PNAS – Nine changes needed to deliver a radical transformation in biodiversity measurement by William J. Sutherland, Neil D. Burgess, Scott V. Edwards, et al. Read now!

Addressing global biodiversity loss needs more than data collection. A new PNAS Perspective from the 2025 US–UK Scientific Forum outlines 9 changes to improve how biodiversity is measured and used for conservation.

Read now: https://ow.ly/BH5Q50YsXUY
Forum: https://ow.ly/U5ZV50YsUTK

Withdrawing from International Union for the Conservation of Nature does not serve our interests Conservation of nature is the pinnacle of soft diplomacy

From Jonathan Jarvis, former Director of the US National Park Service, about the importance of IUCN and why it's a very bad thing that the US is withdrawing after decades of valuable and contructive involvement.
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It was a pleasure to be involved with this recent NAS effort and it's well worth a look!
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How do we measure life on Earth? 🌍🌱 The new summary report from the 2025 US-UK Forum on Measuring Biodiversity, hosted by the NAS and @royalsociety.org, explores tools, challenges, and solutions for tackling the #biodiversity crisis.

Read here: bit.ly/460RB7R

Opinion | How to Fix America’s Two-Party Problem (Gift Article) Proportional representation could help restore American democracy.

This is long overdue..

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Nice new paper from our GEODE Lab on "The utility of dynamic forest structure from GEDI lidar fusion in tropical mammal species distribution models across Borneo and Sumatra" (https://doi.10.3389/frsen.2025.1563430 Prediction maps at Zenodo (lnkd.in/gY7e4Ytm) for conservation purposes.

Too cute.. and curious!

So much wasted effort pursuing peanuts in the face of massive kickbacks to the uber wealthy. Simply shameful..

This is part & parcel of well known aspects of permanence of forest C stocks (along with leakage, i.e. preserving somewhere but pushing losses somewhere else)

Trippy! The diversity of life is astonishing..

Conservationists Sound Alarm as Republicans Take Aim at Endangered Species Act | Common Dreams "We are in a biodiversity crisis, and Congress is playing with fire," warned one wildlife defender. "These bills would accelerate extinction at a time when we can least afford it."

Conservationists Sound Alarm as Republicans Take Aim at Endangered Species Act www.commondreams.org/news/endange...

Nice interview with Ralph Keeling about the importance of carrying on the tradition..

Yes, as a committee member & co-author of this NASEM consensus study, I recommend it!
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A timber industry lobbyist now leads the (de)Forest Service and is refocusing on old growth. Shameful..

Gotta pay very close attention to this given the backlash against (or worse, utilization of) identified O&MG lands.

Opinion | Are We Crazy to Cross Such a Treacherous River? (Gift Article) Life lessons when the path ahead is blocked.

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I haven’t quite figured out tagging yet (old but hopefully not in the way ;-} this very much resonated with me..
www.nytimes.com/2025/03/15/o...

Hopefully in the future it’ll be known as the Dipshit Blip in the Mona Loa CO2 record aka Keeling Curve..

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.

Democracy requires your courage.

Nice to see this new thread.. please count me in!

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Nice to see this thread.. I’m all in!

Right on!

Reminds me of my own pup and efforts in my home state successfully reintroducing Mexican wolves.
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You’ll be back.. hang in there!

Doesn’t he just look the part? Prolly hasn’t had a walk in the woods for decades, nor even thought about the possibility..

What a complete abdication of one’s own humanity 🌎💔

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Our reply in this week's issue of Nature to a comment on our 2023 paper "Landscape-scale benefits of protected areas for tropical biodiversity" may be of interest.. as might the original paper referenced therein! rdcu.be/ebQIP

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