‪ 🌳 Do you want to contribute to research on how humans perceive forests? Take this quick, anonymous 10-min survey 🌲 👉 www.biodiful.org#/forest This will help us explore how people experience forest biodiversity! Please share on 🦋 & tag @biodiful.bsky.social to reach more participants 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪

SCB Nordic Chapter's 2026 Annual Meeting will take place online on March 24, 12.00-13.00 (CET). Please email [email protected] to receive the Zoom link. Hope to see you there (Photo: E. Orlikowska)

🏆 NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR OUR EARLY CAREER AWARD 2026 🏆 Conservationist within 6 years since latest degree & based in Europe/working on European ecosystems? Highlight your achievements in conservation research/practice/policy/education & apply by March 30th! www.scbeurope.org/en/early-car...

Want to join the largest European conservation biology conference @eccb26leiden.bsky.social but don't have the financial means? @scbeurope.bsky.social is awarding registration fee waivers! Read more & apply: www.scbeurope.org/en/actualiti... @scbitaly.bsky.social @scbnordicchapter.bsky.social

We are offering registration fee waivers to support early-career conservationists and practitioners facing financial barriers to attend the next ECCB @eccb26leiden.bsky.social in Leiden! 📅 Deadline March 15th 📢 Results by April 5th Details & how to apply: www.scbeurope.org/en/actualiti...

Happy international day of #womeninscience! #Istudy biodiversity change @syke.fi @helsinki.fi @nathist.bsky.social @hkilabornithology.bsky.social @ipbes.net @jappliedecology.bsky.social Currently, I am working on how #climatechange affects #birds #butterflies #moths #minätutkin

Today we celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 🌿🔬 From fieldwork to data analysis, from mountains to oceans, women play a vital role in advancing biodiversity conservation and shaping a more sustainable future. #WomenInScience #Biodiversity #Conservation #SCBItaly

Happy International Day of Women and Girls in Science! I’ll be doing science today, and I hope you will be, too. Don’t forget to encourage and support the littles - all children are born scientists.

Happy #womenInscience day! I research climate and habitat change impacts on biodiversity dynamics at landscape scales @helsinki.fi @nathist.bsky.social @hkilabornithology.bsky.social Super grateful for all amazing female researchers, be it mentors, colleagues or students! #minätutkin ⬇️

Happy #WomenInScience Day! I'm Ronja Saarinen, a PhD researcher in HelLO @nathist.bsky.social, studying how interannual climate variability affects the phenology, distribution, and morphology of species to better understand the mechanisms behind long‑term #climatechange effects. #WeAreHelsinkiUni

Happy International Day for #WomenInScience! I’m Lisa Kreye, a HelLO master’s student studying whether species traits can explain variability in birds’ responses to environmental change. Grateful for the mentorship of amazing women scientists like @jellybb.bsky.social and @laurabosco.bsky.social 🐦

Will you contribute to the solutions for effective biodiversity conservation? Apply for this last call for parallel (regular) sessions, before Febuary 15. Read more: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses...

Super happy to see the second paper of my PhD out! Check it out, it is about birds' responses to climate change in European mountains! ⬇️

CALL FOR PARALLEL SESSIONS! You can now submit your abstract for the parallel (regular) sessions: oral presentations, posters, or speed talks. Deadline: February 15th, 2026. Find more on our website: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... #biodiversity #Leiden

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/

How can we make conservation fieldwork more inclusive and just? New document by the SCB Europe's DEIJ Committee summarizes key barriers to participation and practical, evidence-based actions and ways forward. See a couple of examples below. 🔗 www.scbeurope.org/en/deij-comm...

SCB Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social Annual Membership Meeting will take place on Friday 23 January 2026. 12h CET. Sign up below to participate! ➡️https://www.scbeurope.org/en/sign-up-for-the-europe-region-email @scbitaly.bsky.social @scbnordicchapter.bsky.social @society4conbio.bsky.social

📢 Save the date! Society for Conservation Biology – Europe Region will hold the Annual Members' Meeting on January 23rd 12:00–13:00 CET. Want to join? Sign up for the newsletter here: www.scbeurope.org/en/sign-up-f... We will share the Zoom link on our newsletter a few days before the meeting.

Renew your SCB Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social membership NOW to secure a reduced registration fee for the upcoming ECCB26 @eccb26leiden.bsky.social! Join us here: www.scbeurope.org/membership ECCB26 abstract submission will open soon - stay tuned 📆📝 eccb26leiden.eu

We have a beautiful new website!🎊 Visit scbeurope.org Join us & share🤩✨️

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!

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

@scbeurope.bsky.social is hosting a free webinar series with interesting & diverse sessions including talks on DEIJ, rights for organisms, habitat restoration, or conservation narratives. 📆October & November 2025 🚩Zoom (online) 📝Registration: bit.ly/4nYatdM Full program: conbio.org/groups/secti...

@vonderleyen.ec.europa.eu A 1-year delay of the EU Deforestation Law #EUDR means 31,536,000 more trees lost- harming forests, people, and the climate, damaging investments and innovation and destroying the EU’s credibility. #StopVonDelaying. Keep your promises: fully implement the law as planned.

Conservation Community! There's still 5 days to apply for a seat (3-year term) to join the @scbeurope.bsky.social Board! Join us, support, and shape the work of SCB Europe for the next years! To apply, send an email to [email protected] with all of the following information ⬇️

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

Thanks to the support of @koneensaatio.fi, funding our research & art project, we got to shoot the first part of our science communication dance film✨️ Super excited about this collab with dancer Janika Körkko and videographer Ville Tanttu! Looking forward to filming the second part next May!

Grazing cattle at low intensities could sustain biodiversity on modern farms: new paper out in AGEE doi.org/10.1016/j.ag... www.helsinki.fi/en/news/envi... @aksulehikoinen.bsky.social @irinaherzon.bsky.social @johanekroos.bsky.social @andreasantangeli.bsky.social et al.

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!

🚨 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

🌿 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...

SCB Europe Region's Policy Committee in @peopleandnature.bsky.social: Science played a key role in EU debates on nature and agrochemical laws but misinformation & economic interests shaped outcomes. E.g. open letter from 6000 scientists helped pass Nature Restoration Law. doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

Just a bit over a year until the next ECCB, put the dates in your calendar ✍

Stephen Venn joins the SCB Europe Board! Thank you to all members who voted in the election for the open seat in the SCB Europe Board. Stephen @stiivi1.bsky.social is affiliated with the University of Lodz (Poland) & University of Helsinki (Finland) and will start as board member in August 2025.

We received exceptional applications for the 2025 SCB Europe Early Career Conservation Award and decided to award two candidates. Congratulations to the winners Dr Hanna Pettersson (University of York UK) and Dr Volen Arkumarev (Bulgarian Society for the Protection of Birds / BirdLife Bulgaria) 👏🥳

📣SAVE THE DATE📣 The European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB) 2026 will be held in Leiden, 6–10 July! The theme of the conference is “Effective Conservation Science”. Join global experts to explore effective conservation science through keynotes, workshops, field trips, and more.

Led by @guypeer.bsky.social‬, we published a piece in @peopleandnature.bsky.social on the role of #scientists in the discussion about the European Nature Restoration Regulation (approved) and the Sustainable Use Regulation (rejected). besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Neues Papier, geleitet von @guypeer.bsky.social über die Rolle von Wissenschaftler:innen in umweltpolitischen Debatten: Der Fall der Nature Restoration Regulation u der EU-Verordnungen über Agrochemikalien ➡️ Eine Widerlegung falscher Narrative besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social: "The Role of Science and Scientists in Public Environmental Policy Debates: The case of EU agrochemical and Nature Restoration Regulations". We reflect on how to debunk misinformation and help depolarize heated debates. 👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

🦋 Why count butterflies? They’re key indicators of ecosystem health! 🏞️ Join the #ButterflySurvey – it’s fun, easy & takes just 15 min. Help us track biodiversity in fields & meadows. 🌿 🔎 Info & app: www.agroecology-transect.net/resources/bu... #CitizenScience #Butterflies #Agroecology

Several members of the @btobirds.bsky.social Surveys Team, including James Heywood, the BBS National Organiser, have attended the European Bird Census Council (EBCC) ‘Bird Numbers 2025’ Conference this week. More details about EBCC here: www.ebcc.info #EBCC #BirdNumbers2025 #Ornithology

Solar radiation affects birds elevational distributions but not shifts. Great talk by @josephinecouet.bsky.social in #birdnumbers2025 @hkilabornithology.bsky.social @nathist.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

'Differing population trends in birds and butterflies in boreal agricultural landscapes'. A great talk by Sarella Arkkila @hkilabornithology.bsky.social in #birdnumbers2025. @nathist.bsky.social @helsinki.fi

SCB Nordic Chapter's 2025 Annual Meeting will take place online on March 24, 12.00-13.00 (CET). Please email [email protected] to receive the Zoom link. Hope to see you there (Photo: E. Orlikowska)

There is still time to submit your abstract - by March 31st, 2025 for the 2nd Nordic Student Conference on Conservation Science. 18-22 AUGUST 2025, NORDENS ARK, SWEDEN Decisions concerning abstracts: April 7th, 2025 Registration: April, 1st-30th, 2025 More information at conbio.org/mini-sites/s...

@scbnordicchapter.bsky.social @scbeurope.bsky.social 2025 SCCS Cambridge (Student Conference on Conservation Science) 1-3 April 2025. Join online, 1-3 April 2025 - great conference for MSc, PhD students @camzoology.bsky.social Dept. of Zoology, Univ. of Cambridge. www.sccs-cam.org/the-conferen...

Ongoing @scbeurope.bsky.social Policy Committee workshop in #Lübeck Germany. Creative process with brilliant minds to (re)define SCB and PC goals, outcomes, outputs and activities ✨ Kindly hosted by @naturwald.bsky.social

We want to acknowledge the work of early career conservationists from diverse backgrounds (e.g. in terms of geographic area, ethnic heritage, field of study/work, gender, age, and socio-economic background) and therefore especially encourage people from underrepresented groups to apply.

🏆 NOMINATE YOURSELF FOR OUR EARLY CAREER AWARD 2025 🏆 Conservationist within 6 years since latest degree & based in Europe/working on European ecosystems? Highlight your achievements in conservation research/practice/policy/education & apply for the award by April 14th! conbio.org/groups/secti...

Open letter by scientists: 31 organizations and 2262 individual signatories call EU policymakers to Revive the Green Deal. The planetary crisis risks millions of people in the EU, billions globally. Weakening a key instrument to tackle the crisis is unwise! Read here: zenodo.org/records/1486...