eBioAtlas

Using eDNA data to tackle the extinction crisis - A programme by @NatureMetrics and @IUCN

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

Introducing eBioAtlas, our global eDNA programme in partnership with @IUCN ambitiously surveying the world's freshwater biodiversity using eDNA.

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

@TimRBDavenport @AndyPlumptre @KeyBiodiversity That's great Tim, but as I just tweeted Andy, you're missing a massive part of the story. What is happening on the ground/in the water. Bring eDNA as well in through @ebioatlas & you will fill in all your gaps. Happy to talk about this - [email protected]

[James Murray @James_BG]

Absolutely mad that the world’s governments are meeting this week to negotiate how to maintain a habitable biosphere and practically no one is paying any attention.

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

.@KatBruce2 gave a keynote speech about @ebioatlas at the @ChangeNOW_world event in Paris in May.

Kat’s message was about the urgent need for #biodiversity data at scale and the importance of @ebioatlas when considering the draft Global Biodiversity Framework. (5/5)

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

In December, @conchaytoro, Latin America’s leading wine producer, trained staff in #eDNAsampling across its vineyards in Chile to support eBioAtlas.

20 samples were collected and sent to the NatureMetrics lab for analysis, 59 species were detected. (4/5)

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

Back in April, we said a sad but very fond farewell to one of the originators of the @ebioatlas Programme. After more than 20 years with @IUCN, Dr Will Darwall left for a new role leading a river catchment restoration programme.

We wish him the very best in his new role. (3/5)

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

The first @ebioatlas training and sampling took place on the Malagarasi River in Tanzania.

Funded by @fp_coalition Dr @KatBruce2 led two training sessions in Dar es Salaam and Kigoma with fifty colleagues from our partners in the @tarifihq and @nydtanzania (2/5)

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

It has been a busy few months for us and we’ve been working hard to get @ebioatlas underway. Here’s the latest news from the team… (1/5)

[NatureMetrics @NatureMetrics]

We’ve been out in the field with one of the world’s top wine brands @conchaytoro 🍷 taking #eDNA #water samples 💧 from its estates and forests.
The initiative will help map local #biodiversity & contribute data towards @ebioatlas & @iucn's global map.

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

Protecting our freshwater is absolutely vital

https://t.co/2xYuX9n5Eq

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

Freshwater Biodiversity must receive the same priority as terrestrial and marine. Without doing so we will never halt the loss of nature

[WWF Water 💧🐟 @WWFLeadWater]

This👇is why the new @UNBiodiversity framework must prioritize freshwater biodiversity.

We can't halt nature loss without elevating freshwater to the same level as 'land & sea'

@RamsarConv @IPBES @IUCN_Water @NatureDeal @Stuart_Orr @UNCCD @WetlandsInt @rewild @WWFLeadOceans

[Kat Bruce @KatBruce2]

Great to present to the global sustainability team @EY_Consulting this afternoon about how we can make #biodiversity measurable in a meaningful & scalable way for business and finance
@NatureMetrics #eDNA #naturepositive

[Kathy Hughes @kathyahughes]

Over one-third of SE Asia's Critically Endangered species are freshwater fishes. The beautiful Siamese tiger perch is just one of the 95 Critically Endangered fishes in the region. @IUCN_ASAP and partners including @WWFMekong are working to conserve them all.

[World Fish Migration Day @fishmigration]

Terrible news from the IGB. Research showed more than one in five fish dies when migrating through a hydroelectric turbine! Read more about these shocking results down below:
https://t.co/rUtLJflZsW

[Kat Bruce @KatBruce2]

It's been a long but super-rewarding day training this brilliant bunch of @tafirihq scientists on #eDNA sampling. Apologies to the guys on the back row but the #WomenInScience stole the show in this particular photo shoot! Ahsante sana everyone!
@ebioatlas @NatureMetrics @IUCN

[Ismael Kimirei @IKimirei]

@KatBruce2 @ebioatlas @tafirihq @nydtanzania @IUCN @NatureMetrics @fp_coalition Congrats. same drill is happening in Dar as I write this tweet! Asante sana Kat for the effort

[NatureMetrics @NatureMetrics]

We teach our DNA methods around the globe and #womeninSTEM are part of that story too.

Today our own @katbruce2 is training groups to collect biodiversity data using eDNA, which they will use in our @eBioAtlas project funded by @fp_coalition in Tanzania!

#WomenInScienceDay

[Kat Bruce @KatBruce2]

The shores of #laketanganyika will be hard to beat as a training location...

Thank you for welcoming me and being such attentive (and fun) students 🙏 I look forward to sharing the results with you to see which group found most species!
#training #eDNA @nydtanzania @ebioatlas

[Kat Bruce @KatBruce2]

It was an absolute honour to be in Kigoma, #Tanzania to deliver our very first @ebioatlas training to a brilliant group of participants from @tafirihq & @nydtanzania who will collect #eDNA samples in the #malagarasi wetlands later this month.
@IUCN @NatureMetrics @fp_coalition

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

Images from practical training on Lake Tanganyika

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

We are delighted that @KatBruce2 has given our first training session for #eDNA collection in #Kigoma with @tafirihq & @nydtanzania

eDNA sampling starts later this month across the ecologically rich Malagarasi river & wetlands.

Huge thanks to funding support from @fp_coalition

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

We are delighted that this sampling will take place very soon

https://t.co/HJqVp1REog

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

We are delighted that @KatBruce2 has given our first training session for #eDNA collection in #Kigoma with @tafirihq & @nydtanzania

eDNA sampling starts later this month across the ecologically rich Malagarasi river & wetlands.

Huge thanks to funding support from @fp_coalition

[eBioAtlas @ebioatlas]

Our first river basin project will take place in Tanzania’s Malagarasi wetlands, and will be funded by @RobertDowneyJr’s @fp_coalition which invests in technologies to tackle environmental issues like #deforestation and #microplastics.

https://t.co/IrX64Pvbue