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Virgilio Hermoso

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Conservation biology and freshwater systems at Estación Biológica de Doñana in Sevilla

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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
Europe's landscapes and seascapes are under increasing pressure. Renewable energy, food production, urban development, infrastructure, and biodiversity conservation all compete for the same limited space. How can we balance these demands while safeguarding nature? 🌍 #INSPIREProject #Biodiversity
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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Exciting new work just published by members of our Aegean Sea case study: the research shows that protecting nature works best when we account for how species move and how pollution spreads across ecosystems. doi.org/10.1111/1365... #biodiversity #rivers #oceans
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Designing networks of freshwater and marine conservation areas accounting for cross‐realm connectivity and threat propagation
This study highlights the importance of integrating cross-realm connectivity and threat propagation when designing new or expanding existing networks of conservation areas, such as the Natura 2000 Eu...
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
If you can't beat 'em, eat 'em? Really? Our new opinion piece in @pnas.org defends that the so-called invasivorism is not an effective management strategy. In most cases, it is not even a strategy Great team, led by @oficialdegui.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Stelios Katsanevakis @skatsanevakis.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
Rivers and seas are connected—so #conservation should be too. 🌍 Our just published research shows that protecting nature works best when we account for how species move and how pollution spreads across ecosystems. 👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #Biodiversity #Ocean #Freshwater #ConservationPlanning 🌐🌍🧪
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Surprising piece of information: on average, European eel reach sexual maturity at large age than any whale species. And certainly much older than any other exploited fish species. That's why short-term measures are not useful. Eels need a moratorium mimicking the whaling ban (see below)
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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
We are happy to share our latest blog post "Unlocking the potential of OECMs for achieving conservation targets: what the global evidence shows" summarising a recent publication from our @biodiversa.eu INSPIRE project Aegean team: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/unlocki...
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Unlocking the potential of OECMs for achieving conservation targets: what the global evidence shows
How can we scale up biodiversity conservation to meet the “30×30” target without relying only on formal protected areas? Other Effective Area-based Conservation Measures (OECMs) are increasingly highl...
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NaturaConnect @naturaconnect.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
New #NaturaConnect Report: - Variants of spatial configurations of European ecological corridors. We’re pleased to share our latest report presenting comprehensive connectivity data for Europe’s terrestrial and freshwater ecosystems. 👉 Read the full report preprints.arphahub.com/article/1808...
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Estibaliz Díaz @estidiaz.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
¿Existe hoy en día una pesquería sostenible de la anguila? La respuesta es clara: no. En esta entrevista analizo la situación crítica de la anguila europea, las razones de su declive y por qué, pese a décadas de medidas, la especie no se recupera.
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
@csic.es NdP agosto 2025 Sobre la espiral de extinción ligada en la que está inmersa la anguila, por el funcionamiento del mercado del lujo y el deseo de exhibición de exclusividad (y sobre parar esas dinámicas) con @estidiaz.bsky.social @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social www.csic.es/es/actualida...
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Por si Marcos Llorente (u alguna otra persona) quisiese información, van algunas cosas sobre anguila y por qué hay que dejar de comerlas www.eldiario.es/andalucia/la...
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Comer anguila hasta que no quede ni una
Europa sigue permitiendo la explotación comercial de la especie, con España y buena parte de sus comunidades autónomas presionando para mantener y aumentar las capturas (con la honrosa excepción de An...
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Me estreno el @elpais.com hablando de esa cosa de que la familia real cene angulas en nochebuena Si no es verdad, deben aclararlo Si lo es, deben dejar de hacerlo y contarlo La anguila se extingue y todos los gestos son importantes para su conservación. De la corona, más elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
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¿Angulas en la cena del Rey?: El riesgo de contribuir a que una especie en peligro se extinga
Tanto si es un bulo como si no, sería bueno que la Familia Real se desmarcase del consumo de este plato
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Andrés Actis @actisandres.bsky.social · 22/12/2025
La fiesta de la extinción de la anguila. 13.000 euros el kilo en una subasta. Cómo el deseo humano de exclusividad está llevando a este especie a su desaparición definitiva. Hilo🧵
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
This year's output of the exercise on red swamp crayfish, /Procambarus clarkii/, effects on invaded freshwater systems Built in the classroom by the students of @pablodeolavide.upo.es Biodiversity and Conservation Biology MSc degree @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Mensaje claro de Ángel León en Ig (gracias, cocinero!): "Anímate y no cocines angulas" La anguila no da para más. Hay que dejar de pescarla, comprarla, cocinarla y comerla Y hay que decirlo @miteco.gob.es @saraaagesen.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social Enlace: www.instagram.com/reel/DSSQP7r...
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GuardIAS @guardias.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
📣 Be part of the consultation on an IUCN strategy for invasive alien species 📣 The IUCN is developing a dedicated strategy to guide collective action, but they need your input first 👇 🔗 forms.office.com/Pages/Respon... 🗓️ Deadline: 19 Dec 2025 #InvasiveSpecies #BioInvasions #IAS
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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
Conserving biodiversity and water in a human-dominated landscape requires holistic and integrated options, read about our approaches in the @biodiversa.eu INSPIRE project Neusiedl Lake case study to find out more. www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/options...
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Options for conserving biodiversity and water in a human-dominated landscape
Ongoing climate change and human demands put increasing amounts of pressure on land and water. This is especially true for freshwater ecosystems, such as lakes, wetlands and ponds, which are rapidly d...
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Fernando Valladares @fernadovalladares.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Es muy llamativo el maltrato al agua y a los ríos si tenemos en cuenta nuestra gran dependencia de ambos. Recordemos lo básico, recuperemos la naturalidad de rios y cauces y concedámonos la oportunidad de disfrutarlo. youtu.be/aZnmJaeeZ2c #cambioclimatico #fernandovalladares #lasaluddelahumanidad
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Se nos olvidó lo que es un río | 229
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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) aims to protect and restore biodiversity whilst ensuring coastal communities remain economically viable. Read our latest post from the @biodiversa.eu INSPIRE Greece-Aegean Sea case study to find out more about our approach. 🐟🌊 www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/marine-...
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Marine Spatial Planning in the Aegean Sea
Marine Spatial Planning (MSP) needs to answer a fundamental question: where should protection and restoration happen so that biodiversity goals are met while coastal communities remain economically vi...
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
@icesmarine.bsky.social has just issued its 2025 advice for eels. Again (!!), it recommends zero-catches for all life stages, in all habitats and all aims (including aquaculture and stockings) We must stop marketing eels now to avoid their extinction LINK ices-library.figshare.com/articles/rep...
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WWF España @wwf.es · 25/10/2025
🐟 La #anguila europea está al borde del colapso 👉 Urge actuar para protegerla: → Perseguir el tráfico ilegal → Incluir todas las especies en #CITES → Moratoria a su pesca → Eliminar obstáculos y restaurar la conectividad fluvial 💧 Cada río libre cuenta
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 10/10/2025
Hybrids of two European Squalius species (S. cephalus, S. squalus) have been introduced to a small Portuguese basin and threaten (through hybridization, to start with) native S. carolitertii Fish invasions going crazy @fishinvasionslab.bsky.social paper: neobiota.pensoft.net/article/148337
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
ESTO ES IMPORTANTÍSIMO Euskadi suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula ante la situación crítica de la especie Un paso crucial para lo conservación de la anguila, tomada en el territorio donde su consumo tiene más arraigo @miteco.gob.es y otras CCAA, os toca www.europapress.es/euskadi/noti...
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Gobierno Vasco suspende la campaña de la pesca de la angula de 2025-2026 ante la situación "crítica" de la especie
El Departamento de Alimentación, Desarrollo Rural, Agricultura y Pesca del Gobierno Vasco se ha reunido...
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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
Quantifying the economic value of #ecosystemservices is essential for making evidence-based decisions in #conservation and marine spatial planning. Read our latest blog post from our #Aegean Sea case study to learn more: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/economi... 🌍🐟🌊
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Economic Valuation and Spatial Mapping of Coastal Ecosystem Services in the Aegean
Quantifying the economic value of ecosystem services is essential for making evidence-based decisions in conservation and marine spatial planning. In the case study of the Aegean Sea, a comprehensive ...
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Marta I Sanchez @sanchezmarta.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
Hablando de la lagunilla en el Guadalquivir, una de las peores #invasoras del mundo. Erradicación ya! 🆘 @chguadalquivir.bsky.social @juntadeandalucia.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @jesuscastillo.bsky.social @casacienciasevcsic.bsky.social @invaplant.bsky.social www.eldiario.es/andalucia/la...
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Lagunilla, la planta invasora que pone en alerta al Guadalquivir
Desde que se detectara en 2021, la lagunilla —una especie invasora originaria de Sudamérica— se extiende forma imparable por el Guadalquivir. Esta expansión no solo afecta a la biodiversidad del río,...
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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
This weeks blog post gives an insight of stakeholder perspectives in spatial planning at our Aegean Sea case study: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/stakeho...
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Stakeholder Perspectives in Spatial Planning: Aegean Sea Case Study
Effective conservation planning depends not only on scientific data but also on engaging stakeholders and integrating their perceptions in the planning process. In the Aegean Sea, stakeholder engageme...
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DANUBElifelines @danubelifelines.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
🌊 DANUBElifelines launches its 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗹 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗔𝘀𝘀𝗼𝗰𝗶𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀! 🔹 Get support for restoring migratory fish habitats & river connectivity. 📅 Apply by 31 Dec 2025 💰 Up to €100,000 available 🔗 danubelifelines.eu/associated-r... ✉️ dll@danubelifelines.eu #DanubeLifelines #HorizonEU #RiverRestoration
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DANUBElifelines – Call for Associated Regions in the Danube Basin
Join DANUBElifelines as an associated region and support the mission to restore migratory fish and habitats across the Danube River Basin.
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Laetitia Navarro @laenavarro.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it: rdcu.be/eEcIt
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Cooperation between ecologists and historians has allowed a robust reconstruction of the historical introduction of the Italian crayfish, Austropotamobius fulcisianus, to Spain in the late-16th century @ebdonana.bsky.social @um.es New OA paper: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Franck Courchamp @franckcourchamp.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
You are an Early Career Researcher? You work on ecological impacts of biological invasions? You love data? We have a few places left for our InvaPact III workshop (Girona, Spain; Nov. 1–7, 2025). Please find the main infos 👇, and the full description 👉 www.biodiversitydynamics.fr/invapact3/ 1/4
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BioM - InvaPact3
This is a short presentation of the InvaPact III workshop. Please contact me if you are interested or if you have further questions. Please do not hesitate to forward to likely candidates. A brief his...
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Perverse market incentives related to the desirability of rare items are pushing the European eel to extinction, by favoring its exploitation despite extreme scarcity @consletters.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social See thread below conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Fernando Valladares @fernadovalladares.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
La vuelta ciclista a España ha invitado a participar al equipo de Israel. La empresa que organiza La Vuelta es Unipublic. Te animo a llamar mostrando tu repulsa al teléfono 91 2301431 y a enviar un email a esta dirección info@unipublic.es 1)
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
“En poco tiempo habrá quien se jactará de haber pescado y comido el último salmón de Asturias" @miteco.gob.es @saraaagesen.bsky.social, sabemos mucho más que suficiente, y desde hace años, para actuar. Hacedlo ahora y esperemos que haya suerte www.eldiario.es/ballenablanc...
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La fiesta de la extinción del salmón en Asturias: hasta 19.000 euros por ejemplares que desaparecen
El ritual festivo de subastar el primer ejemplar se mantiene, aunque la temporada de pesca del salmón ha finalizado con su peor registro histórico: solo 128 capturas, cuando hace 20 años eran 3.000
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
10 years ago I wrote this piece for the blog of @jappliedecology.bsky.social , about the paper on historical eel range and the possible actions to restore it, written with @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social appliedecologistsblog.com/2015/05/27/w...
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Where the eel was: applying historical data to plan a species recovery
In this post Miguel Clavero writes about his recent paper with Virgilio Hermoso: “Historical data to plan the recovery of the European eel” Once there were European eels all around. Plenty of them…
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Journal of Applied Ecology @jappliedecology.bsky.social · 14/07/2025
Restoring free-flowing rivers: Planning for longitudinal and lateral connectivity recovery 🌊🌏 Adequate planning should guide decision making. This includes... 👉setting clear objectives 💬 👉setting clear constraints 📑 👉using adequate data 🧪 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/1365...
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Martin Jung @martinjung.eu · 30/06/2025
Systematic conservation planning (SCP) has been established as key approach to identify where conservation efforts are to be prioritized. But how can they be assessed, compared or interrogated 🧐 Here we present ODPSCP, a new open protocol for the intercomparison of SCP doi.org/10.1111/csp2... (1)
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An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects
A new standard protocol for contextualizing systematic conservation planning studies is presented and the potential benefits highlighted. By adopting such community reporting standards, scientists an...
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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
New paper led by @martinjung.eu presenting a protocol/tool that increases transparency in reporting Systematic Conservation Planning projects
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iBartomeus @ibartomeus.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
We, at the Doñana Biological Station, urge world leaders to act swiftly on biodiversity loss and climate change. News clip: www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/... and full statement: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul... Very proud of @ebdonana.bsky.social speaking up!
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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
📢🌍 From @ebdonana, we urge world leaders to take urgent action on biodiversity loss and climate change at the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development. Press release: www.ebd.csic.es/en/outreach/... Statement: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Habemus nuevo astacoartículo en @ecosistemas-aeet.bsky.social LINK: www.revistaecosistemas.net/index.php/ec... La genética respalda también el origen italiano de los cangrejos de río Va hilo (1/14) @sergiobedmar.bsky.social @oficialdegui.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @eco-aeet.bsky.social
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Un ejemplo perfecto de lo absurdo y dañino que es el lujo vanidoso La anguila está en peligro crítico. Esas 50 angulas tienen 2-3 años y, entre todas, han recorrido unos 250000km para acabar en una pizza por un simple capricho de adinerado Nefasto ejemplo el David de lo Diverxo
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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · 07/06/2025
Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...
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New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab
We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
On my way to Pontevedra for @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social This evening (TSE-12, so many parallels!) I'll be talking on how the taste for rarity and exclusiveness can drive European eel to extinction, with Paco Blanco, @estidiaz.bsky.social & @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social
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Adrian Regos @adrianregos.bsky.social · 21/05/2025
📢 New paper on how to integrate afforestation, #rewilding & agroforestry in a #landscape planning framework to balance #conservation, #ecosystemservices & reduce wildfires 🌍🌱🔥 🔗 doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... led by @miguelcanibe.bsky.social using 'prioriactions' R package @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social
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Sociedad Ibérica de Ictiología/Sociedade Ibérica de Ictiologia @sibic.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
1/3 🐟 El último informe de @icesmarine.bsky.social revela deficiencias en los Planes de Gestión de Anguila de la UE: informes incompletos, lagunas de datos e inconsistencias impiden evaluar su eficacia. Sin datos sólidos, la recuperación del stock sigue bloqueada shorturl.at/HElsG #AnguilaEnPeligro
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Virgilio Hermoso @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
Two exciting postdoctoral opportunities are available to work on innovative spatial prioritisation approaches for biodiversity conservation @ebdonana.bsky.social in Sevilla. Deadline for submissions: May 2nd
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Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC @ebdonana.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
New postdoc opportunities at @ebdonana.bsky.social! 💧Spatial prioritisation of management in freshwater ecosystems. 3 years. www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul... 🌍 Forecasting biodiversity under global change and prioritising management action. 2 years. www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul... 📍 Seville, Spain
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Virgilio Hermoso @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
JOB OPPORTUNITY: 3 yr postdoc on Spatial prioritisation of management in freshwater ecosystems at @ebdonana.bsky.social. Deadline May 2nd. Find out more here: www.ebd.csic.es/sites/defaul...
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Quote "given the resilience of individuals and local stocks (sic), the threat of total extinction [of the European eel] seems unlikely" It is disconcerting researchers state this in such a prestigious journal What should we expect of polititians? (1/5) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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The Blueprint of the European Eel Life Cycle: Does Life‐History Strategy Undermine or Provide Hope for Population Recovery?
The life cycle of the European eel (Anguilla anguilla) is inherently risky because it relies on the successful migration of larvae and adults across thousands of kilometres of the Atlantic Ocean. In ....
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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · 26/03/2025
Lo que se votó el jueves en el congreso va mucho más allá de que se puedan matar lobos (que ya es ir) Una disposición adicional de una ley cualquiera (da igual el tema) tira por tierra todo el sistema de protección de la biodiversidad basado en listados (sigue) elpais.com/clima-y-medi...
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El Congreso aprueba que el lobo se vuelva a cazar al norte del Duero con los votos de PP, Junts, Vox y PNV
La propuesta se ha votado escondida como enmienda en la ley del desperdicio alimentario
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Virgilio Hermoso @virgiliohermoso.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
El debate enriquece la ciencia, qué no concibo basada en verdades inamovibles. Si no nos cuestionamos lo que vemos (o imponen) es difícil avanzar. Que lastima que haya que jugarse el nombre para ello. Por suerte hay valientes @chikichanka.bsky.social
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