New project! Ever wondered about shifting #baselines in #conservation? Thought about quantifying historical biodiversity losses? We launched a nationwide #resurvey of historical bird surveys in Germany. Together with www.dda-web.de, we have... - ThreadSky

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consbiogoe.bsky.social • 62 days ago

New project! Ever wondered about shifting #baselines in #conservation? Thought about quantifying historical biodiversity losses? We launched a nationwide #resurvey of historical bird surveys in Germany. Together with http://www.dda-web.de, we have...

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consbiogoe.bsky.social•62 days ago

developed an ambitious initiative to harness and digitize well-documented territory mapping surveys. These are available back to the 1920s, with an upsurge in the 1960/70s.

consbiogoe.bsky.social•62 days ago

Old hat? We don't think so - changes in #forest management and agricultural #intensification happened long before the current bird monitoring baseline in 1990.

consbiogoe.bsky.social•62 days ago

Also, the first generation of ornithologists working quantitatively is now advancing in years, and their meticulous field notes might be lost forever soon.

consbiogoe.bsky.social•62 days ago

Interested to contribute? Select your site now with a new tool developed by DDA: https://www.dda-web.de/monitoring/historische-daten/mitmachboerse. The first 300+ sites are online already, with more to follow soon.

consbiogoe.bsky.social•62 days ago

This is part of a large citizen science project funded in the 'Impulse' funding line of @volkswagenstiftung.bsky.social - many thanks for making this possible! And many thanks to J. Katzenberger, J. Gravemeyer and K. Berlin @ DDA for the rapid platform implementation.

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