📢 Your voice matters! Join us in selecting the next leaders of the SCB Social Science Working Group. Click the QR or the link below to cast your vote now*! 🌟
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Closing Date: May 13, 2024

Have you met our board? Want to get more involved? Want to know more about their work? Then join us for the May 7 #TuesdaysWithTeamCounterfactual at 10am ET / 4pm CET!

+ a sneak peek 👀 into our 2024 plans and a special announcement!

'You have this animal that has no bones, no shell, no claws to protect it... it’s just a big juicy ball of protein + despite that... its so often outweighed by their drive for curiosity. If you spend enough time with one, they will often initiate contact.'
nationalgeographic.com/impact/article…

This may be one of the biggest papers I ever have the privilege to be part of.

Out now in Science Magazine, we ask: Are nature conservation interventions working?

The answer is YES. We now need to fund MORE to reverse global biodiversity declines.

science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

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This week in #Optimistic News

The dismantling of dams in Europe is leading to is revitalizing rivers and habitats while breakthroughs in drone photography is aiding oak tree health.

Read the full #ConservationOptimism Round-Up here:
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Biological Conservation article on #ICCB2023 :
'Both meetings emphasized diversity, inclusion, and the human context of science much more than we had seen at previous ecology and conservation conferences.'
sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

Researchers in #Australia have deployed acoustic recorders and artificial intelligence to study, monitor and protect eastern pink #cockatoos (Lophochroa leadbeateri leadbeateri).
#bioacoustics #AI #conservationtechnology #constech
news.mongabay.com/2024/04/bioaco…

New paper from the Ocean Philanthropy Research Initiative in Conservation Biology

We evaluate how philanthropic foundations working in marine conservation engage communities in grant-making decisions.

Bottom line: Engagement is limited, we can & must do better.

bit.ly/3W0wT3f

Heim et al shared that motion-triggered LEDs could reduce light pollution; however, its effect on nocturnal animals is poorly known.💡🦇🚲 Learn about the impact of #bats and #bikepaths at doi.org/10.1111/csp2.1…

#conservation #science

worldwildlife.org/projects/fonse…

This opportunity is open to candidates from Belize, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, French Guiana, Guatemala, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Suriname.

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Salmon wars #publicradio tells the story of salmon, indigenous people, colonization, & conservation biology. With lessons for a lot of ecology & conservation. Fascinating & insightful. Thanks for producing this OPB. Of interest SCB ipbes opb.org/salmonwars/

Tracked migratory birds are documenting their own deaths along the African-Eurasian flyway.

Energy infrastructure, illegal killing & poisoning to blame, outstripping natural mortality causes in tracked raptors, storks & cranes. #Ornithology
doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…

Register for #NACCB2024 NOW: scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/nacc…

Tomorrow is the last day for early bird registration!

#NACCB2024 is offering a variety of workshops and courses! Join us for a special workshop on bystander intervention training!

Check out the catalog & registration: scbnorthamerica.org/index.php/nacc…

We’re excited to host ConsMark’s first online micro-learning event on April 30th!

We are offering two sessions on Zoom to accommodate as many time zones as possible. 

Register today!

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So excited to share that I am running a micro-learning event with ConsMark, sharing the four years of knowledge and experience I developed in my PhD. A picture paints a thousand words, but what are those words? #ConSocSci SCB

Peru’s Amarakaeri Communal Reserve, considered one of the best-protected nature reserves in the world, has seen a spike in #deforestation on its fringes from the expansion of illegal coca cultivation and mining, and new road construction.
news.mongabay.com/2024/04/defore…

Register for #NACCB2024 today! Early bird ends this Friday!

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A report by U.K. investigative NGO Earthsight links supply chains of fashion giants H&M and #Zara to large-scale illegal #deforestation , land-grabbing, violence and corruption in Brazil.
news.mongabay.com/2024/04/report…

New report suggests that 'left behind' commitments, are a major hindrance to successfully achieving UN Biodiversity targets UN Environment Programme UNEP-WCMC GEO BON IUCN SCB G-BIKE_COSTAction Tracking & reporting all commitments, even failure, is key to learning nature.com/articles/s4418…