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varunrgoswami.bsky.social
Conservation Scientist | PhD in Ecology | Animal Populations, Spatial Planning, Social-Ecological Systems, 👣-🐾 Coexistence | Editor, Biological Conservation | Co-Founder & Director, Conservation Initiatives https://www.conservationinitiatives.org
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Really excited to share this new article from the lab. We synthesize the profound importance of movement and connectivity for conservation and provide a vision for future policy and management. Let's work toward a well-connected planet for biodiversity and people: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

submitted 46 days ago • 2 comments

New publication in TREE @cp-trendsecolevo.bsky.social Given the political momentum for greater nature protection and restoration articulated in the targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework, we assessed the state-of-the-art of Systematic Conservation Planning. www.cell.com/trends/ecolo...

submitted 132 days ago • 3 comments

A major challenge in restoration ecology is the widespread belief that there is a correct natural community for any given location, and that identifying it is the first step in recreating it. 1/6

submitted 173 days ago • 12 comments

Big news from Finnish publication forum. Almost all MDPI and Frontiers journals will be downgraded to level 0 and thus are not considered as properly peer reviewed trustworthy scientific journals. julkaisufoorumi.fi/en/news/chan...

submitted 176 days ago • 18 comments

An important review - The ecology of plant extinctions - "Recent warm-edge extirpations demonstrate the growing impact of anthropogenic climate change & show that predictions of massive climate-driven extinctions later this century are plausible" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🌾🌎🧪🌐

submitted 184 days ago • 5 comments

This is crazy, and a real eye-opener! What are the odds that one fake review tilts a decision in favour of a given manuscript? Irrespective, this clearly means that editors will need to verify the authenticity of reviewer email addresses, moving forward.

submitted 185 days ago • 1 comment

Are you interested in species interactions and how we model them? Then this thread is for you! Our new paper in Ecology on the role of abundance in species interactions provides new statistical tools for modelling species interactions. shorturl.at/Sqz9m 🧵(1/13)🧵

submitted 186 days ago • 2 comments

Good morning. Carbon markets don’t work. Just 16% of carbon credits correspond to actual emissions reductions, per new research COP29 formalised a Wild West market that might make some consultancies rich but which is going to doom our planet www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 197 days ago • 3 comments

The evidence is mounting: humans were responsible for the #extinction of large #mammals (+large #birds & #reptiles)-press release on our review on the #megafauna #extinctions & their consequences 🦙🐘🦣🐆https://bit.ly/4fpwMFs 🦣🌿🌍 #ecology #paleobiology #archaeology #rewilding

submitted 210 days ago • 12 comments

“Experts and scientists are migrating to Bluesky in record numbers.” Welcome if you’re new (and if you’re not, please help by reposting) - here’s a starter pack for the #biodiversity science-policy community: go.bsky.app/LjV86zg

submitted 197 days ago • 38 comments

Making starter packs seems to be the hot thing and I noticed that we don't have one for conservation scientists (🧪), so here we go go.bsky.app/3CZDnb2 So if you are an active researcher and would like to be added, reply here. Please no journalists or NGOs, there are other starting lists for that ;)

submitted 210 days ago • 132 comments

I'm new in @bsky.app so I can use this opportunity to advertise the amazing work of over 200 authors in the @ipbes.bsky.social Invasive Alien Species assessment. Please check here all the outputs, including factsheets and the cool IAS learning tool: www.ipbes.net/ias

submitted 198 days ago • 0 comments

Interested in #wetlands and human culture? In our new paper we report a systematic review of the cultural ecosystem services provided by wetlands. Clear evidence of how much people need wetlands! Delighted to see this huge collaborative effort online: authors.elsevier.com/a/1k0257szSJ... 🌍 🧪 🦤

submitted 216 days ago • 1 comment

Biodiversity impacts of the 2019–2020 Australian megafires. In this massive collaboration, >100 Australian ecologists put a novel spin on meta-analysis to discover how fire frequency, interval, unburnt area, pre-fire drought and protected areas modify fire impacts.🌏 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

submitted 208 days ago • 4 comments

Recent study estimates large global potential for natural regeneration in deforested tropical regions & substantial associated #climatechange #mitigation effects www.nature.com/articles/s41... 🌳🌿🌴🍃 #reforestation #naturalprocesses #trees #tropics #forests

submitted 200 days ago • 4 comments

New paper! www.science.org/doi/epdf/10....

submitted 200 days ago • 4 comments

Joined @bsky.app a couple of days ago and it’s already seeming like the right place to be! Thanks for the engagement—it’s always nice to meet interesting people doing exciting things. My work sometimes takes me to the edge, to study and conserve at-risk species like the gibbons found in this valley.

submitted 200 days ago • 1 comment