Where Are the Important Hotspots for Forest Biodiversity? A Detailed Spatial Analysis for the Australian State of Victoria Identifying areas of high biodiversity value is critical for effective conservation. Similarly, identifying gaps in existing protected area networks is fundamental to determining where new areas are ...

Where Are the Important Hotspots for Forest Biodiversity? A Detailed Spatial Analysis for the Australian State of Victoria
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Tell the AI giants to stand together against killer robots The US Secretary of War is on a rampage. He’s trying to bully the world’s top AI companies to rip out their safety guardrails and "tailor" their models for Trump’s military. He wants to turn AI into a

Tell the AI giants to stand together against killer robots actions.eko.org/a/tell-the-a...

A jellyfish the size of a school bus: The new scientific discovery in the Argentine Sea | Science - EUROPE SAYS Argentina’s deep sea holds more biodiversity than scientists previously thought. An expedition that traveled from the north of Buenos Aires province to Tierra

A jellyfish the size of a school bus: The new scientific discovery in the Argentine Sea | Science

https://www.europesays.com/2780109/

Argentina’s deep sea holds more biodiversity than scientists previously thought. An expedition that traveled from the north of…

150 Countries Warn Excessive Economic Growth Is Destroying Nature

150 Countries Warn Excessive Economic Growth Is Destroying Nature — More than 150 countries, including China, India and European Union members, signed a report warning that an obsession with unchecked economic growth is degrading ecosystems and biodiversity. The report calls for shifting…

Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn China, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success.

🚨🚨 #climatechange: More than 150 countries including China, India and #EuropeanUnion members have signed off on a report that warns focusing on unchecked economic growth is contributing to the destruction of global biodiversity. 🧵
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February 7 is #ReverseTheRedDay!

This landmark day celebrates conservation success around the world and the people, organisations and communities working to reverse #biodiversity loss 🌱

Wolves are not a real threat to humans. Attacks are extremely rare. Their presence helps control deer and elk populations, protecting forests, rivers, and biodiversity. #wolves

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Game-changing international ocean treaty comes into force Almost two decades in the making, an international agreement to protect and sustainably use marine life in international waters and the international seabed is due to come into force on Saturday, mark...

A big step forward in securing the health of ocean ecosystems: news.un.org/en/story/202...

#biodiversity #climatechange

Marine biologists discover 28 new deep sea species—and an old VHS tape The level of ocean biodiversity near Argentina staggered researchers.

"We were not expecting to see this level of biodiversity in the Argentine deep sea."
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Daily report for 4 February 2026

Want to dig deeper into Wednesday's talks at #IPBES12 in Manchester?

Read the full Earth Negotiations Bulletin daily report

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#IPBES #biodiversity

For those who prefer to read the actual research paper

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Narwhals become quieter as the Arctic Ocean grows louder Increasing shipping traffic is interfering with the whales’ ability to hunt and communicate.

Arctic is now open to Big OIL
Number of crude oil and gas tankers operating in Arctic waters has doubled over past decade
Traffic from liquefied natural gas carriers has grown even faster, climbing to about 120 vessels in 2024, up from just 44 in 2014.
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How Researchers Are Tracking the Elusive Amazon Manatee How Researchers Are Tracking the Elusive Amazon Manatee: Water sampling for eDNA helps us better understand this vulnerable aquatic beast.

How Researchers Are Tracking the Elusive Amazon Manatee #Science #Biology #Zoology #AmazonManatee #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity

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UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen shares a message for the Opening Ceremony of #IPBES12 “The first-ever Business and Biodiversity Assessment will give decision-makers clear evidence of how businesses depend on nature, how they impact it, and what this means for risk, resilience, and long-term value. By identifying risks early, we can help prevent escalating costs - higher food prices, rising insurance premiums, and economic instability - affecting families and communities worldwide. Time is not on our side, but this Assessment offers a clear pathway on how we can align economic decision-making with environmental reality, delivering lasting benefits for people and for the planet.” — Inger Andersen, Executive Director, United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Curious about the #BizBiodiversity assessment up for approval at #IPBES12? Find details here: ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG

🎥 IPBES Secretariat posted a video

🏷️ https://unjobs.org/themes/biodiversity

Release the Algal Bloom Data Release the Algal Bloom Data

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State's EPA recommends Valhalla gas project for approval Traditional owners and environmental groups are calling on the premier and environment minister to reject a controversial proposal to explore gas wells in the Kimberley.

1/ The #EPA is not as independent as they would like you to think. The board is made up of people too closely aligned with the resource industries or beholden to the industry for funding (especially true of academia).

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Beyond their role in carbon sequestration, these trees support biodiversity by providing habitat and food for countless species. Their towering canopies and expansive root systems create unique ecosystems that are home to a variety of plants and animals.

Mirroring the fossil fuels vs renewables fight in the US is that of cattle ranching versus rewilding/biodiversity-restoration, including with native bison, with alas the powerful ranching industry within the battle described in the post below.
See also: www.thewildlifenews.com/2026/01/08/w...

ANTARCTICA
"As an iconic global ''commons,'' the rapidity of Antarctic change will provoke further political action. Antarctic research is more vital than ever to a sustainable future for this One Earth."

-Sustained Antarctic Research: A 21st Century Imperative
By Daniela Liggett et al

UN treaty creates ocean protections Replies by 🎓Ángel Borja, 🎓Matthew Bunn, 🎓UN Environment, 🎓Paul Dorfman +20 more scholars

UN treaty creates ocean protections

The UN high-seas treaty entered into force, creating the first legal framework to protect biodiversity in international waters and enable marine conservation zones after two decades of negotiations.

With replies by 🎓Ángel Borja, 🎓Matthew Bunn +22 more scholars.

Continuing to burn 40bt of fossil fuels every year is destroying everything you love. Everybody needs to understand this. Every climate or biodiversity related post needs to say this. Not “greenhouse emissions”, fossil fuels. And every tonne burned is more damage. There is no budget.

Biodiversity monitoring sapped Sustained funding shortfall undermines Canada’s ability to track diseases threatening wildlife species, agriculture and human health

The head of a national network that tracks the spread of wildlife diseases says a persistent funding shortfall is undermining Canada’s ability to detect and respond to emerging threats to biodiversity, agriculture and human health.

The economics of climate risk ignores the value of natural habitats Where risk rises, returns have to rise too. Where ecosystems are protected, financing becomes cheaper.

“Central banks are asking how nature loss makes other risks worse. A degraded ecosystem can turn a heatwave into a food crisis, or a storm into a fiscal emergency. From this perspective, biodiversity loss isn’t an ethical issue – it’s a risk amplifier.”

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Tree bark microbes also clean the air by removing greenhouse and toxic gases Australian researchers have discovered a hidden climate superpower of trees. Their bark harbors trillions of microbes that help scrub the air of greenhouse and toxic gases.

#Biodiversity and the #ClimateEmergency - how little we have understood about the world we are fast trashing

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The biodiversity crisis, the wild and the archaeological imagination Global biodiversity is decreasing at an alarming rate, and Britain is now one of the most nature-depleted countries on the planet. This matters to archaeologists as it places limitations on our personal experience of ‘nature’ and damages the collective archaeological imagination, diluting our capacity to envisage the richness and diversity of the past worlds we seek to understand.

Learn more about links between archaeology, biodiversity, and rewilding in Antiquity, as Anna Collar explores how archaeologists can learn from contemporary rewilding projects and Indigenous worldviews, to study the past and shape the future.

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Trump quits 66 global bodies Replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis, 🎓Patrick Dunleavy, 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Juan Cole +40 more scholars

Trump quits 66 global bodies

President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.

With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +44 more scholars.

Trump quits 66 global bodies Replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis, 🎓Patrick Dunleavy, 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Juan Cole +29 more scholars

Trump quits 66 global bodies

President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.

With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +33 more scholars.

Trump quits 66 global bodies Replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis, 🎓Patrick Dunleavy, 🎓Michael McFaul, 🎓Anders Aslund, 🎓Juan Cole +30 more scholars

Trump quits 66 global bodies

President Trump announced the US withdrawal from 66 international organizations, including the UNFCCC and IPCC, prompting scientists and diplomats to warn it would hinder global climate and biodiversity action.

With replies by 🎓Stelios Katsanevakis +34 more scholars.