Biodiversity #Charisma #conservation

🌍Over 2.85B wildlife individuals from 30,000 species were traded in 22 years—50% wild-sourced. Legal trade, but at what cost? 🦜🐢🕷️ Key stats: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #WildlifeConservation #BiodiversityLoss #GlobalTrade #LEMIS @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT! Episode 4 of the Biodiversity Reserach @cE3cresearch covers sRedList, the game-changer for IUCN Red List assessments. 🌍 Learn how it's speeding up efforts to save biodiversity! 📖 Featured study: DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761 #Conservation #Biodiversity #Podcast #Science

🌍Raising awareness of longhorn beetle of the Selvagens Islands 🪲crucial ecological role and the need to protect its fragile habitat. With the participation of @cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Mario Boieiro Dinarte Teixeira #Biodiversity #Selvagens #Conservation

This conference is being organised with effort & care 💜💚 Among all of topics -diversity, ecology, education-, we will discuss how to Ensure the ecological effectiveness of the EU Common Agricultural Policy 2023-2027 in a session with Mario Díaz, Sonia Roig and myself. 📩 Send your abstract!

The taxonomic biases in biodiversity data are growing over time. The amount of data we are collecting is growing, but the biases get bigger. We need to make a conscious effort to study the understudied! #SciComms #Science #Taxonomy 🧪 image from Troudet et al 2018 @natureportfolio.bsky.social