Congrats to #Ecuador – today, President Guillermo Lasso expanded marine protections around the #Galapagos Islands. The new area protects wildlife in the #MarineCorridor connecting the Galapagos Marine Reserve to Costa Rica’s newly expanded marine reserves. #30x30 (📷: Alex Hearn)

Fungal spores found in dung have revealed that large animals went extinct in two “waves” in the Colombian Andes - new study by Dunia H. Urrego Felix Pym Global Systems Institute University of Exeter Full study: cambridge.org/core/journals/… Press release: news.exeter.ac.uk/faculty-of-env…

🚨PODCAST ALERT🚨 Craving more? Dunia H. Urrego and I had the privilege to be invited to talk with the talented host Alex Door about our research on the Mushroom Revival #podcast 🍄 Listen now: 👇 Mushroom Revival - shorturl.at/eLT25 Spotify - shorturl.at/lBS47

A recent study analysed fungal spores in prehistoric poo to discover that two "waves" of extinction took place in Colombia Paper here: bit.ly/42eyCRP Here researchers Dunia H. Urrego and Felix Pym speak to Mushroom Revival podcast about their findings spoti.fi/3MX0o0P

Polen y esporas de heces fosilizadas: las pistas de la extinción de megafauna en Colombia | América Futura | EL PAÍS América elpais.com/america-colomb…

Very excited to be on my way to Rome for my first INQUA conference 🇮🇹 I will be talking about megafaunal extinction in the Colombian Andes 🇨🇴 on Fri 14th July, 17.15-17.30 in session 109: Animals, environments & humans (📍Aula Magna) #INQUARoma2023 Dunia H. Urrego University of Exeter

Day 1 at #INQUARoma2023 ✅️ It was an honour to follow up the stage of the Italian and INQUA presidents and see so many interested in our published research on Pleistocene megafaunal extinctions in Colombia 🇨🇴 📸Dunia H. Urrego Excited to see more inspiring talks! INQUARoma2023

Really enjoyed the 'Towards consolidating a Latin American Quaternary Network' workshop! 🌎 Inspiring to see everyone's passion for establishing this important multidisciplinary network! Muchas gracias al presentador Rodrigo L. Soteres y todos los demás coorganizadores! #INQUARoma2023

Snorkelling in the mangroves - their prop roots are home to amazing biodiversity! 🇨🇴🦪🪸🐠 #mangrovesareawesome

Download a free Food and Agriculture Organization report on the state of the World’s Mangroves, 2000-2020 👉 bit.ly/3q4zBas #FRA2020 #GFRA

Lots of interesting blue carbon management happening in Japan, though challenges remain japantimes.co.jp/environment/20…

The Mangroves Drowning in the Sea elfaro.net/en/202405/ef_p… via El Faro English "Apparently, the mangrove is also getting old like me" José Rivera, a 90 years old fisherman. An example of the Mangrove forest degradation in San Juan del Gozo, El Salvador, by Sea Level Rise.

How good are replanted mangroves at storing carbon? insideclimatenews.org/news/16072024/…

new 12m resultion of global mangrove canopy height map is online! Using TanDEM-X data, calibrated by GEDI GEDI . Very important datasets for coastal forest structure and blue carbon dynamics! daac.ornl.gov/CMS/guides/CMS…

Happy to begin this new chapter with a new colleague 😊🤓. Representing the UNAL Sede Medellín UNAL