Guy Pe'er

@guypeer.bsky.social

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

When a poor CAP reform is on the table which defends the worst parts while cutting on what works, not much is left to save. Interestingly, I hear the wish to cancel the CAP mostly from AfD members, whereas most stakeholders we meet do prefer a CAP that works - for people, nature and healthy food.

JJost Maurin@jostmaurin.bsky.social · last mo.

Bei den #Agrarsubventionen könnte die #EU wirklich sparen: Wenn Kanzler Merz sparen will, sollte er das Ende der Subventionen für die #Landwirtschaft fordern. Auch ohne "Direktzahlungen" würden genügend Lebensmittel produziert. Für die Umwelt bieten sie kaum Mehrwert. taz.de/EU-Haushalt/...

When people say ''I have lots of butterflies in my garden'', it's useful to get a quantitative estimate, in a standardized way. Example: At friends' garden (Alps near Granoble) I counted >50 individuals, 8 spp in a 15 minute count. Try the ButterflyCount app, you can now register sites too!

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It's always a joy to meet good friends, both humans and non-humans, in nature. Here's one of my favourite, the Chalkhill Blue (Lysandra coridon, Silbergrüne Bläuling). Rare in many parts of Germany, but abundant in the Alps.

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The European Parliament will soon decide on its path for the CAP reform. Will they adopt a dangerous CAP proposal, or can they find a way to retain (or even expand and improve) what works? Watch our YouTube film and our plea for policymakers here: www.agroecology-transect.org/toolkit-reso...

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Bertrand Dumont@bdumontae.bsky.social · 2mo ago

👋 on Agroecology-TRANSECT YouTube page www.youtube.com/@agroecology... you will find resources for teaching #agroecology 🦋 3 events: barriers to transition, biodiversity, science and policy ✅ 13 webinars and 8 short films 🟧 Final event of the project 👉 www.agroecology-transect.org/toolkit-reso...

Unglaublich. Was Merz hier sagt, ist: 1) Die Wirtschaft ist wichtiger als das Leben von (Tausenden von) Menschen. 2) „Klimawandel“ gibt es nicht (offensichtlich, vermeidet er diesen Begriff) und die Klimawandel zu vermeiden kommt nicht in Frage. Gibt es hier einen Unterschied zwischen CDU und AfD?

Malte Kreutzfeldt@mkreutzfeldt.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Ich hatte gerade die Gelegeheit, Friedrich Merz in der Bundespressekonferenz zu seinem bisherigen Schweigen zu den Hitzetoten und zu den Forderungen aus seiner Partei nach einem Verschieben des deutschen Klimaziels zu fragen. Ein paar kurze Anmerkungen zu seinen Antworten im Thread (1/5)

Monday is the deadline for public comment! The Heritage Foundation has been mobilizing its members to leave comments in favor of the rule change, so every unique comment matters (don’t use a form letter or copy/paste—similar comments are batched and treated as one).

Bethany Brookshire@beebrookshire.bsky.social · 3mo ago

There's an OMB rule change that would require political oversight of scientific grants, and could pull any that don't "reflect presidential priorities" Another country has tried this before! It was the USSR and it was called Lysenkoism. By @thsaey.bsky.social www.sciencenews.org/article/omb-...

No surprise. Governments that seek to maximise profits for the few, by all means, won't let anything stand on their way - be it nature, peoples' lives and wellbeing, or our future. Will the Albanian demonstrations expand? I'm looking forward to see, when the ''enough is enough'' moment comes.

Colin Schultz@colinschultz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

"The Trump admin on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in what environmentalists characterized as the most severe erosion of protections for wildlife in half a century." www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/c...

"We know how to mourn grandparents, spouses, friends, and neighbors, but we do not know how to mourn disappearing species, damaged rivers, altered coastlines, democratic institutions, or the healthy futures we expected to inherit." www.theguardian.com/environment/...

We know how to mourn other humans – but what about ecological grief?

In Iceland, people commemorated its first glacier formally declared lost to climate change. Western culture needs more of these rituals

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Congratulations @zakisaati.bsky.social with this amazing paper! Some of those samples were ours from Belgium 🇧🇪

Zaki Saati-Santamaría@zakisaati.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Our paper in @globalchangebio.bsky.social 🎉 We analyzed 1,921 soils from 33 countries to show how climate and agriculture shape soil microbiomes. Pesticides & fertilizers reshape microbial communities and ecological networks despite higher diversity in agricultural soils. 🔗 doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

My talk at @scbeurope.bsky.social Only 10-15% of the EU's cattle herd is needed to graze every biodiversity-rich field there is. Most cattle never set hoof on pasture. They're fed grain, packed onto fertilized monocultures. The solution isn't more grazing. It's fewer animals, better raised.

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Ugandan farmers have filed a lawsuit in London against TotalEnergies' EACOP project. They warn that the 1,443 km (897-mile) oil pipeline threatens 16 protected areas, including vital water sources for 40 million people, and note that more than 100,000 residents have already faced displacement.

Ugandan farmers sue TotalEnergies’ oil pipeline project in UK court

Four Ugandan farmers have filed a lawsuit before the High Court in London, U.K., against a contentious oil pipeline under construction in Uganda and Tanzania, human rights group Avaaz announced at a…

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