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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 19/06/2026

In #Dovrefjell, the most important lesson about watching musk oxen was not how to get close — but how to keep distance. Research trip for an upcoming wildlife/travel feature on Norway. Some pics @ExploreTrondelag #wildlife #MuskOx #Norway 🌍🌐🧪🐾🇳🇴 #nature

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Good morning from Trondheim. About to leave for #oppdal to track some muskox and moose with @visitoppdal and @Explore Trøndelag #Norway #wildlife

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

🦬 Wildlife and the carbon cycle🧪 In Resurgence & Ecologist, I report on research showing how herbivores, predators and marine species influence vegetation, soils and fire regimes 🌍 — and how these interactions shape carbon storage in changing ecosystems.🌐 #Ecology #CarbonCycle #Science #climate

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 11/01/2026

🌍Alpenmurmeltiere im Klimawandel 1/4🧪 Mein Text über Alpenmurmeltiere erschien vor einiger Zeit in Spektrum der Wissenschaft. Für die Recherche war ich in den französischen Alpen unterwegs. Steigende Temperaturen verändern das Leben im Hochgebirge. 🌐 #Klimawandel #Alpen 👇Seiten 1-4. Teil 2 folgt.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

🦍 Good news from #Virunga National Park 🌍 Twin male mountain gorillas were born on 3 Jan 2026 in the Bageni family — a rare event. The mother, Mafuko, and both infants were observed in good health. Picture Credit, more info @ Virunga National Park #Gorillas #Virunga #Conservation #Wildlife #Africa

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

🌍Marmottes alpines sous pression🐾. Dans Sciences et Avenir, je rapporte des données de suivi: hivers plus doux et moins de neige fragilisent l’hibernation, réduisant reproduction et survie. 🧪Les marmottes servent d’espèce sentinelle du changement alpin.🌐 #Écologie #ChangementClimatique #Alpes

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

🌱 Novel ecosystems are becoming the norm🌎 In Resurgence & Ecologist, I report on landscapes so altered that returning to a historical baseline is no longer possible🌐 Ecologists now debate how conservation should respond when #ecosystems have no precedent.🧪 #Ecology #Conservation #Biodiversity Read👇

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

🧪Furets à pieds noirs & clonage.🌎 Dans Québec Science, je rapporte comment le clonage est testé pour restaurer une diversité génétique perdue. Le cas du furet montre le rôle possible de telles approches dans la conservation des espèces.🌐 #BiologieDeLaConservation #Génétique #EspècesMenacées #Science

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

🦡 Schwarzfußiltis & Artenschutz🌍 Für Bild der Wissenschaft (02/2025) habe ich über den Einsatz von Klonen🧪 im Artenschutz geschrieben. Der Iltis war fast ausgestorben – alle heutigen Tiere stammen von nur sieben Gründertieren ab🌐. Seiten 1–3 👇mehr in Teil 2 #Wissenschaft #Artenschutz #Genetik

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 28/12/2025

🧬 Can cloning help prevent extinction?🧪 For Resurgence & Ecologist (Sept/Oct), I reported on the black-footed ferret🌎 — a species revived from just seven founders, now testing whether cryopreserved DNA and cloning can restore lost genetic diversity.🌐 🌿 #Conservation #Science #Genetics #Biodiversity

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 26/12/2025

🐻 Rumäniens Südkarpaten: unterwegs im Făgăraș-Gebirge Für meine Reisereportage in natur (01/26)🌍 habe ich diese abgelegene Region bereist – ein Mosaik aus Urwäldern, Hochalmen und Wildtierlebensräumen 🌐, wo Europas größter #Nationalpark geplant ist. 🌿 #Reise #Rumänien #Naturschutz Seiten 1-4 Teil 2👇

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 28/09/2025

🐴🌐 Millions of Africa’s donkeys are slaughtered for hides to supply the ejiao trade in China.🌍 Research shows the loss devastates rural livelihoods & fuels illegal markets🧪 I wrote about this for The Revelator: therevelator.org/skinned-for-... #Donkeys #WildlifeTrade #Research #animalwelfare #crime

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Skinned for Profit: How Global Trade Is Driving Africa’s Donkeys to the Brink • The Revelator

Millions of animals are slaughtered each year for use in traditional Chinese medicine — a trade that’s devastating many African communities.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 21/09/2025

🐻 Back from Romania’s Carpathians: Foundation Conservation Carpathia works toward a 200–300k ha Făgăraș national park🌍 With partners like The European Nature Trust & Zabola Estate, conservation meets ecotourism—protecting forests while creating new local value🌐. #Rewilding #ecotourism #wildlife

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🐻 Yesterday we watched bears from the new hide at Zabola Estate in Transylvania🌍 The estate’s trust, Conservation Transylvania, links heritage with wildlife🌐 Together with FCC & TENT, they show how ecotourism can support coexistence in Europe’s last great forests.🧪 #Romania #conservation #wildlife

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

🦇🌍 I usually don’t criticise colleagues – but this BBC New story www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... is so badly done it could be a textbook case in how not to report on #biodiversity 🧪🌐. It’s not about interpretation – it’s just bad craftsmanship: imbalanced, uninformed, and biased. Here’s why 👇

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Aberdeen woman forced to share her home with hundreds of bats

An Aberdeen woman says she has been forced to sleep in her car after discovering a colony of the protected animals in her house.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

🦭 Tollwut im Meer🌍 Ich habe für natur über den weltweit ersten dokumentierten Tollwutausbruch bei Meeressäugern berichtet 🌐 über 60 infizierte Kap-Pelzrobben in Südafrika, aggressive Tiere an Stränden, und kaum Impfmöglichkeiten🧪 Seiten 1–4 - Teil 2 folgt👇 #Zoonosen #Meeressäuger #Artenschutz

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 06/07/2025

🦭 Rabies has reached the ocean🧪For Resurgence & Ecologist, I reported on the world’s first known outbreak among marine mammals, Cape fur seals off South Africa🌍A rare One Health wake-up call🌐 resurgence.org/magazine/article6499-rabies-at-sea.html #Wildlife #OneHealth #AnimalHealth #Conservation

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Rabies at sea

After detecting a rabies outbreak in marine mammals, scientists are trying to determine whether the virus is now established in South Africa’s Cape fur seals – and, if so, how to stop it from spreadin...

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

🐺 Poland’s wolves are back, but so is the backlash🌍Scientists warn of fear-driven politics after the Bern Convention downgraded protection🌐No fatal attack since 1948, yet calls for culls. Researchers push back🧪 phys.org/news/2025-07-demonised-scientists-mongering-wolves.html #Wolves #Conservation

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'Demonised': Polish scientists warn of fear mongering about wolves

Scientist Roman Gula showed images of wolves filmed in a nearby forest with hidden cameras to locals in the Polish town of Konskie, assuring them they pose no threat.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

🦉 Fleckenkauz: Schutz in der Sackgasse? 🇺🇸🌎 Ich habe für das Magazin natur über ein Dilemma im US-Artenschutz berichtet: Der heimische Fleckenkauz verliert seinen Lebensraum – und wird von einem invasiven Verwandten verdrängt.🧪🌐 Hier Seiten 1–4 – Teil 2 folgt 👇 #Eulen #Artenschutz #Natur #Biologie

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

I have just been shortlisted for Germany's prestigious award for science journalism, the 'Georg von Holtzbrinck Preis für Wissenschaftsjournalismus' #WissPreis 🧪This is my second nomination after 2018. #sciencejournalism🌐🌍

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

🦏 Dehorning rhinos works🌍A new study🧪 from Greater Kruger shows a 78% drop in poaching across 8 reserves. But it's no silver bullet — poverty, horn demand & corruption still fuel killings🌐 theconversation.com/dehorning-rh... #Conservation #Poaching #WildlifeCrime #Africa #Wildlife

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Dehorning rhinos tips the balance against poaching – new study

A new Kruger National Park study has conclusively found that dehorning rhino can save most from poachers, but some will still be killed for their stumps.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

🌎 A new Trump-era wall in Arizona's San Rafael Valley threatens key wildlife corridors —home to jaguars, ocelots & pronghorns. Few people cross here, but nature does🌐 Conservationists and scientists warn of lasting damage🧪 #Biodiversity #Wildlife #Conservation www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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Trump’s new border wall will threaten wildlife in an area where few people pass

The San Rafael valley in Arizona is home to bears, mountain lions and wolves – now their movement will be restricted

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

🏝️ Can atolls survive sea level rise?🌏 This piece shows how coral, mangroves & seagrass restoration may protect island nations better than concrete. 🌐 Nature-based solutions are gaining ground — but emissions cuts are still key.🧪 e360.yale.edu/features/ato... #Climate #Atolls #NatureBasedSolutions

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How Natural Solutions Can Help Islands Survive Sea Level Rise

Atoll islands with healthy ecosystems are less likely to disappear as oceans rise, research shows. Now, scientists are using nature-based solutions — like restoring coral reefs and native forests — to...

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

🦅 I travelled to Mid-Wales to report on the comeback of red kites. 🌍 Once nearly extinct, they now thrive in Elan Valley. At Gigrin Farm, hundreds gather for daily feedings. Efforts are helping turn the region into a richer place for wildlife. 🌐 🧪 #RedKite #Wales #Conservation #Birdwatching

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

🦈 Offshore wind farms may offer safe zones for sharks & rays.🌍 Dutch researchers found eDNA of 5 species, incl. basking sharks, in turbine areas.🧪 Bans on bottom trawling could help marine life rebound.🌐 #Sharks #eDNA #Marinelife #Conservation #wildlife oceanographicmagazine.com/news/are-off...

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Are offshore wind farms the next safe spaces for sharks and rays? - Oceanographic

New eDNA evidence has confirmed the presence of active shark and rays around Dutch offshore wind farms, posing an exciting new question.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Teil 1 🦅 Wales: Rotmilane & Regenwälder 🌍 Ich war für natur in Mittelwales unterwegs – wo einst die letzten britischen Rotmilane lebten, gibt es heute Tausende. Gigrin-Farm: Täglich bis zu 500 Milane bei der Fütterung. Hier Seite 1-4, Seite 5-7 in Teil 2 👇 #Reise #Wales #Naturschutz

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

🐢 Turtles vs. Tractors on the Med 🏖️ Beach grooming for Instagram tourism flattens nesting sites, harms coastal ecosystems & limits local access.🌍 A sober look at overtourism’s effects via The Guardian: www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Overtourism #SeaTurtles #Mediterranean #Conservation🧪

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Sand groomers v turtles: how wildlife is falling foul of the demand for Insta-perfect beaches

From the turtle-nesting beaches of Italy to Greek island bird havens, across the Mediterranean campaigners are fighting to protect habitats from tourists seeking a picture-perfect holiday

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

🌍 Why doesn’t biodiversity increase evenly from garden to continent? 🐸 A new theory explains the 3-phase pattern of species growth with scale — key to predicting loss of biodiversity 700M records, global scope. Study in Nature Communications.🧪 #Ecology #Biodiversity phys.org/news/2025-04...

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From the front garden to the continent, here's why biodiversity does not increase evenly from small to large

The number of species does not increase evenly when going from local ecosystems to continental scales—a phenomenon ecologists have recognized for decades. Now, an international team of scientists, inc...

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

Teil 1 🇬🇧 Brexit & Umwelt 🐟 Ich habe im Juni 2024 für natur über den „grünen Brexit“ geschrieben – und wie die Umwelt darunter leidet. 🌍🧪 ▪️ Wye River: Schutzgebiet durch Hühnerfarmen belastet. ▪️ EU-Standards werden ausgehöhlt. #Brexit #Naturschutz #Biodiversität Hier Seiten 1–4. Seite 5 in Teil 2👇

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

🐭 Ronin, a HeroRAT trained by APOPO, has found 109 landmines in Cambodia🌏more than any rat before. 🕒 He clears an area the size of a tennis court in 30 mins (humans need 4 days) His record-breaking nose just made it into the Guinness Book. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #Wildlife #GuinnessWorldRecord

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Ronin the rat sets new landmine-sniffing record

Ronin, a giant African pouched rat, is the first rodent to uncover more than 100 mines in Cambodia.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

⚓ Bottom trawling in EU waters causes €330M–€10.8B in annual damage, says new Nature Sustainability study.🧪 Costs include CO₂ release, habitat loss & fishery decline.🌍 Study by Enric Sala et al. #OceanHealth #BottomTrawling #ClimateAction www.euronews.com/green/2025/0...

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Economic cost of bottom trawling outweighs benefits, study finds

Ocean experts found that the economic costs mostly come from carbon emissions caused by churning up the seabed.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🐾 Four lynx, one uproar🌍 Part 1/4 🇬🇧 (German original version posted earlier) In January, 4 Eurasian lynx appeared in the Scottish Highlands – released by unknown actors. My article (auto translated) investigates what happened and why it matters.🧪 #Lynx #Rewilding #Scotland #WildlifePolitics Part 2👇

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025

🐾 Warum tauchten Luchse in Schottland auf? 🌍 Teil 1/5: Vier Eurasische Luchse wurden im Januar heimlich in den Highlands freigelassen – wer dahinter steckt, bleibt unklar. 🔍 Meine Reportage für Spektrum vom 02.03.2025 rekonstruiert den Fall.🧪 #Luchs #Rewilding #Schottland #Artenschutz Teil 2 👇

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025

🐺 A German-Polish male & Italian female wolf paired up in France’s Lozère🌍 – a rare genetic mix, exciting scientists and conservationists🧪 But farmers want culls, not coexistence. Fencing & guard dogs? Often ignored. www.france24.com/en/live-news... #WolfConservation #Wildlife #Rewilding #Lozère

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Unlikely wolf pair sparks row in rural France

A rare discovery in France of a pair of wolves, each from a distinct genetic background, has excited animal lovers demanding their protection and objections from farmers eager to protect livestock.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

🦧 Relocating orangutans may do more harm than good.🧪A PLOS ONE study shows that translocated individuals face higher mortality, stress, and struggle to adapt. Losing cultural knowledge makes survival even harder🌏 www.theguardian.com/environment/... #Conservation #Wildlife #EndangeredSpecies

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‘Like kidnapping your grandpa’: why relocating orangutans threatens their survival

The endangered great apes of Malaysia and Indonesia struggle when translocated despite efforts to protect them, finds research

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

🐺🧪A Colorado State University study finds that chain-link fences sharply reduce predator attacks on livestock—not just for protected herds, but for neighbors too. A win-win for farmers & wildlife conservation.🌍 #HumanWildlifeCoexistence #Conservation #Wildlife #Livestock phys.org/news/2025-03...

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Study finds chain-link fences reduce predator attacks on livestock

A predator's gotta eat, but sometimes what they eat harms people sharing the landscape, and that often leads to the carnivore's death.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

🪱 Women vs. Worm Poachers🌏In India, women-led groups are fighting the illegal trade of earthworms, a hidden crisis threatening soil health & biodiversity. With weak laws, they’re taking action to protect ecosystems🧪 BBC Future: www.bbc.com/future/artic... #Conservation #Biodiversity #EcoWarriors

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Why worm poaching is threatening India's wetlands

India's bristle worms are often overlooked. But they are crucial to the health of the country's wetlands – so local women are working to catch the poachers decimating their population.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

🌊 Ocean Census scientists have identified 800+ new marine species using AI imaging & DNA analysis. From deep-sea crustaceans to jellyfish, the findings highlight how little we know about #ocean biodiversity. What else might the deep sea be hiding? 🌏🧪 oceancensus.org/publications... #Biodiversity

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The Ocean Census Discovers Over 800 New Marine Species

The Ocean Census, the largest global mission to discover ocean life reveals over 800 newly discovered marine species.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

🌍 Mining Destroys Peru’s Peatlands⛏️A study in Environmental Research Letters🧪 reveals over 550 hectares of peatland lost, releasing up to 0.7M tons of carbon. Peatlands take centuries to recover. This highlights the costs of resource extraction in the Amazon. #ClimateChange phys.org/news/2025-03...

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Two years of gold mining devastates Peruvian peatlands, outpacing damage of the last 30 years

New research published in the journal Environmental Research Letters reveals that artisan gold mining in the southern Peruvian Amazon has caused more destruction to carbon-rich peatlands in the past t...

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

🐻Who is ‘local’ in carnivore management?🌍A study🧪in People and Nature challenges definitions of local communities, showing how diverse knowledge shapes coexistence with carnivores. It calls for better integration. besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Wildlife #Conservation #Ecology

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Who is local and what do they know? Braiding knowledges within carnivore management in Europe

Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🐾 Scots back lynx return🌍 New poll (Jan 2025, 2,014 Scots): ✅ 61% support legal lynx reintroduction (+9 pts since 2020) ❌ 13% oppose (-6 pts) Four lynx were illegally released in Scotland in January. FM John Swinney opposes predator reintroduction. #Wildlife #Rewilding #Conservation #Biodiversity

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

🪶Uganda’s Crested Crane in Crisis 🇺🇬 Once abundant, only 25,000 remain as wetlands vanish 🧪poaching rises & its cultural significance fades. Conservationists fight to save this national symbol🌍 www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... #CrestedCrane #BirdConservation #Uganda #Wildlife #wetlands #nature #africa

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Why Uganda's iconic crested crane faces extinction

The population of the national bird is declining partly due to encroachment on wetlands by farmers.

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

Part 1 🐺 Wolf Hybrids: A Threat to Conservation? (English post 🇬🇧 German version already posted). I wrote for Spektrum.de about the hybridization of wolves and domestic dogs. 🧪🌍 Here are pages 1-4. More in Part 2. 👇🌿 #Conservation #WildlifeResearch #Genetics #Ecology #Science #Wildlife

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 15/02/2025

🐺 Wolf-Hybriden: Gefahr für den Artenschutz? (German post 🇩🇪 English version soon). Ich habe für Spektrum.de über die Hybridisierung von Wölfen und Haushunden berichtet. 🧪🌍 Hier die Seiten 1-4. Mehr in Teil 2. 👇🌿 #Hybridisierung #Naturschutz #Genetik #Biologie #Wolf #Wissenschaft #Tiere #Natur

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Looks like the Canadian province of Alberta proposes its very own version of canned hunting, the most condemned variety of trophy hunting ...

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Roman Goergen @romangoergen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

🐺 Brian Nesvik’s USFWS nomination sparks backlash 🌎As Wyoming’s wildlife chief, he pushed for grizzly delisting, trophy hunting & predator control—including the 2022 killing of a collared Yellowstone wolf from a scientific study🧪Critics fear a shift away from conservation. #Wildlife #Conservation

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