New #biodiversity resource💻📚

UNEP-WCMC has produced a guide supporting government systems that organize how biodiversity information is produced, analyzed & made available to people.

Available in EN, FR and ES ⬇️

unep-wcmc.org/en/developing-…

New paper from the Ocean Philanthropy Research Initiative in Conservation Biology

We evaluate how philanthropic foundations working in marine conservation engage communities in grant-making decisions.

Bottom line: Engagement is limited, we can & must do better.

bit.ly/3W0wT3f

Join IUCN WCPA today from 16:00-17:00 CET for the launch of a new framework that will provide protected area managers with a comprehensive set of tools to develop their own resource-appropriate biodiversity monitoring programmes!

Sign up here 👉 bit.ly/4d3jVHW

Sobering commentary

Couldn't make this webinar? Check out the recording to learn more about the application process for our research grants on improving the use of evidence:
wtgrantfoundation.org/2024-webinar-r…

From Brazil: a framework for refining and conforming secondary biodiversity data to FAIR standards, and a call for more use of public repositories preprints.arphahub.com/article/125974…

What public officials think about co-production and how they navigate participatory processes: lessons from European urban forests

US media coverage of new science less likely to mention researchers with African and East Asian names theconversation.com/us-media-cover…

Economic analysis and research from interdisciplinary teams most cited by policy sources nature.com/articles/d4158… Overton

Common for European political scientists to move between the academic and the policy world but level of engagement can be affected by familiarity, publishing frequency, seniority, and gender University of Saskatchewan Research

Presuming that practical policymaking & implementational realities are ‘someone else’s business’ that evidence producers can stay apart from is a sure ticket to irrelevance idronline.org/article/ecosys…

11. VISUALIZE! “The key idea is that through rough sketches, ideas can come to life and facilitate discussions and shared sensemaking between team members.” (Sörgärde, 2024)

The global research funding landscape needs transformation & it starts with strengthening southern granting councils. Let's ensure equitable access to resources for impactful science and innovation. Read & share! bit.ly/3W7YHTi

#INGSA2024 #decolonization @conicetdialoga

#EarthDay , an annual event held every April 22, motivates the public to act to safeguard the planet. These cartoons (60-729-01 & 03) illustrate negative effects that human activities can have on the environment. They were produced by the Sask Dept of Natural Resources in 1960.

Thanks Policy Commons for the alert to this new report calling for national and local government action to improve municipal planning Evidence for Democracy

Back in 2022, the Scholars on Twitter dataset was launched. In this new blog post, Philippe Mongeon, Timothy D Bowman (he/him), Rodrigo Costas and Wenceslao Arroyo Machado update us on how they dealt with various challenges coming from the data providers in the meantime leidenmadtrics.nl/articles/an-up…

Hey, Todd Carpenter tac_NISO at social.niso.org, this is an excellent piece! From the Scholarly Kitchen today -- Flourishing in a Machine-intermediated World: The STM Trends Report scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2024/04/24/flo… via Scholarly Kitchen

EVENT: The SSHRC Storytellers Showcase takes place Monday, May 6,10:30 am-noon at the Remai Modern.

The 2024 finalists include #USask PhD student Olivia Abram, who will be competing to be named one of the final five winners. More info:
sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/society-societ…