More than a reserve? 🤔 This year we began fieldwork for our ARC Linkage project on the diverse benefits of private land conservation in Australia 🌱 Find out more and subscribe for updates here: morethanareserve.org #privatelandconservation #privateprotectedareas

Looking for tips on how to care for wildlife at home?! The ICON team has you covered 😜 Check out the latest blogs on the ICON website here: icon-science.org/how-to-turn-... icon-science.org/helping-our-...

Helping our feathered neighbours thrive - ICON Science

Spring is in the air, Guardian Australia’s ‘Bird of the Year’ poll is now open, and the Aussie Bird Count is just around the corner – what better time to stop and think about how you can support nativ...

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NGV Exhibition: When wildlife moves in - ICON Science

Native animals can make for excellent neighbours – blue-banded bees pollinate our vegetable gardens; microbats eat up to 1200 mosquitoes per night; powerful owls keep rodents at bay. But could we go o...

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New blog post up now on the ICON website! Subscribe for updates via the homepage: icon-science.org/conservation...

Conservation community unites in Meanjin for ICCB 2025  - ICON Science

Last month, the 32nd International Congress for Conservation Biology (ICCB 2025) took place in Brisbane/Meanjin, Australia. ICON Science was well-represented at the meeting with seven current lab memb...

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We had a great turnout for our #ICCB2025 pre-congress workshop on Sunday! It was fantastic to see a diversity of participants bringing together their perspectives on who and what can be influenced by conservation initiatives, and how. @society4conbio.bsky.social

Different worldviews and knowledge systems influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪 Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...

Coming to #ICCB2025 in Meanjin/Brisbane? 📢 Join our workshop ‘A holistic approach for understanding the diverse influences of conservation' on Sunday June 15. Limited spots available: www.xcdsystem.com/iccb/program... @society4conbio.bsky.social #ICCB

Whilst it is positive to better centre Indigenous Knowledges in the IPCC AR7, they are not only "culture and heritage". TEK and IK are political, ecological, scientific, and cultural heritage. It should be better represented in all chapters and working groups, not sidelined to merely "culture".

Join us for a nice workshop in Lüneburg, Germany!

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🚨Are you interested in advancing the quantification of #RelationalValues in coastal and marine #SES? If so, consider applying to our #RELATE workshop👇 forms.gle/XsnVfLrEkQ4n...

Katharina Miller, Dominique Henri and Michael Lickers write a Behind the Paper post about their research in Communications Earth & Environment that explores how Indigenous communities in Canada have coexisted with polar bears and what the future holds for these communities. 🧪

“Bears are like family”: Indigenous insights on human-polar bear coexistence

Our entire project started with a cup of tea. Through storytelling, our coauthors share how braiding methodologies from Indigenous ways of knowing and social sciences helped us gather knowledge to inform inclusive research and polar bear management strategies.

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New Animation! 🌍✨ How can we create just & sustainable futures for people & nature? The @ipbes.net  #TransformativeChange Assessment explores the deep shifts needed to tackle biodiversity loss. 📺 Watch now: 

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Two organizations representing faculty at Columbia University today filed a lawsuit in federal court challenging the administration of US President Donald Trump's cancellation of $400 million in research grants and contracts to the university. https://go.nature.com/4cn6Mdb

Trump administration sued over huge funding cuts at Columbia University

Two faculty organizations file suit after university makes concessions to Trump officials.

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so cool to see our 2024 publication in the account of @esandpeople.bsky.social ! using a participatory approach, we developed a qualitative model and future scenarios for nature’s contributions to people at the periurban region of Campinas, a metropolis in Brazil!

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New research highlights the impact of urban expansion on NCP in peri-urban areas in #Brazil. Through participatory assessments, the study explores past and future trends in NCP and identifies strategies for positive change: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... (SP)

Our new paper shows how arts-based methods can uncover human-nature connections 🎨 At Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania, Chagga women connect with nature through cooking, agriculture, emotions and shared values 🏔️ You can read more here: doi.org/10.1080/2639... @esandpeople.bsky.social

Chagga women´s connections with nature: fostering relationality through arts-based methods

Relational approaches in research are now recognised as a potential pathway to fostering transformations in sustainability research. Drawing on insights from Chagga women at Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanz...

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🚨Job alert: PhD researcher at Leuphana University Lüneburg, Germany, focusing on values, rules and knowledge for social-ecological transformations towards sustainable and just futures in the Kilimanjaro Social-Ecological System (SES). Apply by March 7, 2025 www.leuphana.de/en/universit...