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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar

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Conservation science | Ornithology | Field ecology | Conservation strategies | Bird migration | Bioacoustics Co-founder: @bhrc.bsky.social | #birds_COMPASS #CentralAsianFlyway ಸಾಗರ Sailor ⛵️ | #sail_to_bird | #sail_for_flyways | #sail_for_wildlife

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Professor Euan Ritchie FAMS @euanritchie.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Messed up. Don’t eat Tassie salmon. Toxic industry. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
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More than 150,000 underwater explosives used to deter seals at Tasmanian salmon farms since 2016
Salmon companies operating in Tasmanian marine areas deployed almost 1,800 explosives in first half of 2026, government figures reveal
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Dr Andrew Mahon @andyantarctica.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
"NSF’s budget, adjusted for inflation, is essentially the same as it was 20 years ago, and Tr*** wants to cut it by half next year." not ONE BIT of this is realistically feasible and it is terrifying for the future of science in the U.S. 🧪🌎🌊
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NSF memo implementing Trump’s ‘golden age’ of science unsettles researchers
New document emphasizes support for White House priorities over curiosity-driven ideas
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BirdLife International @birdlifeglobal.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Discover the State of the World’s Birds!🐦 This sixth edition by BirdLife International focuses on migratory birds and their flyways, and what they reveal about the state of nature, the drivers of biodiversity loss, and the solutions needed to reverse declines.🗺️ Find it here👉 sowb.birdlife.org
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Seppo @sepponet.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
HELP! Finland’s first licence to #mine a #Natura2000 site would set a deadly precedent for #EU #nature #protection #wetlands #conservation #Viiankiaapa Please share.
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Finland’s first licence to mine a Natura 2000 site would set a deadly precedent for EU nature protection
The Viiankiaapa peat bog in Finland faces permanent destruction for a short-term mining project. Even more worryingly, this could be a dangerous test case for the interests of mining for minerals over...
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
📖 New research📖 These results imply that hunting not only targets areas used as refuges by wildlife, but also reduces recolonisation potential and may therefore alter source–sink dynamics 🐒 🌲 🔎 Find out more: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Dartmouth Arts and Sciences @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
To ensure that Indigenous peoples' rights and knowledge are recognized in scientific data and scholarly publishing, a team of Indigenous scholars led by professor @1nativesoilnerd.bsky.social has established Guidelines for the Governance of Indigenous Peoples' Data in Scholarly Publishing.
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New Guidelines Created for Publishing Indigenous Data | Faculty of Arts and Sciences
Scholars seek to ensure Indigenous peoples have governance rights to data.
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 07/09/2026
Hundreds of invaders have illegally occupied Brazil’s Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Land, exploiting legal confusion from a new state law. Federal authorities warn of imminent violence and risk to isolated Indigenous peoples. @aimeegabay.bsky.social and Elisângela Mendonça report for #Mongabay.
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Invaders storm Indigenous Amazon land, threatening isolated people
Nearly 200 people have invaded the Ituna/Itatá Indigenous Land in Brazil’s Pará state since mid‑August, smashing through the Indigenous Affairs Agency (Funai)’s gates, tearing down warning signs and…
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Alexander Lees @alexanderlees.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
The person overseeing the U.S. Global Change Research Program has no understanding of global change.
Twitter post by Matthew WielickiMatthew Wielicki Twitter
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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
I am downloading @mapquest.com now! #LakeOntario #ItsLakeOntario
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Sarah Finch @sarahfinch.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Google plans to bulldoze a wildlife haven in Essex – home to rare species – for a data centre. Sign the petition now to help save it before it’s gone forever 🐝🦋 you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/sa...
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Save Arena Essex- Tell Google to search elsewhere!
  Wedged between the Mar Dyke Valley and Lakeside Retail Park, the former Arena Essex Raceway is not your usual wildlife haven. Where once stock cars and speedway bikes lined up to cross the fini...
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
A Kathmandu-based @mongabay.com news team colleague says if you are looking to support flood relief efforts in #Nepal you can contribute directly to the Prime Ministers Disaster Relief Fund Each contribution supports relief & recovery efforts for affected families & communities: pmdrf.nchl.com.np
If you are looking to support flood relief efforts in Nepal, you can contribute directly to the Prime Ministers Disaster Relief Fund.
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Gale Sinatra @galesinatra.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
It was never about criminals. www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
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ICE is arresting soaring numbers of immigrants with no criminal record
Federal immigration officers are shifting their targets and tactics to increase arrests. More than half of those detained last month did not have a criminal record.
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keholsinger.bsky.social @keholsinger.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
The National Park Service may sell a bit of western Yosemite to a real-estate private equity firm based in Las Vegas. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/28/u...
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Trump Administration Looks to Give a Swath of Yosemite Park to Developer (Gift Article)
The proposed land swap would allow easy access to the crown jewel of the national park system. Democrats and former Park Service officials are incensed.
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Kathy Jones 🍁🇨🇦 @volunteer4birds.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Thank you Dolly. Dolly Parton helped save endangered bald eagles. Here’s how… | Discover Wildlife www.discoverwildlife.com/animal-facts...
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Dolly Parton helped save endangered bald eagles. Here’s how… | Discover Wildlife
The country singer was known for her philanthropic efforts – including conserving the bald eagle
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Rhett Ayers Butler @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Pato Segura, an investigative reporter and advocate for free-running rivers in Patagonia, has died of hantavirus. He was 54. His last column was “The Other AI: Ancestral Intelligence”, which examined knowledge built over generations by Indigenous peoples. news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Patricio Segura, journalist who defended Patagonia’s rivers, died of hantavirus, aged 54
The fight to stop five dams on the Baker and Pascua rivers began in one of Chile’s least populous regions, far from Santiago, where national energy policy was set. HidroAysén said Chile needed the pro...
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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Full sails!
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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Anchored!!! Late summer sky!
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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
#NeeruNaayi At Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 23/08/2026
End of MAPS means, sailing season has begun!
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UN Environment Programme @unep.org · 20/08/2026
Jeans look humble, but behind every pair is a vast global chain of resource extraction, manufacturing & transport. Can such a vast & complex system stay in line with environmental boundaries? Here’s the hidden environmental cost of jeans—& what's being done about it: ow.ly/t3Cp50ZBPEC
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Soh Kam Yung @sohkamyung.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
It's done. Now to see how well it does the job. Finished on July 31. "Made possible by $119,009.92 in joint funding from a Project Avigate fundraiser and NTU, the patterned decals now cover about 800 sqm of the most dangerous glass panels identified by students." @mangrovepitta.bsky.social
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NTU retrofits building to prevent fatal bird collisions
Nanyang Technological University retrofitted its ADM building with anti-collision decals to prevent fatal bird strikes and protect local wildlife. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitsti...
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Fossillocator @fossillocator.bsky.social · 15/08/2026
Well that’s ridiculous. Someone bought a taxidermy “fox head” at an antique market for £50 in the UK and it turned out to be a Thylacine, possibly with skull still inside. Sold at auction at the Auctioneum for £50,000.
Guy holding ridiculous taxidermy, pic by the Auctioneum
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Guardian Environment @environment.theguardian.com · 15/08/2026
First Australian death of little penguin with H5 bird flu confirmed on Phillip Island
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First Australian death of little penguin with H5 bird flu confirmed on Phillip Island
Authorities confirm first Australian death of species found with virus near where it attracts crowds to a ‘penguin parade’
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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 13/08/2026
At #CMSCOP15, Parties adopted a resolution that sets out priority actions to help migratory species adapt to climate change. It includes protecting places animals need now or in the future, keeping habitats connected, and removing barriers. View it in three languages: www.cms.int/document/cli...
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Willem (Wim) Van den Bossche @wimvandenbossche.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
jager in Malta gearresteerd voor doden van 3 Ralreigers, ze doen dit om hun verzameling opgezette vogels aan te vullen 🤬. Dank u @birdlifemalta.bsky.social 👇
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 14/08/2026
After disrupting a commercial hunt by Iceland’s last whaling company, the crew of an anti-whaling protest vessel faces deportation. At least 35 vulnerable fin whales have been killed in Icelandic waters this season, according to the Captain Paul Watson Foundation. @alexmegerle.bsky.social reports.
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Iceland to deport antiwhaling protest ship’s crew after they interfered with whale hunt
Authorities in Iceland detained the M/V Bandero, an antiwhaling protest ship, on July 30 and held the boat in port in Reykjavík with its 21-person crew detained on board, according to Manolya Adan,…
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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#jobs #ecology #evolution #Biodiversity #conservation #wildlife #environment
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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Despair is not just wrong. It's irrational. Things can change, at astonishing speed. In fact, the flip might be happening already. My article for the Guardian's climate support campaign. www.theguardian.com/membership/2...
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Don’t despair about what’s happening to our planet. That’s what they want you to feel
There are social tipping points when the seemingly impossible suddenly becomes inevitable. Good journalism plays an essential role in helping drive these shifts and shows us how real change can happen
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Paul Dolman @pauldolman.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Kazakhstan & Russia reintroduce Caspian Tiger populations, meanwhile even reintroduction of European Lynx is stalled in the UK. #Rewilding www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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The return of the caspian tiger: how a species feared extinct has come back to Kazakhstan
The wild capture and release of a female big cat into a nature reserve is the first step towards reintroducing a population that hasn’t been seen for 70 years
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Christina Dollinger @christinadollinger.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
The (first) results of an absolutely amazing field season are out now! It was my first field season, and I had the best time ever (see photo), thanks to my brilliant colleagues and friends @mariapotterf.bsky.social and Kristin Braziunas 💖
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Jani Vastamäki @janivast.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
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Aivan tavalliset linnut katoavat – rengastaja todistaa valtavaa muutosta aamuhämärässä
Kaikkein tavallisimpia lintuja on kadonnut 2000-luvulla miljoonittain. Se huolestuttaa aamuhämärässä, jossa linnut saavat nilkkarenkaita.
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The New York Times @nytimes.com · 08/08/2026
Over 18,000 people are under evacuation orders due to a wildfire in British Columbia, Canada, local officials said. The Bald Range fire has burned more than 23,000 acres near the Districts of Summerland and Peachland, officials said. nyti.ms/4wf74uE
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Cell Press @cellpress.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
"Barn owl color morphs hunt differently in moonlight" Learn more in Current Biology: www.cell.com/current-biol... Kim Schalcher, @pbecciu.bsky.social, @owlsforpeace.bsky.social & colleagues @currentbiology.bsky.social
This figure illustrates the study area, color polymorphism, and method used to reconstruct attack trajectories from GPS, accelerometry, and pressure data.
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Erik Hoffner @erikhoffner.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Excited to say my latest nominee for the Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award is now a 🏆 finalist 🏆 alongside two other impressive women, one of which will take home the $100,000 prize My pick Zuzana Buřivalová is a #conservation #bioacoustics genius, but all 3 finalists are very worthy:
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UCLA Announces Finalists for Tenth Annual Pritzker Emerging Environmental Genius Award — Institute of the Environment and Sustainability at UCLA
Zuzana Buřivalová, Doris Njagi and Suzanne Pierre named 2026 Pritzker Award Finalists Ahead of October 8 award ceremony.
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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 06/08/2026
Uganda declared itself Ebola-free on 28 July, but the outbreak continues in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. CMS & EUROBATS stress that it is inaccurate to state that bats are responsible for the outbreak and misinformation can lead to their persecution and killing: www.cms.int/news/stateme...
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Shawan Chowdhury @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social · 06/08/2026
Our new Nature Eco Evo paper documents range shifts in 1,758 butterfly species across 105 countries, primarily due to climate change. 🦋80% expanded 🦋27% contracted 🦋22% shifted elevation 🦋342 showed multiple shift types. doi.org/10.1038/s415... @monashbiol.bsky.social @monashscience.bsky.social
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Swiss Ornithological Institute @vogelwarte.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Using integrated pop. models, @steffopp.bsky.social @jaumebadiaboher.bsky.social et al explored scenarios to identify which combination of reinforcement, habitat restoration, and survival improvement are needed for the Aquatic Warbler population at the margin of its range. doi.org/10.1093/orni...
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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
SERIOUSLY, WATCH THIS: If you really want to understand how SUVs and pick-up trucks have ended up being MOST of the vehicles out there in cities, and the absolutely HUGE consequences of that, watch this easy-to-watch video by Not Just Bikes. Then share it as much as you can. youtu.be/jN7mSXMruEo
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These Stupid Trucks are Literally Killing Us
YouTube video by Not Just Bikes
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Guy Shrubsole @guyshrubsole.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Why is Britain a tinderbox? Because: 1) The climate crisis, obvs; but also - 2) *6.4 million hectares* of farmland in England & Wales is riddled with field drains - draining water from the land where it could be retaining it. Make Britain Wet Again! ahdb.org.uk/drainage
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BirdGuides @birdguides.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
More than half of the world's migratory bird species are in decline, according to the first comprehensive global assessment of migratory birds, with scientists warning that co-ordinated international action is urgently needed to reverse the trend: f.mtr.cool/exmtodzpwb
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Rachel @slightlycaustic.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
www.cbc.ca/news/world/h...
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A human-made forest is at the centre of France's raging wildfires | CBC News
Scientists say climate change is driving the extraordinary fire conditions gripping western Europe, but that the scale of those fires cannot be understood without looking at how humans drastically cha...
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 29/07/2026
Heat stress has intensified across every continent over five decades, exposing 70% of humanity to at least 90 days of strong heat stress annually, a study finds. Experts emphasize that climate adaptation requires measuring real human heat stressñ Fellow Patricia Sia Ngevao reports for #Mongabay.
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Heat stress is rising globally, raising health concerns for billions: Study
Climate change is causing frequent, well-studied, extreme heat events. Less well understood is the additional heat stress experienced by billions of people as a result of those extreme heat events.…
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Raphaël Nussbaumer @rafnuss.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Read the open-access paper: doi.org/10.1111/2041... R Package: geopressure.org/GeoMagR/ Co-authors: @pauldufour80.bsky.social @barbarahelm.bsky.social @pcapi.bsky.social, ...
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Geolocation by Magnetic Field
Provides methods to produce likelihood maps of position based on magnetic field data, including calibration, outlier removal, and interactive 3D visualization. Designed for use with animal geolocation...
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Petr Procházka @rytikerttunen.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Most scientists learn peer review by trial and error. Check out this practical guide for both first-time and experienced reviewers. It covers the entire review process, with useful tips and common pitfalls. 👉 doi.org/10.25225/jvb... #JVertBiol #PeerReview #PhDChat @fishecoevo.bsky.social
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 22/07/2026
An investigation by Earth League International reveals thriving illegal wildlife trade in Cambodia. Transnational networks operate scam centers and sell endangered species, including tigers and rhinos, primarily to high-ranking officials and Chinese nationals. Spoorthy Raman reports.
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Report reveals Cambodia’s appetite for tigers, rhinos and other endangered wildlife
Tiger bone wines in exquisite bottles. Tiger cubs sold alive as pets or served as a culinary delicacy alongside pangolin and cobra meat at exclusive restaurants. Rooms filled with rhino horns and…
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H S Sathya Chandra Sagar @sagara-sailways.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
This is just so accurate! Wow! The best accurate representation of Biodiversity decline, the causes and consequences and solutions to reverse, I have ever seen!!!! 🎨 Michaël Olbrechts
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Madhu Pai, MD, PhD @madhupai.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
So, you see, smoke travels in both directions and every other direction What matters is that we help each other and tackle climate change as humankind www.ctvnews.ca/vancouver/ar...
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Smoke from U.S. wildfires affecting air quality in B.C.
Wildfires south of the border are responsible for “much” of the smoke that has prompted an air quality warning in one region of B.C., according to officials.
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Gernot Segelbacher 🪶 🧬 @gsegelbacher.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
original commentary by @alexanderlees.bsky.social you can find here (same link as in the guardian article www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Citizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AI - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Nature Ecology & Evolution - Citizen science platforms must mitigate against the threat of generative AI
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 20/07/2026
Solomon Islands has joined Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu & Fiji to create a massive marine protected area network known as the Melanesian Ocean Corridor of Reserves. While experts say large corridors are highly effective, they caution that clear governance is needed to prevent it being a "paper park."
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Melanesian nations announce intention to create massive ocean reserve corridor
A group of Pacific island nations have agreed to formally establish the Melanesian Ocean Corridor of Reserves (MOCOR), a massive transboundary marine protected area (MPA) that will span their…
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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 17/07/2026
Activist Raja Waseem Ahmed’s legal battle against mega cement factories led to a historic Pakistan Supreme Court ruling banning corporations from extracting local groundwater. In an interview with fellow Muhammad Talal, he speaks about using the judicial system to safeguard the environment.
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No corporation can buy the ‘right to destroy’: Interview with activist Raja Waseem Ahmed
For generations, the Kahoon Valley in Pakistan’s Chakwal district in northwestern Punjab has thrived as a rich ecological haven. Its fertile soil has yielded lush, historical loquat orchards, while…
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