After taking everything else, we called this #conservation.

🐦‍⬛💶 Das Thema „Flüsse und Vögel“ hat es in die letzte Runde des Designwettbewerbs zur Neugestaltung der Euro-Banknoten geschafft! Wir sind natürlich Fans und begeistert von den tollen Entwürfen. Ihr auch? Gebt bis zum 21.9. eure Meinung ab 👉 https://surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/neweuro/ 📷 ECB 2026

The current political concensus is that "nature conservation has gone too far". Sadly, the reality is the very opposite. Predicted decline in common bird and butterfly species even under conservation policy scenarios in Europe | Nature Ecology & Evolution share.google/KnsJvVsTNy6E...

58 days of relentless resistance. 🦩 Albanians are standing up against land grabs, corruption, and authoritarian overreach to defend their public lands and democratic rights. When the people unite, real change happens. Keep raising your voices, Albania! 🇦🇱

We should be just as worried about the harm to native bees. "...studies have established that acetamiprid, a neonicotinoid with powerful neurotoxic effects, can poison bees, affecting their foraging capacity and memory. A 2024 study suggested flupyradifurone could be lethal to some honeybees."

‘Scandalous, irrational and irresponsible’: French beekeepers’ fury at lifting of pesticides ban

Allowing use of pesticides to combat crop-ruining disease will kill bees and reduce harvests, union says

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#Europe is hindering its own efforts to protect bees, butterflies and other #pollinators, say 135 researchers. @ecoresearchzoo3.bsky.social et al. warn of serious consequences for #biodiversity and food security. ➡️ www.uni-wuerzburg.de/en/news-and-...

What will the next euro banknotes look like? 🇪🇺💶 @ecb.europa.eu has shortlisted 10 designs, selected from over 1,200 proposals by graphic designers across Europe. Now it's your turn to pick your favourite. 👇 surveys.ecb.europa.eu/10b/neweuro/ *Survey available in the 24 EU languages.

Birds on the € notes!? You can make it happen! 🐦✨ Vote now for your favourite design! www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/banknot... The European Central Bank is redesigning the euro banknotes and is asking the public for feedback. And one of the themes is birds and rivers...😈

My talk at @scbeurope.bsky.social Only 10-15% of the EU's cattle herd is needed to graze every biodiversity-rich field there is. Most cattle never set hoof on pasture. They're fed grain, packed onto fertilized monocultures. The solution isn't more grazing. It's fewer animals, better raised.

It is time for our clue for #InsectGame2026: Some of us help pollinate flowers. 👉 Follow @pollinera-horizon.eu on.eu @agri4pol.eu @pollinators-antenna.eu @valor-project.eu @safeguard-pollinators.eu and @eufawready.eu ufawready.eu for more clues!

👉 This week, in our early-career researcher series, we meet Jordan Benrezkallah. 🔎 Read the full interview: wildposh.eu/news/meet-re...

Meet the researchers: Jordan Benrezkallah

Each week, we introduce one of the early-career researchers behind the WildPosh project. Meet the young scientists working to understand and protect wild pollinators across Europe. Jordan Benrezkalla...

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🪰 WildPosh partners (Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad) presented 2 posters at the 13th International Symposium on Syrphidae, on toxicity of cypermethrin, acetamiprid & tebuconazole in hoverfly Eristalinus aeneus. #Syrphidae #Ecotoxicology

Offsetting is widely promoted but poorly founded in ecology Our modelling study shows: effective offsetting requires restored areas larger than those impacted & protection over long timescales high habitat conversion rates reduce offsetting success conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Ein großer Teil des #Vogelzugs findet nachts statt – weit häufiger als bisher angenommen.Thomas Krumenacker berichtet über die Enthüllungen einer neuen Studie und erklärt warum Lichtverschmutzung für Zugvögel so gefährlich ist:

82 Prozent der Singvögel ziehen ausschließlich nachts

Eine neue Studie mit Multisensor-Geolokatoren belegt, dass 82 Prozent aller Zugflüge kleiner und mittelgroßer Landvögel ausschließlich nachts stattfinden. Das Problem der Lichtverschmutzung betrifft damit mehr Vögel als bislang gedacht.

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Jeroen van der Sluijs@jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social · 4w ago

EU's Nature Restoration Regulation sets a binding target to reverse pollinator decline by 2030 Member States must submit draft national restoration plans by Sept 1, 2026 54 days left... Bring the White Paper on Pollinator Restoration to the attention of your government! doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

⛰️ New paper out! We show that alpine biodiversity hotspots are concentrated in the Neotropics. A fantastic piece of work led by @lottaschultz.bsky.social Check it out! 🌿 🦎 🐦‍⬛🦉 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Unlike many of other butterflies, painted ladies cannot survive Swedish winters. They have to migrated here from farther south every year. The large migration this year may be linked to weather conditions in North Africa, such as high spring rainfall this year that boosted breeding success.

Joint White Paper @butterfly-project.bsky.social @valor-project.eu @pollinera-horizon.eu @wildposh.eu @agri4pol.eu #ProPollSoil @restpoll.bsky.social @safeguard-pollinators.eu Towards pollinator stewardship in all policies Media coverage in 10 languages butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera...

Have you noticed many butterflies lately? Perhaps you've even spotted a painted lady (Vanessa cardui; tistelfjäril)? This year looks like it could become one of the rare years when painted ladies migrate to Sweden in exceptionally high numbers. Keep an eye out—you might be lucky enough to see one!

Have you noticed many butterflies lately? Perhaps you've even spotted a painted lady (Vanessa cardui; tistelfjäril)? This year looks like it could become one of the rare years when painted ladies migrate to Sweden in exceptionally high numbers. Keep an eye out—you might be lucky enough to see one!

Europe risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss, researchers warn www.brightsurf.com/news/LMJR7XE...

Europe risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss, researchers warn

Eight EU-funded research consortia warn that Europe's food security and societal functions are at stake due to failing pollinators. The report advocates making Pollinator Stewardship an explicit ...

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EU Commission’s draft legislation on pesticides: European researchers highlight the risks @pollinera-horizon.eu pollinera-horizon.eu/news/eu-comm...

EU Commission’s draft legislation on pesticides: European researchers highlight the risks

• The European Commission intends to reform the current rules governing the approval of pesticides through a new legislative package. • Scientists from 27 European research institutions point out tha...

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Media coverage of White Paper on Pollinator Stewardship so far, includes Dutch, Finish, Indonesian, Italian, Norwegian and Spanish butterfly-europe.eu/media-covera... If you are aware of coverage in other languages or items that did more than reproducing the press release, PLEASE SEND ME LINKS

Researchers, led by Dr Dimitry Wintermantel and Dr @juliaosterman.bsky.social raise concerns over the European Commission’s proposed reform of pesticide approval rules. Weakening key safeguards in the approval process has consequences for people and the environment: uni-freiburg.de/en/eu-commis...

A joint white paper from 8 EU-funded projects warns that Europe's food security and ecosystems are at risk if pollinator decline is not reversed and calls for urgent action. 🐝 👉 Learn more: www.alphagalileo.org/en-gb/Item-D...

Europe risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss, researchers warn

Eight EU-funded research consortia warn that Europe risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss. Their solution: a roadmap to reverse wild poll....

alphagalileo.org

🐝 Several renowned scientists, including WildPosh partners, have voiced serious concerns about the future of pesticide risk assessment in the EU in a new piece published in @science.org. Learn more: www.wildposh.eu/news/how-can...

Scientists raise concerns over EU pesticide risk assessment reforms

Several renowned scientists, including WildPosh partners, have voiced serious concerns about the future of pesticide risk assessment in the EU in a new piece published in Science. According to the aut...

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Eight EU-funded research consortia warn that Europe risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss. Their solution: a roadmap to reverse wild pollinator decline and protect managed bees. zenodo.org/records/2071...

Eight EU-funded research consortia warn that Europe risks a crisis if it fails to halt pollinator loss. Their solution: a roadmap to reverse wild pollinator decline and protect managed bees. @butterfly-project.bsky.social @vitenskapsteori.bsky.social butterfly-europe.eu/eight-eu-fun...

Our new Science paper discusses why simplifying pesticide regulation should not come at the expense of human, animal, and environmental protection. Better and more efficient risk assessment is possible—and needed. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Thanks to Dimitry who led the work & all coauthors!

EU Omnibus proposal increases pesticide risks

More efficient environmental risk assessment and stronger protection are achievable

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📢 Pesticide regulation in the EU at a Crossroads 📢 In Science we warn that the EU Omnibus proposal Pesticide risks increases! www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... Illustration @Annika Jahnke Still time to raise your voice!