Tobias Kuemmerle
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social
Geographer @ Humboldt-University Berlin | working on land use and its impact on biodiversity
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Land records reveal how Mennonites are reshaping Belize’s forests
SPANISH LOOKOUT, Belize — When the Mennonite community here purchased a property four years ago in the middle of the Maya Forest Corridor, a government-recognized stretch of land designed to connect f...
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Scientists who use large language models (LLMs) to help them with their research will spend less time refining their work and instead jump quickly to fresh projects, according to a modelling study. go.nature.com/451DgXl
Scientists using LLMs will ‘do more, less well’, modelling study predicts
Research suggests that the combination of incentives to publish and the use of large language models will lead to more papers, but they will be less refined.
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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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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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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:
Tajikistan’s markhor population has rebounded from a few hundred to more than 7,000 after years of conservation work https://ow.ly/N6bK50Zmqto #Tajikistan #Markhor #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #EndangeredSpecies #WildlifeRecovery
Tajikistan Notes Conservation Success as Markhor Population Grows - The Times Of Central Asia
The population increase reflects years of conservation measures and local community efforts to protect the markhor, which is indigenous to mountain regions in
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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
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
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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Seagrass meadows are one of the planet's most overlooked ecosystems. Despite this, they are fundamental for coastal biodiversity and fisheries, help to protect shorelines, and even store vast amounts of carbon. 📷 Benjamin L. Jones 1/
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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Out now in @natecoevo.nature.com: Increasing forest disturbance enhances habitat suitability for Europe’s large herbivores. Great work led by Julian Oeser and @tkuemmerle.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Fresh perspective article: Priority actions for the conservation of primary and old-growth forests in Europe. In the article, we examine how the recently adopted Nature Restoration Regulation could strengthen the long-term conservation of Europe’s remaining primary and old-growth forests.
Priority actions for the conservation of primary and old-growth forests in Europe - Wildcard
Blogpost by Lyla O'Brien
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Freitag: 41,3 Grad - Hitzerekord Samstag: 41,5 Grad - Hitzerekord Sonntag: 41,7 Grad - Hitzerekord Das Land ächzt. Derweil eine Regierung, die lieber Mrd. € für Tankrabatte statt Hitzeschutz ausgibt. Dieses Land ist auf die größte Krise unserer Zeit mental und praktisch völlig unvorbereitet!
The biggest problem with the global food system is that most of it doesn’t actually produce… …checks notes… …food. 😳🤯
Project Drawdown@projectdrawdown.bsky.social · 2mo agoThis is why efficiency in our food system matters: 🧑🌾 A more efficient food system could mean more affordable food, less strain on land and water, and healthier meal options for families. Read more from The Cool Down 👉 https://yhoo.it/4ak3OpJ
It's crazy that there is still a 'debate' about Net Zero when Europe melts in its worst ever heatwave & when, according to those hippies on the London Stock Exchange, the green economy has surpassed US$10 TRILLION and outperforms the broader market by more than 12%! Oh, and there's this:
UK’s growing green economy worth more than £100bn a year, research finds
Net zero industry accounts for more than a million jobs and benefits whole country, according to CBI Economics
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Recent French national average temperatures: - impossible in a pre-industrial world, - about 1 year in 40 years in a 1.5C world - 1 in 10 years in a +2 °C world - 3 degree world - happens every other year interactive/method/maps here (également en français): benmsanderson.github.io/futureevent/
Forest disturbances are increasing across Europe - and this improves the habitat for large herbivores. 🌳🌲🦌🫎🦬🌲 New study by Julian Oeser just out in @natecoevo.nature.com 👉 doi.org/10.1038/s415... @humboldtuni.bsky.social @biogeoberlin.bsky.social
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
Europe must seize the moment to lead on free and open science www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Europe must seize the moment to lead on free and open science
An under-appreciated research powerhouse, Europe has a responsibility to champion democratic science that is accessible to all the world’s research talent.
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+++OBACHT+++Neue WWF-Analyse zeigt: ❌ Minus 757 Millionen Euro Wertschöpfungsverlust für die Solarenergie ❌ Minus 17 Milliarden Euro für Windkraft ❌ Zehntausende Arbeitsplätze: weg. Wie die Vorhaben der #Bundesregierung von Netzpaket bis GmodG unsere Wirtschaft gefährden, THREAD! 🧵
Man könnte das Regierungsprogramm von Merz zusammenfassen mit: »Fossile Retrotechnik erhalten, Veränderung verhindern«. www.spiegel.de/wissenschaft...
Meinung: Bereitschaft zu Veränderung? Merz verhindert, was er selbst fordert
Im Bundestag forderte der Bundeskanzler zuletzt Veränderungs- und Opferbereitschaft, Innovation und einen Kurswechsel. Seine Regierung aber betreibt auf zentralen Zukunftsfeldern das exakte Gegenteil.
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Did you know 7 million hectares of forests are destroyed every year? It doesn't have to be this way. Play a game and learn how to join #GenerationRestoration in real life. www.decadeonrestoration.org/play-game-le... @unbiodiversity.bsky.social
Two professorships at @unileipzig.bsky.social Faculty of Physics and Earth System Sciences! Professorship Economic Geography and Sustainability: www.uni-leipzig.de/en/universit... Professorship Social Geography: www.uni-leipzig.de/en/universit... Excellent environment in climate and biodiversity!
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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Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’ www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Ancient ground squirrels feasted on carcasses like ‘zombies of the Pleistocene’
Fossilized poo harbours remains from mammoths, bison and big cats, including some of the oldest DNA ever reconstructed.
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