Dominic Martin
@dominic-martin.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary research on land systems, conservation, and restoration Assistant Professor for Resilient Landscapes at Wageningen University and Research 🇳🇱 www.martin.science
Does the enigmatic Travellers Palm (Ravenala spp.) support #biodiversity on post-forest land in northeastern #Madagascar? Not really - few amphibians, birds, and lemurs use the palm compared to adjacent trees, as shown in a new paper by Yevgeniya Korol. 📝: doi.org/10.1017/S026...
📣PhD opportunity! We are looking for a highly motivated doctoral researcher with expertise in pollinator ecology, agroecology, and landscape ecology. 🐝🚜🌼 Research will focus on resilience of pollinator communities in agricultural landscapes. 🔗 Read more: www.uni-goettingen.de/de/document/...
The @glp-earth.bsky.social is organising a week of Land System Science this week! Among the many interesting activities, we are organising a session on Shifting Cultivation. Would be great to see many of you there! More info for GLP members: members.glp.earth/networks/eve... Everyone else: DM me!
🌳 Forest restoration is not only about trees. It's about people, biodiversity, fire management, and policies that support lasting change. 🎬 Watch the full documentary "Demand for Restoration in Madagascar" here: youtu.be/gEm16YZkYmA
For thirty years of my career studying this, I considered the #AMOC tipping risk serious but low probability. Why I've changed my mind. ⬇️ youtu.be/Cg0N9MWw9Vk?...
Tipping risk of the Atlantic Ocean's overturning circulation reconsidered. How serious is it?
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The Gender Recognition map of Europe. This is how bad the UK is now. 43rd out of 49. Down with Russia, Hungary, Albania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Georgia and Azerbaijan. Worse than Turkey, Serbia and Belarus. A lot worse than Ukraine, and Ukraine has been at war for four years.
"Save our women and children" from asylum seekers, they said. And yet again, it was projection. They hunt what they see in the mirror. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
One in five people arrested over 2024 riots have since been reported for domestic abuse
Exclusive: Police data shows 21% of the 949 people detained in England and Northern Ireland were later accused of violence against intimate partner
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Happy to share our new paper building on the MSc thesis of Jasmin Krähenbühl published in Regional Environmental Change. We argue that coupling remotely sensed data with local perspectives helps to better understand small-scale tropical forest changes in Laos. 📝: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
Coupling remotely sensed data with local perspectives to better understand small-scale tropical forest changes - Regional Environmental Change
Forests are essential for climate, biodiversity, and society. Consequently, conserving or increasing forest cover is the focus of many national and international policies. Yet implementing such policies locally remains a massive challenge, partly due to diverging perceptions of small-scale forest cover changes and their effects on livelihoods. In this study, we couple remotely sensed forest cover changes at the village level with local perceptions of land-use changes between 2010 and 2020 and their drivers. Our focus is on the Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos) which maintains some of the highest forest cover in Southeast Asia. We conducted focus group discussions and walking interviews with village committees in 27 villages in the province of Vientiane and Vientiane capital. We find that remote sensing data and the perception of village committees align on negative forest cover trends at small scales. The village committees expressed that current economic, policy, and socio-economic drivers are more likely to lead to the maintenance or expansion of agricultural areas rather than to the conservation of forests. As future developments, the village committees prioritize infrastructure and socio-economic development over forest conservation. Our findings highlight the importance of a context-specific understanding of forest cover changes. More just and effective forest policies can be formulated by coupling local perspectives with remote sensing in landscape planning. Ultimately, this study illustrates that forest cover changes are complex, contentious, and require participatory and adaptive policy responses that reflect this reality.
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Our Matters Arising article "Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy" is out in @nature.com today. We raise concerns that attributing biodiversity loss from shifting cultivation to international commodity trade may misguide policy. 📝: rdcu.be/ff6XH 🗞️ : shorturl.at/JCaUA
Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy
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Our Matters Arising article "Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy" is out in @nature.com today. We raise concerns that attributing biodiversity loss from shifting cultivation to international commodity trade may misguide policy. 📝: rdcu.be/ff6XH 🗞️ : shorturl.at/JCaUA
Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy
Nature - Overestimating outsourced biodiversity loss may misguide policy
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⛰️ New study highlights how knowledge co-production and interdisciplinarity help address farming challenges in Kilimanjaro @nkinabo.bsky.social @peteecology.bsky.social @dominic-martin.bsky.social 📖 Read the full paper here ➡️ buff.ly/b9oNEid
#PhD Position in the field of Transformations for Sustainability with a focus on agricultural initiatives with the amazing Berta Martín-López at @leuphana.bsky.social University in Lüneburg. Data collection in rural Germany, so speaking German is a prerequisite. www.leuphana.de/en/universit...
Research Assistant in the field of Transformations for Sustainability with a focus on agricultural initiatives
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@lovasylviane.bsky.social spoke to us about how large native trees and leaf litter promote amphibian diversity in Malagasy agroforests🌴🐸🌏 Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize 🏆🧪 Read more 👇
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Out now in People and Nature: 'Combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co-production enables the identification of sustainable farming options'. Led by Neema Robert Kinabo and part of Kili-SES project. See the paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
If your animal research uses camera traps, drones, or acoustic monitors in shared spaces—you're likely collecting human data without realizing it. Privacy, consent, and reporting obligations arise. Key takeaway: "human bycatch" needs ethical planning before deployment. #HumanEthics #ResearchEthics
Alan McElligott@amcell.bsky.social · 5mo ago2021. Principles for the socially responsible use of conservation monitoring technology and data. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Excited to share the 1st PhD chapter of @nkinabo.bsky.social in @peopleandnature.bsky.social! We show how combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co-production enables the identification of sustainable #farming options on Mount #Kilimanjaro 🏔️. 📝: doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Combining social, ecological and economic approaches in knowledge co‐production enables the identification of sustainable farming options
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
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Interested in 🐸 and 🌳? Have a look at this @jappliedecology.bsky.social blogpost covering the PhD research of @lovasylviane.bsky.social on amphibians in Malagasy agroforests! Her paper is nominated for the #SouthwoodPrice of @britishecologicalsociety.org! 📝: doi.org/10.1111/1365...
Lurking in the leaves: How large native trees and leaf litter promote amphibian diversity in Malagasy agroforests
While old-growth forests are irreplaceable for conserving Madagascar's endemic amphibian diversity, agroforests can also support amphibian populations, especially if management enhances habitat compl....
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Journal of Applied Ecology@jappliedecology.bsky.social · 5mo ago@lovasylviane.bsky.social spoke to us about how large native trees and leaf litter promote amphibian diversity in Malagasy agroforests🌴🐸🌏 Shortlisted for the 2025 Southwood Prize 🏆🧪 Read more 👇
"The results are astonishingly clear. On rewilded land, biodiversity surged across the board, with the number of bird species up 261%. The variety of bumblebee and butterfly species more than doubled, their abundance increased over 10x." The cure for nature loss exists. share.google/w30RUdw1902W...
Rewilding linked to dramatic increases in birds across Scotland
New research across Scotland's Northwoods Rewilding Network has revealed striking biodiversity gains on rewilded land, with bird diversity increasing by more than 260% and pollinating insects rising m...
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Jesus. Paying a French company a billion dollars *not* to build a wind farm.
Deva Woodly@devawo.bsky.social · 5mo agoThis is insane.
🌿 Postdoc opportunity in in Remote Sensing and Global Change Ecology! Join the DISECO project at the Botanical Institute of Barcelona (IBB) and explore how climate-biodiversity imbalances shape ecosystems worldwide. 🔗 Visit our website. www.ibb.csic.es/en/2026/03/p...
Hegseth: "We will keep pushing, keep advancing. No quarter, no mercy for our enemies." No quarter is the refusal to take prisoners and instead just execute everyone. It's been considered a war crime for over a century.
"The responsibility for food security must shift decisively toward social and economic systems … Agricultural research is needed to improve the sustainability and productivity of food production systems," writes Christoph Müller in a new #ScienceEditorial. https://scim.ag/3P6zC9Z
New publication: Beyond compensation: Governing human–wildlife coexistence under climate and land-use change Link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Beyond compensation: Governing human–wildlife coexistence under climate and land-use change - Ambio
Human–wildlife conflict (HWC) is intensifying globally under accelerating land-use change, climate variability, and wildlife population recovery. Compensation schemes remain a central policy response,...
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🙀Invasive species cause such diverse ecological impacts that we needed to broaden the lens used to classify their effects. Very happy with the collaborative and progressive nature of this work, integrating previous efforts and helping fill key gaps after years of worldwide effort!
PLOS Biology@plosbiology.org · 5mo agoIn this Consensus View, @laiscarneiro03.bsky.social @franckcourchamp.bsky.social &co introduce EEICAT, a framework for assessing how biological invasions affect species, ecosystems, and the environment. 🧪 #EcoSky #ecology #conservation
New research shows that the Gulf Stream has already shifted #AMOC pod with @alecluhn.com m.youtube.com/watch?v=yNhZ... AS
We Now Have Early Warning Signal Of Ocean Current Collapse
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Achieving UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a single oil shock and bring health and economic benefits while insulating the country against future costs, says CCC: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Reaching net zero by 2050 ‘cheaper for UK than one fossil fuel crisis’
Climate change committee finds move to renewable energy would also bring health, economic and security benefits
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Mapping 25 Nature’s Contributions to People (NCP) across Mount Kilimanjaro 🇹🇿, we reveal mid‑elevation NCP hotspots and strong synergies among NCP groups. Our maps offer a decision‑support tool for conservation and restoration. PhD chapter of Dr @netrabhandari.bsky.social! 📝: doi.org/10.1088/1748...
My colleague @jenteo.bsky.social created the Slow Professor game: every 'week' you take decisions on what to prioritise, earn points, and must avoid burnout! Lot's of fun to play and good to remind ourselves of taking it slow sometimes! Try it out @ jenteottie.github.io/SlowProfesso...
Slow Professor — The Academic Wellbeing Game
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Jente Ottenburghs | Avian Hybrids@jenteo.bsky.social · 5mo agoIntroducing the Slow Professor game! jenteottenburghs.wordpress.com/2026/03/02/i... This side-project grew out of ongoing conversations about workload, stress, and the sustainability of academic careers. So, I created a simulator that allows you to experiment with different academic strategies.
This article is related to this scientific paper published in Biological Conservation, where I focus on the legal vacuum in addressing the impact of pets on wildlife and suggest ways to bridging the gap between conservation and animal welfare laws in the EU. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Don't miss this blog post - by Anna Stansbury and Kyra Rodriguez - summarizing their remarkable research. "Gender and race have rightly become central to how researchers and organizations think about career disparities in elite occupations. But there is a glaring omission: class." 👇👇👇
Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality@stone-lis.bsky.social · 5mo agoSocioeconomic background is notably absent from most research on elite career progression. In their blog post, Stone Center Affiliated Scholar @annastansbury.bsky.social and Kyra Rodriguez of UC Berkeley discuss their forthcoming paper, "Class Background Matters for Career Progression."