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Florian Keil

@floriankeil.bsky.social
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🇺🇳 International migratory🦩🐘🐋 conservation @UN. International Relations @BrownUniversity 🌿, Media Studies @UniBonn 🇩🇪. Views are my own.

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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
#DidYouKnow Listening to #bird song is good for you! Watch this #bbcideas video to the learn why: youtube.com/shorts/JNhMI...
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Why listening to birdsong is good for you
YouTube video by BBC Ideas
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UN Biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social · 21/05/2026
Read the #BiodiversityDay 2026 statement by António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations. Full statement 🔗 www.cbd.int/idb/statemen... #LocalAction #ForNature #IDB2026
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 21/05/2026
Languages carry knowledge, relationships and ways of understanding the natural world🌿 Across cultures and generations, Indigenous Peoples and local communities have used words and concepts that reflect stewardship, reciprocity, interconnectedness and living in harmony with nature. #BiodiversityDay
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 22/05/2026
Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth—from plants & animals to tiny microorganisms—that keeps our ecosystems healthy and resilient. Yet habitat loss, pollution, & climate change are pushing nature to the brink. This #BiodiversityDay, find out how to take action: www.cbd.int/biodiversity...
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 09/05/2026
Happy #WorldMigratoryBirdDay everyone!🦅🦆🦉🦩#EveryBirdCounts and your observations matter! un.org 🇺🇳 🕊️
World Migratory Bird Day 2026 featured on the UN.org website (9 May 2026)
World Migratory Bird 2026 Day Morning Bird Walk near Bonn, Germany
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
#DidYouKnow the 2026 theme for #WorldMigratoryBirdDay is: “Every Bird Counts – Your Observations Matter!” Celebrating the power of #CitizenScience and the millions of people worldwide who help drive conservation policy. #EveryBirdCounts #WMBD2026 Learn more 👉 www.unep-aewa.org/news/every-b...
Theme launch graphic for the World Migratory Bird Day 2026 theme: "Every Bird Counts - Your Observations Matter!"
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
And it’s a wrap! 🤝🇧🇷🌍 #CMSCOP15 in #Brazil comes to a close on a high note in Campo Grande with CMS Parties agreeing on new or upgraded protections for the 40 migratory species and populations - a major step forward for global wildlife conservation. 🐘🦅🐋 www.cms.int/news/40-migr...
CMS COP15 in Campo Grande, Brazil: 40 Migratory Animal Species Receive New or Upgraded Protection at Close of UN Meeting in Brazil
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Great article by @gloriadickie.bsky.social for @mongabay.com ahead of the upcoming #CMSCOP15 taking place in Campo Grande #Brazil next week!
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
Celebrated #UN Day in #Bonn - Germany's United Nations city today!   🙏THANK YOU BONN for your support and for allowing us to also highlight #WorldMigratoryBirdDay AND #InternationalGirlsDay on Bonn's market square today!
Photo of stand at UN Day in Bonn, Germany (11 October 2025)Group of visitors to the UN Day in Bonn, Germany (11 October 2025)Florian Keil (UNEP/AEWA Secretariat) being interviewed about World Migratory Bird Day 2025 on the UN Day stage in Bonn, Germany Photo of stand at UN Day in Bonn, Germany (11 October 2025)
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
Great example from #Chicago of how to make cities and buildings more #BirdFriendly  Thanks @catrineinhorn.bsky.social & @nytimes.com for highlighting this success story so fitting to this year's #WorldMigratiryBirdDay theme! #ForNature www.nytimes.com/video/climat...
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Video: How These Windows Are Saving Birds’ Lives
Catrin Einhorn, a reporter covering biodiversity, climate and the environment for The New York Times, explains how McCormick Place, a convention center in Chicago, went from being a killer of migrator...
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 11/05/2025
#WorldMigratoryBirdDay featured on the front page of the United Nations website again this year! #SharedSpaces #ForNature #WMBD2025 www.un.org
Front Page of the UN.org Website featuring the 2025 World Migratory Bird Day theme: "Shared Spaces: Creating Bird-Friendly Cities and Communities"
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Thank you @ingerandersen.bsky.social @unep.org for supporting #WorldMigratoryBirdDay and for helping to raise awareness of the importance of countries to work together to conserve migratory birds!
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
​In Bermuda, conservationists are using hacked GoPro cameras to monitor the critically endangered Bermuda petrel ​ www.theverge.com/tech/642950/...
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Hacking GoPros to help save the Atlantic’s rarest bird
On a tiny volcanic island in Bermuda, a two-man conservation outfit is using DIY tech to help a ‘Lazarus’ bird species make a comeback.
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
In "Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds" @bethanyclark.bsky.social, @mariemrouyer.bsky.social, @katboothjones.bsky.social, et al. note that understanding where #seabirds encounter plastic is crucial. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Global assessment of marine plastic exposure risk for oceanic birds - Nature Communications
Petrels are wide-ranging, highly threatened seabirds that often ingest plastic. This study used tracking data for 7,137 petrels of 77 species to map global exposure risk and compare regions, species, ...
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 30/11/2024
I've been asked for the layperson's summary of this paper, so here it goes: Because distinct groups of #seabirds across large regions like the North Atlantic grow and shrink together, conservationists in different countries also need to work together.
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 23/11/2024
In "Consequences of cross-season demographic correlations for population viability," the authors establish positive correlations between population growth rates for three distinct groups of Atlantic puffins. t.co/vFyPXFI3yD
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Florian Keil @floriankeil.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
It was so nice to see #WorldMigratoryBirdDay featured on the front page of the UN website again this year! Thank you to all involved in making this happen! #ForNature #WMBD2024 www.un.org/en/delegate/...
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World Migratory Bird Day: Protect Insects, Protect Birds! | United Nations
Present in almost all the world’s ecosystems, insects are essential food sources for migratory birds on their long journeys. Migratory birds often time their migrations to align with insect abundance.
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