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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

On Sep 29 2026, we celebrated International Day of Awareness of FLW! An important day to remember our privileges that give us food everyday and maybe reflect on the consequences of these privileges. www.fao.org/platform-foo...

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International Day of Awareness of FLW

International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste, FAO and UNEP

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Society for Tropical Ecology @soctropecol.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🌿 The call for scientific sessions is now open for ECTE 2027! 🌿 📅 Deadline: 15 October 2026 (Please note that the deadline may be subject to change.) 💻 Submit your proposal through our online platform: www.conftool.net/ecte2027/

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

How can citizen science improve carnivore monitoring? Check out this new research by @francescobini.bsky.social, Ira Topličanec, Magda Sindičić and Tomislav Gomerčić, to find out! doi.org/10.1111/jzo....

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Our visitor family is growing and growing!! Very happy Matías Morales became a part of it. We are looking forward to working, discussing and learning with him! #visitors #research #huberlin #biogeography

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

...and when talking about wildfires, this article comes to mind: a great piece about climate change, small scale mitigation and gender!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

On September 7th we celebrated the 7th international Day of Clean Air for blue skies! After a summer full of wildfires and their horrible aftermath, we have to appreciate our clean air and the blue skies even more and do everything to keep them clean and blue. www.ccacoalition.org/events/7th-i...

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7th International Day of Clean Air for blue skies

The eighth International Day of Clean Air for blue skies takes place on 7 September 2026.

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

We love summer and autumn time because it is visitors time! Last week Gregorio Pizarro joined our lab - we cannot wait to work with him! #visitors #huberlin #biogeography #lab

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 03/09/2026

Soundscapes of ancient forests are made possible through reconstructions of the sound-producing structures of insects from the Jurassic period. These ancient relatives of today’s katydids lived in what is now Inner Mongolia, China. In PNAS: ow.ly/xee550ZISxP

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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

We calculated the effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population every year since its founding from the entire pedigree. Why? Because we could. But also because this population is vulnerable, and policy keeps pushing for lower and lower conservation targets 1/ #consgen

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The effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population is too small for both short- and long-term conservation - Heredity

Heredity - The effective size of the Scandinavian wolf population is too small for both short- and long-term conservation

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Apart from all of these permanent team changes, we have two old new visitors visiting us! Belén Ávila and Melina Faingerch are back to collaborate and discuss with us, exchange ideas and advance our research!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Sadly, we had to say goodbye to Gabriele Retez and Julia Martínez Pardo last week. We had such an amazing time having them on our team with cutting-edge research, great discussions, insights and lovely conversations! Excited to see what's next for them and can't wait for them to visit us!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

The department of Geography is looking for a Doctoral Researcher to join Mahmood Soofi's group this fall! So even though you would not be joining our amazing lab, it is more than worth a look and the application (open until 15.09)! Check it out: www.hu-berlin.de/en/universit... #job #huberlin

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Making sure you're not a bot!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

It is hard to deal with the #mentalload & mental stress because of #climatechange, environmental hazards around the globe and the extinction of species. Especially if these topics are - on top of private & public discussions - also part of your work. Look at this @ipbes.net post to see how to cope!

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Jonathan Tonkin @jdtonkin.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Déjà vu? This paper of ours in 2019 could be describing what’s happening across Europe right now. (See the highlighted text.) www.nature.com/articles/d41...

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re ready now. They can help us avert disaster. So why do many prefer complicated, high-tech, faraway gadgets instead? globalecoguy.medium.com/occams-razor...

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Occam’s Razor for the Planet

The simplest environmental solutions are often the best. They’re proven. They’re available now. And they can help us avert disaster. So…

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Some good news to start the week? Take a look at this article: news.mongabay.com/2026/08/amaz...

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

On Monday was #IndigenousPeoplesDay - a day to appreciate, celebrate and remember!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

This paper came out a month ago, and is worth every mention & read!! Go check it out: Where can European bison thrive - and where could conflicts grow? 🦬 -> new paper led by Hendrik Bluhm, with @tkuemmerle.bsky.social & colleagues out in Journal of Applied Ecology -> doi.org/10.1111/1365...

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

This week working with the camera trap pictures from #SouthAmerica, the AI-powered species annotation feature of TrapTagger wildeyeconservation.org/traptagger/ helped a lot with this animal...Can you spot it? #biogeography #cameratrap #conservation

Camera trap picture from South America, showing mostly ground, plants and one animal

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

On the 26th it was International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem!! Let's be aware of the change and challenges these ecosystems face and all the consequences that follow for animals, plants, humans and the climate!

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · 27/07/2026

Beef has a huge climate problem. And the most effective solution -- by far -- is to simply reduce beef consumption and waste. But we don't want to hear that, so we often welcome fuzzy greenwashing stories instead. In the end, however, the math doesn't seem to work. drawdown.org/insights/gre...

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Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems

Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Have you already checked out Pablo Yair Huais and colleagues' new paper out now in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation @rsecjournal.bsky.social? It asks how deforestation progresses in space and time by introducing the R package frontiermetrics! doi.org/10.1002/rse2.7009 #newpaper #R

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

Brazil’s environmental governance at risk | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... "An agribusiness-backed package" of bills put forward to "constrain environmental enforcement, narrow ecosystem protection, and shift biodiversity decisions away from environmental and scientific institutions."

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Brazil’s environmental governance at risk

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Very bad weather in Berlin right now so we are sharing some cuties that sweetened our rainy day - and will hopefully do the same for you (whatever the sky may look like for you today)... Fotos taken by our #cameratraps in #Bolivia & #Argentina in 2024. Enjoy 🐆🐄! #biogeography #research #fieldwork

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Akrotelm 🌾 @akrotelm.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Auch das, was im Müritz-Nationalpark in #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern brennt, ist kein Wald, sondern eine Nadelholzplantage. 🌲🔥🌲 "Was, das ist doch Naturschutzgebiet...?" 👉 Ja, aber vor dem Naturschutz war da ne Plantage. Und die ist halt immer noch da, wenn auch jetzt aus der Nutzung genommen. /1/

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

As promised some contributions of the lab at the ECCB 2026 in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social: @tkuemmerle.bsky.social organized the symposium "Archetype analysis for conservation science and practice" together with @ranjmurali.bsky.social - with amazing contributions, discussions and new ideas!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

At the beginning of July Gabri defended his PhD!! His paper was about the restoring of the European bison in contemporary landscapes. Congratulations on a truly impactful research, great results and a great defense!! #phd #defense #dissertation #congratulations #bison #biogeography #rewilding

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 15/07/2026

Last week a whole lot of our lab attended #eccb @eccb26leiden.bsky.social in Leiden (NL) - an amazing experience for connecting, learning, presenting, as well as exchanging opinions, research approaches and questions. Stay tuned for some posts & pics of our lab's contributions!

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Anticipating where European bison might come into conflict with agriculture, forestry, or traffic --> new paper led by Hendrik Bluhm now out in the @jappliedecology.bsky.social 🦬🦬👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #Bison #Wisent #Rewilding #Megafauna #Conflict @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Bison in Bialowieza Forest. Today around 800 wild bison survive in Bialowieza. Photo by: Lukasz Mazurek/Wild Poland.

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Now out in @rsecjournal.bsky.social: frontiermetrics: An R Package for Characterizing Deforestation Frontiers - led by Pablo Yair Huais 👉 doi.org/10.1002/rse2... @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

Delighted to welcome Corvin Pacher to our team!! He is a Geography student at our institute @humboldtuni.bsky.social and will be part of our team as a student collaborator - looking forward to working together!! #newmember #studentcollaborator #huberlin #biogeography #welcome

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Mike DiGirolamo @mikedigirolamo.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

A plan for global ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, while incomes rise for 98% of the population, reducing working hours to 2.5 days a week, is possible. I speak with Lucas Chancel, the co-director of the World Inequality Lab about the Global Justice Report @mongabay.com :

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The blueprint for building a fairer world without breaking the planet

A group of more than 40 researchers spent 20 months devising a plan for the world to achieve ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, all while seeing incomes rise for 98% of the global ...

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

Don't forget to check out @julianoeser.bsky.social's new paper published in @natecoevo.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - based on a massive collaborative effort with partners from across Europe, we highlight why strongly increasing forest disturbances are good news for Europe’s large herbivores:

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

Nice blog summary by Lyla O'Brien on her paper on priority actions to better protect and restore old-growth forests in Europe - just published in @consletters.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/con4... @biogeoberlin.bsky.social Blog here: wildcard-project.eu/priority-act...

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Priority actions for the conservation of primary and old-growth forests in Europe - Wildcard

Blogpost by Lyla O'Brien

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

For the last two days, the @humboldt-foundation.de's annual meeting converted our campus & lab into a buzzing place of 670+Humboldtians from 70+countries, that were here to connect, take a look at our institute and posters. It was lots of fun as well as thought-provoking! #AvHConnectedForImpact

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

From Degradation to Recovery 🌿 New study shows riparian forests along the Danube can rebound after restoration! The paper is led by Hamid Afzali, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social, @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social and colleagues and out now in Environmental Research Letters! doi.org/10.1088/1748... #newpaper

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Climate change is confronting us with some pretty high (!!!) temperatures in Berlin right now. The Green Classroom of the Geography Department presents a great oasis for a lunch break together and some breeze in the trees! #greenclassroom #lunch #hu #climatechange #berlin

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Last Wednesday was #DesertificationandDroughtDay!! The research at our lab focuses on land use as a major cause of biodiversity loss and potential solution - here deforestation and drought play a huge role!! Check out our website & papers for more insights! biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/website/

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Conservation Biogeography Lab

Research at the Conservation Biogeography Lab in Berlin

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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 17/06/2026

The #DesertificationAndDroughtDay theme “Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.” speaks to the needs of migratory species, which depend on connected habitats. Join our webinar with @unccd.bsky.social & @largelandscapes.org on 30 June to explore these links: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026

Last week the physical geograohy course led by Prof. Dirk Pflugmacher @d-pflug.bsky.social and @camillabrunet.bsky.social went on an excursion to Grünewald. The groups did a trial of bird acoustic sampling and dendrometry to measure trees biomass!!

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Research with impact by @scjaehnig.bsky.social - our colleague in the biogeography in the field course. Check it out! #research #river #odra #science #recommendations

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Happy international sea turtle day!! Can you remember the 2019 #safetheturtles trend? But even without plastic straws...there is a lot to be done in sea turtle conservation!! #WorldSeaTurtleDay #internationalday

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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin @humboldtuni.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

💧 Neue Forschung der #HumboldtUni zeigt: Nitratbelastung hängt nicht nur von Düngemitteln ab, sondern auch vom Wasserkreislauf. Fließgeschwindigkeit und Wassermenge beeinflussen, wie stark Nitrat ausgewaschen wird – besonders bei Wetterextremen. Mehr dazu 👉 www.hu-berlin.de/nachrichten/...

Franziska Schmid, Mitglied der Forschungsgruppe von Dörthe Tetzlaff „Landschafts-Ökohydrologie“, im Untersuchungsgebiet Demnitzer Mühlenfließ. Bildnachweis: David Ausserhofer / IGB

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Today is the last day of the field excursion: some last tests in the laboratory, digitizing results and talking about challenges as well as successes!! Looking forward to the poster presentations in some weeks 🤩 #excursion #fieldtrip #fieldwork #biogeography #class #huberlin #university

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

This week the biogeography course led by @alfredoromero.bsky.social and @scjaehnig.bsky.social went on an excursion to Brandenburg. The three groups did fieldwork in and on the edge of coniferous and deciduous forests and water landscapes, measuring biodiversity, temperature and soil attributes:

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