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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Happy to attend the kickoff meeting of the Knowledge Exchange Network on agro-ecosystems in Brussels, organized by @bioagora.eu Looking forward to exciting interactions!

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Yes, facts and evidence are important. Science too. Yes, misinformation is a problem. But notably, biases in people's knowledge and opinions are not evolving out of the blue.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

Butterflies are beautiful - and some more than others. The consequence is a bias in conservation efforts, but not necessarily in species' status. This bias is worth attention. Read more here: www.ufz.de/index.php?en...

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Press releases - Attractive butterflies in the spotlight

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Newly published! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... We checked 28 indicators in CAP, NRR, Climate- & Soil Monitoring laws 4 mismatches btw policy, science & practice. Result: mismatch 4 ALL! Lead: Cian Blaix with @cleliasirami.bsky.social, @bdumontae.bsky.social, part of @agtransect.bsky.social

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Great workshop during the @idiv-research.bsky.social congress last week, exploring alternative scenarios for restoring landscape features in intensive agricultural areas. More to come in @laferia-project.eu

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martinswarren.bsky.social @martinswarren.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

More worrying evidence of butterfky declines in the USA. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

When a poor CAP reform is on the table which defends the worst parts while cutting on what works, not much is left to save. Interestingly, I hear the wish to cancel the CAP mostly from AfD members, whereas most stakeholders we meet do prefer a CAP that works - for people, nature and healthy food.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

When people say ''I have lots of butterflies in my garden'', it's useful to get a quantitative estimate, in a standardized way. Example: At friends' garden (Alps near Granoble) I counted >50 individuals, 8 spp in a 15 minute count. Try the ButterflyCount app, you can now register sites too!

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

It's always a joy to meet good friends, both humans and non-humans, in nature. Here's one of my favourite, the Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon, Silbergrüne Bläuling). Rare in many parts of Germany, but abundant in the Alps.

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Jon Owen @anotherjon.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

An investigation by @propublica.org and @drilledmedia.bsky.social has found that the same modelers who overestimated the potential of CCS repeatedly underestimated solar power - one of the energy technologies that would allow more oil to remain in the ground. projects.propublica.org/why-carbon-c...

Two line charts are depicted. At the top, the line chart is labeled "Carbon Capture Capacity." The y-axis is "megatons" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). More than a dozen blue lines show a steady increase from the left edge of the chart to the right edge of the chart. Some of the blue lines exceed 4,000 megatons between years 2030 and 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line is at around 0 megatons from 2010 to 2025. The maroon line is labeled "Actual carbon storage".

The second chart is labeled "Solar Power". The y-axis is "terawatt-hour" and the x-axis is years (2010-2040). Dozens of blue lines increase from around 0 on the left side of the chart, showing moderate growth from 2010 to 2040. The blue lines are labeled "Projections". A maroon line starts at 0 in 2010 and rises sharply to over 2,000 in 2024. The maroon line is obviously increasing much faster than the blue lines. The maroon line is labeled "Actual solar electricity production."

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

The European Parliament will soon decide on its path for the CAP reform. Will they adopt a dangerous CAP proposal, or can they find a way to retain (or even expand and improve) what works? Watch our YouTube film and our plea for policymakers here: www.agroecology-transect.org/toolkit-reso...

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I am honored to be one of the co-authors of @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social's excellent paper, pulling together experts from so many countries to assess range shifts in butterflies across the globe. Great work, though worrying outcomes. More to come!

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Bertrand Dumont @bdumontae.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

How do we scale up & scale out agroecology across Europe? Researchers, farmers, policymakers & practitioners tackled that question at @agtransect.bsky.social final event in Brussels Full recordings are available, including discussions on: • lessons from 11 Innovation Hubs 👉 doi.org/10.1007/s116...

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Unglaublich. Was Merz hier sagt, ist: 1) Die Wirtschaft ist wichtiger als das Leben von (Tausenden von) Menschen. 2) „Klimawandel“ gibt es nicht (offensichtlich, vermeidet er diesen Begriff) und die Klimawandel zu vermeiden kommt nicht in Frage. Gibt es hier einen Unterschied zwischen CDU und AfD?

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

No surprise. Governments that seek to maximise profits for the few, by all means, won't let anything stand on their way - be it nature, peoples' lives and wellbeing, or our future. Will the Albanian demonstrations expand? I'm looking forward to see, when the ''enough is enough'' moment comes.

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Anand Pandian @anandian.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

"We know how to mourn grandparents, spouses, friends, and neighbors, but we do not know how to mourn disappearing species, damaged rivers, altered coastlines, democratic institutions, or the healthy futures we expected to inherit." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?

In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals

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Dr. Danny Haelewaters 🏳️‍🌈🍄🪰🦇🔬🧬 @dhaelewa.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Congratulations @zakisaati.bsky.social with this amazing paper! Some of those samples were ours from Belgium 🇧🇪

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Irina @irinaherzon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My talk at @scbeurope.bsky.social Only 10-15% of the EU's cattle herd is needed to graze every biodiversity-rich field there is. Most cattle never set hoof on pasture. They're fed grain, packed onto fertilized monocultures. The solution isn't more grazing. It's fewer animals, better raised.

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Irina @irinaherzon.bsky.social · 10/07/2026

My talk at @scbeurope.bsky.social - 2 Put every EU cow on pasture and you'd need more land, more emissions, more imported crops from elsewhere. Too many animals for the land we have. The fix isn't more grazing — it's less and better. #Agroecology #LivestockStrategy

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

At #ECCB2026 we speak with concern about #FoodSecurity due to heat, droughts, pollinators' loss, soil erosion, etc. Meanwhile at X, DG Agri happily anounces a promising year for... oilseed, dairy, pigmeat, poultry. @ec.europa.eu didn't u shout food security? Can't u take your own claims seriously?

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 09/07/2026

Ugandan farmers have filed a lawsuit in London against TotalEnergies' EACOP project. They warn that the 1,443 km (897-mile) oil pipeline threatens 16 protected areas, including vital water sources for 40 million people, and note that more than 100,000 residents have already faced displacement.

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Ugandan farmers sue TotalEnergies’ oil pipeline project in UK court

Four Ugandan farmers have filed a lawsuit before the High Court in London, U.K., against a contentious oil pipeline under construction in Uganda and Tanzania, human rights group Avaaz announced at a…

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Friedrich Wulf @wulffriedrich.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

Die EU plant ein Geschenk für Pestizidkonzerne: Giftige Pestizide könnten für immer zugelassen werden – ohne Sicherheitsprüfung. Ja, für immer. Ja, das passiert wirklich. Jetzt unterschreiben um den Plan aufzuhalten: action.wemove.eu/sign/2025-12...

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Schützt unser Essen vor giftigen Pestiziden

Teile den Appell und hilf mit, die Wirkung dieser Kampagne zu vervielfachen: Schützt unser Essen vor giftigen Pestiziden

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

When politicians and policies fail, i.e. when upscaling of solutions is impossible, outscaling is an excellent alternative - namely replicating what works, instead of awaiting someone else to help. Same might be needed for #agroecology and, more broadly, sustainable agrifood systems.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

The Nature Restoration Regulation contains risky exceptions and exemptions. Volker Mauerhofer reminds that NRR should be legally interpreted in the narrow sense, i.e. complementary to the BD and HD. Court will likely have an important role. #ECCB2026

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

At #ECCB2026, Stefan Kreft presents a MARISCO-based 'strategic situation analysis for European forest biodivetsity'. Are we bending the curve? No Are we going to meet the 'biodiversity positive' target by 2030? No.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Meeting Article 10 of the EU's Nature Restoration Regulation on pollinators requires coherence among several EU directives and policies - especially the CAP. 135 scientists call for urgent action on pollinators, far beyond bees, for the sake of food security. zenodo.org/records/2071...

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Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies: Policy incoherence in the EU is a major barrier to pollinator restoration

Joint White Paper from Horizon Europe-funded projects Butterfly, VALOR, PollinERA, WildPosh, AGRI4POL, ProPollSoil, RestPoll, and Safeguard Executive summary Pollinators are critical for Europe’s resi...

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Jeroen van der Sluijs @jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Joint White Paper @butterfly-project.bsky.social @valor-project.eu @pollinera-horizon.eu @wildposh.eu @agri4pol.eu #ProPollSoil @restpoll.bsky.social @safeguard-pollinators.eu Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies Media coverage in 10 languages butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera...

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ProPublica @propublica.org · 07/07/2026

A study concluded that the uninhibited pumping of groundwater by farmers, cities and corporations around the world now accounts for 68% of the total loss of fresh water at the latitudes where most people live. (Published July 2025)

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“Staggering” Water Loss Driven by Groundwater Mining Poses Global Threat

A new study finds that freshwater resources are rapidly disappearing, creating arid “mega” regions and causing sea levels to rise.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Looking at the EU Stress Test on the Birds and Habitats Directives: Merely 11% of respondents <30 year old. Is it poor familiarity with EU policies? Or law awareness of what the Commission means when they say "simplification"? Hey, youngsters, it's about the quality of YOUR future.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Gestern auf eine Wiese, habe ich das Schachbrett-Weibchen hier fotografiert, als ich bemerkt hatte, das am ende ihres Bauches hängt ein Ei. Zwei Sekunden später ist das Ei runtergefallen. Es ist vielleicht kaum zu glauben, aber manche Falter legen keine Eier ab - sie lassen sie einfach fallen...

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 02/07/2026

The European Commission is placing the Birds & Habitats Directives under a "stress test" (while in parallel, losing grip on CAP and pesticides). The open consultation runs until 10.8.2026: ec.europa.eu/info/law/bet... Sor far 22 scientists (3.3%) contributed. Let's make science be heard too!

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European Commission - Have your say

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Massimo (mirror) @rainmaker1973-m.bsky.social · 27/06/2026

The NASA climate spiral visualization presents monthly global temperature anomalies, deviations from a long term global average. Original post

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Werde Teil eines internationalen Forschungszentrums und unterstütze das PR‑Team von iDiv. Wir suchen einen Mediengestalterin / Mediengestalter (w/m/d). 💻📰 • 50 % (20 h/Woche) • 1 Jahr befristet • bis E9a TV‑L 🗓️ Bewerbungsfrist: 6. Juli 2026 👉 www.idiv.de/de/karriere/...

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Stellenausschreibungen

Entdecke spannende Karrieremöglichkeiten bei iDiv. Werde Teil eines modernen, internationalen und innovativen Forschungszentrums.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Brussels late night under major heat: the city stinks and people are melting. Under these conditions, the big signs all over the Parliament and around it could be read: ''Democracy inaction''. We all pay the price of COPI, the Cost Of Policy Inaction

A big sign above Brussels Luxemburg station says "Democracy in Action''. With focus on empty promises or decieving indicators, such as the proposal to assign the ''Rio Marker'' for 43% of the CAP budget - which will enable MS to list instruments to the climate objective without taking any action - the Parliament risks spending a lot of talking, debating, writing and reporting while de facto doing nothing.
Just to name one example.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

Agriculture, gold mining, road expansion. Does it need mentioning that much of this is driven by soy for export as feed? People are quite literally eating the Amazon.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

In front of the European Parliament with our policy briefs: We plead for a better enabling environment for #agroecology. We need an ambitious CAP, a successful NRR and a food policy to complement them. Farmers need continuity and the right incentives. Read here 4 more: www.agroecology-transect.net

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

I ask IH members, what are your pleads for policymakers on #agroecology? Camille (Belgium): we need consistemcy, you can't say you want agroecology and not fund it or support it. Vyara (Bulgaria): agroecology is a priority on paper, not in reality. Make it real!

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Does #agroecology deliver the benefits we anticipate for #biodiversity and climate? An intensive review finds 123 papers, (quite biased across Europe) indicates positive effects for most farming systems. Quite surprisingly, the positive effect was not dependent on the level of transition.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

#agroecology: final project event in Brussels, presenting the key outcomes of @agtransect.bsky.social. @bdumontae.bsky.social opening the event - starting with project manifesto and our work avross 11 Innovation Hubs across Europe.

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 25/06/2026

Very interesting figure for the UK. Also elsewhere in Europe, an increasingly large share of elders are determining the fates of the young. (The elder a person is, the longer the time since school). We might need to focus on how to help elders in updating their knowledge and being more responsible.

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