#BIODIVERSITY

Dr Melissa Marselle

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How exactly does biodiversity influence human health and well-being? We, a team of interdisciplinary researchers, answer this question by creating a conceptual framework. New preprint here: https://ecoevorxiv.org/czyv4/ Building on ev

What #Kalidasa Teaches Us About The #Lockdown, Loss of #Biodiversity and #ClimateChange https://madrascourier.com/art-and-poetry/what-kalidasa-teaches-us-about-the-lockdown-loss-of-biodiversity-climate-change/ Meghadūta by Kalidasa trans by Abhay KA

Wim Zwijnenburg

Next week Global Biodiversity Outlook will paint a bleak message on the goals previously set. Looking at the GBO-4, its completely lacking any analysis of impact of armed conflict on

In our first post of the new @OurWorldInData biodiversity series I look at the long-term decline of the world's mammals.Since the rise of humans, wild land mammals have declined by

Rosie P 🍃 💧🚴‍♀️

4 crucial exemptions from the 10% biodiversity net gain requirement: NSIPs;marine development;brownfield sites which do not contain priority habitats and face genuine viability issues; permitted development/householder applications https://

Insect Ecology Group

Are you familiar with palm oil?My guess is, yes, as it's present in many commercial products, ranging from shampoo to biscuits to biodiesel. This incredibly versatile oil is produced from

For #EarthDay2021 , we wanted to take a minute to speak about systemic racism and how it impacts urban biodiversity. An August 2020 paper in Science found that racism and

Deadset: 1. Nats partyroom is mothership of 'ideological agendas'. 2. Oz govts have actively driving ag into arms 'profit-driven financiers' for 30 years. 3. Reserve Bank et al warned not

#BiodiversityTweets

1."The forthcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of Parties to the Convention on Biodiversity (COP 15) presents an opportunity to realise a nature positive and carbon neutral world by 2030.

Sheep create 2 ecological problems 1) they suppress ecological succession at a few inches from the ground (at at the ground if hard grazed)2) they strip away ecological diversity over

Queen's Archives

For #scilit week 2020: how to find things in the archives, a thread. This year's theme is #biodiversity but if you just put that into our #archives #database you actually

This new report from @nature_org is so wrong on SO many levels: logically, morally, economically, politically, ecologically, etc. So sad that @nature_org is willfully and deliberately speeding up the destruction

Why do sustainability policies advocate for economic growth?! It's time to take the GDP blinkers off. *Conservation is incompatible with economic growth* Check out our new open-access paper w @g_kallis

Beavers do not destroy trees, they coppice them. This action allows new species to grow through, increasing biodiversity. Trees are easily protected by wrapping wire around them#MoveDontKill #Beavers Dams reduce

How do we recover nature in the UK? A ‘Bigger, Better, More joined up’ nature recovery network. I think there is a lot of agreement on Bigger and More joined

New paper out in 𝐁𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐨𝐠𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥 𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 "Long-term effectiveness of Natura 2000 network to protect biodiversity: A hint of optimism for common birds"#ProtectedAre