Pedro @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social & Seba @aguiarse86.bsky.social worked on mapping the Argentine beef supply chain with Patrick Meyfroidt & Erasmus zu Ermgassen and they gave a seminar on livestock systems in the #Chaco & #SouthAmerica. A great, strengthening collaboration! @values4eu.bsky.social

Agriculture-driven edge effects in a deforestation hotspot 👉new paper in Global Change Biology, led by Sebastian Torella doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70737 @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift

Quantifying the Spatial Footprint of Agriculture‐Driven Edge Effects in a Global Deforestation Hotspot

Tropical dry forests face increasing pressure from agricultural expansion, but how this expansion impacts on remaining forests is unclear. We quantified and mapped agricultural edge effects on tree c...

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On our Lab Retreat we had quite a tight schedule... Day one was all about workshops, presentations, discussions and talks! On the second day we hiked through the beautiful, autumnally Harz - spearing some energy for the third day: walking through coniferous forests in the fog... #labretreat #team

The team spent three amazing days in the beautiful, autumnal #Harz during this year’s #labretreat. Workshops, hikes, talks, discussions, cooking sessions, board games, quizzes, laughter, progress and a whole lot of photos -> be ready for some behind-the-scenes-posts and photo dumps! #teambuilding

A study focused on why deforestation rates have slowed in Indonesia and the Brazilian Amazon revealed that political will was a critical factor, often as a result of pressure from civil society and diplomacy to conserve forests.

Where there’s political will, there’s a way to stop tropical deforestation, study finds

Political will is among the most important factors in preventing tropical deforestation, according to a group of experts surveyed for a new study — with strong political commitment often arising out…

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🌟 Quick Recap of the 25th Long Night of Science! 🌟 On June 28, the Long Night of Sciences in Berlin opened its doors once again to all curious minds. 🎉 Our Lab participated with exciting programs and talks!🌍🔬 #LongNightOfScience #LNDW #Adlershof #Berlin #Science

🐄🐂 Putting landless cattle on the map! 🐄🐂 New paper in Env. Research Letters on mapping cattle intensification from space - across South America's dry diagonal doi.org/10.1088/1748... @erc.europa.eu @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social #SystemShift @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Understanding the impact of agricultural exports on the Gran #Chaco #biodiversity: new paper out in Global Environmental Change, led by Isabel Carpenter 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.gl... @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @sei.org @alfredoromero.bsky.social @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @aguiarse86.bsky.social