The Biodiversity Futures Lab, led by @miguelbaraujo.bsky.social, has announced funding for synthesis working groups addressing key biodiversity challenges, offering up to €10,000 support per group.
Applications open worldwide, deadline: 30 June 2026.
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This excellent review of biodiversity finance is free to access (with registration) until June 17. Download now!
An insightful piece on why regenerative farms are struggling to compete
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The trade in live gibbons for pets is not only a conservation nightmare, but it makes me sick.
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Good morning. May the day bring you a modicum of the joy felt by this bear after he swam a kilometer across frigid water Glacier Bay, Alaska, and came upon a scrawny tree.
Video by my friend Whitney while I floated next to her in a kayak audibly gasping
At a glance Up to €10,000 in catalytic support per working group Two in-person meetings (3-5 days each) […]
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Guest post from Northern Iowa Farmer Wendy Johnson
🧬 #eDNA sampling video publication 🎥
To make it easier for non-experts and #CitizenScientists to carry out eDNA sampling, we turned the @ewhale-dna.bsky.social sampling protocol into a video publication!
Please spread and use widely! 😊
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@biodiversa.eu
Finally, out! a big effort to increase datasets and visibility!
Developing lists of alien taxa in the Global South neobiota.pensoft.net/articles.php...
Krista Langlois
🗺️ The Regional Impact Risk Classification (RIRC) framework was developed and applied to 20 invasive alien plant species in Iran to connect ecological impact severity with spatial climate suitability.
➡️ Read more: doi.org/10.3897/neobiota.107.182605
Andrew Rypel
Chris R. Shepherd
www.jove.com
Lists of alien taxa facilitate the link between evidence and action and are thus essential for integrated governance. However, the recent IPBES IAS Assessment identified significant gaps in the comple...
Brilliant ecologist and evolutionary biologist. Also just a nice guy to be around. Rest easy, Bob.
New online! Demystifying biodiversity finance
Nature Reviews Biodiversity
IPBES
Bettina Thalinger
dlvr.it
Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 18 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44358-026-00155-zThe role of finance in biodiversity is growing, yet gaps between financial and conservation expertise limit effective scrutiny. This Review examines and explains biodiversity finance mechanisms such as equity, loans, bonds and credits, showing how commercial viability is shaped by ecological and social risks, and highlighting barriers to scaling.
Sad to hear of the passing of Robert Ricklefs - a giant of Ecology who simultaneously pushed forward big ideas at multiple biological levels yet took time for detailed natural history .. McGill does a nice job summarizing his impressive contributions 🌐🧪 dynamicecology.wordpress.com/2026/06/11/r...
Robert Ricklefs, a giant of ecology, passed away on Sunday. It is hard to overstate the extensive impact Bob had on the field. He was elected a member of the National Academy of Sciences in the US,…
