There are currently over 2,400 #RamsarSites on the territories of 172 Contracting Parties around the world. To become a Wetland of International Importance, a wetland must demonstrate that it meets at least one of nine qualifying criteria.

Learn more: ramsar.org/news/ecosystem…

Are you or someone you know looking for a postdoc? Consider joining my lab at University of Wyoming where we use imaging and computer vision to study animal behavior in complex natural ecosystems. Collective behavior, salmon, migration, machine learning! kogerlab.com

The reintroduction of sea otters in British Columbia has brought many positive changes to the province's nearshore ecosystems. 🦦

By preying on kelp-eating invertebrates, sea otters help kelp forests to flourish.

Learn more👇
via Fisheries and Oceans

Guidance produced by UNEP-WCMC and partners as part of the EU’s Align project ➡️Measuring ecosystem condition - A primer for business➡️ seeks to help businesses navigate the many approaches to measuring ecosystem health.🌎🌱

Learn more: tinyurl.com/3j5kts6y

🌿Wetland biodiversity matters for our health, our food supply, for tourism and for jobs.

🏞️ Wetlands are vital for humans, for other ecosystems and for our climate, providing essential ecosystem services.

#WetlandConservation #WetlandsMatter

Coral reefs are home to more than 25% of marine life - yet, they are under serious threat due to human activity. Experience the coral reef through the eyes of a sea turtle & discover its invaluable significance for life under water & on land. unep.org/interactive/ex…

🌴🌳🌲When we plant the right trees in the right places, we support a cooler, greener and healthier future.

🌆 As populations grow in cities, urban trees provide many environmental and social benefits, including mitigating #ClimateChange and increasing #biodiversity .

Via @fao

🧐Join us this afternoon (12 April @ 15:00 CEST🕒) for the 'Tips and tricks for newcomers to the #publishing process' event (free & open to all!) by Bulgarian Geographical Society & YESS, part of Geonight.official.

🖱️See: geonight.net/24008-2/.

#scicomm #ecrchat #phdchat #academictwitter

Blue ecosystems are lifelines for our planet. Yet, they face existential threats from climate change, biodiversity loss, pollution and waste.

Discover why safeguarding these habitats is crucial #ForPeopleForPlanet .

Pollinating insects play a vital role in the environment but species have declined since 1980.

Data collected for UK Pollinator Monitoring Scheme help to detect changes in pollinator populations 🪰🐝🪲

Data from nature, for nature 💚 #DataNature

ceh.ac.uk/data-nature?ut…

Melting glaciers provide new ground for #invasivespecies - a case study on the island of South Georgia. 🌱🪲

🔗 Read more on the Pensoft blog: blog.pensoft.net/2024/04/01/mel…

#conservation #climatechange

SERE 2024 Conference in Tartu has exiting excursions. You can go to forests, alvar grasslands and mires, to Vooremaa Landscape Reserve and native seed production farm you can take part of a traditional hay mowing with a scythe. All the options: sere2024.org

🌿🦆 Maramagambo Grassland undergoes transformation from grassland to wetland habitat. How the avian populations are adapting to the changing landscape🌊Read more...⤵️

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Reforestation in Costa Rica: 1987 - 2015. Nationwide rewilding is possible.

Don't miss this webinar and boost your knowledge on urban ecological restoration! Register here👉tinyurl.com/boostingurbanER

✅ Mangroves protecting shorelines from storms
✅ Peatlands sequestering carbon
✅ Wetlands filtering contaminated water

'Natural Water Infrastructure' is a vital #NaturebasedSolution .
IUCN Water and Land Management Team

A GIS Methodology for Mapping Regional and Community Vitality for Canada using the CanEcumene 3.0 Geodatabase with Census Data.

🔗 doi.org/10.3897/arphap…

If you're under 26 and face financial barriers in pursuing a career in Ecology, apply now for our Span Trust bursaries.

The bursaries can provide you with mentoring, training and direct funding support.

Deadline: 20 March 12pm

britishecologicalsociety.org/learning-and-r…

🍀Calling all eco-warriors 🌍

Apply now to represent GYBN on the UN Decade Youth Task Force and make a difference!

The application link : forms.gle/hYuj9CzCpdFrKs…

#YouthIntoAction #Youth4biodiversity #generationrestoration 🌿🌏

📌 Join the BioDT online #workshop and experience the #cultural aspects of #ecosystemservices through a dedicated pioneering prototype digital twin (pDT).
🗓️21 March 2024
⏰14:00 to 16:00 CET
Read more and register 👉 elter-ri.eu/events/biodt-w…