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Ana Nuno

@ananuno.bsky.social
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Interdisciplinary conservation researcher. Honorary Associate Professor @exetercec.bsky.social. Principal Investigator NOVA Uni. Lisbon. Freelance consultant ananuno.net

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Emerging research for the effective co-management of small-scale fisheries www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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All In: A Revolutionary Theory to Stop Climate Collapse @book-all-in-now.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
❤️‍🔥 The All In book is out to the world! 📚 In-print and digital versions are now available. Order it at: publishpt.bookmundo.com/site/?r=user... 👉 Join the newsletter: www.all-in.now #allin #book #systemchange
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Interessados em aprender mais sobre as dimensões sociais relacionadas com sustentabilidade? Mestrado em Ecologia Humana e Problemas Sociais Contemporâneos da NOVA FCSH ainda tem vagas para o próximo ano lectivo! Candidaturas até 31 Agosto. Mais informação disponível em: lnkd.in/eTDVt2HA
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 13/06/2026
Did you know 7 million hectares of forests are destroyed every year? It doesn't have to be this way. Play a game and learn how to join #GenerationRestoration in real life. www.decadeonrestoration.org/play-game-le... @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 09/06/2026
The Biodiversity Futures Lab, led by @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social, has announced funding for synthesis working groups addressing key biodiversity challenges, offering up to €10,000 support per group. Applications open worldwide, deadline: 30 June 2026. Details👇
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2026 Announcement - Biodiversity Futures Working Groups -
At a glance Up to €10,000 in catalytic support per working group Two in-person meetings (3-5 days each) […]
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Se quer fazer ciência com propósito, pensar criticamente e agir com impacto venha conhecer o Doutoramento em Ecologia Humana da NOVA FCSH e transforme o seu futuro — e o do planeta.🌍 Mais informação: im.pires@fcsh.unl.pt e www.fcsh.unl.pt/cursos/douto... 📩 Inscrições abertas até dia 15 de junho!
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Doutoramento em Ecologia Humana - NOVA FCSH
O Doutoramento em Ecologia Humana prepara os alunos para desenvolver projectos de investigação no ramo científico da Ecologia Humana
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Conflict or Coexistence? We adress rice farmer's perceptions, concerns and priorities regarding the crescent number of #waterbirds using rice fields. #conservation 👉 link.springer.com/article/10.1... @joaopaulino @jpgranadeiro.bsky.social @ananuno.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 10/05/2026
Lessons learned from 🇸🇹 ... @faunaflora.bsky.social @ananuno.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Monitoring small‐scale fisheries through participatory, app‐based surveys in the tropical archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe
Small Island Developing States have limited capacity to monitor Small Scale Fisheries, despite their high dependence on marine resources. Participatory monitoring of Small Scale Fisheries can fill da...
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Rice fields are increasingly important substitute wetlands for waterbirds in a world where natural wetlands are disappearing. How can we promote coexistence between farmers and waterbirds in these shared landscapes in Portugal? New article out led by João Paulino rdcu.be/fhLy5
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Conflict or coexistence? Rice farmers’ perceptions of services and disservices provided by waterbirds and the challenges of conflict mitigation
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David Roberts @drdavidlroberts.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
🚨FUNDED PHD🚨'Economic carrying capacity & the future of rhinos in privately governed OECMs' @dice-kent.bsky.social, UK & International applications welcome - closing date 14th May🦏 www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Male White rhinoceros walking in the Kalahari Desert of Namibia Photo by Giles Laurent
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Ecol. Solutions & Evidence | Applied Ecol. Resources @aer-ese-bes.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We're accepting proposals for our Special Feature! We invite scientists and practitioners to share experiences from management projects that didn't go to plan, but still provided important insights into how best to manage ecosystems and species🌱 ⏰Submit by 30th April More here👇 buff.ly/EXXBFsJ
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
Our special issue on "Advances, Challenges, and Opportunities in Island Conservation" is now available on Conservation Science and Practice! Many thanks to all those who contributed papers, as well as to those who helped with editing and reviewing. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...
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Alfredo Sánchez-Tójar @asanchez-tojar.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Many journals require data and code sharing. Yet code is still rarely shared and datasets are often hard to reuse. Our new paper introduces the @sortee.bsky.social guidelines for data & code quality control in ecology & evolution, developed by 26 experienced data editors. 📄 doi.org/10.24072/pcj...
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Ashoka Mukpo @shokes.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Nice mention of our reporting in this very good @gizmodo.com piece on aggressive conservation enforcement in Africa gizmodo.com/the-war-on-p...
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The War on Poaching Has Gone Full Tech Dystopia—and It May Not Be Working
Surveillance technology intended to protect endangered species is weaponized against locals, with repercussions that range from harassment to physical violence.
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Óptima oportunidade para saber mais sobre o relatório da IUCN: "Integração da mudança de comportamento na conservação da biodiversidade: Necessidades, barreiras e caminhos a seguir"! Webinar em português. Link para inscrição: lnkd.in/dvauD9MR #conservation
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
New Graduate Student Grant Opportunity (MSc level)! The research must focus on pastoralists or mobile/nomadic people. The grant will support fieldwork in North Africa and the Sahel, as well as in the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Apply by March 15th, 2026! lnkd.in/difZ4UbM
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Jaishri Srinivasan @jaishrijuice.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
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What role for deliberative minipublics in sustainability transformations? An emerging topic for sustainability science - Sustainability Science
Sustainability Science - Democracies struggle to translate sustainability science, and public concern into sufficiently transformative actions. Ongoing polarization, politicization and...
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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The high cost of misallocating the talent of women
The blog introduces the Global Gender Distortions Index (GGDI), which quantifies the economic losses caused by gender-based barriers in labor markets. By combining wage gaps, participation differences...
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
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There’s Something Unusual Happening in Thrift Stores These Days
Secondhand clothing isn’t the solution it might seem to be.
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
📣 Call for proposals to support locally driven coral conservation 🪸🪸🪸. ➡️ cordap.org/clip-award/ #OceanGrants 💶🌊 thanks to @cordap.bsky.social
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IKI Germany @iki-germany.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Call for Experts: External Review Services Required! We are currently inviting consulting companies to apply as external reviewers for the assessment of project outlines under the IKI Large Grants 2025. Application deadline: 27 January 2026 Details : buff.ly/JPOSd8k
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 13/12/2025
Meanwhile in São Tomé & Príncipe 🥳Thanks for putting new information into peer reviewed research @gporrinos.bsky.social @ananuno.bsky.social @faunaflora.bsky.social etc. #OceanOptimism
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Guillermo Porriños @gporrinos.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
New #OpenAcess paper! We used app-based, participatory landing surveys to monitor Small-Scale #Fisheries in #SãoTomé and #Príncipe. Fishers and fish traders collected high-resolution data on 12k+ fishing trips, filling critical data gaps for management. Read full article here doi.org/10.1111/csp2...
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BES Community Science Group @bes-communitysci.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Exciting news! 🎉 Welcome to the Community Science SIG at the British Ecological Society @britishecologicalsociety.org! Join us to connect, collaborate & celebrate community science: www.britishecologicalsociety.org/content/citi... #CommSciSIG #Ecology #CommunityScience
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
Want to know more about fisheries and marine protected areas in São Tomé and Príncipe? Then don't miss @gporrinos.bsky.social's presentation this Thursday (30th Oct)! Online at 4 p.m. (Lisbon time) www.ce3c.pt/agenda/encon...
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CE3C is committed to a sustainable future, is the Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes. Know more about CE3C.
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Teresa Catry @teresacatry.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Extremelly happy that our project BirdRice was approved for funding! We will keep studying the relationships between #waterbirds and #ricefields while trying to solve human-wildlife conflicts. #ornithology #tracking #connectivity #agriculture #conservation @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social
BirdDRice: Reconciling agriculture with biodiversity conservation: functional equivalence and connectivity between natural wetlands and rice fields as waterbird habitats
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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Seamounts of Cabo Verde: A review of their ecological and economic significance, anthropogenic impacts, and conservation needs #openaccess www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌊 🦑
Idealized representation of the Cabo Verde Seamounts (oceanographic processes, faunal groups, depth zones, and human activities) based on the information compiled in the paper. On the top of the figure, location of the two most extensively studied seamounts—Cadamosto (southwest of Brava) and Senghor (northeast of Sal).
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Patrícia Guedes @patriciaguedes.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Out last friday 📣 want to learn more about habitat use and diel activity of insectivorous bats 🦇 in different land-covers🏝️? Check our study in the endemic-rich Princípe Island, Central West Africa👇: @ricardonature.bsky.social @tallyyoh.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Habitat use and diel activity of insectivorous bats across land‐cover types on an Afrotropical oceanic island
Using acoustic surveys, we investigated habitat use and diel activity patterns of insectivorous bats across the main land-use types of the endemic-rich Príncipe Island, in Central West Africa. We sam...
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Global Ocean Accounts Partnership @oceanaccounts.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
👀 #ConsultancyOpportunity for a #SocialScience team interested in integrating the social domain for #OceanAccounts in Belize 🇧🇿 Led by Belize Ministry of Blue Economy and Marine Conservation & @oceanaccounts.bsky.social 🤔 Find out more: www.oceanaccounts.org/consultancy-...
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A UE quer reverter proteções ambientais vitais. Prazo para travar isto: 10 de setembro ⏰ Diz-lhes para manterem as suas #HandsOffNature 👉 spea.pt/campanhas/ha...
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Não deixe a UE destruir a proteção da natureza | #HandsOffNature - SPEA
Temos 10 dias para impedir a Comissão Europeia de destruir proteções ambientais vitais. Diga-lhes para deixarem a natureza em paz.
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 29/08/2025
This is @oceancommunity.bsky.social's first paper! He looked at MCS policies in India and explored how they could be improved for managing IUU fishing. Well done for the great work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @exetermarine.bsky.social @zslscience.bsky.social @iomarinescience.bsky.social
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Bridging policy and practice: A review of monitoring, control, and surveillance in managing illegal fishing in India
With increasing pressure on marine ecosystems, effective Monitoring, Control, and Surveillance (MCS) measures are critical in managing Illegal, Unregu…
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Last week, a devastating wildfire struck the Douro International Natural Park, burning over 15,000 hectares of vital feeding and breeding habitat of the cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus) in Portugal. Donate to help recovery #Conservation www.gofundme.com/f/ajuda-o-ab...
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Donate to Ajudar o abutre-preto após incêndio no Douro Internacional, organized by Palombar ACNPR
[PT] Ajude-nos na recuperação após o incêndio: Apoie o abutr… Palombar ACNPR needs your support for Ajudar o abutre-preto após incêndio no Douro Internacional
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
Innovative leader with a conservation/climate solution that works & has potential to go big? Henry Fellowship offers: 🌊strategy retreats & coaching 🌊100K unrestricted grant upfront 🌊consideration for longer term funding Recommendation deadline 7 August www.mulagofoundation.org/henry-fellow...
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Mulago Foundation | Henry Fellows Program
Through our Henry Arnhold Fellowship we find leaders with promising conservation and climate solutions and help them to design and deliver them at scale.
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Sharks International 2026 @sharks-int.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Call for Abstracts is NOW OPEN for Sharks International 2026! 🦈 Help shape Sharks International 2026 - the world’s largest conference on sharks, rays, and chimaeras - taking place 4–8 May 2026 in Colombo, Sri Lanka. 🔗 More info: si2026.org/participate/... 📸 Fabrice Dudenhofer
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 16/07/2025
NGO funding opportunity for marine conservation in West Africa. 🌊 €30-40K over 12 months. 🌊 Deadline 25 August 🌊 Call for proposal by #PRCM ➡️ ogy.de/j7t3 #OceanOptimism
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 10/07/2025
From rising seas to disappearing forests, small island developing states are facing some of the fiercest fallout from the triple planetary crisis of climate change, nature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste. But many of these countries are fighting back: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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IO Marine Science @iomarinescience.bsky.social · 09/07/2025
Meet some of our senior researchers in the programme! Our researchers work across different areas of the marine world and these researchers look at a mixture of turtle ecology, shark genomics, oceanography and social science @ananuno.bsky.social‬ #MarineScience #Scientists
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Blue Action Fund @blueactionfund.org · 08/07/2025
Research based on our first project with @faunaflora.bsky.social in 🇸🇹 ogy.de/ftuk Thanks @ananuno.bsky.social and colleagues for sharing your experiences... conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Establishing a Marine Protected Area network using a Marine Spatial Planning approach: A reflection on practical challenges and opportunities for social–ecological integration
Often, the establishment of Marine Protected Areas (MPAs) and the application of Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) occur in parallel. Using São Tomé and Príncipe as a case study, we illustrate how MSP wa...
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Martin Jung @martinjung.eu · 30/06/2025
Systematic conservation planning (SCP) has been established as key approach to identify where conservation efforts are to be prioritized. But how can they be assessed, compared or interrogated 🧐 Here we present ODPSCP, a new open protocol for the intercomparison of SCP doi.org/10.1111/csp2... (1)
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An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects
A new standard protocol for contextualizing systematic conservation planning studies is presented and the potential benefits highlighted. By adopting such community reporting standards, scientists an...
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menardpsychgroup.bsky.social @menardpsychgroup.bsky.social · 18/06/2025
Bots are breaking our field's data. Our latest research shares hard lessons from 3 of our recent studies disrupted by bots and scammers. We tested standard #frauddetection tools and many failed. #research #researchintegrity Read more here: doi.org/10.1080/1050...
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
New paper on recreational fisheries in Diego Garcia (Chagos) led by Claire Collins: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Part of a SI I am putting together with @ricardonature.bsky.social in @conservationsp.bsky.social ! @zslofficial.bsky.social @uniexecec.bsky.social #conservationscience🌎
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Participatory approaches to improving recreational fisheries management in a remote island system
Marine recreational fisheries management is often impacted by data deficiencies and conflicting stakeholder views. Using participatory approaches can help to increase fisher engagement and identify t...
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Small-scale fisheries are vital to coastal communities across the globe, but do we really understand how they operate? Our new paper is out!
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Exeter Marine @exetermarine.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
NEW RESEARCH lead by Exeter Marine researchers assesses the global research on small scale fisheries behaviour and reveals just how young and limited the data really is. 👉 Full paper in Marine Policy - doi.org/10.1016/j.ma... 🦑🌍🦤🌊🌐🧪🐟🎣 #AcademicSky #Fisheries #MarinePolicy
image showing small fishing boats in Asia. Text overlayed reads 'new research. a synthesis of research into marine small-scale fishers' operational behaviour. warner et al 2025 marine policy'
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Ash Simkins @ashsimkins.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
*Positive news* Despite global declines in biodiversity, we find conservation has driven improvements in >100 species. This suggests with greater resource allocation to more species, conservation can halt and reverse biodiversity loss! First PhD paper: doi.org/10.1371/jour...
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Eoin @eoinobrien.ie · 05/02/2025
Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area, while local officials still seeking permits english.radio.cz/beavers-buil...
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Beavers build planned dams in protected landscape area, while local officials still seeking permits
A beaver colony has gained overnight fame by building several dams in the Brdy protected landscape area, creating a natural wetland exactly where it was needed.
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MUSER PRESS @muser.press · 07/02/2025
A new marine conservation model integrates ecological recovery with economic growth. Marine Prosperity Areas aim to protect oceans while supporting communities. Published in Frontiers in Marine Science. DOI: doi.org/10.3389/fmar... #MarineConservation #Sustainability #ProtectedAreas
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'Marine Prosperity Areas': A new path for ocean conservation • Muser Press
A new conservation model known as 'Marine Prosperity Areas' (MPpAs) could transform marine protection by integrating ecological restoration with human
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
It was a pleasure to work with Ennia Bosshard et al on this brand new paper! Read to learn more about factors that encourage or discourage adoption of pro-environmental practices by smallholder farmers besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... @uniexecec.bsky.social #conservationscience🌎
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🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Actually a welcomed reminder that google & co are not neutral knowledge providers, but tough co-operations that put profits first. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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Google Maps will rename Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America in US
Tech firm to make change in line with Trump’s executive order, using both names in world outside US and Mexico
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Quer saber mais sobre as abelhas selvagens de Portugal? Há um novo livro e é gratuito www.publico.pt/2025/01/22/a...
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Quer saber mais sobre as abelhas selvagens de Portugal? Há um novo livro e é gratuito
Universidade de Coimbra lança livro para identificação de abelhas de Portugal onde se resumem as famílias, subfamílias, tribos e géneros presentes no país. Em Portugal há 750 espécies destes insectos.
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Ana Nuno @ananuno.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Useful examples of unintended and overlooked consequences of exclusionary marine conservation illustrated in new "ICES Journal of Marine Science" paper by Lopes et al academic.oup.com/icesjms/adva... @icesmarine.bsky.social
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