Since 2024, CDKN has worked with Nature and People as One (NaPO), K2A grantee, in northern Kenya. This photo story, published in celebration of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists, with images provided by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, documents NaPO’s HCN initiative. 👉bit.ly/46kwhK4

#ECCB2026 deadline extended! The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026. 📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL 👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating! #conservation #networking

One more day to apply! #RestoreNature #Biodiversity #Wildlife

If you’re an early-career #conservation researcher or practitioner, planning to attend @eccb26leiden.bsky.social in Leiden later this year but struggle with funding, don’t miss out on this opportunity!

📢 ECCB 2026 deadline extended! The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026. 📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL 👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... Share this opportunity with colleagues and collaborators who might be interested in participating! Questions? Message us!

With the increase of recreation on public lands, there is an increasing need for data on how recreation affects wildlife. We ask whether wildlife responses to recreation depended on previous exposure to recreation Paper, led by @markdittmer.bsky.social here www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Since 2024, CDKN has worked with Nature and People as One (NaPO), a K2A grantee, in northern Kenya. In celebration of the International Year of Rangelands & Pastoralists, a new photo story, with images provided by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, documents NaPO’s HCN initiative. 👉bit.ly/46kwhK4

Are you a PhD-level #wildlife ecologist committed to research and education for #biodiversity and nature restoration? Our group at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social has a #vacancy for an assistant professor! Deadline for applications is February 19. Please spread the word. www.uu.nl/en/organisat...

Look at this great picture of this beautiful snow leopard taken by the UNEP Vanishing Treasures project (Tajikistan)! Check out @arashghoddousi.bsky.social and colleagues' paper in @ambio-journal.bsky.social for more information link.springer.com/article/10.1... #snowleopard #tajikistan #biogeo

A great start to the new year: registration for the European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB 2026) is now officially open! Participants can take advantage of a special Early Bird discount, available until 31 March 2026. More on: eccb26leiden.eu/registration/

Nice outcome of the Vanishing Treasures project with @unep.org and a large team of regional collaborators (🙏).

Once again: context specificity matters! Even under the same climate change scenario in the same ecoregion, some landscapes will require conflict mitigation measures, while others will offer restoration opportunities.

Regionally diverging results under climate change: - more overlaps between snow leopards and pastoralism in the future Tajikistan (below) - less overlaps and increasing spatial separation of wildlife and pastoralists in Kyrgyzstan

We used species distribution models to analyze the current and future distributions of (a) snow leopards, (b) their prey, and (c) pastoralist - and how they overlap - for two large landscapes in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Spatial overlaps signal interactions and the potential for conflict.

Climate change impacts on the potential for coexistence between snow leopards and people in Central Asia's mountains - new paper out, led by @arashghoddousi.bsky.social in @ambio-journal.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Our society has a brand-new website! 🎉 Explore our latest activities, news, governance, and ways to get involved. A clearer window into who we are and the work we do for conservation across Europe. Check it out: scbeurope.org

📣Job vacancy!📣 Research Fellow in Global Conservation at Leeds, working with Dave Williams (and me, a bit) to assess the impact of conservation initiatives on biodiversity, carbon, and people: jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx... #ConservationScience 🌍

Do Striped Hyenas Have a Sweet Tooth? First Evidence of Honey Consumption by a Hyaenid Ecol&Evol

The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended until November 15th! Call for abstracts will open Dec 1st. Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu to learn more. @eccb26leiden.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social #conservation #networking

The deadline for the call for symposia, roundtables, panel discussions, workshops, and training courses has been extended by 2 weeks! Apply before November 15th. The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, and closes January 31st, 2026. Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu.

In case you missed Bella's workshop at #ICCB2025: join SCB & Current Conservation for Noticing Nature: A Nature Journaling Workshop with Bella Charlton! #conservation #biodiversity #scienceart

Please repost! I am looking for a passionate and hard-working PhD student to work in southern Africa on experimental defaunation and rewilding of megafauna. See the link below for more information: @camzoology.bsky.social @conservation.cam.ac.uk

We developed a framework, rooted in social-ecological systems theory, to identify key pathways of how shocks impact large carnivores - and exemplify this framework with three case studies (jaguars, snow leopards, Asiatic cheetah) @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social

🐆 New research - Socio-economic shocks don't just impact human societies, but can also affect large carnivores ➡️ buff.ly/9NLJij4 @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social

🔊Don't miss the upcoming SCB Europe Fall Webinar Series 2025!🍂 🌐Register here: bit.ly/4nYatdM

There is still time before the call for symposia etc. closes! Submit your proposal before October 31st, 2025. The call for abstracts (parallel sessions) will open on December 1st, 2025 and close on January 31st, 2026. Join the conversation! Visit: eccb26Leiden.eu

Soon we'll share some exciting news about the program we’re developing! For now, you can still submit your ideas for contributions to the 8th European Congress of Conservation Biology in Leiden, one of Europe’s ten BiodiverCities! Call is open until 31/10 — don’t miss out! Visit eccb26Leiden.eu

Join the SCB Europe Region for their fall webinar series during October & November 2025 as an appetizer for #ECCB2026 in Leiden, NL! Learn more: conbio.org/groups/secti... #conservation #webinar #biodiversity

Join the SCB Europe Fall Webinar 2025! Thought-provoking sessions coming up this October & November: 20/22/29 Oct: DEIJ in conservation 23 Oct: Rethinking conservation narratives 7 Nov: Rights for organisms! 12 Nov: Habitat restoration & ecopsychology Register here: bit.ly/4nYatdM

🌍📢 Postdoc alert | 3-yr starting 1/1/26 Understand how ecosystem stability is changing across space and through time using niche modelling, pinpoint at-risk species/regions, and build tools that drive conservation action🌿🧭📈 👉 tinyurl.com/2w2we5z8 #Ecology #Jobs #Biodiversity #RStats

University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile academicpositions.com/ad/universit...

Columbia is hiring a tenure-track asst. prof. in computational ecology and evolution! If you use or develop computational tools—AI, data science, stats—to deepen our understanding of eco/evo, evaluate nature-based solutions, or inform and manage impacts on human wellbeing, please apply!

🚨 First call! 🚨 European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation. Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026

New blog: As a grant peer reviewer I consider Equity, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) even if the scheme doesn't list EDI criteria. Key is to tie the selection criteria to EDI. This is how I do it mathemagicalconservation.wordpress.com/2025/09/23/a... @katehelmstedt.bsky.social @hugepossum.bsky.social

My latest paper, just published in #ESA's Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, focuses on the need to think about spatial patterns and sampling design when attempting to measure ecological #spillovers from protected areas. 🌍🦑🧪 doi.org/10.1002/fee....

Welcome to the 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology in Leiden (NL)! Here we will explore how biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check eccb26Leiden.eu for more info. We are looking forward to your contributions!

🌿 SCB Europe Region seeks nominations for its Board (8 seats, 3-year term starting January 2026). We're especially looking for people to lead membership and education committees. Open to SCB members in Europe, apply by October 15th! For more information, see conbio.informz.net/InformzDataS...

This is a chance for scientists and practitioners to influence conservation in Europe: nominate yourself for the society Board by October 15th! I especially encourage early-career people and people from underrepresented backgrounds to join, a diverse Board will have the best ideas!

The latest tally from Global Witness is a grim ledger. The organization’s report reads less like an activist’s briefing than a casualty list of a slow-moving war. Since 2012, the total no. of deaths and disappearances tally at least 2,253, a toll that turns acts of stewardship into mortal hazards.

Open Call! The Sabin #SnowLeopard #Grants Program supports #conservation & #research across the 12 range countries Apply by Oct 1st www.zoonewengland.org/protect/around-the-globe/sabin-snow-leopard-grants-program Powered by the Andrew Sabin Family Foundation @zoonewengland.bsky.social #wildlife

Please RT! 📢 #Doctoral / #PhD position available with us at Leibniz-IZW for 4 years working at the interface of #wildlife + #disease #ecology, #veterinary sciences and #modelling. 🐗🐗🐗🐦🐦🐦 Training within #DFG #RTG 3069 led by @freieuniversitaet.bsky.social ▶️Apply here for P7: tinyurl.com/j2ehtz7m

🚨 New paper in PLOS Biology! 📉 Women publish up to 45% fewer papers than men 📉 Non-native English speakers: –35% 📉 Triple barrier (woman + non-native English + low-income): –70% 🌍 Language & equity matter in science! 👉 doi.org/10.1371/jour... #EquityInScience #LanguageMatters #OpenScience

PhD position @w-u-r.bsky.social: Exploring community relations among land management strategies, #conservation & livelihood outcomes around #Gorongosa National Park #Mozambique Deadline: Sept 30th More info: tinyurl.com/gorongosaPhD As part of ABC-Futures project: www.wur.nl/en/project/a...

The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!

Doing research in a cloud forest is incredible but sometimes you need to proceed meter by meter with such effort 🇪🇨🐻

New blog post! @martin-nunez.bsky.social , Senior Editor for the journal, tells us about his latest book which aims to help students overcome writing and publishing barriers ✍️🌏 Read more below 👇 appliedecologistsblog.com/2025/08/18/n...

Wonderful Whitley Awards are open again for dynamic, mid-career conservationists who are leading wildlife conservation projects in the Global South. Whitley are leaders in ensuring they fund projects that embed evidnece, and so more likely to deliver whitleyaward.org/awards/

‘If these words reach you … Israel has succeeded in killing me’: the last words of a journalist killed in Gaza

Are you a hunter in Germany, or do you know any? We are looking for participants to help us in our research on wild boar and African Swine Fever! 🐗 We would be happy for any who participate in this anonymous questionnaire: questionpro.eu/a/TakeSurvey...

St. John et al found that embedding principles of procedural #fairness into #conservationlawenforcement could reduce low-level noncompliance around protected areas.⚖️🌿 Interested in learning more? You can find their full article at doi.org/10.1111/cobi... #conservation #science #conlaw