This week in Santa Fe exchanging experiences and knowledge across continents on Integrared Fire Management @fire_adapt @ctforestal.bsky.social @conicet @paucostaf.bsky.social

👉Postdoc offer on science policy, scenarios and biodiversity @BioAgoraEU @RespinProject at @CREAF_ecologia creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/tw…

Espanya mira al Canadà i Austràlia per traçar una ‘convivència’ amb el foc www.elperiodico.cat/ca/societat/...

Lluís Brotons, investigador del CSIC: "El foc també pot ser un gran aliat" www.elperiodico.cat/ca/societat/...

👉How to recover natural processes gradually lost or altered in our systems to our advantage… nature can help. ‘Restoring fire regimes through rewilding’ @CurrentBiology @CREAF_ecologia @ctforestal @wildE_Europe t.co/o28K2BaGSr

👉How to recover natural processes gradually lost or altered in our systems to our advantage… nature can help. ‘Restoring fire regimes through rewilding’ @CurrentBiology @CREAF_ecologia @ctforestal @wildE_Europe t.co/o28K2BaGSr

Bon moment per recordar-les. ‘10 recomanacions científiques per mantenir vius els boscos’ @CREAF_ecologia t.co/YSa95J4CWq

Today the big @BiodiversaPlus week in Barcelona! First, discussion on national and subnational biodiversity monitoring coordination centers such as @observatori_nat #ebocc @EuropaBon_H2020 @IPBES

Last week, @ecolandlab.bsky.social met at the Museu de Ciències Naturals de Barcelona! @icornitologia.bsky.social A group of wonderful and dedicated people who work to make this world a better place 🦉🌳📈🐦

Nota de prensa de @csicandalextrem.bsky.social (y 14) delegacion.andalucia.csic.es/la-genetica-...

Putting land claiming on the map reveals that the footprint of agricultural frontiers extends far into seemingly ‘intact’ forests. New paper by @o-delgiorgio.bsky.social in PNAS @pnas.org www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @yannlepolain.bsky.social

Today the big @BiodiversaPlus week in Barcelona! First, discussion on national and subnational biodiversity monitoring coordination centers such as @observatori_nat #ebocc @EuropaBon_H2020 @IPBES

Sembla que els efectes positius de les pertorbacions (en aquest cas sequera) es van fent camí! ‘Los efectos de la sequía: así serán los bosques del futuro en Alicante’ en la narrativa de gestió del futur! www-informacion-es.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.info...

What is a farmland bird? 😳… #Emberizacalandra #Cornbunting in a high density, post fire, natural herb rich habitat in the Mediterranean, far from crops. 🫣

🐦This #WorldMigratoryBirdDay highlighted shared spaces, creating bird-friendly cities for thriving avian diversity. Progressive ecological urban planning shows how biodiversity conservation can be part of sustainable urban transitions.🧪🌍 .—IPBES #GlobalAssessment 📷 @migratoryspecies.bsky.social

What do networks of protected natural areas need to better protect Europe's #birds? Planning, adaptation & resilience 🪶 That is what SPEAR is all about: maximising the capacity of international natural protection networks to conserve avian #biodiversity. Take a look! 👀 www.creaf.cat/en/research/...

Trends of alpine birds in Europe are different in the regions - Anna Gamero presenting new alpine bird index at #BirdNumbers2025.

'Continental-wide prioritation of protected areas to approach global conservation goals for biodiversity conservation'. A talk by @yanjiexu.bsky.social @hkilabornithology.bsky.social in #birdnumbers2025. @nathist.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

Several members of the @btobirds.bsky.social Surveys Team, including James Heywood, the BBS National Organiser, have attended the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) ‘Bird Numbers 2025’ Conference this week. More details about EBCC here: www.ebcc.info #EBCC #BirdNumbers2025 #Ornithology

This group photo of the c280 participants in the European Bird Census Council #BirdNumbers2025 in Riga will be a special memory of a superb conference. Wonderful to meet old friends, make new friends and hear about bird monitoring and research across Europe.

The European Bird Census Council’s three departing board members with paintings of species close to their hearts - Verena Keller (Ring Ouzel), Ainurs Aunins (Black Stork) and me (Purple Sandpiper 😍). Thanks to my friends on the board for this beautiful gift #BirdNumbers2025

Final personal photo from the #BirdNumbers2025 conference in Riga. The last four European Bird Census Council chairs, and the new guy. Right to left, Richard Gregory (2004-10), Ruud Foppen (2010-19), me (2019-23), Verena Keller (2023-25) and Sergi Herrando (2025 to ?).

JOB OFFER: Postdoctoral researcher on #biodiversity #modelling and #scenario development creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

JOB OFFER: Postdoctoral researcher on #biodiversity #modelling and #scenario development creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

JOB OFFER: Postdoctoral researcher on biodiversity modelling and scenario development @ipbes.bsky.social @biodiversaplus.bsky.social @creaf.cat creaf.factorialhr.com/job_posting/...

👉New post-doctoral position in #bioacoustics open at @ctforestal @GBiC_CTF to contribute to the #TABMON project and work closely with @ICOcells and @_EBCC network www.ctfc.cat/docs/24-12-0...

Looking at this map of mammal species richness in Europe you'd be tempted to conclude that mammals looooove mountains when in fact the mountainous areas are simply the least likely places to be settled by humans. Source: buff.ly/2VhNdMt

The post-fire seedling recruitment of the Carob tree (Ceratonia siliqua) that I observed 1 month after fire (left) is thriving 3 years later (right). It's not that common to see this regeneration. Azuebar fire (2021), eastern Spain. #IFAzuebar #SerraEspadà 🧪🌍🔥🌿💚🪴🌳🔥 wildfire #plantbiology #botany

For a number of years now, I’ve had a policy that I don’t submit to nor will I review for MPDI and Frontiers. This analysis supports that decision. It’s no reflection on the many excellent papers and studies that have been published in them, but rather on their editorial and business practices.

We will assess how to fill gaps, grow capacity despite biases, ensure sustainable flows of data (respecting FAIR and CARE principles), support monitoring science + methods, show the vital role of traditional knowledge, and ensure indicators used for decisions and report progress are supported.

We have 4 chapters and 60,000 words to tell this story. Gathering the evidence and sources of data + knowledge will be a big task, supported by IPBES task force on data and knowledge. A particular focus is on the knowledge of Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities.

This fast-track assessment is due at the end of 2026. We have a broad mandate with the dual task of assessing monitoring science and the capacity to support the monitoring framework of the UN CBD Global Biodiversity Framework - do we have the capacity? how do we fill gaps and engage all of society?

This week 80 experts are in #Montreal @mcgillu.bsky.social to take part in the first meeting @ipbes.bsky.social assessment on monitoring #biodiversity and nature's contributions to people. As one of the co-chairs for the assesment I am nervous and excited to host. www.ipbes.net/monitoring-a...

Parental engagement is more important than the mere existence of children in academic performance www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Canopy base height can be accurately estimated using low point density lidar (0.5 points/m2 at an altitude of approximately 1000 m). Check out the LadderFuelsR package besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Is fragmentation bad or good for biodiversity? Yes! We use a classical competition-colonization metacommunity model to show that fragmentation can increase or decrease diversity depending on the total amount of habitat in the landscape. 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Another example of how cultural burning modifies landscapes & fire regimes in Australia by reducing shrub cover & fire intensity. That is, restoring cultural burning may help prevent megafires. By @michela-mariani.bsky.social www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... 🧪🌍🔥wildfires

A study on the effects of the "unprecedented" 2019/20 megafires in Australia suggests there were both "winners" and "losers." Interestingly, the more extreme conditions amplified both positive and negative impacts @dadriscoll.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌍🧪🌿🪲wildfire biodiversity