First cougar cubs verified in Michigan in more than a century

Michigan DNR: "First cougar cubs verified in Michigan in more than a century." !!!!

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Reflections | PLANETSTEWARDS Submit your research and ideas with the global community dedicated to Earth-space sustainability. Submit your abstracts for consideration in upcoming conferences, workshops, and symposiums hosted by P...

Excellent summary of last year's Earth-Space Symposium in Utrecht. Excited for future events!

www.planetstewards.eu/2024-earth-s...

Actor-network analysis of partners facilitating regenerative ranching practices in the US Northern Great Plains •Regenerative agriculture has been offered as an ecologically thoughtful means of food production, yet questions remain regarding how individuals in r…

New paper about the entities that effectuate regenerative ranching practices in the US Northern Great Plains. Please reach out if you have any questions! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

My heart is full after the 1st Annual Meeting of the Center for Great Lakes and Watershed Studies. I am so grateful for these people and all the cool science we get to do together!

The Earth System Governance journal is now on BlueSky!

Join us at @esg-journal.bsky.social.

All articles are open access and can be downloaded free of charge, anywhere, anytime.

[And of course, we've deleted our account on what was known as Twitter.]

A close-up photo of a jaguar’s face, Overlay text reads “Call for nominations of experts for the second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Deadline: 28 March 2025, #GlobalAssessment2”

🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people?

Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍

🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪

Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

Wetlands are vital for #biodiversity, including as critical habitats for many migratory species.🐦🌍🧪

— @ipbes.bsky.social #LandDegradation Assessment

Yet, many of these #wetlands are now threatened.

Learn how wetlands support biodiversity with Ramsar for #WWD2025:

www.worldwetlandsday.org

Fascinating article using a values/rules/knowledge framework.

A report cover with the title "US National Adaptation and Resilience Planning Strategy" and four drawings in a square of natural scenes.

🚨 BIG NEWS - *US National Adaptation Strategy* released and transmitted to UNFCCC. That's right - the US has a National Adaptation Plan!

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#climate #adaptation #UNFCCC #RebelScienceAlliance

BGSU study reveals nationwide risks to bees from rising temperatures Associate biology professor Dr. Kevin McCluney led the three-year, $430,000 study alongside researchers at North Carolina State University and Auburn University.

News article about our research on the #climatic sensitivity of #urban #bees: www.bgsu.edu/news/2025/01...

The #TransformativeChange Assessment is the 1st @ipbes.bsky.social report on the root causes of the biodiversity crisis:
➡️ Disconnection / domination of nature & people
➡️ Concentration of power & wealth
➡️ Prioritization of short-term gains

Recommended holiday reading! www.ipbes.net/transformati...

Understanding the values that inform regenerative ranching in the Northern U.S. Great Plains - Agriculture and Human Values The effects of environmental degradation and climate change are propelling a discourse shift towards regenerative agriculture, yet understanding motivations for implementing regenerative practices on ...

New paper about motivations for regenerative ranching.

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Xiao-Shan Yap on LinkedIn: #sustainability #governance #futures #milestone #beginning 📸 🎉 Over 60 social science researchers and experts gathered last week at the 2024 Earth-Space Symposium held by the Planet Stewards Project at the Academy…

#Earth #Space #Governance #Sustainability

www.linkedin.com/posts/xiao-s...

Planet Stewards Project on LinkedIn: Recap of highlights from Day 2 at the 2024 Earth-Space Symposium in… Recap of highlights from Day 2 at the 2024 Earth-Space Symposium in Utrecht, co-hosted by the European Research Council (ERC), the Planet Stewards Project, the…

Grateful to have been part of such an amazing event 🌍 🌌

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Naming the unnamed: relational values as knowledge and power - Ecology & Society The concept of relational values, which came to prominence in the 2010s, proposes a way of attributing value to nature beyond traditional notions of instrumental and intrinsic valuations. This third s...

Food for thought about the growing relevance of the concept of relational values #knowledge #power #nature #Foucault

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