Last Monday @tamannakalam.bsky.social successfully defended her amazing PHD Thesis on "Tropical dry woodland dynamics in India and their implications for megafauna persistence". Congratulations!!! #defense #phd #drywoodland #hu #biogeography #megafauna

A glimpse of fall from the Romanian Carpathians, where Gabri Retez is studying how European bison contribute to seed dispersal. The study is funded by National Geographic Society. #fieldwork #romania #bison #biogeography #research #study #NationalGeographicSociety #Europe #huberlin #carpathians

On this 🌍 World Science Day for Peace and Development, let’s remember that science is instrumental to #TransformativeChange. Science is capable of redirecting development towards regenerative practices aligned with nature-positive goals. 🏡🧪 📚 https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment

Congrats to Hendrik Bluhm on an excellent defense & passing with flying colors for his PhD on understanding potential recovery pathways of large herbivores in human-dominated landscapes. #phd #defense #biogeography #largeherbivors #recovery

On our Lab Retreat we had quite a tight schedule... Day one was all about workshops, presentations, discussions and talks! On the second day we hiked through the beautiful, autumnally Harz - spearing some energy for the third day: walking through coniferous forests in the fog... #labretreat #team

Check out @ranjmurali.bsky.social's new paper "Understanding multiple pathways of the impacts ofsocio-economic shocks on large carnivores" in plain language! relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/09/18/p...

Some #behindthescenes from our lab retreat to start the week ;) When a biogeography team is on the road, a biogeography team is taking photos...aaand we spare no effort #labretreat #photos #harz @tkuemmerle.bsky.social

The team spent three amazing days in the beautiful, autumnal #Harz during this year’s #labretreat. Workshops, hikes, talks, discussions, cooking sessions, board games, quizzes, laughter, progress and a whole lot of photos -> be ready for some behind-the-scenes-posts and photo dumps! #teambuilding

Reminder to take a look at the new paper by Hugo Cabral and colleagues: Diversity Loss and Homogenization in Snake Communities in a Deforestation Hotspot -> out now in Diversity and Distributions. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.... #newpaper #snakes #chaco #deforestation #diversityloss

Happy to share that Melina Faingerch is visiting the Lab again!!! Looking forward to your stay ;) #visitor #scientist

New Paper by @ranjmurali.bsky.social and colleagues: "Understanding multiple pathways of the impacts of socio-economic shocks on large carnivores" out now in People and Nature -> besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... #newpaper #socio-economic #shocks #carnivores

Deforestation leads to an erosion of snake diversity in the #GranChaco. Paper led by Hugo Cabral just out in @consbiog.bsky.social 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Chaco #herptiles @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #TropicalDryForests

@camillabrunet.bsky.social is a conservation-behavior #scientist interested in wildlife management, #conservation, movement and spatial #ecology. She will start her #phd studies, where she will investigate how changes in agricultural land use can influence the behavior of large mammals. #newmember

Great to have Meredith visit us today! Working with her and Ricardo Torres on the paleoecology of the fantastic #macrauchenia, according to Darwin the `strangest animal ever discovered`!

Dr. Meredith Root Bernstein, a translational ecologist from the Natural History Museum Paris came to visit us today!! Very insightful and a lot of fun ;) @tkuemmerle.bsky.social #visiting #ecology #biogeography #science

Today is #worldhabitatday! At our Conservation Biogeography Lab at @humboldtuni.bsky.social with @tkuemmerle.bsky.social we research conservation, land-use, human-wildlife conflict of different habitats around the world - and so much more !! check it out: biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/website/

Reminder, that this amazing paper by Melina Faingerch is out in Ecology and Society!! "Capturing the multidimensionality of land-use agents in a deforestation hotspot" -> ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a... #newpaper #Chaco #LandUse #Deforestation #biogeography #conservation

Very happy & proud to share that @alfredoromero.bsky.social will be joining the European Conference of Tropical Ecology 2026 as a Keynote Speaker!! @soctropecol.bsky.social 23 to 27 February 2026, University of Passau! gtoe2026-passau.de/index.html #ECTE2026 #conservation #ecology #speaker

This #IDAFLW, let’s not forget: healthy & sustainable diets are not only about what we eat but also about preventing food waste. 🌍 Choosing local and seasonal foods helps on both fronts by cutting emissions and reducing waste, contributing to more resilient food systems. 🍎🥦

Look at this beautiful Puma with these beautiful flowers 🤩! A photo of our camera trap in Uturungo, Argentina. #wildcamera #cameratrap #puma #argentina #biogeography #research

GOOD NEWS: The ozone layer is on track for full recovery by 2050, the UN reports. This is proof that when world leaders listen to scientists, and take swift action, we can literally HEAL our planet. So if we fixed the ozone hole, why can't we do the same for climate change? #WorldOzoneDay 🌍

Last weekend @alfredoromero.bsky.social and Marie Pratzer were invited to talk at the #LongNightofClimate in Berlin. They had a lot of fun and enjoyed this inspiring, interesting and important event! Film: "Bolivia Burning" look at some more information here: www.langenachtdesklimas.de #LNDK #BTS

Putting medium-sized farmers on the map to move beyond the agribusiness vs. smallholder dichotomy. New paper led by Melina Faingerch & Matias Mastrangelo out in Ecology & Society identifying key groups of land-use actors in the Chaco 👉 ecologyandsociety.org/vol30/iss3/a... @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Quantifying the impacts of agricultural expansion on the livelihoods of Indigenous communities in #DryChaco. New paper out by @maria-vallejos.bsky.social, Ana Laura Álvarez, @o-delgiorgio.bsky.social & @tkuemmerle.bsky.social in AMBIO! link.springer.com/article/10.1... #newpaper #biogeography

@o-delgiorgio.bsky.social did her final oral examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of Geography at McGill University on Tuesday. She talked about revealing land control dynamics in emerging agricultural frontiers!

Bolivia must prioritize biodiversity | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Another visitor is joining us this week!! So happy to welcome @francescobini.bsky.social into our team - looking forward to an amazing time :). #newlabmember #biogeography #huberlin

Filmscreening "Bolivia Burning" + panel on tropical deforestation with @alfredoromero.bsky.social and Marie Pratzer from @biogeoberlin.bsky.social as part of Lange Nacht des Klimas! 13.09.2025, Kulturfabrik Moabit (Berlin) Hope to see you there!! trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyyg... #LNDK2025

Very cheerful to have Dr. Ricardo Torres visiting our Biogeography Lab again!! It was a bliss last time & we are so excited to be working with him again! #visitors #biogeography #lab #team #huberlin #collaboration

#BREAKING: 🤝 Die #BerlinUAlliance startet #Forschungskooperation mit der Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo #FAPESP! 🇩🇪 🇧🇷 Ein Memorandum of Understanding wurde am 5. September 2025 in São Paulo unterzeichnet. 👉 Mehr erfahren: www.berlin-university-alliance.de/items/2025/2...

Today is #CleanAirDay. Clean air can prevent 8.1 million deaths each year, boost economies, slow global warming, and unlock new opportunities. Solutions exist. Join the race: www.cleanairblueskies.org

Happily sharing that @alfredoromero.bsky.social and Marie Pratzer will join the panel of a film screening as part of the Long Night of Climate! 13.09.2025, Kulturfabrik Moabit (Berlin) Hope to see you there!! trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oyyg... #LNDK2025, #Klimaschutz, #Nachhaltigkeit

Some #behindthescenes from our colleagues: Hugo Correa and the team from Proyecto Quimilero are currently in the Argentine #Chaco doing #surveys in the province for the actor part of the #SystemShift project. check them out: www.instagram.com/quimilero/ www.facebook.com/Quimilero/ #biogeography

As the tradition goes, after having submitted his thesis two weeks ago, Hendrik Bluhm has now officially handed in the printed copies to our Alexander von Humboldt in the Institute. Solemnly, here comes the official proof of the submission. #phd #thesis #submission #geography #biogeography

New paper by @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social in the context of his work on #resotration in #Rwanda together with colleagues from @leuphana.bsky.social

Happy World Elephant Day! The goal of World Elephant Day is to bring awareness to the crisis endured by wild and captive elephants. You can help change the world for elephants. Sign our World Elephant Advocacy Pledge: globalelephants.org/world-ele-da...

Some #behindthescenes of our #wildcameras: new, amazing footage from the #Chaco: a #jaguar and #puma in the wild!! #biogeography #wildlife #argentina #research

#Goodybye Belén!!! We had an amazing time with her as our #visitor and we are so sad to see her go...but so grateful for the insights, collaborations and time with her together here at our #Conservation #Biogeography Lab! Looking forward to the next time!

Our study on biodiversity loss embodied in trade is featured in @mongabay.com tinyurl.com/2edpu626 . Unfortunately, we at @biogeoberlin.bsky.social could not contribute to this news piece. Glad, though, that @nature.org calls the study 'very timely' Link to the study: tinyurl.com/3xubzpbe

Did you know that nearly 800 billion fish and invertebrates depend on mangroves every year? On this International Day for Mangrove Conservation, it's time for action to protect these amazing ecosystems. As Asmae Ourkiya says in this GeoLog post:egu.eu/8R6TN6 📷Anirban Mukhopadhyay on imaggeo.egu.eu

Sharing this amazing video " #Fieldwork on water: Kayaking with the conservation Biography Lab Summer 2025" Xiang Liu kindly edited. Like last year we had a wonderful time, connecting with each other and with the nature around us!! Looking forward to our next #labgetaway <3 go.bsky.app/8YbZG48

We came across these amazing #behindthescenes snapshots of @skybluejamie.bsky.social 's field trip to the Argentinian #Chaco in 2023!!

Starting the week off with a little throwback to our poster session! @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social

#NewPaper led by Brett R. Hankerson, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @kampjohannes.bsky.social @danielmu11er.bsky.social and Florian Schierhorn out now in Regional Environmental Change @iamo.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A Century of Loss: Long-Term Dry Woodland Decline and Its Implications for India’s #Megafauna #Newpaper by @tamannakalam.bsky.social along with @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social ‬ and others! esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Changes in #grazing patterns explain post-Soviet fire trends on the Eurasian #steppe better than #climate. More empirical evidence that the build up of biomass due to the collapse of livestock systems made Kazakhstan a global #fire hotspot: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Starting the week with a warm #welcome to our #newlabmember Harry Biddle. He is a mathematician and software engineer currently working as Data Team Lead at the Stockholm Environment Institute @sei.org , where he leads the development of tools for the Trase project. So excited to have you here!!

🌟 Quick Recap of the 25th Long Night of Science! 🌟 On June 28, the Long Night of Sciences in Berlin opened its doors once again to all curious minds. 🎉 Our Lab participated with exciting programs and talks!🌍🔬 #LongNightOfScience #LNDW #Adlershof #Berlin #Science

In which extension land decouple from ranching livestock? is a key question for sustainability that remain misunderstood. First step to answer it, is to put on the map confinements. This is what we made in a great team @biogeoberlin.bsky.social in this ERL paper leaded by @tkuemmerle.bsky.social!

🐄🐂 Putting landless cattle on the map! 🐄🐂 New paper in Env. Research Letters on mapping cattle intensification from space - across South America's dry diagonal doi.org/10.1088/1748... @erc.europa.eu @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social #SystemShift @biogeoberlin.bsky.social