Check out this amazing article by Iván Paredes Tamayo published in @mongabay.com (in Spanish) about the research by @skybluejamie.bsky.social & collegeues!! es.mongabay.com/2026/08/tres...

Tres tipos de ganadería avanzan sobre el hábitat del jaguar en el bosque seco de Sudamérica | ESTUDIO

Tres tipos de ganadería avanzan sobre el hábitat del jaguar en el bosque seco de Sudamérica, así lo revela un estudio.

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This week working with the camera trap pictures from #SouthAmerica, the AI-powered species annotation feature of TrapTagger wildeyeconservation.org/traptagger/ helped a lot with this animal...Can you spot it? #biogeography #cameratrap #conservation

On the 26th it was International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem!! Let's be aware of the change and challenges these ecosystems face and all the consequences that follow for animals, plants, humans and the climate!

Save the Manatee Club@savethemanateeclub.bsky.social · last wk.

Today we celebrate International Day for the Conservation of the Mangrove Ecosystem! Learn how mangroves are important for manatees and so many other animals that call this habitat home!🌱

Beef has a huge climate problem. And the most effective solution -- by far -- is to simply reduce beef consumption and waste. But we don't want to hear that, so we often welcome fuzzy greenwashing stories instead. In the end, however, the math doesn't seem to work. drawdown.org/insights/gre...

Greenwashing and denial won’t solve beef’s enormous climate problems

Dive into the world of beef's environmental impact, from deforestation to climate change. Learn about the myths of "eco-friendly" beef and the industry's narratives.

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Have you already checked out Pablo Yair Huais and colleagues' new paper out now in Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation @rsecjournal.bsky.social? It asks how deforestation progresses in space and time by introducing the R package frontiermetrics! doi.org/10.1002/rse2.7009 #newpaper #R

Brazil’s environmental governance at risk | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... "An agribusiness-backed package" of bills put forward to "constrain environmental enforcement, narrow ecosystem protection, and shift biodiversity decisions away from environmental and scientific institutions."

Brazil’s environmental governance at risk

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Very bad weather in Berlin right now so we are sharing some cuties that sweetened our rainy day - and will hopefully do the same for you (whatever the sky may look like for you today)... Fotos taken by our #cameratraps in #Bolivia & #Argentina in 2024. Enjoy 🐆🐄! #biogeography #research #fieldwork

Auch das, was im Müritz-Nationalpark in #Mecklenburg-Vorpommern brennt, ist kein Wald, sondern eine Nadelholzplantage. 🌲🔥🌲 "Was, das ist doch Naturschutzgebiet...?" 👉 Ja, aber vor dem Naturschutz war da ne Plantage. Und die ist halt immer noch da, wenn auch jetzt aus der Nutzung genommen. /1/

Heiko Stubner@hstubner.bsky.social · 3w ago

SPIEGEL: Großbrand in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – explodierende Munition behindert Löscharbeiten. Seit Tagen kämpfen Einsatzkräfte gegen den Großbrand im Müritz-Nationalpark. Behindert werden sie dabei auch von alter Munition, die regelmäßig detoniert.

As promised some contributions of the lab at the ECCB 2026 in Leiden @eccb26leiden.bsky.social: @tkuemmerle.bsky.social organized the symposium "Archetype analysis for conservation science and practice" together with @ranjmurali.bsky.social - with amazing contributions, discussions and new ideas!

At the beginning of July Gabri defended his PhD!! His paper was about the restoring of the European bison in contemporary landscapes. Congratulations on a truly impactful research, great results and a great defense!! #phd #defense #dissertation #congratulations #bison #biogeography #rewilding

Last week a whole lot of our lab attended #eccb @eccb26leiden.bsky.social in Leiden (NL) - an amazing experience for connecting, learning, presenting, as well as exchanging opinions, research approaches and questions. Stay tuned for some posts & pics of our lab's contributions!

Anticipating where European bison might come into conflict with agriculture, forestry, or traffic --> new paper led by Hendrik Bluhm now out in the @jappliedecology.bsky.social 🦬🦬👉 doi.org/10.1111/1365... #Bison #Wisent #Rewilding #Megafauna #Conflict @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Now out in @rsecjournal.bsky.social: frontiermetrics: An R Package for Characterizing Deforestation Frontiers - led by Pablo Yair Huais 👉 doi.org/10.1002/rse2... @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #SystemShift

Delighted to welcome Corvin Pacher to our team!! He is a Geography student at our institute @humboldtuni.bsky.social and will be part of our team as a student collaborator - looking forward to working together!! #newmember #studentcollaborator #huberlin #biogeography #welcome

A plan for global ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, while incomes rise for 98% of the population, reducing working hours to 2.5 days a week, is possible. I speak with Lucas Chancel, the co-director of the World Inequality Lab about the Global Justice Report @mongabay.com :

The blueprint for building a fairer world without breaking the planet

A group of more than 40 researchers spent 20 months devising a plan for the world to achieve ecological sustainability within planetary boundaries, all while seeing incomes rise for 98% of the global ...

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Don't forget to check out @julianoeser.bsky.social's new paper published in @natecoevo.nature.com: doi.org/10.1038/s415... - based on a massive collaborative effort with partners from across Europe, we highlight why strongly increasing forest disturbances are good news for Europe’s large herbivores:

Nice blog summary by Lyla O'Brien on her paper on priority actions to better protect and restore old-growth forests in Europe - just published in @consletters.bsky.social 👉 doi.org/10.1111/con4... @biogeoberlin.bsky.social Blog here: wildcard-project.eu/priority-act...

Priority actions for the conservation of primary and old-growth forests in Europe - Wildcard

Blogpost by Lyla O'Brien

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For the last two days, the @humboldt-foundation.de's annual meeting converted our campus & lab into a buzzing place of 670+Humboldtians from 70+countries, that were here to connect, take a look at our institute and posters. It was lots of fun as well as thought-provoking! #AvHConnectedForImpact

From Degradation to Recovery 🌿 New study shows riparian forests along the Danube can rebound after restoration! The paper is led by Hamid Afzali, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social, @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social and colleagues and out now in Environmental Research Letters! doi.org/10.1088/1748... #newpaper

Climate change is confronting us with some pretty high (!!!) temperatures in Berlin right now. The Green Classroom of the Geography Department presents a great oasis for a lunch break together and some breeze in the trees! #greenclassroom #lunch #hu #climatechange #berlin

Last Wednesday was #DesertificationandDroughtDay!! The research at our lab focuses on land use as a major cause of biodiversity loss and potential solution - here deforestation and drought play a huge role!! Check out our website & papers for more insights! biogeo.pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/website/

Conservation Biogeography Lab

Research at the Conservation Biogeography Lab in Berlin

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UN Environment Programme@unep.org · 2mo ago

Desertification and drought are threatening lives and livelihoods worldwide, and billions still lack access to safe water at home. This #DesertificationandDroughtDay, see why #ClimateAction is key to restore degraded land & secure a sustainable future for generations to come: https://bit.ly/4aBn6XP

The #DesertificationAndDroughtDay theme “Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restore.” speaks to the needs of migratory species, which depend on connected habitats. Join our webinar with @unccd.bsky.social & @largelandscapes.org on 30 June to explore these links: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Last week the physical geograohy course led by Prof. Dirk Pflugmacher @d-pflug.bsky.social and @camillabrunet.bsky.social went on an excursion to Grünewald. The groups did a trial of bird acoustic sampling and dendrometry to measure trees biomass!!

Research with impact by @scjaehnig.bsky.social - our colleague in the biogeography in the field course. Check it out! #research #river #odra #science #recommendations

Leibniz-Institut für Gewässerökologie und Binnenfischerei (IGB)@igb-berlin.de · 2mo ago

🌊 After the 2022 Oder environmental disaster: Research-based recommendations for #policymakers and #authorities handed over to Federal Environment Minister Carsten Schneider. Full details + research findings from the ODER~SO project: www.igb-berlin.de/en/news/afte... #Odra #River #Research #Science

Happy international sea turtle day!! Can you remember the 2019 #safetheturtles trend? But even without plastic straws...there is a lot to be done in sea turtle conservation!! #WorldSeaTurtleDay #internationalday

IPBES@ipbes.net · 2mo ago

Migratory species in marine ecosystems may be even more affected by climate change than terrestrial species. Sea turtles stand out: 85% are threatened, the highest share of any assessed marine migratory group. 🧪 — 🏡 IPBES #GlobalAssessment Action is needed this #WorldSeaTurtleDay and every day 🐢 🌍

💧 Neue Forschung der #HumboldtUni zeigt: Nitratbelastung hängt nicht nur von Düngemitteln ab, sondern auch vom Wasserkreislauf. Fließgeschwindigkeit und Wassermenge beeinflussen, wie stark Nitrat ausgewaschen wird – besonders bei Wetterextremen. Mehr dazu 👉 www.hu-berlin.de/nachrichten/...

The Amazon can be saved — with concerted action inside and outside Brazil www.nature.com/articles/d41...

The Amazon can be saved — with concerted action inside and outside Brazil

As deforestation in the Amazon falls, fresh evidence shows that the rainforest can withstand global warming, but only if there is a worldwide effort to stop cutting it down.

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Today is the last day of the field excursion: some last tests in the laboratory, digitizing results and talking about challenges as well as successes!! Looking forward to the poster presentations in some weeks 🤩 #excursion #fieldtrip #fieldwork #biogeography #class #huberlin #university

This week the biogeography course led by @alfredoromero.bsky.social and @scjaehnig.bsky.social went on an excursion to Brandenburg. The three groups did fieldwork in and on the edge of coniferous and deciduous forests and water landscapes, measuring biodiversity, temperature and soil attributes:

Last weekend the #longnightofscience took over the @humboldtuni.bsky.social's scientific campus. Of our lab Imo prepared a workshop about camera traps and @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social a pop quiz about biogeography! We had lots of fun & are looking forward to next year! #university #huberlin #LNDW