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International Biodiversity Consultants Ltd (IBC) is an independent biodiversity and ecology specialist consultancy dedicated to conserving and enhancing our environment with experience worldwide. Link: linktr.ee/ibioconsultants

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National Association for Environmental Education UK @naee-uk.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Rivers are essential and awe inspiring #ecology #nature @learnfromnature.bsky.social
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Bogshuffler 🐛 @bogshuffler.bsky.social · 05/09/2026
Curlew and whoopers #inflight #birdoftheday
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S. K. Riley @skriley.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Save our Marine Life 🐟 🐙 🐬 I've just signed a petition to Environment Minister Murray Watt to support the expansion of marine sanctuaries in Australian waters. You can it sign too: www.saveourmarinelife.org.au/actions/prot... #Australia #Oceans #SeaLife #MarineSanctuaries #MarineParks #CoralSea
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Australia's biggest ocean protection opportunity in 10 years - Save Our Marine Life
The Australian Government has listened to island communities, and just announced plans to massively expand marine sanctuary protection around the stunning Lord Howe Island and Norfolk Island. But before it becomes a reality, the government wants to hear from YOU on the proposed expansions, AND on what other improvements are needed across Australia’s offshore marine parks.  […]
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Mike Blackmore @blacky-himself.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
##ChalkStream #RiverRestoration restoring a hiddeous old "fish stew" back to a thriving chalk stream. River Test, Hampshire
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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Global trends and impacts of the online illegal wildlife trade - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Online illegal wildlife trade threatens species, ecosystems and human well-being. This Review examines the species and products involved, online platforms, drivers, trade routes and impacts of this tr...
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Amanda Arnold 🦈 @amandasodysseys.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
Most shark and ray species have <1% of their range covered by no-take MPAs. New open access in @consletters.bsky.social: Sharks, Rays, & MPAs: a global assessment of MPA coverage in national waters across species ranges tinyurl.com/SharkRayMPA @nickdulvy.bsky.social @jaymatsushiba.bsky.social
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 05/07/2026
Using an ecological framework to fix misinformation : 1/ 🧵 At the micro-level, cognitive processes like identity-protective reasoning interact with personal trust and experience to shape how we interpret facts 🌍 Link: www.nature.com/articles/s41... #PublicHealth #Health #Science
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An ecological framework to understand science mis/disinformation and active resistance to public health measures in the digital age - Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Humanities and Social Sciences Communications - An ecological framework to understand science mis/disinformation and active resistance to public health measures in the digital age
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 16/06/2026
Literature overview of #natureaccounting for #biodiversity - document preview only 🌍 www.proquest.com/openview/5da... #Nature #ESG #BiodiversityFinance
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 16/06/2026
Across ninety years during the 20th century, #insect populations declined in #Switzerland🇨🇭with major declines from the 1930s and 1960s. Can the 21st century help recover? 🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Entomology #Nature #BiodiversityLoss
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Ninety-year trends reveal sharpest insect declines in the mid-twentieth century - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Assessing the magnitude and drivers of recent biodiversity losses requires informative, long-term baseline data. Here the authors reconstruct the temporal trajectories of butterflies and saproxylic be...
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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
Comparison of metrics for identifying Key Biodiversity Areas doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...
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Comparison of metrics for identifying Key Biodiversity Areas
Achieving global biodiversity targets requires reliable identification of Key Biodiversity Areas (KBAs). The KBA Standard defines six metrics to ident…
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 14/06/2026
#ChemicalPollution helps drive #biodiversityloss ➡️Standard tests keep missing unexpected exposure pathways and species sensitivities ➡️A 70-year review argues #ecotoxicology must use data-driven and non-animal approaches to move from reactive to preventive protection 🌍 pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10....
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Ecotoxicology in the Context of Biodiversity Loss: Lessons from Seven Decades of Chemical Impacts and Paths Forward
Chemical pollution is a major anthropogenic driver of biodiversity loss, yet its relative contribution compared to other stressors remains difficult to quantify. Ecotoxicology emerged as a discipline ...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 14/06/2026
#Biodiversity, #Business, #Economics and #Management - 1993 to 2025, what a study from #HongKong 🇭🇰 tells us 🌍 scholars.ln.edu.hk/en/publicati...
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What do we need to know about biodiversity in economics and business?
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 14/06/2026
Mongabay reports on growing and #unsustainable demand for #sand, how removal is undermining riverbanks and coastal #environments including people’s livelihoods. E&S debts are stacking up, especially in places like #SEAsia where land reclamation plays a key role 🌍 news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Global sand demand is outpacing nature's ability to replenish it, UN says
The global sand mining industry removes around 50 billion metric tons of material each year, outpacing the rate at which sand replenishes.
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 14/06/2026
What exactly are the biological implications of #plasticpollution on animals? 🌍 New paper: www.nature.com/articles/s44... #Plastics #Pollution #Aquatics #Marine
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The effects of plastic pollution on biodiversity - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
Plastic pollution is pervasive across ecosystems, but its impacts on biodiversity remain poorly understood. This Review assesses current understanding of exposure and biological effects, evaluating th...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 09/06/2026
It’s not just about fugitives…. historically animal #bountyhunters also seek and find unwanted #species. In the first of its kind, this global study recorded 283 species, across 60 countries looking at various perspectives of this trade 🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s44... #Biodiversity #Ecology
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Society’s struggle with unwanted species: what centuries of history reveal about species bounty programs - npj Biodiversity
npj Biodiversity - Society’s struggle with unwanted species: what centuries of history reveal about species bounty programs
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 08/06/2026
Yes, #sustainable #supplychains can drive #ESG progress! This new study of Chinese 🇨🇳 firms (2010–2021) shows reporting on sustainable supply chain practices directly improves ESG scores, boosts #NetZero & #biodiversitymanagement, and cuts controversies 🌍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Validating Sustainable Supply Chain Measures and Their Effects on ESG, Net Zero, Biodiversity, and Controversies in the Chinese Context
The study proposes proxies for sustainable supply chain (SSC) management and examines their impact on ESG, Net Zero, biodiversity, and ESG controversi…
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 08/06/2026
#AsianDevelopmentBank (ADB) reports on the loss of #wetlands in the #AsiaPacific region despite their incredible value to society 🌍 development.asia/insight/how-... #Ecosystems #Ecology #Aquatic #NbS
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How to Value and Restore Wetlands as Natural Infrastructure for Resilience
Scale nature-based solutions and align investments with the Global Biodiversity Framework to reverse wetland loss in Asia and the Pacific.
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 08/06/2026
Despite benefits, caution should also be applied on the use of #AI in #ecologicalsciences 🌍 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #Technology #Ecology
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Ecology is not yet ready for AI—and why that matters | PNAS
Ecology is not yet ready for AI&mdash;and why that matters
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 05/06/2026
86 #solarfarms across England & Wales shows wins for #nature: 289 plant, 25 butterfly, and 81 bird species recorded While #landscape factors play a role, active site management is key actionable tool to maximize ecological benefits alongside renewable energy 🌍 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 05/06/2026
When #corporates are blind to their actual #biodiversity risks, they chase "green innovation bubbles", flooding market with hyped green patent applications that never get granted Aware executive and investors can help fix the bias 🌍 Abstract: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... #ESG #China
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Seeing Green Through Rose‐Colored Glasses? Corporate Biodiversity Cognition Bias and Green Innovation Bubbles
Despite the growing global focus on biodiversity loss, the way firms cognitively approach biodiversity remains inadequately explored. We examine the effect of corporate biodiversity cognition bias on...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 04/06/2026
A round-up of advances in the use of #AI in #biodiversity and #ecological research 🌍 straitsresearch.com/article/role...
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AI Technologies Used for Biodiversity Analysis
Artificial intelligence helps protect biodiversity by using machine learning, drones, satellite imaging, and AI monitoring systems to track wildlife and ecosystems
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 04/06/2026
#Tiger #conservation success in #India 🇮🇳 runs into trouble as local communities protest against #wildlife attacks 🌍 www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-bio...
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Human rights must align with conservation
India proudly celebrates its “increasing” tiger numbers as a global success story. The International Big Cat Alliance (IBCA) presents India as a world leader in
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 02/06/2026
Can #CitizenScience fill gaps in traditional #urbanwildlife tracking? #CityNatureChallenge data from #Berlin (2023–2024) was used to analyze species composition, data quality, and taxonomic biases against GBIF records to optimize future #biodiversity monitoring 🌍 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The City Nature Challenge as an urban BioBlitz: evaluating Citizen Science contributions to biodiversity monitoring in Berlin - BMC Ecology and Evolution
Background The human-induced loss of biodiversity demands innovative, resource efficient monitoring approaches, such as Citizen Science, to complement traditional biodiversity monitoring methods. BioB...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 25/05/2026
Can 500 yr old land-use practices still shape modern #forests? In Germany 🇩🇪 new study reveals forests with frequent historical #deforestation show higher plant diversity and unique community compositions even today onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1... #Forestry #ForestEcology #Trees
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 24/05/2026
What happens when #ecologists use #biodiversityscience techniques to identify and study human activities in #cities? Turns our us humans have more in common with thriving #coralreef #ecosystems 🌍 phys.org/news/2026-05... #UrbanEcology
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Ocean Policy Collective @oceanpolicycol.bsky.social · 23/05/2026
On 22 May, the world marked #WorldBiodiversityDay , a global call to reflect on the vital role biodiversity plays in sustaining healthy ecosystems, strengthening #ClimateResilience and suppoting our wellbeing. What are you doing today to protect biodiversity?
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 21/05/2026
30 million+ marine records test if our #biodiversity knowledge "converges" as data grows showing: 🔵 Species richness and latitudinal patterns are stabilizing 🔵 But rarity-weighted richness remains highly inconsistent Link to paper: shorturl.at/58cN9 🌍
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 21/05/2026
24% of global #grasslands remain structurally intact, largely due to cropland expansion However, impacts vary: high #fragmentation heavily hits temperate regions, #reptiles show strongest declines 🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 18/05/2026
This US 🇺🇸 study finds cooling our cities really is simple - integrate ‘living’ infrastructure into city planning by planting more #trees 🌳🌳helping #biodiversity, improving our #mentalwellbeing, improving #airquality 🌍 www.theinvadingsea.com/2026/05/16/t... #UrbanHeatIsland #Climate
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The solution to urban heat is much, much simpler than you think | The Invading Sea
Planting more trees can provide huge temperature benefits, boost biodiversity and improve mental health.
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 18/05/2026
Scientists warn that the world’s #rivers are running out of oxygen 🌍 www.sciencedaily.com/releases/202... #FreshwaterEcology #ClimateChange
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Scientists warn that the world’s rivers are running out of oxygen
Rivers around the world are quietly running out of oxygen — and climate change is emerging as the main culprit. A sweeping global analysis of more than 21,000 river systems found that nearly 80% have ...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 17/05/2026
#Japan’s 🇯🇵 sacred shrine #forests ⛩️🌳 have potential as #OECMs (Other Effective area-based Conservation Measures). However, a survey reveals key challenges: urban #logging pressure and a lack of #biodiversitymonitoring 🌍 1/2 🧵 Full paper: www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 17/05/2026
Persian Gulf’s ecological treasures under threat from war 🌍 www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-... #EcologicalCrisis #IranWar #MiddleEast
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The war in Iran is supercharging an ecological crisis in the Persian Gulf
Despite decades of damage, the Persian Gulf’s ecological marvels remain—for now
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 17/05/2026
#AtlanticForest Biome #Brazil 🇧🇷 has been decimated by #deforestation, #cattleranching, #sugarcane expansion, and #land-use change. Great to see #BirdlifeInternational advance the #AtlanticForestActionPlan to help protect, restore, and drive sustainable land use 🌍 www.birdlife.org/news/2026/05...
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Atlantic Forest: Fragments that Persist
Once stretching across nearly a tenth of South America, the Atlantic Forest is now reduced to scattered fragments. Yet within these remaining patches of forest, communities, producers…
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 17/05/2026
Amazing effort in #SanFrancisco records 3 million #wildlife observations with 106,000 people involved! 🌍 www.calacademy.org/press/releas... #CitizenScience #Ecology #BiodiversityAction
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City Nature Challenge records over 3 million wildlife observations from more than 106,000 participants in a single long weekend
The data collected informs species conservation and enhances understanding of global biodiversity.
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 16/05/2026
How can #urbanbiomes reshape #globalconservation? This paper introduces archipelagic technonatures - enclosed climates e.g. Zurich simulating Madagascar acting as data nodes reinforcing #North-South asymmetries but also offer vital spaces for #eco-restoration 🌍 journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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Archipelagic technonatures: The urbanisation of the ‘global biodiversity hotspot’ - Simon Marvin, Jonathan Rutherford, 2026
This paper develops the concept of archipelagic technonatures to analyse how urban infrastructures are reshaping the geographies of global conservation. We focu...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 16/05/2026
#LivingLabs are gaining traction, but how effective are they? A review of 769 papers (62 analyzed deeply) reveals: ➡️ #Landscape is diverse ( #agroecology, #sustainability). ➡️No "one-size-fits-all" approach. ➡️CRITICAL GAPS: Limited performance assessment & low replicability 🌍 l1nq.com/p9hwket
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 16/05/2026
#Solar PV is booming but #biodiversityresearch has blindspots: ➡️76% of studies only look at operations ➡️Harmful in natural areas, but beneficial on degraded land. ➡️69% show eco-conscious maintenance boosts #wildlife. ➡️Data gaps in manufacturing & disposal 🌍 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Known and unknown biodiversity impacts of solar PV: A review of life cycle stages and mitigation opportunities
Climate change and biodiversity loss are interconnected global problems that should be addressed in tandem. Solar photovoltaics (PV) electricity gener…
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Friends of Bats and Habitat Gippsland @friendsofbats.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
"We found that individual flying foxes can literally travel thousands of kilometres a year, criss-crossing their entire range and sometimes multiple times," Dr Welbergen said. "They are not so much migratory as profoundly nomadic." www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08...
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One flying fox's 12,000km nomadic journey stuns researchers
Researchers are reviewing everything they know about the nomadic habits of flying foxes after making a stunning discovery about the huge distances distance the creatures can travel.
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W. P. Mueller @wpmueller.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
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Conservation is becoming more evidence-based, but it still has a long way to go
Written by Alec Christie, Centre for Environmental Policy, Imperial College London. For more than two decades, conservationists have been encouraged to use the best available evidence to inform the…
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 11/05/2026
1/ New research explores the #30x30 #biodiversity target vs. 1.5°C #climategoals. The results show a massive geographic divide in who wins and who loses 🧵🌍 Link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #Rewilding #Rewild #NatureAction #ClimateAction #ClimateChange
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Balancing climate and biodiversity: Assessing the socioeconomic impacts of the 30-by-30 target with climate warming constraints
Limiting global warming to 1.5°C will require significant land-use change. Various post-Paris Agreement strategies are rooted in land-based CO2 remova…
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 10/05/2026
#Biodiversity #CSR is moving beyond climate governance into a multidimensional "nature economy” from #naturalcapital accounting to species distribution models, turning ecological complexity into actionable business data 🌍 Read more: shorturl.at/ozhMd #NaturePositive #TNFD #ESG #SustainableBusiness
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 09/05/2026
One has to wonder whether or not humans have decided to throw the towel in and call it a day? 🌍 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #HumanExtinction #ClimateDistaster
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‘Hopeless and broken’: why the world’s top climate scientists are in despair
Exclusive: Survey of hundreds of experts reveals harrowing picture of future, but they warn climate fight must not be abandoned
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 06/05/2026
The Western Ghats #biodiversityhotspot sends a warning as dragonfly species extinctions become evident in India 🇮🇳 www.independent.co.uk/news/science... #Invertebrates #FreshwaterEcology
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One-third of India’s dragonflies are likely extinct, survey reveals
Research points to alarming species decline, habitat degradation, and deeper ecological stress in India’s Western Ghats
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 13/04/2026
#InvasiveAlienSpecies (IAS), a major threat to global #biodiversity - this paper looks to model the future spread of over 9,000 non-native species by end of 21st C. 🌍 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #Biogeography #LandUse #BiodiversityLoss
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The global geography of plant invasion risk under future climate and land-use changes - Nature Ecology & Evolution
The spread of non-native species is likely to be compounded by further climate change and land-use intensification. Here the authors assess the potential distribution of 9,701 naturalized non-native p...
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IPBES @ipbes.net · 11/04/2026
How much do you know about 5 converging environmental crises? ➡️ Explore the most comprehensive assessment of links between biodiversity, water, food, health & climate. 🌏 For just & sustainable futures! Watch the IPBES #NexusAssessment video here: youtu.be/8H6aW_j2oSA?si=kcnREIc_f2c…
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 12/04/2026
The #Bajo community in Southeast #Indonesia - award winning film (16 mins) youtu.be/xtBwopM8g7U?... #Fisheries #Fishing #Sea #CoralReef #IndigenousPeople
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Salt in their Veins | Full Award-Winning Documentary
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 11/04/2026
Unsustainable #hunting and #habitatloss threaten both #biodiversity and #livelihoods in the #CongoBasin, but a major shift is happening: #conservation is moving away from "militarized" tactics toward #community-led management 🌍 Book Chapter: link.springer.com/content/pdf/...
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International Biodiversity @ibioconsultants.com · 11/04/2026
For decades, #conservation has relied on counting plants and animals. But now a new perspective argues that #biodiversity measurement is at a crossroads A radical shift in how we organize and share data is needed to meet global targets 🌍 news.mongabay.com/2026/03/plen... #EcologyData #2030RoadMap
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Plenty of biodiversity data, but too few conservation answers
For decades, conservation has depended on a deceptively simple act: counting. Scientists tally birds along migration routes, measure forest cover from satellites, or track wildlife populations through camera traps. These numbers underpin the decisions that shape environmental policy, from protected-area planning to international biodiversity targets. Yet the system that produces them is changing quickly, […]
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Climate Justice Alliance @cjaourpower.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
The US-Israel war on Iran is a disaster for the climate, according to an analysis that finds it is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined. Read the full article: www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...
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5m tonnes of CO2 emitted in just 14 days of US war on Iran, analysis finds
Exclusive: War in the Middle East is draining the global carbon budget faster than 84 countries combined
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