Excited to share our publication in 𝘙𝘦𝘮𝘰𝘵𝘦 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, focused on automated road mapping in tropical forests with satellite imagery and AI.
PAPER: https://t.co/qiSEeFJf9P
New @standmighty report links the world’s biggest meat company @JBS_Oficial to the worst ‘chemical destruction’ of Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands using “Agent Orange.” https://t.co/9SbklIGpbO
New paper, and our contribution to the Land Sparing and Land Sharing discussion:
Agrobiodiversity conservation enables sustainable and equitable land sparing https://t.co/cSAciuVYI5
“Fires can escape their intended boundaries and invade forest areas if fuel is dry enough to allow fires to spread, which is becoming increasingly common due to heatwaves and severe droughts caused by climate change” https://t.co/R2dcvDXUph
Months of planning, dozens of conversations, hours of work - all led up to the launch of this new series from @NewsfromScience that will look at how the scientific enterprise is reckoning with its colonial roots. Our intro to the series here: https://t.co/YRscWctgCT
Our @NaturePortfolio collection on "Change in the Amazon" is open for submissions until Oct 30 2024. We invite you to explore the published contributions at https://t.co/rGubDQ95n2 (>50% led by female researchers!). We look forward to your submissions!😊 @CommsEarth
Do you known any ecologists/conservationists/geographers with field skills & good data management looking for adventure? Please share this advert for a 6 month job with us in the Comoros (led by @DahariComores with Oxford & Bangor Unis). Must speak french.
https://t.co/ojEQG4ri3e
How can feminist perspectives illuminate our visions for meat?
@tamsinblaxter's recent essay in @femfoodjournal uses a feminist lens to examine how gender shapes the ways in which we interpret & project certain futures for meat.
Read the essay here: https://t.co/RfukCjm6Wg
Recent media coverage gives the impression that the very idea of tackling climate change by slowing deforestation is a scam-this is not true & the idea could harm forests. My perspective in @NatureEcoEvo on the scandal surrounding REDD+ additionality.
https://t.co/guIsPvqxUD
🌿Discover the enigmatic Marantaceae forests of Africa in our latest review! Could these forests be one of the rare examples of alternative stable states in tropical ecosystems? Our review suggests yes, yet much remains to be uncovered: https://t.co/9vvGk6NRoO
#TropicalForests
Our new paper out today:
“Emergency policies are not enough to resolve Amazonia’s fire crises”
Remember when the sky in São Paulo got dark in the middle of the afternoon because of dense smoke clouds created by fires in the Amazon in 2019? https://t.co/wMwfCvUvTN
Study by ECI researchers shows emergency fire bans are insufficient and urges action ahead of the next burning season in the Amazon
@ManuMachado_Eco@Erika_Berenguer@ioliverasmenor
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https://t.co/ldEqPuM9eL
1/2 New paper by @grahamprescott @lromancarrasco and colleagues is an impressive and useful analysis of how #biodiversity metrics and frameworks used by businesses align (or, don't align) with the Global Biodiversity Framework,
‼️ If you study functional or trait diversity, I hope you will like the new approach for computing trait turnover we develop in our new paper in @MethodsEcolEvol with @PaulBoittiaux@CangHUI_Ecology@MelodieAM https://t.co/Ka4DS8eI31
(quick summary below 👇)
amidst a swelling Palestinian diaspora, planting an heirloom seed—even if far away from its natural home—amounts to an act of resistance.
“They tell a story: Not only did we exist, we exist today, and we will exist in the future.”
read more in @AtmosMag:
https://t.co/vJXQ5VEcTn
Please share if you might have Indonesian wildlife researchers in your network. We are recruiting an Indonesian student for a funded PhD working with me & colleagues at @UUBeta 🇳🇱, & @UGMYogyakarta 🇮🇩. Involves cool field & travel to 🇳🇱! 📷WWF Indonesia
https://t.co/HqSpq9IVy4