Further analysis to identify places that maximise the ability to conserve biodiversity and prevent extinctions is needed and Key Biodiversity Areas Areas can be a valuable tool. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…
Biodiversa+ (European Biodiversity Partnership) biodiversa.eu/2023/04/19/gap/
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Our work shows that protected area expansion should focus on biodiversity needs, rather than solely on percentage area targets. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…
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Spain, Greece and Portugal cover on average the ranges of threatened resident species >50% - among the highest in the EU - therefore gaps in protection are not a result of low efforts, but in higher needs in these countries. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…
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Spain, Greece, Croatia and France have already (or almost) reached the 30% land coverage target for 2030, but still have many areas where further conservation efforts are needed in order to safeguard biodiversity. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…
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We found that 49/71 threatened resident EU species that are wholly outside of protected areas are in majority invertebrates, endemic species and they are found in the islands of southern EU countries. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…
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Based on IUCN Red List and protectedplanet data, the expansion of protected areas towards the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030 should focus on islands. doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…
Thomas Brooks Panayiotis G Dimitrakopoulos Kostas Triantis Inspire4Nature #BiodiversityStrategy EU Environment
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Our Actionable Conservation Science for the Global Biodiversity Framework webinar series kicks off next week with: Combining and Integrating Ecological Data!

Date/Time: June 7 @ 7:00 am (PT)
Register: esri.social/aelI50OB5jC

Learn more about the series: esri.social/4ZNW50OB5jB

Last session of the #IUCN BelgianMembersDay with panelists Chris Mahon, Sonia Peña Moreno, Boris Erg and Arnaud Goessens, moderated by Hilde Eggermont.

They discuss the role of #IUCN in the global policy debate 🌐

Thomas Brooks, Chief Scientists for IUCN, puts IUCN standards, data & tools in the spotlight at #IUCNBelgianMembersDay !
He takes us through 5⃣ main standards developed with IUCN to assess the state of living species, and their relevance for Belgian stakeholders 🇧🇪

We are now hearing from Andy Plumptre at the #BiodiversaPrague2023 on Key Biodiversity Areas

They are identified based on 5 big criteria
⚠️Threatened biodiversity
🗺️Geographically restricted biodiversity
♻️Ecological integrity
🪺Biological processes
🦄Irreplaceability

It is a great honor that a spider from the Harpactea genus, Harpactea henriquesi, was named after Global Center Invertebrate Conservation Coordinator, Sérgio Henriques! Sérgio's passion for spiders is unmatched. He's a conservation champion for these creatures. 𝕊𝕖𝕣𝕘𝕚𝕠 ℍ𝕖𝕟𝕣𝕚𝕢𝕦𝕖𝕤 (he/him/his)

This was a great pre-meeting trip with John Morrison (WWF) Thomas Brooks, Stuart Butchart, and John Lamoreux (National Fish & Wildlife) who took this pic with ptarmigan just out of shot. 🫡

Bridging the research-implementation gap in IUCN Red List assessments
#VictorCazalis Stuart Butchart
@iucnscience IUCN Red List
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Excellent and productive days at iDiv Biodiversity Research working in the #SRedList #Platform and in the Globio to improve the red list assessments and better understand the future of #biodiversity
Looking forward for the next steps!!🌴🦎🐻

Out in Conservation Biology Opportunities and challenges for Common Agricultural Policy reform to support the EU Green Deal
We discuss (mis)alignment between 2 key EU policies and the need for proper control of CAP Strategic Plans
Ivon Cuadros Andrea Cristiano doi.org/10.1111/cobi.1…

Great to be back in iDiv Biodiversity Research Leipzig today for our third #sredlist working group meeting.

Important joint session with the IUCN Red List committee this afternoon, to discuss the platform we have been developing for accelerating red list assessment. idiv.de/en/sredlist.ht…

Energizing meeting this afternoon at IUCN offices in Gland 🇨🇭with IUCNscience PJ Stephenson about pathways for collaboration with GEO BON and supporting #biodiversity monitoring for conservation action and outcomes.

Position available Newcastle University Research Associate Species Conservation, deadline 15 Mar jobs.ncl.ac.uk/job/Newcastle-… - with Philip McGowan IUCN IUCNssc IUCNRedList, supporting implementation of Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework UN Biodiversity

Tom Brooks Thomas Brooks advisory board member of NaturaConnect discussing governance mechanisms for area-based conservation