#CoastalCommunities are at the intersection of #HumanRights abuses & #ocean protection. At #UNOC3, we're supporting a high-level side event bringing #CoastalCommunities & #OceanDefenders together with civil & public sectors, & govt reps, to explore challenges and solutions 👇👇

New Animation! 🧪🌍 How can we create a just & sustainable future for people & nature? The IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment explores the deep shifts needed to tackle biodiversity loss. 📺 Watch now: youtu.be/H9B4oO9CJAc

Great news! 📷🌍🧪 @ipbes.net has captured our 600th specific real-world impact in our Impact Tracking Database (TRACK) which documents examples of impacts of IPBES work worldwide. Explore existing entries or submit an entry yourself.👇🏽 www.ipbes.net/impact-track...

We are hiring a postdoc to look at land use effects on fish populations. Come work with me! @luke.fi is a very supportive and well-organized research environment with great colleagues. You'll like it. ❤️ And you'll get to choose where you want to work between a number of Finnish cities.

Changemakers. Innovators. Educators. Leaders. Problem solvers. @unv.org volunteers serving with UNEP address some of the world's most urgent environmental challenges—climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss. Explore volunteer opportunities here: app.unv.org?hostEntity=EP

Do you know your Albatrosses?🌊 These birds have the longest and narrowest wings of any bird!📏 Globally, there are 22 types that can be divided into four groups: Great Albatrosses, Mollymawks, Sooty Albatrosses, and North Pacific Albatrosses.🌎 Read more here👉 www.birdlife.org/campaigns-ap...

Meaningful participation of Indigenous Peoples and local communities is absolutely key in the BBNJ. So is the self-representation of youth,who should participate in decisions affecting the global commons of the High Seas. #GYBN @unbiodiversity.bsky.social @highseasalliance.bsky.social @unep.org

At #BBNJ PrepCom Wednesday, delegates drew on lessons learned from other agreements (including UNFCCC, CBD and ISA) to reflect on the desired location and frequency of meetings of the COP, plus rules for the scientific and technical body Read ➡️ enb.iisd.org/marine-biodi...

🌊 What is #BBNJPrepCom — and why is it important? Here's all you need to know for PrepCom, where discussions will lay the groundwork for the #BBNJ Treaty’s entry into force and preparation for its first Conference of the Parties (COP). buff.ly/FwauOk4

Last call! Our next Important Shark and Ray Areas workshop will focus on the European Atlantic. Preliminary areas of interest must be submitted by April 18th. Please spread the word to interested colleagues! Learn more about us and the ISRA process: sharkrayareas.org/isra/faq

#CNRSleJournal 📰 Puits de carbone et refuges de biodiversité, les forêts sont cruciales pour notre avenir. À l’occasion de la journée internationale des forêts, découvrez comment les chercheurs innovent pour les protéger. 🌳

Spain legalises #wolf hunting as part of a law to prevent food waste. Seriously. #WarOnNature

We are hiring!!! Please share widely careers.zsl.org/vacancies/42...

CMS is looking to hire 2 consultants to work on: • State of knowledge report on impacts of deep-seabed mineral exploitation on migratory species: careers.un.org/jobSearchDes... • Report on the relationship between Fisheries Aggregating Devices & marine debris: careers.un.org/jobSearchDes...

KLAXON 🚨: Indie SAGE has come out of retirement to release a new short report standing up for diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) in the sciences! DEI is not just the right thing to do, it *improves* the quality of the science. Please read and share. independentsage.org/wp-content/u... 1/2

Les États-Unis et l’acquis de Rio 1992 : la rupture ? 👉 urls.fr/W-ckDp

Delegates at the International Seabed Authority initiate discussions on the revised consolidated text of the draft exploitation regulations for deep-sea mining, exchanging general views, including on the preamble. #UNCLOS #ISBA30 #seabed

Science diplomacy is needed more now than at any time in history, given the scale of challenges the world faces (...) The first step towards protecting science diplomacy must be to protect science itself. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Call for abstract is now open, until March 28! 🧪

Standing up for science, CNRS Campus in Montpellier France🧪. #StandUpForScience #StandUpForScience_Montpellier

🚨 EU sets to weaken wolf protection! 🐺 Today the EU Commission proposed a direct amendment of the wolf protection status under the Habitats Directive, drawing wide criticism from environmental organisations. Our press release: www.birdlife.org/news/2025/03... #Savethewolf #RestoreNature

Update on #biodiversity negotiations: Plenary resumes at 6 pm, adopts Nagoya Protocol decision on digital sequence information noting CBD decision adopted in Cali: www.cbd.int/documents/CB... approves decision on planning, monitoring, reporting, and review: www.cbd.int/documents/CB...

Tired of the poor representation of women and non-binary people, and their accomplishments in ocean sciences? Wondering what you can do about it? Ingenium, in partnership with Fisheries and Oceans Canada, and the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, is running a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon this Saturday! 1/3

I am excited to announce that my third book will be an ocean conservation science and policy textbook! If you're an ocean scientist, a frontline conservation practitioner, or an educator, we'd sure love your input on how to make this book as useful for everyone as possible! See next post 🧪🦑🌎🦈🐟

Our new paper, based on data from 1,705 studies, shows that pesticides are toxic to organisms they are not intended to harm, including fungi, microbes, plants, insects, & vertebrates such as ourselves. Questions the wisdom of applying over 3 million tonnes of them every year...

🚨NEW OPEN ACCESS PAPER🚨details how we delineated six #MarineFlyways applying a novel approach onto #seabird #tracking data: doi.org/10.1111/geb.70004 🧪 See the short animation via: www.seabirdtracking.org/case-studies... explaining how the marine flyways can be a framework to support #conservation

Great to see flyways now mapped in the ocean!🌊 These are the major routes used by seabirds globally.🪶 Great work led by @birdlifemarine.bsky.social @joanne-morten.bsky.social 🇫🇷 Les voies de migrations utilisées par les oiseaux marins sont désormais cartographiées!

[📣 Appel à experts] Dans le cadre des activités de l’ONB, la FRB vous invite à rejoindre le groupe de travail (GT) « Changements climatiques et biodiversité » 🔎 Ce GT a pour objectif d’analyser les interactions entre les changements climatiques et la biodiversité. ➡️ + d'infos : bit.ly/43fcifp

🚨 The European Commission’s first 2025 work programme is out. The big takeaway? Simplification has become the priority, while the nature & climate crises take a backseat to industry competitiveness. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗯𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗲𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗘𝗨 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺, a thread⬇️

Link to the #OpenAccess paper: doi.org/10.1111/cobi... . This study was part of a @ucsb NCEAS #MPA synthesis working group. (5/5) . #California #Conservation #Ecosystems #OceanBiodiversity #Synthesis #beaches #kelpforest #marinereserve #rockyreefs #surfzone #CoastalEcosystems #Fisheries

📣 Seeking public support for global #ocean declaration! 🫂 We need thriving ocean #societies! brocku.ca/brock-news/2... @cnrs.bsky.social @ipbes.bsky.social @ocean-climate.bsky.social

As part of #ReverseTheRedDay 2025, we're inviting all species & conservation professionals to join us for an online forum focused around moving from ideas to actions, improving strategy, & accelerating recovery-focused action for species level actors. Join us! www.reversethered.org/events/rever...

Meet the fungi that live in the sea

📢 Applications open! 📢 ASAP’s Network of Women (NOW) Leaders 2025 programme is designed to empower women conservationists across Southeast Asia.   Please share with talented women conservationists! 🍃 Learn more: www.speciesonthebrink.org/nowleaders2025

See this work led by Violeta Berdejo-Espinola out in @natrevbiodiv.bsky.social! We reiterate the need for globally-influencial assessments (eg those by @ipbes.bsky.social) to be based on multilingual evidence and provide guidance on how to achieve this. doi.org/10.1038/s443... #languagebarriers

The loss of wildlife means the loss of: 🌾material benefits like food 🐺non-material benefits such as regulating ecosystems 🤗our identity & well-being 📢 New WWF-led research highlights these ‘invisible’ benefits: wwf.panda.org?13195966/wil... #RestoreNature #NaturesTechnicians

Nature Insight, @ipbes.bsky.social podcast is back with episode 4! Discover why some species get all the love while others get overlooked. Simon Watt & @anotherbobsmith.bsky.social dive into the fate of "ugly" species, like the blobfish, and why they matter just as much. natureinsight.podbean.com

Small-scale fisheries account for 40% of global catch, providing 20% of micronutrient intakes for up to 2.3 billion people and livelihoods for 1 in 12 people. Huge effort involving @fao.org & 800 experts, out now in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...

🚨 Call for abstracts 🚨 Abstract submission for 17th Ecology & Behaviour annual meeting is now open until March 28th! To submit: ➡️ ecobhvr2025.sciencesconf.org?forward-acti... ➡️ Create an account ➡️ "New submission" ➡️ Fill in the requested information ➡️ Submit

New Perspective: Establishing bio-logging data collections as dynamic archives of animal life on Earth rdcu.be/d5ril Davidson et al discuss the importance of standardization, long-term archiving and sharing of bio-logging data, and outline a roadmap to achieve these goals.

Thanks Bill for having me on your YouTube channel! #languagebarriers

Are you interested in Biodiversity Credits? Read the inaugral Georgina Mace Review in @royalsociety.org: 'What is a unit of nature? Measurement challenges in the emerging biodiversity credit market' out today. royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...

Key report paving the way on how to achieve transformative change. We are working on achieving such bottom-up transformative change in the Global Youth Biodiversity Network www.gybn.org

🚨Calling for seabird tracking data! 🚢We are collating seabird data for the Humboldt Current region to assess fisheries bycatch risk. 🤝This is a collaborative project with Global Fishing Watch funded by @nfwfnews.bsky.social. You can be part of it! Go to: www.seabirdtracking.org/humboldt-cur...

Highlighting this important new study involving the wonderful IUCN SSC Shark Specialist Group @iucnshark.bsky.social. @sscmarine.bsky.social

Exciting four year postdoc on #bycatch of ETP species in marine #fisheries in Ireland. 🌍🧪🦑 🦤 🦈🐟🐢 #dolphins #whales #sharks #seabirds and maybe even sea turtles. Part of CIBBRiNA project. www.marine.ie/site-area/wo...