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Joe Bennett

@joebennett.bsky.social

Professor at Carleton University https://carleton.ca/bennett-lab/

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Collaboration for Environmental Evidence (CEE)@envevidence.bsky.social · 6mo ago

New at #EnvironmentalEvidence! @ryanhodgson.bsky.social @joebennett.bsky.social @timalamenciak.bsky.social et al. evaluated the use of OntGPT and ontologies (machine-interpretable glossaries of domain terminology) in data extraction. #EvidenceSynthesis #AI 🧪 🤖

Assessing the effectiveness of ontology-grounded AI term extraction using OntoGPT for environmental evidence synthesis - Environmental Evidence

Environmental Evidence - Evidence syntheses are valuable sources of robust and transparent knowledge that can identify gaps in research and inform evidence-based decision making. However, the...

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ciara likes bugs@fugbuck.bsky.social · 8mo ago

french artist hubert duprant makes artists out of insects. caddisfly (trichoptera sp.) larvae are provided gold flecks and precious stones like turquoise, emeralds, and pearls, which they bind together into a cocoon with silk spun from modified salivary glands. (📷 by frederic delpech)

a caddisfly larvae mostly encased in gold flakes, pearls, and other precious stones with only its head exposed. a second, similarly decorated cocoon lies alongside ita profile of a caddisfly larvae sticking its head out of a gold encrusted cocoon. there is a band of turquoise beads around the midsectiona profile view of a gold encrusted caddisfly cocoon with a pearl band around the middle
Fernando Villanea@fervillanea.bsky.social · last yr.

This is a good time to remember that Moas, Emus, and the other ratites diverged so long ago, they FLEW to different continents, and then lost the ability to fly and became giants independently. You can't just sprinkle a few variants to make one into the other. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Maps of continents breaking apart does not match the order in which flightless birds speciate, which indicates they flew over water rather than walk across a mega continent.
Dave Hemprich-Bennett@davehb.bsky.social · last yr.

Colossal are likely trying to ‘de-extinct’ the moa by tweaking an emu genome. There’s 62 million years of evolution between an emu and a moa. For context, there’s only 42 MY between humans and howler monkeys. You simply can’t make a human with a GM howler monkey www.newscientist.com/article/2487...

Tatsuya Amano@tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · last yr.

Our guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 are now on @figshare.com - please use and disseminate it widely! doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... #languagebarriers

Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English

Presentation guidelines developed by the Language Accessibility Committee to support language-inclusive presentations at the International Congress for Conservation Biology 2025.

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Tatsuya Amano@tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · last yr.

We have developed guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English for #ICCB2025 presenters. Please have a read to make your presentation inclusive. Amazing work led by @elizeyxng.bsky.social et al. docs.google.com/document/d/1... @iccb2025.bsky.social #languagebarriers

Guidelines on how to give linguistically friendly presentations in English
Steven J Cooke@sjcfishy.bsky.social · last yr.

Some thoughts on the push to fast track development in Canada at the cost of the environment. theconversation.com/elbows-up-in... @pagse-pfst.bsky.social @e4dca.bsky.social @cdnsciencepub.com @carleton.ca @scas-scsa.bsky.social @csee-scee.bsky.social @rcgssgrc.bsky.social @wwfcanada.org

‘Elbows up’ in Canada means sustainable resource development

Accelerated resource development in Canada should not burden future generations with environmental destruction.

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James Snider@jamessnider.bsky.social · last yr.

Just in time for the long weekend: Ontario announces intent to repeal Endangered Species Act and replace it with new Species Conservation Act: ero.ontario.ca/notice/025-0...

Proposed interim changes to the Endangered Species Act, 2007 and a proposal for the Species Conservation Act, 2025 | Environmental Registry of Ontario

The current approach to the protection and conservation of species at risk is complicated, takes too long to complete, and causes unnecessary delays and costs for housing, transit, and critical infras...

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Daniel Bolnick@danielbolnick.bsky.social · last yr.

Bad media science takes can kill off whole species. Gene edited puppies are NOT actually dire wolves, any more than an especially hair mouse is a mammoth. Endangered Species Act is NOT rendered moot by this publicity stunt www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...

Trump team cites wolf ‘de-extinction’ as it seeks to cut endangered species list

The interior secretary hailed a biotech company’s claim to have brought back the dire wolf, while the administration and GOP push to roll back species protections.

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Joe Bennett@joebennett.bsky.social · last yr.

Anyone else getting followed by a bunch of progressive bots? Someone or rather something has obviously figured out my politics. Typical format is some vague feel-good aphorism, then the odd picture to suggest realism, then lots of reposts of progressive content.

Joe Bennett@joebennett.bsky.social · 2y ago

New work by @adbinley.bsky.social and others: 61% of endangered species in Canada lack research on what conservation actions work. We need more action-based research. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Endangered species lack research on the outcomes of conservation action

Summary of the available peer-reviewed literature for 209 terrestrial species at risk listed as Endangered in Canada. The number of species in each category is noted in the rectangle to the right of ...

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Joe Bennett@joebennett.bsky.social · 2y ago

Citizen science (aka community science or participatory science) can help conservation agencies save money that can then be used directly for conservation. @adbinley.bsky.social shows this in her latest paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Quantifying the value of participatory science data for conservation decision‐making

Prioritizing conservation action based on high-quality, freely available participatory science data could theoretically result in better biodiversity outcomes than paying for targeted professional mo...

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