Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesGuy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · 20/10/2025Open Letter by scientists to the Council: "Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”. Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025, 2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets. zenodo.org/records/1739... 110080
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesCIIMAR @ciimar.bsky.social · 21/10/2025Portugal has now a Roadmap for Monitoring the National Network of Marine Protected Areas! 🌊 🔗Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/ciimar-proje... #CIIMARnews 111
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesCIIMAR @ciimar.bsky.social · 18/09/2025#CIMARLA researchers were received on Monday by the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, with the aim of presenting the open letter “For a national restoration plan that does not leave the sea behind”. www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/cimar-... @ccmar.bsky.social #CIIMARnews 022
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesPaolo Crosetto @paolocrosetto.bsky.social · 15/06/2025Fourth: play our funny guessing game #DiscoverOrMDPI. Can you outguess marketing operatives from publishers by telling apart MDPI from Discover journals? We wrote the game and the blog, and cannot win. pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/ 23818
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesCIIMAR @ciimar.bsky.social · 26/05/2025CIIMAR is organizing the 3rd workshop of the INDIMAR project. 📅May 29, 2025 📍Luiz Saldanha Room, IPMA 🔗 More information: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/3rd-i... #CIIMARevents 021
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 17/11/2024O plano nacional de restauro não pode descurar o mar e deve ser eficaz, transparente, aberto, inclusivo e permitir a participação pública informada e atempada. www.publico.pt/2024/11/15/a...publico.ptNo dia do mar, investigadores pedem que plano de restauro “não deixe o mar para trás”Investigadores das áreas do mar e ambiente apelam a que o plano nacional de restauro seja desenvolvido de forma transparente, inclusiva e que “permita a participação pública informada e atempada”. 040
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 16/11/2024🌊 O Mar não pode ser deixado para trás Neste Dia Nacional do Mar, investigadores de todo o país unem-se num apelo urgente ao Governo: é necessário um plano nacional de restauro atento ao Mar. 📢 Faz a tua parte. Subscreve a carta: carta-restauro-mar.weebly.com 130
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 19/08/2024Com a entrada em vigor da Lei do Restauro da Natureza, 🇵🇹 tem 2 anos para preparar o seu Plano Nacional e demonstrar como atingirá as metas da Lei. Ninguém compreenderia que o meio marinho fosse o parente pobre deste plano. Afinal, 97% do país é mar. www.publico.pt/2024/08/16/a...publico.ptLei do Restauro da Natureza entra em vigor no sábadoLegislação tem novas regras para os 27 países com o objectivo de restaurar pelo menos 20% das florestas e mares até 2030. Estados-membros têm dois anos para apresentar projectos à Comissão Europeia. 010
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 19/08/2024Our new paper in Ecology & Society “Exploring perceptions to improve the outcomes of a marine protected” ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss3/a... We’ve used a mixed methods approach to examine the perceptions of key stakeholder groups about Litoral Norte, an MPA in the north of 🇵🇹 130
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesTodd Woody @toddwoody.bsky.social · 31/07/2024Austria just became the 32nd member state of the 170-member International Seabed Authority to call for a precautionary pause or moratorium on deep sea mining until its environmental impacts on biodiverse ocean ecosystems can be better understood. #ISA29 0175
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesJason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 29/07/2024In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵 26834
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 06/07/2024These science-policy priorities extend to the EU. We need stronger bridges between the life sciences, social sciences and humanities to tackle the intertwined threats of biodiversity loss, climate change and inequality. This must be at the core of EU funding programs. www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comGive UK science the overhaul it urgently needsFive scholars share their science-policy priorities for the incoming government as it faces urgent challenges in tackling climate change, health, inequality and more. Five scholars share their science... 042
Reposted by João Garcia Rodrigues🌊Markus Knigge🐟 @oceanknigge.bsky.social · 04/07/2024Breaking: Secretary General of International Seabed Authority accused for misusing agency funds (Opposing candidate Carvalho should be dissuaded from standing as the next Secretary General by job favours.) 🇩🇪 asks for investigation... NYT article 👇 (behind paywall) www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...nytimes.comFight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns NastyAn election over the future of a United Nations-affiliated organization could determine whether the Pacific Ocean floor will soon be mined for metals used in electric vehicles. 033
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesMongabay @mongabay.com · 30/06/2024In Galicia, shellfish harvesting is traditionally women’s work But the shellfish they depend on are increasingly harder to find Extreme weather events -- made more frequent by climate change & including heat waves and torrential rain -- threaten the shellfish, and with them, the tradition:news.mongabay.comIn northern Spain, climate change is killing shellfish — and women’s livelihoodsReporting for this story was supported by Journalismfund Europe under the Earth Investigations Programme. GALICIA, Spain — The first sleepy rays of morning light are starting to illuminate the beach o... 099
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 21/06/2024What a great book, @helenczerski.bsky.social. Enjoying every single word of it. 261
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesGlen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 21/06/2024Just as our parents & ancestors made the decisions that caused the global warming we see today, the decisions society makes today will have profound impacts for our children & grandchildren. kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10.... 02412
Reposted by João Garcia RodriguesIPBES @ipbes.net · 20/06/2024A new paper led by Martin et al. based on the @ipbes.bsky.social #ValuesAssessment explores how diverse values of nature drive different sustainability pathways, such as Green Economy, Nature Protection and Earth Stewardship. 🧪🌎 📖 One Earth www.cell.com/one-earth/fu... 0153
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 19/06/2024Congratulations! It's well deserved. 041
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 19/06/2024Great insight in the new article by @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: 'We must collaborate to develop biodiversity monitoring frameworks that embed social justice and enable robust design and evaluation of interventions to learn.' journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...journals.plos.orgNow is the time for conservationists to stand up for social justiceConservationists are still grappling with what social justice means in practice. This Perspective argues that a major shift in mindset is required in order to achieve socially just, rights-based conse... 011
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 08/01/2024A ciência é de qualidade, mas o subfinanciamento dos centros de investigação irá continuar até ao final da década. Valham-nos os "brilharetes orçamentais" e as "contas certas" do Governo. t.co/HPtcXORDqO 042
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 01/01/2024Temperatura mensal mundial, entre 1940 e 2023. Cada linha representa uma década; cada círculo um ano. 197
João Garcia Rodrigues @j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social · 01/01/2024Ano novo, nova rede. A ver se o ar por aqui é mais respirável. 230