(1/5) The Global Biodiversity Framework includes a target of 30% of land protected by 2030 and refers to OECMs as complementary to PAs. In our new preprint we assessed the impact of PAs and two potential OECMs on forest loss in the Amazon from 2000 to 2021 tinyurl.com/36bt8vf3

We recently convened a workshop on how best to implement a more equitable management of #ProtectedAreas in #Madagascar. 👉An 'equitable' management does not harm local communities, respects their rights and ensures they genuinely take part in decision-making. A thread here👇

Advice to grad students: when you write a paper, use a gmail (or similar) for corresponding, instead of your institutional email, since institutional emails usually expire when you graduate. That way people interested in your paper can correspond with you.

chatGPT is like a drunk poet who thinks he's a scientist.

Virunga is 99 years old today ! Bravo and thank you to D.R Congo and the staff. Generations of Gorillas, chimps, elies, hippos and many more species have been living beautiful lives thanks to you. This is a bittersweet birthday with an immense level of suffering in North Kivu

Does conservation work? Our paper by Re:wild shows that it does: a global analysis of 665 trials (incl. several by RSPB Science) found that conservation improved the state of biodiversity or slowed declines in two-thirds of cases BirdLife Science science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

If you are interested in impact evaluation in conservation, come to Bangor and work with me on a Marie Curie!

The forest is full of magic. Red trillium (Trillium erectum), round lobed hepatica (Hepatica americana), bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), squirrel corn (Dicentra canadensis)

1/2 Well this article made my day! First attempt to model whether humanity has any chance of getting to a safe and just operating space - where humanity's needs are met without breaching any planetary boundaries. Drumroll... the answer is... yes. sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

An orangutan in Sumatra surprised scientists when he was seen treating an open wound on his cheek with a poultice made from a medicinal plant go.nature.com/3UrXtjk

Are you interested in social-environmental systems and causal inference? Come work with me and apply for one of these fellowships! I was successful in getting one earlier in my career and it was transformational!! …sklodowska-curie-actions.ec.europa.eu/calls/msca-pos…

Our latest study, published in One Earth, proposes an inclusive inventory approach for tracking global conservation areas. Applying it across the Amazon region, we find that more areas may be conserved than currently accounted for sciencedirect.com/science/articl… (1/n)

The personally tragic story of the act that probably resulted in the greatest number of documented extinctions. For 25 other conservation videos see youtube.com/@Bill_Sutherla…

I am very happy to have participated in this study. LiDAR FWF data metrics were used to characterize successional stages in the Amazon forest. Although it is still difficult to deal with, FWF metrics can be used for this task in complex forests.

Interesting paper, showing how forest structure is not a good predictor of disturbance or the ecological condition and that biodiversity is too complex to be reduced to simple measures.

Do 🐘 have names for each other? Machine learning and careful observation suggest that some of the animals’ calls are specific to individuals, similar to a person’s name. go.nature.com/3VkW3Ym

Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park, under WCS management for 30+ years, is now the 1st site in the world recognized for its ecological integrity. Ecological integrity a measure of the region’s robust natural processes and resilience against disturbances. bit.ly/4cczRqt

important topic for #teamcounterfactual

Please join us in welcoming Rachel Neugarten @rachelneugarten.bsky.social of @WCS to our Board of Directors! Dr. Neugarten's profound knowledge in spatial planning, ecosystem services, and impact evaluation will be invaluable to our mission. Welcome Rachel!

Tomorrow is United Nations International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples. We must urgently protect the right to self-determination of #IndigenousPeoples living in voluntary isolation and initial contact, says a piece co-authored by WCS Nature. to.pbs.org/3WVUnqk