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CSEE_SCEE @csee-scee.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

🎉💚The Canadian Society of Ecology and Evolution turns 20 this year: As we head toward the annual meeting, we invite you to share your favourite memories, photos, and throwbacks from past CSEE meetings and events! Tag your post with hashtag #SCEECSEE20

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 12/03/2026

Addressing global biodiversity loss needs more than data collection. A new PNAS Perspective from the 2025 US–UK Scientific Forum outlines 9 changes to improve how biodiversity is measured and used for conservation. Read now: ow.ly/BH5Q50YsXUY Forum: ow.ly/U5ZV50YsUTK

PNAS – Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement by William J. Sutherland, Neil D. Burgess, Scott V. Edwards, et al. Read now!

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Thank you, Anil for this excellent summary of the two @pnas.org papers on #biodiversity measurement and monitoring that came out this week. I love your rallying call to the computer science community to help build the federated system we need. This is firmly in the realm of the doable.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

We have more #biodiversity data than ever — from 🛰️, field work, citizen obs., and Indigenous knowledge. But, are we halting biodiversity loss? The answer is uncertain. Why? Because the chain of evidence needs to be stronger Our new #PNAS paper proposes a way forward www.pnas.org/doi/epdf/10....

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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Why biodiversity science needs its own model intercomparison projects 👇. Lessons from climate science, applied to biodiversity & policy. 🌍🧬 by @geobon.org #EcoCode team @mark-urban.bsky.social @gretabocedi.bsky.social @sjevelazco.bsky.social

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Macroecology lab @unipotsdam @zurelllab.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery. Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action. 👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS

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CSBQ-QCBS @qcbs.ca · 01/10/2025

"Nature et climat, deux défis avec une solution commune : la biodiversité au cœur de la résilience climatique": Les co-directeurs du CSBQ Fanie Pelletier et Andrew Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social co-signent un article dans @climatoscope360.bsky.social climatoscope.ca/nature-et-cl... 🌳🪲🌅 1/2

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Nature et climat, deux défis avec une solution commune : la biodiversité au cœur de la résilience climatique - Climatoscope 360

Les changements climatiques et la perte de biodiversité comptent parmi les crises environnementales les plus urgentes. Jusqu’à présent, la recherche s’est

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 24/09/2025

A must-read special issue: “Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace’s legacy” royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202... I: Determinants of diversity & resilience. II: Measuring the state of biodiversity III: Biodiversity & natural capital IV: Future scenarios for nature

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1917

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

The aim is to build trust and comparability. Whether you're a scientist, a CEO reporting for TNFD, or a policymaker tracking #GBF targets, the data and indicators need to be robust and reliable. This framework shows how. #ESG

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

3/3: The framework is modular, tiered, and built on FAIR & CARE principles. It's a call to build a common infrastructure. We need to get this done. Feedback welcome. #Biodiversity #Conservation

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

2/3: This isn't just for scientists. The BMSF is designed to be the auditable "data engine" for corporate disclosures (TNFD) and national reporting to the CBD. It's about connecting credible data to real decisions. #DataScience

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

1/3: Think of it as a "chain of evidence" blueprint. It standardizes the entire workflow so data from different projects can actually be aggregated and compared. This is critical for robust, large-scale application of the science. #OpenScience

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Are you tracking developments in #biodiversity monitoring and its applications? We wrote a paper on addressing the challenges: Data to Decisions: the Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework (BMSF). Creating a cycle of trust from field data to policy reports 🧵 ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...

The Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework is a linked sequence of steps defined by the standards that each step adopts within a set of well-defined needs, principles and ethical guidelines (center). Every monitoring workflow would achieve an overall standard rating (potentially tiered) based on the standards adopted in each step. The monitoring workflow is implemented (right) once the necessary resources, human capacity, technologies, and data architectures have been adopted. A tiered approach allows countries to start with simpler methods and progressively adopt more sophisticated ones as capacity grows. These standards need not be costly or infeasible to adopt, but they do need to be defined a priori to create trust and confidence in the trends reported.

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National Academy of Sciences @nasonline.org · 11/09/2025

How do we measure life on Earth? 🌍🌱 The new summary report from the 2025 US-UK Forum on Measuring Biodiversity, hosted by the NAS and @royalsociety.org, explores tools, challenges, and solutions for tackling the #biodiversity crisis. Read here: bit.ly/460RB7R

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

📣 Out now: A #Biodiversity Observation Network to support conservation action and mainstream knowledge in #Canada www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/... A 🍁BON would consolidate what we know, grow our capacity to understand trends, mitigate risks, and guide policy to protect & restore nature.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

Haha 😂 - glad you did. It was a v special day!

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The members of the UN expert group (aka the AHTEG) that did this analysis was composed of many fantastic colleagues most alas not on Bluesky yet. @stubutchart.bsky.social

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

So what now? It’s not enough to have a framework; we have to make it work. This requires ambition and investment to help countries develop monitoring capacity and collaborate to fill gaps and translate knowledge into action. Our paper offers a roadmap for filling these gaps. 5/6

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

📈 The Opportunity: If countries use all the optional indicators (the best-case), coverage improves to 29-47%. But even then, 12% of the plan has no indicators at all. Key areas like benefit-sharing (Goal C) are major blind spots. 4/6

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

🚨 The Reality Check: If countries only report on the required (headline + binary) indicators, the monitoring framework has big gaps: it only covers 19-40% of the GBF’s goals and targets. We'll miss most of the story. 3/6

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

First, the monitoring framework has "required" indicators (the floor for reporting) and "optional" ones (for countries that want to be more comprehensive). This distinction is critical, as our analysis shows. 2/6

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

The global plan for #biodiversity - the UN CBD's GBF - has a key feature, a monitoring framework to track progress. But, does it cover all the GBF's elements? We did a full gap analysis for the UN CBD. Our new open-access paper led by Flavio Affinito is out @natureecoevo.bsky.social 🧵 ⬇️

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Phew, I just gave a talk and animated a floor game about the impacts of roads on wildlife and the restoration of habitat connectivity during Eureka! Quebec’s biggest science festival #Montreal. Presenting to smart 8-12 yr olds took a different energy to my classes @mcgill.ca festivaleureka.ca/en/

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

Very happy to send you the PDF of the article.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

On #BiologicalDiversityDay it’s important to remember that humanity has caused dramatic changes to the biosphere - only 6% of the combined weight of all mammals on Earth 🌏 is wild! 😳 From the fantastic research by: @liorgreenspoon.bsky.social Ron Milo and colleagues. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Sure, send me an email and I’ll send you the PDF.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Great to connect with so many passionate and preoccupied with connectivity conservation. Banff is known for its wildlife overpasses and the Y2Y initiative. Parks Canada now has identified national priority areas for corridors: parks.canada.ca/nature/scien...

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

What do we mean by ecologically well-connected landscapes? how do we define, monitor and manage for it? I tackled this during my keynote A Well-Connected Earth: Bridging Connectivity Science & Practice at the Canadian Ecological Connectivity Conference in Banff. site.pheedloop.com/event/CECC20...

Bow Valley, connectivity conservation is a priority. Image from: https://parks.canada.ca/nature/science/conservation/corridors-ecologiques-ecological-corridors/prioritaires-priorities

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

Come join our team! We're hiring a Research Assistant for the Technical Support Unit of the @ipbes.net assessment on Monitoring #Biodiversity and NCPs. Job details & application process👇 mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill... Please apply through the website in the link above.

Expert authors of the assessment working on identifying the key messages of the Summary for Policy Makers.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

Canadian Geographic has released a fantastic new website "Right of Passage" about ecological corridors and connectivity in Canada rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca It includes an interactive map showing national priority areas for corridors: rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca/23-national-...

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

As always a pleasure to work with my fellow co-chairs Patricia Miloslavich and Alvaro D'Antona. We live the rollercoaster 🎢 of chairing together every day - teamwork makes the dream work.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

A huge thank you to @achughes.bsky.social (middle, with fellow chapter 3 CLAs Petteri and Nazli) for being such an exceptional host during our stay and to the University of Hong Kong for providing the space to meet and so many delicious meals 🥟🍜

Chapter 3 Coordinating Lead Authors: Petteri, Alice and Nazli.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 18/04/2025

Leaving Hong Kong inspired by the ideation and collaboration during our 1st meeting for the Summary for Policy Makers. The SPM contains the key messages and will be a crucial output of the #biodiversity & NCP monitoring assessment bc the SPM is negotiated and adopted by the member states @ipbes.net

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

It was fantastic to meet with the executive secretary of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, Astrid Schomaker, and the staff at the CBD secretariat, to present GEOBON’s plan to support countries with their biodiversity monitoring data and science needs. We have so much to do together ahead of COP17.

From left to right: Jillian Campbell, Andrew Gonzalez, Astrid Schomaker.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 10/04/2025

An interview where I reflect on a decade of work on biodiversity change and in particular the evidence for local biodiversity change - some of the most inspiring and heated debate happened at iDiv. It’s is great to be part of this podcast.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

Think you, Jon. I hope you are well.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

Oh my, I am thrilled to receive the ChangeMaker Prize awarded by @mcgill.ca for public engagement and my work to translate biodiversity science to policy and conservation in Quebec, Canada and internationally for @unbiodiversity.bsky.social and @ipbes.net . reporter.mcgill.ca/2025-preside...

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The calculations are immediately applicable to existing data through an R package “betavolume”.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

We show that our geometric measure is closely linked to and naturally extends previous information- and variation-based measures. We also provide a unifying geometric framework for widely adopted extensions of beta diversity.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The geometric approach to beta diversity measures the hypervolume of the geometric embedding of a metacommunity. This geometric measure explicitly incorporates species associations and captures the idea that adding a unique, species-rich community to a metacommunity increases beta diversity.

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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Just out: A geometric approach to beta diversity esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Led by the brilliant @clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.

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