One minute of #biodiversity of southeastern #Iran - far from any protected areas, an amazing assemblage of carnivores from Asiatic black #bear & Persian #leopard to Blanford’s #fox & stone #marten live in a harsh arid environment that is increasingly threatened by climate change

Elephant carefully tests electric fence before removing it

Sharing our paper ‘Reflecting on the role of human-felid #conflict and local use in big cat trade’ led by Melissa Arias published in Conservation Science and Practice We show the prevalence of big cats’ local use & the potential of conflict killings to supply trade. OA: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

After 2267 days, they are finally free! We were waiting for this photo for more than 6 years!

Land-use typology for conservation in tropical dry woodlands led by Marie Pratzer Tobias Kuemmerle Patrick Meyfroidt @[email protected] Natasha Ribeiro @Yann_le_Polain María Vallejos @shalini_dhyani Mau Nuñez Regueiro RIEL Daniel Müller P S Roy and more! #newpaperalert sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Happy to see more and more articles focussing on the harsher realities of conducting research in India! #Stillalongwaytogo! "Why doing social science research is difficult in India today" nature.com/articles/d4158…

India's Forest Conservation Amendment Act raises important questions - Jose - 2024 - Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment - Wiley Online Library esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/fe… Published on ESA Frontiers Ecological Society ESA Restoration Ecology GlobalTreeAssessment Botanic Gardens Conservation International IUCN Asia #forest #Conservation

We are offering a #postdoc or #sabbatical fellowship for a female researcher in global change #ecology and #biodiversity #modelling in Potsdam, Germany. Funding is provided as stipend for 6-24months and can be split into several shorter stays.

1. #India logged 536 #heatwave days this #summer, highest in 14 yrs 2. NW India experienced its #warmest #June since 1901 3. #June 181 HW days, highest after 177 days in 2010 4. Many states, incl #Delhi, UP, HP, MP, Raj, Punjab, Haryana saw 20-38 HW days hindustantimes.com/india-news/ind…

Global evaluation of current and future threats to drylands and their vertebrate biodiversity nature.com/articles/s4155…

Old maps help to identify forests of high conservation value! New paper out by Ewa Grabska-Szwagrzyk in Conservation Letters --> conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

Working on deforestation and its impacts? Here is a paper proposing a new theory of deforestation frontier emergence, led by Patrick Meyfroidt. Nice collaboration between the #MIDLAND and #SYSTEMSHIFT teams 👉doi.org/10.1098/rsos.2… European Research Council (ERC) Biogeography Berlin

In the Economic Survey, the govt questioned the parameters set by the developed countries on #GlobalWarming Yet, how does it justify destroying natural forests in Nicobar and Hasdeo? Jayashree Nandi

🚨New paper🚨 Where are conflict and coexistence prone areas for pumas and humans in the Argentine Dry Chaco? Check out our recently published paper! With Sofía Nanni , Arash Ghoddousi, Alfredo Romero-Muñoz, Jamie, Matthias, Julieta and Tobias Kuemmerle. doi.org/10.1111/ddi.13…

Labelling a species anything that spreads terror does more harm to it across its range than the localised adverse interaction w/ people. Wolf is in focus today, few months ago, it was ME3 the tusker who ranged 3 central Indian states. We discuss media's role using his history.

Why are Indian savannas viewed as ‘degraded forests’? Find out in this story by Nikhil Sreekandan. University of Exeter Abi T Vanak ATREE Trisha Gopalakrishna india.mongabay.com/2024/09/a-new-…