@bgbol.org is launching its new seminar series focused on hot scientific topics of practical and academic importance.
The first session begins with a dive into @gbif.org.

More info: natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1186

#GBIF #DNAbarcoding

Seagrass meadows along the Bulgarian Black Sea coast are hotspots for marine biodiversity. Using environmental DNA, researchers found more species in seagrass than bare sand, but overall community patterns were surprisingly similar across both habitats.

Read more here: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

The Giants of the Reef: New Citizen Science Project Races to Document Centennial Corals | Blog Ancient, massive coral reef colonies hold scientific treasures but remain largely unknown - now they are being mapped with the help of Map the Giants, a citizen science initiative.

Or read check out @pensoft.net's blog here ⤵️

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#marine #biology #corals #coralreef #citizenscience #ocean #climatechange

🪸 Map the Giants is a #citizen #science project racing to document giant #coral colonies - organisms that have survived for centuries but face threats faster than researchers can find them. In just 18 months: 195 records from 22 countries, 133 already in the database. ⤵️
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Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

This editorial is part of a Special Issue covering research and case studies for wetland, #coastal and #floodplain #conservation and restoration from across Europe: natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

Restoring coasts and floodplains - Conclusions and recommendations for enabling action across science, policy, and practice na

How vulnerable are our #wetlands to climate change?

This special issue highlights #riverine and coastal ecosystems as dynamic, multifunctional landscapes, providing the #research and #policy frameworks needed to scale up global restoration efforts:

Cc: @bfn-de.bsky.social @ufz.de @sgn.one

Heading to the 6th ESP Europe?

Then, join our Editor-in-Chief Benjamin Burkhard & @pensoft.net's Iva Boyadzhieva in their sessions in the Education & #Communication section of the conference 👇
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How do we turn fragmented #data into informed policy? 📊
#BioMonWeek26 brings together the #biodiversity #monitoring community - researchers, #policymakers, private sector, and students - to exchange ideas and align on the key challenges shaping the future of biodiversity monitoring. See more here⤵️

There are over 830 species of #heather (Erica) - and nearly a quarter of them are threatened with extinction.

A new study maps where things stand for their #conservation, both in the #wild and in #botanic #garden collections worldwide: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

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Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

More #wetland #research can be found in our special issue ⤵️
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Challenges and opportunities in restoring European free-flowing rivers Free-flowing rivers (FFRs) across Europe hold high ecological value and clear economic benefits. They support biodiversity by providing habitats for a wide range of aquatic and terrestrial species and...

Realistic reference conditions - combining #spatial & temporal perspectives with stakeholder involvement - alongside strong #policies like the #Nature Restoration Regulation & EU #Biodiversity Strategy 2030, are key to restoring free-flowing #rivers 🌊:

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Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

Interested in more #wetland #policies and their application in #conservation?

Then check out the Speical Issue "Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains" ⤵️ natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

Measures to protect #biodiversity must be supported by effective policy strategies.

See the overview of the EU #policy context relevant to promoting or hindering the protection, #restoration, and #sustainable use of #wetlands: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

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Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

Interested in more #wetland #research?

Then check out the Special Issue "Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains" ⤵️ natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

Nature-based solutions with sponge functions: socio-economic importance and valuation This article examines the socio-economic importance and valuation of different types of wetland restoration as nature-based solutions (NBS). Wetlands, like other NBS, generate positive externalities i...

By using three case studies, #researchers demonstrated the socio-economic importance of #wetland #restoration as #nature-based #solutions (NbS).

Dive deep into the study here ⤵️
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Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

Interested in learning more? This review is part of a Special Issue on all things wetlands - from conservation to policies: natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

Danube, one of Europe's key #ecologically significant rivers and #biogeographical corridor is faced with multiple threats.

See the developments of the WILDisland concept and how it promotes transboundary cooperation: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

Through interviews with farmers and #machinelearning modelling, researchers sought to uncover the causes behind the disappearance of semi-natural grasslands - one of the most #species-rich #ecosystems in Central Europe.

See what they found out: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

🚗🦌 Do #roadkill deterrents actually work?

Researchers ran a 39-month Before-After + Control-Impact study across 106 km of #roads testing optical-acoustic and optical-olfactory devices.

See what they found here: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

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Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

This article is part of a Special Issue covering research and case studies for #wetland, #coastal and #floodplain #conservation and #restoration from across Europe: natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

Does the Common Agricultural Policy 2023–2027 support the restoration of freshwater ecosystems? The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a key lever to support the transition towards sustainable agricultural production in Europe. However, successive reforms have been incremental and modest with r...

Despite the considerable financial resources, measures to restore #wetlands and connect #floodplain areas remain limited.

Find out more about the current gaps and best practices to guide future policy reforms here: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

Join the Bulgarian Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network Scientific Conference in October 2026 Тhe Bulgarian Long-Term Ecosystem Research Network  (LTER-BG) is celebrating 20 years of coordinated long-term ecosystem observation and research with an international scientific conference...

📅 Save the date. LTER-Bulgaria 20th Anniversary International Conference will take place on Oct 14-16 in Varna, Bulgaria.

Topics: #ecosystem #dynamics, #restoration, open #science & many more.

🌿More information here: natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1161

#ecology #research @elter-ri.eu

Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

This article is part of the Special Issue "Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains": natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

Managed re-alignment: a multifaceted approach in ecological restoration of coastal floodplains Low-lying coasts in Europe share a long history of land reclamation enabled by flood defences, which radically transformed natural coastal processes and buffers. Traditional coastal adaptation, by rai...

Managed Re-alignment (MR) shifts focus from "holding the line" to #nature-based #flood protection and #wetland #restoration.

See the latest review article exploring the technical challenges, terminology, and the vital role of #community co-design in MR 👇

Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

This article is part of a Special Issue covering research and case studies for #wetland, #coastal and #floodplain #conservation and restoration from across Europe 👇 natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

Cultural practices in European riverine floodplains: formation, typology, co-decline of biocultural diversity, and emerging drivers of conservation and sustainable management Floodplain wetlands in riverine environments are characterized by rhythmic hydrological changes, which re-structure physical habitat, change between aquatic and dry life conditions, reset successions,...

What are the driving forces behind #biocultural #diversity (the interconnected and possibly co-evolved complex #socio-ecological adaptation system) in #floodplains?
Can we better manage and restore our floodplains with greater cultural diversity?

Learn more in this study: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

🐸 New research uses #population #genetic analyses to clarify the range of 𝘖𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘯𝘦 𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘪, an #endangered #endemic #toad from the Langbian Plateau, Vietnam.

See what the study found here: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

#conservation #herpetology

🦆What drives waterbird communities around Chao Lake, China?

#Researchers surveyed 20,425 individuals across 55 #satellite #wetlands, analysing taxonomic, functional & phylogenetic #diversity to decode community assembly and guide future #conservation: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

Wetlands in a Changing Climate: Restoring Coasts and Floodplains This Special Issue explores the crucial role wetlands play in the context of biodiversity and climate change. It demonstrates the vital benefits riverine and coastal wetlands offer to nature and peopl...

This article is part of a Special Issue covering research and case studies for #wetland, #coastal and #floodplain #conservation and #restoration from across Europe 👇https://natureconservation.pensoft.net/issue/5008/

See the dynamics at play when restoring floodplains through selected case studies from Central Europe 👇
doi.org/10.3897/natu...

#ecosystemservices #waterquality