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Akira S Mori

@akkym.bsky.social
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Professor, the University of Tokyo Senior Editor, Ecology Letters / Editor, Journal of Applied Ecology; Ecosystems; Environmental Management / Advisory Board, Trends in Ecology & Evolution

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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 06/06/2026
Spent a wonderful time in Shiretoko National Park conducting fieldwork alongside great people.
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Dave Armitage @darmitage.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
I'm looking for a postdoctoral researcher to join our group in Okinawa, Japan later this year/early next year. Area of research is wide open, and creative/unconventional projects are encouraged. Together, let's make ecology less of a mess! 📈📈📈 www.oist.jp/careers/okin... DM/email any questions!
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Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Postdoctoral Scholar, Integrative Community Ecology (Armitage) Unit
A postdoctoral position in ecology is available in David Armitage’s research group at OIST (Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology) in Okinawa, Japan, with a flexible start date, ideally in early...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Paper published, led by Forest Isbell. We developed a new theoretical framework to predict how temporal stability and resilience emerge from the combined effects of resistance and recovery. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Predicting temporal stability and resilience from resistance and recovery - Nature
New predictions for how temporal stability and resilience depend on their resistance and recovery components are explored.
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Julia Rothacher @juliarothacher.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
New paper on metacommunity dynamics out! 📃🍁 Led by Oliver Mitesser we show that habitat heterogeneity shifts communities from patch-dynamics toward mass effects and species sorting using beetles as focal taxon. 🐞😍 @betafor.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Forest Heterogeneity by Chain Saw: How Between‐Patch Variation in Old Growth Attributes Changes the Metacommunities of Beetles
Metacommunity theory has expanded our understanding of how spatial dynamics and local interactions influence species communities, but we lack empirical studies specifically in terrestrial habitats te...
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Robert Hechler @roberthechler.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Many thanks to Drs. Akira Mori (@akkym.bsky.social), Shinichi Tatsumi and Xinyu Xu for the invitation to present at their Biodiversity and Ecosystem Functioning Symposium at the Ecological Society of Japan Annual Meeting in Kyoto. Wonderful to be part of such a great lineup of speakers! #ESJ73 #BEF
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Nicolas Mouquet @nmouquet.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
‪ 🌳 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 🙏💚 🌐🌍🦤🦑🪴🍁🧪
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 08/03/2026
Bridging in situ experiments, metacommunity theory, and landscape-scale implementation to understand how spatial heterogeneity shapes biodiversity. doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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Forest Heterogeneity by Chain Saw: How Between‐Patch Variation in Old Growth Attributes Changes the Metacommunities of Beetles
Metacommunity theory has expanded our understanding of how spatial dynamics and local interactions influence species communities, but we lack empirical studies specifically in terrestrial habitats te...
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
As climate and disturbance regimes change, forest reorganization is key to maintain the forest carbon sink. Great new work led by @christinadollinger.bsky.social w/ @monicagturner.bsky.social, @akkym.bsky.social and many others. dx.doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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WSL Umweltforschung @wslresearch.bsky.social · 28/11/2025
#PostDoc Alert! PhD in #Biology or #EnvironmentalSciences? Strong background in #ForestEcology, DNA-based biodiversity assessments, #Bioinformatics, and experimental planning? Our #ForestEntomology Group offers a 2-year #PostDoc position 🌳🧬💻: apply.refline.ch/273855/1798/... #ScienceJobs #eDNA
Job offer: PostDoc in “Biodiversity and ecosystem functioning in European forests in the face of global changes” 80-100% (f/m/d)
The aim of the projects is to investigate the impact of global changes on temperate forests toward designing management plans that allows ecosystem resilience and high levels of biodiversity. Within these projects, you will develop standard and more efficient ecological monitoring methodologies to understand how different aspects of biodiversity and/or associated ecosystem processes, in particular deadwood decomposition, in forests are altered by global change factors such as climate change, disturbances, and management-induced structural changes at different spatial and temporal scales. Through this research, you will gain a better mechanistic understanding of these relationships as a basis for predicting future changes related to management decisions and climate change. To measure biodiversity, you will use cutting-edge DNA-based methods, such as e-DNA metabarcoding of fungi, from soil and dead wood, and detecting arthropods and mammals from vegetation surfaces. Data on biodiversity and forest functions will be analyzed in an interdisciplinary manner. Depending on your skills and expertise, you can focus on more technical aspects of biodiversity quantification using eDNA, fundamental ecological research questions on modelling ecosystem processes or the more applied design of management practices. You are expected to publish your findings in high-impact journals and present them at international conferences.
You hold a PhD degree in Biology or Environmental Sciences or in a related field and have a strong background forest ecology, in DNA-based biodiversity assessments (e-DNA metabarcoding), bioinformatics and multivariate statistical analyses, and/or experimental planning. Furthermore, we expect very good knowledge in R programming, a good command of English, as well as strong skills in scientific paper writing.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
I was in #Shiretoko NP for discussing science-driven ecosystem restoration. Many ECRs have contributed by collecting data and supporting the project. Nurturing both trees and people is essential for forest restoration, which can only be achieved through sustained long-term efforts.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
It was a wonderful opportunity to explore such a beautiful protected area and to discuss our ongoing collaborations. Thanks, @sebseibold.bsky.social. This is the beauty of academia—being able to keep meeting friends through our work while contributing to science and society.
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Phil Martin @philmartin.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Great talk by @rupertseidl.bsky.social today at BC3 on the past, present, and future of forest disturbances in Europe and what this means for biodiversity and ecosystem services. Especially interesting to see how forest recovery is rapid in most of Europe, but not in Central and Southern Iberia.
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Christina Dollinger @christinadollinger.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Yippie, my paper is now out in Global Ecology and Biogeography! Basically, we tried to destroy (simulated!) forest landscapes And despite increasing disturbances 100-fold and decreasing regeneration by 99% - we didn't manage to! (in most cases anyways) Find out more at doi.org/10.1111/geb....
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DroughtNet @droughtnet.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
The latest DroughtNet paper is out in Science today! Using coordinated experiments across six continents and 74 sites, the International Drought Experiment found differences between the effects of extreme droughts and more typical droughts... (1/3) www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Drought intensity and duration interact to magnify losses in primary productivity
As droughts become longer and more intense, impacts on terrestrial primary productivity are expected to increase progressively. Yet, some ecosystems appear to acclimate to multiyear drought, with cons...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Such an excellent paper. Climate change is indeed reshaping forests in ways that threaten the forestry sector, biodiversity, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience. For many stakeholders, it is critically important to strengthen the quantification of these impacts and to ensure accountability.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
自然と経済を動かす起業家型人材「ネイチャープレナー」を支援する団体・基金を立ち上げました。主体的な参加者から賛同者まで、広く募っています。 for-good.net/project/1002... naturepreneur.jp
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「次世代ネイチャープレナー200名を日本全国で育む」”自然を守る”が経済の原動力
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Julia Rothacher @juliarothacher.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
All set! ✨ Würzburg is ready to welcome you to #Gfoe2025 next week! 🎉 Thanks to our amazing helper team for all their work in preparing the venue 💚🌍 @gfoesoc.bsky.social @cofeuniwue.bsky.social @globalchangeeco.bsky.social @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Several small reserves hold more beetle, spider and bird species than a single large reserve of the same size in Central Europe, with habitat heterogeneity being an important driver. First PhD paper by Anne Huber (not on Bsky), w/ @sebseibold.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 24/07/2025
Come work with us! We are looking to fill a PhD (mountain forest management) and PostDoc position (forest adaptive capacity, w/ @juditlecinadiaz.bsky.social). We'd be happy to have you as part of our dynamic team! PhD: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0... PostDoc: www.lss.ls.tum.de/fileadmin/w0...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Having a great time for our continues collaborations and more. I am so fortunate to be here for visiting different study sites and meeting people. Such a beautiful place to be… for many reasons.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
Learned a lot about the challenges and progress in national park management, and I admire many aspects of the approach here.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Visit to the experimental site in Berchtesgaden National Park. I am now deeply impressed by how science and practice are effectively integrated here. For sure, three must be lots of difficulties but also opportunities.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
I have learned about Bavarian silvicultural systems and the challenges they are facing. Then I have realized how our systems in Japanese forests are conservative and hesitant to change/adapt…
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 03/07/2025
Experimental research @betafor.bsky.social finds that canopy gaps with deadwood boost insect diversity by supporting rare phylogenetic lineages 🧪 Natural dynamics and targeted management can help conserve them and their ecosystem functions 🌳 🌏 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Looking forward to great collaborations and beautiful summer days here.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
I came to a European town famous for bears the day after encountering a bear in Japan.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
In a primary forest in Shiretoko National Park
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
知床にて、今年のフィールド調査開始。相変わらず夕陽が綺麗で報われました。
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
いましかできない体験を learn-project.com/pj2025summer...
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LEARN with Porsche 2025「君の学びを変えるサマープログラム 未来を駆け抜ける君へ『君の学びはこのままで十分か?』」2025年8月18〜22日 – LEARN
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
東洋経済にて、記事にてご紹介頂きました。 生物多様性の保全が企業価値を左右する時代 toyokeizai.net/articles/-/8...
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生物多様性「唯一の指標がない問題」識者語る真実 | SDGs広告特集 | 東洋経済オンライン
――生物多様性とは、どのような概念なのでしょうか。生物多様性は文字どおり「生物が多様であること」を指しますが、正確な定義は複雑です。一般的には、「種間多様性」「種内多様性」「生態系多様性」の3階層に…
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
2025年 知床自然教室 参加者募集中です。 100m2.shiretoko.or.jp/event/1275.h... instagram.com/100m2trust/
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第43回(2025年) 知床自然教室|参加者募集(イベント参加者募集)|しれとこ100平方メートル運動(北海道斜里町)
北海道斜里町が進める、知床半島開拓跡地に森林を再生する運動「しれとこ100平方メートル運動」の「第43回(2025年) 知床自然教室|参加者募集」のページです。
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
www.ipbes.net/second-globa...
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Call for nominations of fellows for the second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services (3 February to 6 April 2025) | IPBES secretariat
BECOME AN IPBES FELLOW!
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 24/03/2025
最近出版した森林管理に関する論文、そして大船渡の山火事後の森林再生について、所見を述べさせていただきました。 www.sankei.com/article/2025...
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多様な森林の機能、何を重視? 二酸化炭素吸収や土壌保全 大船渡の山火事跡の再生は
森林にはさまざまな機能がある。自然からより多くの恵みが得られるよう、何を優先して森林を管理していくべきか、日本の専門家らの認識を把握する研究成果を東京大などの…
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Ecological Research @ecologicalresearch.bsky.social · 14/03/2025
#ESJ72 フォーラム U04 3月16日 12:15-13:45 (Room I) 生態学における学術論文出版を深く知るためのワークショップ ER forum: Workshop on Academic Publishing in Ecology Andrea Stephens, Hiroshi Tomimatsu @hrstm.bsky.social, Akira Mori @akkym.bsky.social esj.ne.jp/meeting/abst...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
アンケートに回答いただいた方々はじめ、いろいろな方々に支えられた成果です。感謝致します。 森林の機能性、役割は多岐にわたります。各地域の森林管理のあり方、財源の使い方や配分、実社会の多岐にわたる側面に示唆を提示できればと思います。 www.rcast.u-tokyo.ac.jp/ja/news/rele...
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日本の専門家が森林管理に望むこと―特定の森林の機能だけでなく、多様な機能を重視した政策を― | 東京大学 先端科学技術研究センター
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Forests have many contributions to people. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Assessing the priorities of stakeholders regarding forest ecosystem services in Japan
We call for a more holistic approach that recognises the interdependence of the different functions of forests and the importance of valuing forests as natural capital in all their dimensions.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Rainbow over the palm trees. Excited to be in Santa Barbara for a workshop—looking forward to great discussions with peers for science.
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Marten Winter @smartenwinter.bsky.social · 25/02/2025
▶️GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants◀️ besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... A unique collection also supported by #sDiv's synthesis working group #sGubik www.idiv.de/sgubik led by @djli.bsky.social & Luke Potgieter
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GUBIC: The global urban biological invasions compendium for plants
By integrating multiple data sources, we compiled a Global Urban Biological Invasions Compendium (GUBIC) for vascular plants representing 553 urban centres from 61 countries across every continent ex...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
IPBESフラッグシップレポートへの執筆者募集 www.env.go.jp/press/press_...
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IPBES「生物多様性と生態系サービスに関する第二次地球規模アセスメント」の専門家公募について
環境省のホームページです。環境省の政策、報道発表、審議会、所管法令、環境白書、各種手続などの情報を掲載しています。
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
知床の森林再生事業に関連して、論文公表しました。 知床の取り組み、100平方メートル運動は、寄付で支えられてきた森林再生、生物多様性の復元です。 今回見いだされたことは、この国では「多くの方々が将来世代に対して強い思いやりを抱き、長期的な環境保全と再生の価値を重視している」可能性です。 実際の生態系の保全と再生にとって、重要な知見です。 www.tuat.ac.jp/outline/disc...
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〔2025年2月3日リリース〕経済学と生態学の融合が導く、知床の森林再生の新たな道 ―未来世代への思いやりを反映した世代間で公平な植林戦略― | 2024年度 プレスリリース一覧 | プレスリリース | 広報・社会連携 | 大学案内 | 国立大学法人 東京農工大学
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Rupert Seidl @rupertseidl.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Mark your calendars for the next seminar of the Intl. Tree Mortality Network @treemortality.bsky.social: On Feb 18, the wonderful @dudney-joan.bsky.social will tackle the exiting topic of disturbance interactions under climate change. More info and registration here: www.tree-mortality.net/seminars/
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 24/01/2025
New paper published: ecological vs. economic perspectives in forest restoration. New insights into natural and assisted regeneration, as well as active and passive restoration; while tree planting plays a crucial role, it requires thoughtful consideration. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Misalignment between ecologically rapid and economically optimal forest restoration designs
Because the benefits of forest restoration take a long time to materialize, it is desirable to design restoration projects with intergenerational equi…
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
後先考えずに、内容が面白そうだからという理由で査読をたくさん受けてしまった…
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 12/01/2025
At the same time as this news, there have been reports that some of the major companies in sectors responsible for climate change are not only reluctant to take action but are even backing out of their commitments… www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Earth breaches 1.5 °C climate limit for the first time: what does it mean?
The threshold has been exceeded for only one year so far, but humanity is nearing the end of what many thought was a ‘safe zone’ as climate change worsens.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
For a long time, I had assumed that the data I provided to TRY was open. However, I learned today that this was not the case, so I have now made all the data open. To those whose data requests may have been declined without me realizing it, please feel free to use the data now. www.try-db.org
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TRY Plant Trait Database
TRY is a network of vegetation scientists headed by Future Earth, the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, and iDiv providing free and open access to plant trait data.
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New Phytologist @newphyt.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
New Phytologist next generation scientists 2025 takes place on 4–7 August at the University of Birmingham! Don't miss your opportunity to join this unique meeting of early career plant scientists! Apply to attend by 27 January: www.newphytologist.org/nextgenevent... #PlantScience #npnextgen
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 05/01/2025
We are recruiting two postdocs to join our Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Lab at the University of Tokyo. The topics are biodiversity monitoring and carbon dynamics in northern forests.
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
Journal offices are closed for holidays. But, manuscripts keep coming in (also this is not a holiday period in some regions), and authors expect the review process to move forward. As an editor, I need to find reviewers... Yet, at this time of year, reviewers tend to decline... now in a paradox...
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 20/12/2024
🚨 OUT NOW 🚨 📚 The @ipbes.bsky.social #TransformativeChange Assessment Summary for Policymakers is here! ➡️ Dive into the extensive exploration of how fundamental change can halt biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. www.ipbes.net/transformati...
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Akira S Mori @akkym.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
タイトルからunit of natureが明示的に示されるのか?と思いましたが・・・むしろそれは否定しており、生物多様性クレジットにおける課題と不確実性の整理が主でした。 如何にして、クレジットに伴う弊害よりも便益(生物多様性保全への実効果)が大きくなるように設計するのか? royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/...
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What is a unit of nature? Measurement challenges in the emerging biodiversity credit market | Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences
Bending the curve of biodiversity loss requires the business and financial sectors to disclose and reduce their biodiversity impacts and help fund nature recovery. This has sparked interest in developing generalizable, standardized measurements of ...
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