Please join us on Thursday, 20 Nov @ 1600 UTC (1100 EST) for a discussion of the increasingly important role of subnational governments in achieving #KMGBF Target 3. Featuring California's #30x30 strategiy for #biodiversity #conservation. @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @iucnwcpa.bsky.social

Today, veterans, public servants, and other patriots who love America will gather to show their love for democracy. You can find here a No Kings rally near you: www.nokings.org

@abigailspanberger.com is focusing her messaging on the economy and defending Virginia's federal workers Her opponent is falling back on fringe social issues like transgender school policies and immigration. www.newsweek.com/democrats-ch...

Unanimous impeachment for permanent moral failure - we can only dream... www.nytimes.com/2025/10/10/w...

Join us in this interactive session where we will learn about efforts to operationalize the One Health approach on the ground, nationally, and internationally; develop recommendations for an IUCN One Health strategy. IUCN World Conservation Congress

Sustainable #Finance for #30x30 @iucnwcpa.bsky.social

#USAID Forever www.facebook.com/615729567040...

Calls for applications: IUCN WCPA Publications Editor – Oversees WCPA’s knowledge products and support members in producing high-quality publications, reports, and knowledge products. lnkd.in/g8HrBz2Y IUCN WCPA Publications Group Members lnkd.in/g2EneKyc Deadline: 30 September 2025

Last week, Boston received a letter from AG Bondi threatening to prosecute officials and withhold funds unless we cooperate with carrying out mass deportations. The US Attorney General asked for a response by today, so here it is: stop attacking our cities to hide your administration’s failures.

HHS just gutted mRNA vaccine development. A reckless move that undermines science, global health equity, and future pandemic preparedness. This isn't just bad policy. It's dangerous. www.linkedin.com/pulse/disarm... #PandemicPreparedness #Pandemic #GlobalHealth #vaccines

Today is the last day to register at the early bird rate for the IUCN World Conservation Congress. October 2025, Abu Dhabi iucncongress2025.org

🌱 New piece from DEV colleagues Adrian Martin, Iokine Rodriguez & Neil Dawson: “Integrating Justice into #Restoration Practice”, a new @iucnwcpa.bsky.social technical note on how inclusive, locally led approaches improve restoration outcomes. Read it here: iucn.org/resources/ot...

New #IUCN #WCPA report charts the course for establishing #Marine #ProtectedAreas in a changing #climate iucn.org/story/202507...

Income inequality - we've been there before. Note this is _annual_ change, the disparity grows worse each year. All major religions teach the importance of helping the poor and needy, inc., esp. Christianity. @hcrichardson.bsky.social @rbreich.bsky.social @warren.senate.gov @markey.senate.gov

Here's the proof: Republicans are only looking out for their millionaire and billionaire friends – and they're willing to gamble with your lives to pay them off.

June 30, 2025

New paper reviewing the world's 10,443 Critically Endangered species: their status, distribution threats and the actions needed for their recovery www.nature.com/articles/s44...

My Mosquito Buckets of Doom (for larvae). Mosquito fogging kills everything except mosquitoes. 🪣 This bucket does it better, without harming pollinators or people. Learn how: visit link in bio HomegrownNationalPark.org #MosquitoBucketChallenge #HomegrownNationalPark

Five things to remember about war:

Weapons of Mass Destruction in Irax, Part II www.bbc.com/news/article...

I read and subscribe to the @theatlantic.com, but have stopped following it here. Too many repetitive posts.

“Every record has been destroyed or falsified, every book rewritten, every picture has been repainted, every statue and street building has been renamed, every date has been altered. And the process is continuing day by day and minute by minute. History has stopped.” – Orwell, 1984 shorturl.at/TNndr

Hey @cnn.com, sure, war in the Middle East is big news (though hardly new). But you can’t spare a few minutes for Federal crimes in the US?

We've just launched AviList! - the new unified global taxonomic checklist for the world's birds, developed through the Working Group on Avian Classification, including BirdLife, Cornell Lab of Ornithology, IOC and others @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social @birdsoftheworld.bsky.social www.avilist.org

If you are poor and working hard to make a life for yourself and your family, we'll deport you. (Very roughly.) But give us $5 million & we'll talk. Check out the new, official government website for yourself. (And note how the regions are listed. Clearly by order of preference.) trumpcard.gov

For D-Day, I am returning to a piece I wrote last year after visiting the beaches of Normandy—a reflection on the time Americans and the world came together to defeat fascism, with resonance today. brentamitchell.medium.com/surviving-d-...

The next decade will be difficult for #nature #conservation. In a new editorial in @oryxthejournal.bsky.social, we suggest a range of things we can do to rebuild support and challenge #post-truth politics. Led by Nigel Dudley, the piece reminds us that we must not abandon hope. go.shr.lc/3YM3J8I

Gosh, I miss reality. [Attorney General] Bondi went on to claim that Trump’s efforts to crack down on fentanyl had already saved—“are you ready for this, media? 258 million lives.” There are roughly 340 million people in America. - from The Bulwark www.science.org/content/arti...

Judge Wilkinson's order is a fresh & firm reminder of how and why separation of powers should work. This (Republican) judge is highly respected by the "conservative" SCOTUS majority. 6 pages, double-spaced. Read it for yourself "while there is still time." storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...

Speaking veritas to power. www.reuters.com/world/us/har...

Great opportunities for new professionals: internships with the Protected and Conserved Areas team at the Convention on Biological Diversity. #ProtectedAreas @iucnwcpa.bsky.social #biodiversity #30x30 careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...

154 million lives and counting: 5 charts reveal the power of vaccines - a timely news explainer/reminder by @heidiledford.bsky.social @nature.com 🧪 #MedSky www.nature.com/articles/d41...

#IUCN “WCPA meets a spectrum of needs, providing the most current science-based knowledge and information on the one hand, and ensuring effective implementation on the other.” Our 2024 Impact Report is out! portals.iucn.org/library/node... #nature #conservation

Americans filled the streets yesterday in protests across the country. @nytimes.com, how was this not front page news in the print edition, and not at all in the web edition? NB: The protests were nonviolent.

Happy to share our new @thelancet.bsky.social comment exploring the challenges and opportunities for prevention and #OneHealth in the WHO #PandemicAgreement, including solutions grounded in the text to overcome outstanding gaps in the final stages of the negotiations. bit.ly/3E7RKeu

Our expression of support for colleagues in US Federal service to the American people and to nature (national parks, national monuments, national fish and wildlife reserves, national marine sanctuaries, and more) is now available on iucn.org/story/202503...

From @mcfaulmike.bsky.social

This week's @nature.com editorial www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This Review will be free online for another two days - download now!

This new publication unpacks and addresses the most common misconceptions about OECMs (Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures). OECMs are not a shortcut to meeting conservation targets—they are powerful tools only when applied correctly and intentionally. www.nature.com/articles/s44...

The White House X account features top officials with firearms & captive prisoners. @theatlantic.com shows class by not including and thereby amplifying the images, but the look is a long way from the picture Ronald Reagan painted of a shining city on a hill. www.theatlantic.com/technology/a...

I am interested in participating, but worry about: a) it being used as a pretext to invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807 and b) potential violence by self-styled "militias," either as infiltrators or directly attacking peaceful protestors. The two are concerns are related. app.sosha.ai/s/6oSqEfto

Registration is now open for the #IUCN World Conservation Congress. October 2025, Abu Dhabi. #IUCNcongress iucncongress2025.org/participate/...

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, Jeffrey Goldberg. theatln.tc/IuULQFiY

A good explanation of what it means to be a “conservative.” Republicans today are not acting as conservatives—that is, conserving what works—but instead are following a radical ideology. March 12, 2025 open.substack.com/pub/heatherc...

What to Expect When You’re Expecting Catastrophe open.substack.com/pub/snyder/p...

The country is being run by two car salesmen. And whatever happened to the Hatch Act?