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Researcher at
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|| land use modeling | biodiversity | climate change || Views are my own
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Timmons Roberts
2 days ago
There is much to be done, at all levels.
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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How scientists can contribute to the social movements essential to protecting climate and nature - npj Climate Action
Scientists have much to contribute to the growing social movements pushing for urgent and transformative change to address the climate and biodiversity crises. Depending on their skills, interests and...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s44168-025-00268-9
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Bertrand Dumont
12 days ago
👋 Agroecology-TRANSECT YouTube channel
www.youtube.com/@agroecology...
provides material to learn on the agronomic, social and political dimensions of
#agroecology
Next webinar (Jan.22) is on
#intercropping
and sustainable
#pest
management To register 👉
www.agroecology-transect.net/events/boost...
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Camille Perrin
7 days ago
“Les consommateurs, eux aussi, devront accepter de payer leur alimentation plus cher.” Un des tabous auxquels les politiques refusent de s’attaquer (et nécessitant des politiques sociales fortes pour ceux qui n’ont pas le luxe de pouvoir choisir leur alimentation).
www.viridarium.fr/news/et-si-l...
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Et si le vrai problème de l’agriculture n’était pas le Mercosur mais notre système agricole ? / Les Vergers d'Antan
Actualités Et si le vrai problème de l’agriculture n’était pas le Mercosur mais notre système agricole ? Les manifestations des syndicats agricoles contre le Mercosur sont légitimes sur plusieurs poin...
https://www.viridarium.fr/news/et-si-le-vrai-probleme-de-lagriculture-netait-ni-le-mercosur-ni-les-rendements/
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Simon Evans
11 days ago
NEW Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action * Is Trump's move legal? * How could US rejoin? * What does it mean for COP * What about emissions reporting? Answer in the piece, inc quotes from top legal / climate / emissions experts
www.carbonbrief.org/...
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IPBES
12 days ago
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” 🧪 IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors. 🌍
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BEUC - The Consumer Voice
21 days ago
The EU has rightly set the bar high with its Consumer Agenda. Consumers’ concerns & expectations need to be central to any policy plan to raise the trust levels in the market, create incentives to increase product quality, empower consumers with information, more choice, and more ⤵️
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European Commission unveils new five-year roadmap to improve consumer conditions in the EU
The European Commission unveiled its Consumer Agenda on 19 November 2025, a strategic roadmap to include consumer interests in all policy areas.
https://www.beuc.eu/news/european-commission-unveils-new-five-year-roadmap-improve-consumer-conditions-eu
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George Monbiot
about 1 month ago
Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists. You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/dec/20/sausage-meat-lobby-europe-plant-based-name?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
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IIASA
about 1 month ago
⚖️ IIASA hosted the 2025 INQUIMUS conference, which explored how justice considerations can be centered in climate risk management, & adaptation endeavors in research & practice. It highlighted that justice aspects need to be placed at the center of managing climate risks
iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...
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Dr Tom Harris
about 2 months ago
Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange
#deforestation
#Africa
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Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-025-27462-3
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Andy Purvis
about 2 months ago
Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - new
#OA
@nature.com
paper with
@patrickawalkden.bsky.social
@josephtobias.bsky.social
, combining
#PredictsProject
with
#Avonet
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - Nature
Large-scale analyses of bird species traits reveal that land-use change reduces resilience of key ecological functions more than previously thought.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09788-0
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Tobias Plieninger
about 2 months ago
Reconnecting people to nature is key for biodiversity action. Our new study identifies 5 ways people relate to
#Natura2000
: 🐾 Learning 🏞️ Heritage 🪴 Care 🧑🌾 Multifunctionality 👭 Collaboration Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society.
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
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Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist)
2 months ago
Since I've got a lot of new followers debating the incremental and failed policies of the climate regime and the COP process, here's a reminder to check out the
#COPOut
Podcast, which focuses on apocalyptically optimistic climate conversations
cece.american.edu/cece-launche...
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IIASA
2 months ago
🌍 Interested in the 2026 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)? Join our
#YSSP26
Application Webinar for Europe & Asia to learn how to prepare a strong application and hear from alumni. 🗓 19 Nov 2025 | 1-2pm CET 📩 Register by 17 Nov:
[email protected]
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
3 months ago
To truly protect #biodiversity, we must harness #PredictiveModels to reveal which #ConservationBiology strategies succeed—and which fail. Read the PNAS News Opinion:
https://ow.ly/iVsF50Xl1BL
#biodiversity
#PredictiveModels
#ConservationBiology
#GlobalBiodiversityFramework
#GBF
#conservation
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BioAgora project
2 months ago
BioAgora, together with sister projects
@coop4cbd.eu
& RESPIN, will co-organise a side event at
#COP30
in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷. 📅 Science-Policy for Biodiversity & Climate: Experiences from Europe, Latin America & Africa 📍 Blue Zone 🕓 16:45-18:15 (local time) Read more 👉
bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...
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Carbon Brief
3 months ago
NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming |
@ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org
@ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org
@unep.org
Read here:
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Halley E. Froehlich
3 months ago
A recent Science Advances special issue focused on
#aquaculture
, but seemed to have missed the mark in a multitude of ways. My incredible colleagues and I wrote this sweeping Open Access opinion article (with 80 citations!) in response. Hope it's useful! 🐟 🦐 🎣
doi.org/10.1111/raq....
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No Free Lunch: Sustainable Aquaculture Requires Recognizing Past Science, Improvements, and Comparative Assessment
Aquaculture has become an established and important part of the global food system. Several critiques of aquaculture continue to resurface, seemingly ignoring past research and improvements of (1) aq....
https://doi.org/10.1111/raq.70098
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WWF EU
3 months ago
The
@ec.europa.eu
’s move to “simplify” the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a shameful surrender to political pressure. Forests are not bargaining chips🌳😬 See our full reaction➡️
www.wwf.eu?19703941/Eur...
#Deforestation
#Together4forests
#ItsOurNature
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Mongabay
3 months ago
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.
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Global goal of zero deforestation by 2030 is severely off track
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. The newly published 2025 Forest…
https://news.mongabay.com/short-article/2025/10/global-goal-of-zero-deforestation-by-2030-is-severely-off-track/
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c0nc0rdance
3 months ago
The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica. Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*. Instead, they DROPPED exponentially. Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
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Rafaela Schinegger
3 months ago
Save the Date! Am 13. November 2025 findet der 11.
@bokuvienna.bsky.social
Nachhaltigkeitstag statt, unter dem Motto „Renaturierung & Biodiversität“. 📍 Eintritt frei – keine Anmeldung erforderlich. ➡️ Alle Infos unter
short.boku.ac.at/nht2025
#BOKUNachhaltigkeitstag
#Renaturierung
#Biodiversität
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🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
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🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
https://agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sauvons-les-trains-de-nuit-paris-berlin-et-paris-vienne?share=3d66f2d3-cd4a-41c6-ae40-63e86f3d7830&source=bluesky&time=1758893966&utm_source=bluesky
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IngerAndersen.bsky.social
4 months ago
The BBNJ agreement comes into force! A victory for our oceans, planet and environmental multilateralism. Now the work begins. Quick, effective implementation is key. Our ocean is the foundation of our very existence. Today we took an important step to save not only our ocean, but also our future.
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Society for Conservation Biology - Europe
4 months ago
🚨 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
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European Environmental Bureau🍃
4 months ago
🧵 1/4 🔬💧 Over 600 scientists from across Europe have signed a joint statement calling on the EU to urgently update its water pollution rules. 📢 Freshwater ecosystems are collapsing - and outdated policies aren't keeping up. Full statement ➡️
www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...
#HandsOffNature
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Andreas Sieber
5 months ago
#UN
confirms: people in
#Gaza
suffer from a
#famine
. A famine "openly promoted" by the government of
#Israel
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Bon Pote
6 months ago
On l’a fait ! 500 000 signatures avec 200 000 signatures en moins de 10h ce samedi 🔥 Il est désormais possible qu’il y ait un (vrai) débat à l’Assemblée nationale sur l’abrogation de la loi Duplomb. Nouvel objectif 1 MILLION de signatures !!
petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/...
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Jehad Abusalim
6 months ago
A detailed and heartbreaking report on how Israel systematically destroyed Gaza’s bookstores, printing presses, and publishing houses. It turned centers of learning and knowledge production into ruins and ashes. Please share widely.
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Valérie Masson-Delmotte
7 months ago
revue21.fr/article/coll...
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Pour 2 millions, le Collège de France perd le droit de critiquer Total
L’institution doit s’abstenir de tout propos susceptible de porter atteinte à l’image de la firme pétrolière, mécène de sa chaire Avenir Commun Durable.
https://revue21.fr/article/college-de-france-total/
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Elizabeth Kolbert
7 months ago
There are way too many things to be upset about these days, but I believe the destruction of public lands should be near the top of the list:
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
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Trump to strip protections from millions of acres of national forests
The USDA announced it would begin the process of rolling back protections for nearly 59 million roadless acres of the National Forest system.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/climate-environment/2025/06/23/roadless-rule-public-lands-repeal/
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Forrest Fleischman
7 months ago
A couple years ago, I was approached by some scientists at The Nature Conservancy with a proposal: Would I help them create a better global restoration opportunity map? The resulting paper is now out, and I will explain my view of it in this thread.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Addressing critiques refines global estimates of reforestation potential for climate change mitigation - Nature Communications
Reforestation is a key climate change mitigation strategy, but global maps of its potential are widely criticized. This study shows that addressing those critiques substantially refines estimates of t...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-59799-8
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Markus Eichhorn
7 months ago
A new global map of natural forest at 10-m resolution created by Neumann et al. create using Google DeepMind - preprint still in review but available here:
eartharxiv.org/repository/v...
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Adrien Fabre
7 months ago
Nature Human Behaviour chose to highlight my article with Thomas Douenne and
@linusmattauch.bsky.social
by commissioning a Research Briefing. You can find it under paywall:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
And here in open access:
github.com/bixiou/globa...
A timely contribution before
#FfD4
!
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Ken Miller
7 months ago
The great land selloff in the reconciliation bill -- they are selling off huge chunks of the west and Alaska, what is now Forest service and BLM land.
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Scientists4Future Österreich
7 months ago
📣 Call to Action for Biodiversity! 🌱 We urge the EU to boost biodiversity funding in the next Multiannual Financial Framework (2028+). 📉 80% of EU habitats are in poor condition — we need action now! All scientists please ✅ sign and 🔁 share in your networks
fundnature.scientists4future.at
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Closing the biodiversity funding gap
https://fundnature.scientists4future.at
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Oxford Future of Food
8 months ago
We are looking forward to welcoming
@rachgarr.bsky.social
to
@oxmartinschool.bsky.social
next week Wednesday (18 June) to talk about equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains. Open to all! Bookings:
www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/talk-b...
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Addressing equity challenges in the environmental governance of food supply chains: the case of deforestation-risk commodities in the tropics
Future of Food seminar: Professor Rachael Garrett
https://www.futureoffood.ox.ac.uk/event/talk-by-professor-rachael-garrett
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IIASA
7 months ago
🌿 How can we secure lasting funding for Europe’s nature network? Don’t miss this
@naturaconnect.bsky.social
webinar on financing the Trans-European Nature Network - from costs to innovative solutions and what’s next for EU funding 👇
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Nature Ecology & Evolution
7 months ago
Six actions for ecologists in times of planetary crisis:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
✅Explicitly recognize and address the
#biodiversity
crisis ✅Explore positive futures ✅Defend academic freedom ✅Go political ✅Inspire society ✅Address the colonial legacy of ecology Free to read:
rdcu.be/eqjlk
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Paul Behrens
8 months ago
This is incredibly unfair: high-income nations with large dairy sectors are looking to adopt a "no additional warming" target, avoiding the methane cuts needed to meet international targets and pledges. We have written an open letter to the NZ PM and I spoke to the FT👇🧵
www.ft.com/content/2ea6...
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Scientists accuse New Zealand and Ireland of trying to cover up livestock emissions
‘Accounting trick’ to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers
https://www.ft.com/content/2ea6a69d-765e-48d5-b2f2-50dce8427862
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Esteve Corbera
8 months ago
Political Ecology Network (POLLEN) Conference in Barcelona, June 2026. Help us disseminate the event and submit your articles, please!
@icta-uab.bsky.social
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
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POLLEN Conference 2026 - POLLEN
To learn more about our rational and purposes, then please look at this page , or download this document. If would like to participate then the first step is to propose a panel, or some other contribu...
https://pollenpoliticalecology.network/pollen-2026/
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Ketan Joshi
8 months ago
hey lovelies, I finally got around to publicly sharing my compilation of big tech energy and emissions data. I'll be using it in articles, posts etc but it's yours too, free to use (w/ attribution is nice)
ketanjoshi.co/2025/05/23/d...
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Julia Simon
8 months ago
As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead. 🍃🇮🇩 The first in a series (!) of positive climate solution stories, only on
@npr.org
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This country is slowing climate action. Its capital city is stepping up
As many federal governments slow — or reverse — climate action, Austria's capital, Vienna, wants to show how cities can take the lead.
https://www.npr.org/2025/05/13/nx-s1-5339958/climate-laws-solutions-vienna-solar-geothermal
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Florence Habets
8 months ago
Une économie qui va couter très cher: Le cout du traitement des pesticides dans l'eau juste pour avoir de l'eau potable au robinet serait de l'ordre du milliard d'euros par an... Et on supprime des aides pour l'agence qui promeut la seule agriculture qui fait sans? Fausse économie, fausse route?
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Agroecology-Transect
8 months ago
🌿🐾 Find out about recent research looking at the potential to restore farmland areas back to natural landscapes, focussing on a case study from Brandenburg, Germany. 🔗
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Published in Land Use Policy, Volume 154
@ufz.de
@zalf.bsky.social
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Leo Hickman
8 months ago
Quite possibly the biggest climate story of the year (especially when we look back on this in a few years' time) For the first time on record, China's emissions are falling due to clean energy growth, not slow power demand...
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IIASA
9 months ago
🌾📉 New research published in
@natureecoevo.bsky.social
shows that intensifying existing farmland can sometimes harm local biodiversity more than expanding agricultural land. Read more 👉
iiasa.ac.at/news/may-202...
@ucl.ac.uk
@silviaceausu.bsky.social
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