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The Convention on Biological Diversity Cop-17 is happening now in Yerevan, Armenia. Governments at this meeting are focused on how global commitments to conserve nature can translate into on-the-ground implementation, including at the local level. conservationcorridor.org/digests/2026...

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Endlich ist der spannende Vortrag von Camilla Flojgaard von der Universität Aarhus im Rahmen unserer Online-Vortragsreihe "Naturnahe Beweidung im Fokus" gepostet. Es geht darum, mit heutiger Evidenz die Weidetierdichte vor Erscheinen des modernen Menschen zu ermitteln www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cd5T...

Wie Elefanten, Rinder u.a. große Tiere Landschaften machen. Haben sie bei uns bis vor 10.000 Jahren auch: strukturelle Veränderungen der Bodenoberfläche, Konzentration von Calcium u.a. Elementen, Humusanreicherung u.v.m. Fehlt uns alles heute in der Landschaft. www.scinexx.de/news/biowiss...

I must say, it’s been a long while since I published a paper in Acta Anthropologica Sinica!! But here it is: A discussion on major topics current in Chinese paleoanthropology. 😎😎 It’s open access and in English with a Chinese abstract. www.anthropol.ac.cn/EN/1000-3193...

Big news: @chrismanias.bsky.social and I are planning a #PALEOART MEETING in London for early next year: a whole day devoted to palaeoart practice, science, history and culture. Interested? Please complete and share this survey to help shape our plans! forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

Communities near the Southern Appalachian Mountains are looking at ways to improve connectivity for wildlife and resilience to climate change. Removing obsolete dams from waterways and buildling new wildlife crossings can help restore connectivity. www.selc.org/news/in-the-...

Wanna know the link between increasing wildfires and the loss of grazing livestock? We just published an explanatory piece at the Dublin's Declaration substack. Munched or scorched - that's the destiny of landscapes evolved under disturbances dublindeclarationdesk.substack.com/p/why-the-wo...

With so many of the world's traditional mega-herbivores now either extinct, or mostly absent there are probably very, very few forests that are NOT in need of a good hard prune. Meanwhile two current very poor management practices compete with each other for dominance. i.e. Logging versus neglect.

📚 A new investigation report by @corporateeurope.org exposes how the #pesticide industry and its allies are trying to weaken pesticide regulations and lower the level of protection for people and the environment. www.pan-europe.info/blog/new-rep...

⚡️Happening in two days! ✍️Don't miss it and register today! ➡️ georgecampus.mandela.ac.za/Silviculture...

Animals may have evolved vastly earlier than fossil evidence suggests @cambrojoe.bsky.social @egmitchell.bsky.social @maxlechte.bsky.social #evolution #evolutionsoup #fossil #science #ediacaran 👇🏼👇🏾 tinyurl.com/28k42pfy

Great to be part of this! Check it out, is OA!

Sergio Arias me entrevistó hace unas semanas para su canal, Espacio Salvaje: youtu.be/OteuJFK3qKc Son 2 horas de charla, que entiendo que no va con los tiempos de la gratificación instantánea. Pero bueno, se puede tomar como una clase sobre pastoreo, sabanas y herbívoros gratis. ¡Un placer, Sergio!

How running an experiment was critical for the survival of this rewilding project. youtu.be/e8loyBgiNPs?...

Herbivore densities. Herbivore species. Herbivore migrations. Our historic and long term relationship with herbivores. In my opinion this is probably one of the most important topics, not just for ecology, but for society in general.

Has the theory land sparing seeped out of ecological journals and into the mainstream? New: The legend of land sparing in Agriculture and Human Values link.springer.com/article/10.1...

📢Save the date and ✍️register for the webinar 🧑‍💻Regeneration in Agroforestry Systems: Ecology, Silviculture and Resilience 🗓️23-24 November 2026, 🕐13:00 UTC ➡️ www.iufro.org/events/regen... #ForestScience #ForestResearch #agroforestry #resilience #WeCantLiveWithoutForests

A herder's caravan crosses 🇧🇪 to reclaim visibility and future to a crucial activity for maintaining biodiversity & producing healthy and sustainable food. Mobile pastoralism is also present in W Eur. Joined by Loupa Pius from East Africa, with the support from VSF-BE vsf-belgium.org/news/europea...

In the Auca Mahuida Nature Reserve, guanacos migrate up the slopes of the Auca Mahuida volcano during the summer months. Here, researchers are interested in how ongoing oil development may be impacting the animals and how the broader population uses the landscape. www.cms.int/gium/migrati...

@britishmyology.bsky.social considering it’s spreading but also probably still pretty unusual should we report Favolaschia Claudopus / Orange Porecap if found? And if so how and where? Devon, East Dartmoor.

The vegetation structures that herbivores shape are the ones that all flora and fauna are most adapted to. While it's very important to recognise these structures, it's probably more important to realise that in some places there are very few herbivores and in other places no herbivores at all.

New migration maps just released! Red deer traverse steep slops in Germany's Berchtesgaden National Park and guanacos migrate along Argentina's impressive Auca Mahuida Volcano. Check out the maps in the Atlas of Ungulate Migration www.cms.int/gium/migrati... @cms.int

🌳 State of Switzerland's forests 2026: The hottest summer since records began has left deep marks on our forests. Defoliation of deciduous trees increased sharply – 5% died. 🍂🇨🇭 The full extent will only become clear next year. @wslresearch.bsky.social www.wsl.ch/en/forest/fo...

🌳 Zustand des Schweizer Waldes 2026: Der heisseste Sommer seit Messbeginn hinterlässt tiefe Spuren in unseren Wäldern. Kronenverlichtung der Laubbäume stieg stark an – 5 % starben. 🍂🇨🇭Das ganze Ausmass wird sich erst im nächsten Jahr zeigen. @wslresearch.bsky.social www.wsl.ch/de/wald/wald...

Both speakers are stars and always interesting and thoughtful.

Happy to share results of the @bat1kgenomes.bsky.social phase 1, providing reference genomes covering 21 bat families. New insights into bat phylogeny, ancestral genome reconstruction, European origin & ancestral echolocation. Great work by a team of 100+ colleagues www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Each spring, red deer in Germany’s Berchtesgaden National Park leave the forested valleys around Königssee and climb towards alpine pastures and subalpine forests. 🦌⛰️ A new map @migratinghooves.bsky.social map traces these short but steep journeys. Explore the map: www.cms.int/gium/migrati...

🎧 Do you want to help us understand how humans perceive forest soundscapes in Costa Rica ? Answer this quick 5-min survey: 👉 www.biodiful.org/#/soundscapes_en Take a break and listen to the voice of the forest 💚 Please like & share on 🦋 to reach more participants 🙏 🌐🌍🦤🧪🍁🪴

Together with @foodwatchde.bsky.social, @inkota.bsky.social & @umweltinstitut.org, @pangermany.bsky.social handed over 145,000 signatures opposing toxic double standards in the #pesticide trade. The EU must finally honour its pledge and put an end to the export of banned pesticides!

🦌 Elements on the move: How ungulate migration expands Alpine biogeochemical footprints🦌 These findings highlight the broader ecosystem consequences of declining animal movement extent 👇️ buff.ly/2KmnGj8

Gelungener Auftakt für den Kongress zum UN-Jahr der Weidelandschaften: Politiker:innen aus EU, Bund & Land diskutieren mit Wissenschaft & Praxis - über Sauergräser & Brombeeren, Bürokratie & Finanzierungslücken. Möge die Kirchberger Erklärung (=> Kommentar) die GAP-Gestaltung beflügeln. #IYRP2026

About a week ago, we went to Loughgall in #NorthernIreland & met with Rodrigo Olave @afbini.gov.uk‬ to film for our #VR experience with @maplebay.bsky.social. Here Rodrigo is assessing how 3 different land use systems affect #sustainability & #agricultural production.  https://bit.ly/LoughgallNI 🌏

The recently published World Map of Yaks. www.pastoralpeoples.org/world-map-of...

(1/5) August's 'Postcard from the Field' was submitted by Michael Steinwandter, an alpine soil ecologist at the Institute for the Alpine Environment, Eurac Research. Read more about what Michael's work below.

Is remarkable how a whole community of migratory fish has largely disappeared. Here we discuss the five different strategies. youtu.be/pSac_QGEMbE?...

Today, the European Parliament supported, in plenary session, last week's veto from the Environment Committee against increased Maximum Residue Levels (MRLs) of Flupyradifurone, a controversial #neonicotinoid, in rapeseed (canola). www.pan-europe.info/press-releas...

Fieldwork dreams: attending @uop-ccep.bsky.social journal club (a super interesting talk by Titir Debnath on #macaques and #human–wildlife #conflict in the Indian Himalayas)… and some grey friends also wanted to listen!! 🐒🏔️🐘

This thread explains some helpful facts re historic tree cover. We don't need to perpetuate inaccuracy to justify increasing tree cover now. Current & future environments & needs are different. Better to explain why than keep pretending we can return to some halcyon days to fix the mess we've made.

As we are planning to do thinning of the Satakunta forest diversity experiment next year, we went today to see some Finnish thinning harvesters in action. It was amazing to watch how efficient and fast they are in navigating difficult terrain and in cutting and delimbing individual trees

Das Bündnis zur Stärkung der Weidetierhaltung ist auf 174 Organisationen angewachsen. 💪 BMUKN und 50% der Länderministerien (Umwelt & Agrar) lobten das. Wir warten aber noch auf konkrete Maßnahmen & lauschen dem Schweigen des BMLEH. 👂🙉 #Beweidung hilft Weidetieren, der Natur & sogar gegen #Feuer! 🔥

What we actually need is a big roll-out of ecological infrastructure. 'New' Herbivore migrations should be playing a huge role here in reconnecting and improving all existing habitats.

New publication in ECOLOGY @esajournals.bsky.social TENERIFE LIZARDS AS SEED PREDATORS doi.org/10.1002/ecy.... 🔓 Lizards are well known as pollinators and seed dispersers, but until now their role as granivores has remained largely overlooked Play the 🎦 + ⬆️ 🔈 www.youtube.com/watch?v=OeKe...

Did you know a barrister is facing jail just for reminding a jury they have the right to vote with their conscience? This historic right has kept trials fair since 1670. We can't let it be silenced now. Add your name to defend fair trials👇 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...

How do we scale up & scale out agroecology across Europe? Researchers, farmers, policymakers & practitioners tackled that question at @agtransect.bsky.social final event in Brussels Full recordings are available, including discussions on: • lessons from 11 Innovation Hubs 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s116...

New paper out! 🦏💩🌿 Stop thinking the carbon cycle is just a plant thing. Megaherbivores actively reshape C-N-P, by eating, pooping, and trampling. So why are they stil invisible in most vegetation models? 🤔 We reviewed the evidence and propose a way to bring animals into DGVM👇

Vegetation Structures and Herbivores. It's all about vegetation structures and herbivores. Get these two things working and everything else then just falls into place.

Important read for animal welfare researchers: new paper by Roi Mandel and colleagues on what they term ‘pragmatism bias’, i.e. tendencies to focus on intensive production systems, short-term gains, and symptoms rather than root causes. It is time for a change if we want to widen our knowledge!