🎙️ New episode! 📢 In this week's episode we explore the implications of legal wildlife trade for biodiversity conservation. 🎧 tinyurl.com/56yfce2k 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @pnas.org #WildlifeTrade #Biodiversity #Conservation #Podcast

Legal wildlife trade, but at what cost?

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Who is protected and receives most funding? Not the most in need, but the cutest and flufiest. What can we do to change this?

Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research@libre-research.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌍🎙️ New #podcast! Explore how "charisma" shapes conservation priorities 🐾. 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/5Obt... 📚 environmentalevidencejournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.... #Conservation #Biodiversity #Charisma #NaturecProtection @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social sky.social

In portuguese, we discuss the recent paper on LEMIS, the wildlife trade database in the USA, and how its numbers are alarming. Far from perfect, we still need some system in the EU, where most traffic goes unregulated.

Laboratory for Integrative Biodiversity Research@libre-research.bsky.social · 2y ago

🌍LIBRe's research on the news! Featured paper: 📚 doi.org/10.1073/pnas... @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social @publico.pt @pnas.org #WildlifeConservation #Sustainability #BiodiversityLoss

A massive effort to analyse the largest wildlife trade database in existence. Open at www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

The magnitude of legal wildlife trade and implications for species survival | PNAS

The unsustainable use of wildlife is a primary driver of global biodiversity loss. No comprehensive global dataset exists on what species are in tr...

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🌍Over 2.85B wildlife individuals from 30,000 species were traded in 22 years—50% wild-sourced. Legal trade, but at what cost? 🦜🐢🕷️ Key stats: doi.org/10.1073/pnas... #WildlifeConservation #BiodiversityLoss #GlobalTrade #LEMIS @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

🚨🌍 Introducing SPECTRE: A global GIS database for biodiversity threats! Paper available: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... Explore: biodiversityresearch.org/spectre/ @cardosopmb.bsky.social @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social #SPECTRE #Conservation #threats #opensource #database #ecosystems

SPECTRE: Standardised Global Spatial Data on Terrestrial SPecies and ECosystems ThREats

Motivation SPECTRE is an open-source database containing standardised spatial data on global environmental and anthropogenic variables that are potential threats to terrestrial species and ecosystem.....

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Out now, SPECTRE is an #opensource #database containing standardised spatial data on global environmental and anthropogenic variables that are potential #threats to terrestrial species and #ecosystems doi.org/10.1111/geb.... Also check biodiversityresearch.org/spectre/ @libre-research.bsky.social

The #Biodiversity Assessments at Small Scales (BASS) project is to study how #microclimatic conditions (e.g. solar radiation) influence biodiversity dynamics within a Mediterranean context. 🔗 Research Idea: doi.org/10.3897/rio.... @cardosopmb.bsky.social #ecology #climatechange

🌍Raising awareness of longhorn beetle of the Selvagens Islands 🪲crucial ecological role and the need to protect its fragile habitat. With the participation of @cardosopmb.bsky.social @jmalumbresolarte.bsky.social Mario Boieiro Dinarte Teixeira #Biodiversity #Selvagens #Conservation

🎙️ NEW PODCAST ALERT! Episode 4 of the Biodiversity Reserach @cE3cresearch covers sRedList, the game-changer for IUCN Red List assessments. 🌍 Learn how it's speeding up efforts to save biodiversity! 📖 Featured study: DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2024.110761 #Conservation #Biodiversity #Podcast #Science

sRedList: Standardizing IUCN Red List Assessments

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The BASS project is taking place in a montado area near Grândola (Portugal), where 16 plots we set up and is a wonderful opportunity for students to work in this remarkable habitat and learn about biodiversity conservation. 🕷️🐜🪲🌍 Find out more reading the paper available in: doi.org/10.3897/rio....

BASS - Biodiversity Assessments at Small Scales

Much of the work developed on biodiversity dynamics due to climate change focuses on large scales. Yet, we know that small scale is critical to fully understand biodiversity change, particularly for p...

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⚠️ Hot off the press! The BASS project in Portugal is studying how tiny changes in sunlight and soil impact plants, insects, and ecosystems. 🐞🌱 👉https://doi.org/10.3897/rio.10.e138341 #Ecology #Biodiversity #Science @cienciasulisboa.bsky.social

New letter in @science.org by the @biodiversaplus.bsky.social DarCo project team highlights the need to integrate groundwater ecosystems into the EU Water Framework Directive. A crucial step for sustainable water management and protecting groundwater fauna. 🌍🦐💚💧 doi.org/10.1126/scie...