Conservation biologist @idiv/UFZ. Focus on EU's Common Agricultural Policy & Nature Restoration Regulation. Agri EU Projects Agroecology-TRANSECT, LAFERIA.
Butterflies & citizen science projects: VielFalterGarten, UNP+, BMS-IL. Father of 2.
BUND, S4F, SCB
Guy Pe'er
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Are you in Brussels on 25.6.2026?
Do you want to join us to hear about agroecology, why is it important, and how EU policies could do better to help it expand?
You may also expect some new results and statements on the CAP and its reform, the NRR, and the pesticide 'Omnibus' proposal.
More here:
When a bunch of idiots burn public goods for the sake of a moment of their personal joy, we call it vandalism.
How do we call it when muti-billionaires maximise their short term profits on the expense of public goods that serve millions or billions of people?
š„ Missed our webinar on measuring the real impact of agroecology?
The recording is now available š
youtu.be/GODjabPw0zA
š± Monitoring environmental, socio-economic & climate indicators
š Cross-hub analysis reveals synergies, trade-offs & patterns
š Early STREAM-T insights and tool improvements
How and where can we address both the climate AND the biodiversity crises in Europe?
A new study led by Gavin Stark maps potential opportunities and priorities.
phys.org/news/2026-05...
There is a stunning similarity between recent Trump decisions and the Omnibus proposal of the EU Commission to 'simplify' pesticide approval and use: both allow poisoning the majority of the population for the sake of securing benefits for very few.
We're recruiting!
MSc thesis with Cristina de la vega-Leinert as part of @laferia-project.eu, to examine how farmers in & around Leipzig perceive, evaluate & implement the restoration of landscape features, and how municipal systems can help.
www.idiv.de/education/ba...
(Fluent German required)
A company that makes a no-tech, repairable tractor is having trouble keeping up with demand from farmers sick of John Deere's repair monopoly and simply want a tractor that turns on and works:
www.404media.co/demand-is-bo...
Survivors of the deadly late-2025 Sumatra floods are suing the Indonesian government.
The lawsuit argues that decades of deforestation and weak enforcement turned a natural event into a catastrophic ecological disaster, and demands environmental audits and forest restoration. mongabay.cc/qy5EJz
š¾Agriculture drives insect change differently across regions.
Learn more on #InsideBiodiversity with Dr Shawan Chowdhury, who explains intensification in Germany and landāuse pressures in Bangladesh.
@shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social
@monashuniversity.bsky.social
š§ insidebiodiversity.podigee.io
You know nothing about butterflies but wanna learn? 'Global Butterfly Week' might be a place to start.
I'll be giving a presentation on 7.6 (22:00 CET, 16:00 NY time) under the title: "The butterfly revolution - from storytelling through monitoring to action".
gbw.e-butterfly.org/en/calendar/...
Across Europe, many landscapes show strong potential to move forward climate mitigation, climate adaptation, and biodiversity benefits, with low socioeconomic risk, according to an analysis using a ne...
"There is consumer pressure to back away from technology that is unnecessary to perform everyday tasks."
www.404media.co
JAKARTA ā A group of Indonesian citizens affected by the late-2025 Sumatra floods and landslides have filed a lawsuit with a court in Jakarta in an effort to hold the Indonesian governmentā¦
š± Join policy makers, practitioners & researchers for our final event, with results on how to upscale agroecology across Europe!
Book now: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scaling-ag...
Learnings shared onš
š±Social movements
š¦Biodiversity & climate resilience
šŖ±Innovation hubs
š”Scienceāpolicy action
Trump officials plan to repeal limits on āforever chemicalsā in drinking water www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...
As long as I live, Iāll never understand how āit should be easier for billion dollar corporations to poison the water my family drinksā became a politically popular position
Guy Pe'er
iDiv Biodiversity Research
EPA outlines effort to kill Biden-era rules as critics condemn RFK Jr and Lee Zeldinās āhocus pocusā
