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#fundraising #conservation

dwight schrute from the office is wearing glasses and a suit and tie . ALT: dwight schrute from the office is wearing glasses and a suit and tie .

Today was a big day for me.

My first first-author data publication was accepted.

Can't wait to share it with everyone once it's fully released!

#science #scicomm #ecology #ntfp #conservation #marula #culturalkeystonespecies

If we kill our oceans, we kill ourselves. ~ #PaulWatson #quotes #earth #oceans #conservation

grey wagtail sat on a rock looking out towards the water. tail to the camera and head facing away

Rook in a tree by it's nest in our local rookery

side profile of rook high up in a tree (in the local rookery)

grey wagtail on a rock in the stream, body facing forwards, head tilted to the viewers right.

Photo uploads part 2

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Marine flyways are the missing map we can use to boost seabird conservation (commentary) Last week, governments, conservationists and civil society from around the world gathered in Brazil for the 15th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Migratory Species (CMS-15). In a rare moment of unity, they formally established something scientists have long understood but never before mapped at a global scale: marine flyways. This decision may sound technical, but it represents one of the most important shifts in ocean conservation in a generation. For decades, we have celebrated the great migrations of land birds like cranes sweeping across continents and swallows stitching hemispheres together, but far offshore, another story has been unfolding, largely unnoticed. Seabirds have been navigating vast, predictable highways across the open ocean, linking nations, ecosystems and hemispheres in ways we are only now beginning to understand. At BirdLife International, our latest research revealed six major marine flyways used by more than 150 migratory seabird species spanning the waters of 54 countries. These routes are not abstract lines on a map, they are living, breathing pathways traveled by albatrosses – the largest of the seabirds – to storm petrels, the smallest – and many in between. The Arctic tern, the world champion of migration, travels almost 100,000 kilometers (over...

Marine flyways are the missing map we can use to boost seabird conservation (commentary)
->Mongabay | More on "Marine flyways seabird conservation mapping" at BigEarthData.ai | #Conservation

Algicidal bacteria as an eco-friendly mitigation of microalgae: an application paradigm shift to heritage conservation Microalgae, in the strictest definition, are eukaryotic, unicellular microorganisms that are photosynthetic and typically have an aquatic lifestyle1. Although cyanobacteria are prokaryotic and therefore not true algae, they are usually included because they share a similar physiology and ecology with eukaryotic microalgae. Moreover, photosynthesis originated around 3.5 billion years ago in cyanobacteria, with eukaryotes emerging much later, following 1–1.5 billion years of prokaryotic evolution2. This photoautotrophic ability enables microalgae to be widely distributed in aquatic environments with low organic nutrient levels, such as epilithic and endolithic niches3,4. For example, microalgae have been widely identified as pioneer colonizers on outdoor stone monuments and historical buildings5,6,7, particularly when water is available8,9 (Fig. 1a–e). Subsequently, their growth provides sufficient organic nutrients for heterotrophic colonizers, which are usually harmful microorganisms (e.g., archaea, bacteria, and fungi) to stone heritage10,11,12. However, case studies on microalgal colonization of heritage sites have been reported frequently, especially in stone heritage (Fig. 1f). Therefore, developing an efficient mitigation strategy to control microalgal growth is essential for the conservation of stone heritage. Over the past two decades, numerous bacterial species capable of lysing algal cells or suppressing algal growth—particularly those associated with harmful algal blooms—have been isolated and identified13,14. These bacteria...

Algicidal bacteria as an eco-friendly mitigation of microalgae: an application paradigm shift to heritage conservation
->Nature | More info at BigEarthData.ai | #Conservation

At last a few Redpoll have found the wetland at #AshlawnCuttingLNR. Seen a while ago further down the reserve but now in the patch we left especially for them. Loving the Willowherb... #Urbanbirding #conservation

In Ecuador, Increased Dangers at Sea Hinder Seabird Conservation Bobbing up and down some 10 miles from the port of Santa Rosa, Ecuador, Victor Balón turns off his motorboat and cuts up bits of fish. His crewman, Viejo, uses the flesh to bait hooks on a fishing line, which he slides into long PVC tubes fastened to the side of the boat. Every 20 hooks or so, he attaches a smaller line connected to a cement weight. It takes a tedious 20 minutes to place all 247 hooks inside the tubes, but the procedure comes with huge payoffs, I’m assured. Balón—or Flaco, as everyone calls him—throws the Minervita 2’s engine into gear, leaving a smack of jellyfish behind in the Pacific Ocean waves. Viejo tosses the first weight overboard and hooks come flying out, sinking immediately. He watches carefully and throws out weights at regular intervals. Two minutes and 38 seconds later, the entire 1,300-foot line has disappeared. On this hot and thankfully overcast April morning, Flaco is driving slowly so I can observe; at full speed, the pair can set these hooks in under a minute. As it is, I hardly see the bait zip into the sea, and that’s precisely the point: The faster the hooks sink...

In Ecuador, Increased Dangers at Sea Hinder Seabird Conservation
->Audubon | More on "Ecuador seabird conservation fishing dangers" at BigEarthData.ai | #Conservation

Love Fireflies? Here's How You Can Help Scientists Save Them. Despite their luminescent glow, lightning bugs have remained a conservation mystery until relatively recently. Now researchers are relying on community science to track the beloved beetles.

Love #Fireflies? Here’s How You Can Help Scientists Save Them.

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#firefly #habitat #conservation #science

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A The movement path of the released female Callipogon relictus individual; B Mating between the released female and a wild male of the same species.

#LiteratureNotice Kang et al. First field documentation of interbreeding between released and wild #Callipogon relictus (Coleoptera, Cerambycidae) signals in situ reinforcement progress in Korea doi.org/10.3897/BDJ.... #Beetle #Beetles #conservation #conservationresearch

Great Lakes conservation bills pass U.S. House U.S. Congressman Dave Joyce, R-Russell Township, recently announced House passage of the Great Lakes Restoration Initiative Reauthorization Act and the Beaches Environmental Assessment and Coastal Hea...

Great Lakes #conservation bills pass U.S. House

www.news-herald.com/2026/03/29/g...

Mountain lions gain protection under California’s Endangered Species Act State agencies are now mandated to protect the big cats, which have been increasingly vulnerable due to habitat loss

🦁 Mountain lions are now protected as endangered species in California -- complete the Annenberg crossing, already! www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

#Sustainability #Animals #Nature #Conservation #GoodNewsletter

How new fishing tech can reduce bycatch of turtles and other creatures Nets equipped with water bottles and other tricks can help save some species, while allowing fisherman to still catch others

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#conservation #turtles #bycatch #technology #innovation #marinelife #seaturtles

Grizzlies Were Supposed to Be Reintroduced to the North Cascades, Now the Government Ignores Its Own Previously Approved Plans Plus, a new fun initiative to help protect public lands and waters

This story shows how an administration can stop publicly supported conservation efforts simply through inaction. Officials don’t necessarily have to do anything negative to affect conservation—sometimes, just doing nothing is enough to halt progress.

#publiclands #conservation #protectpubliclands

The movement to save old-growth Together, let's make protecting old-growth forests an issue B.C. can’t ignore! Sign this petition to join the movement.

But you can help.

Take action today ⬇️ #oldgrowth #conservation

www.wildernesscommittee.org/take-action/...

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#conservation #nonprofit

Fishing methods explained Join the Marine Conservation Society and help recover our oceans

#Fishing #methods #explained - #Marine #conservation #society: www.mcsuk.org/ocean-emerge...

The race to save endangered mountain lions in the Calif. desert An increase in Joshua Tree visitors has meant bad news for local mountain lions.

Learn more: tinyurl.com/ycym4uy6

Image sourced from Felidae trail cam in Orange County.

#WildlifeCrossings #Conservation #MountainLion #Endangered #HumanWildlifeCollisions

Development doesn’t have to choose between growth and stewardship.

Read the full piece:
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#conservation #landuseplanning #development #stewardship #watersheds

Halting predicted vertebrate declines requires tackling multiple drivers of biodiversity loss Global vertebrate populations decline faster in the presence of multiple threats compared to single threats.

🐟 After China banned commercial fishing in the Yangtze River basin, fish came back -- in just five years. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#Sustainability #Animals #Nature #Conservation #GoodNewsletter

🐬 FINAL ROUND! 🐬

The vaquita made it to the final round and needs YOU more than ever to win $10,000 prize!

🗓 Vote: March 30 – April 3
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Let’s help the vaquita come roaring back! 🌊
#UproarChallenge #FinalRound #Conservation

A three-part graphic showing the study site, sampling structure, and stress in an ex situ conservation nursery of Torreya taxifolia near Durham, North Carolina, USA.

Fungal #endophytes of an endangered tree vary with stress & microenvironment in an ex situ #conservation nursery

New #AJB research by Brooke Sykes, François Lutzoni, Annabel Renwick, Shuzo Oita, Shannon Skarha & A. Elizabeth Arnold

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #ecology #torreya

Brainfood: Rice breeding, Cowpea diversity, Sorghum pangenome, Faba bean genome, Banana wild relative, Cassava breeding, Seed laws, Microbiome double Linking genetic gains to food security outcomes: An assessment of IRRI’S rice breeding efforts in the Philippines and Indonesia. Plant breeding is a marathon, not a sprint. Scaling up orphan crop rese...

Brainfood: Rice breeding, Cowpea diversity, Sorghum pangenome, Faba bean genome, Banana wild relative, Cassava breeding, Seed laws, Microbiome double

Agricultural Biodiversity Weblog

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#conservation #genebanks #agrobiodiversity #seeds #nutrition #biodiversity

🌟 Join our team: @heritagecouncil.ie/@nlireland.bsky.social #Conservation Internship 2026 🌟

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📅 Please note that the closing date for receipt of applications is 10th April 2026, at 3pm. #jobfairy

Stream emerging from sand dunes; overcast sky; distant mountains

Big sky country - Morfa Bychan - a truly maritime #nature reserve @northwaleswt.bsky.social

#Porthmadog #conservation #seaside #sand #dune #Beach #saltmarsh #stream #envhist #BigSky #landscape #coast #photography #Wales 💙
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'Creative math' or conservation loophole? B.C. rethinks 30-by-30 after industry push In January, Todd Stone, the president and chief executive officer of the Association for Mineral Exploration British Columbia, told the crowd assembled for the association’s conference about a lobby meeting he had with Premier David Eby. Stone joked that he opened by congratulating the premier on his “success on 30-by-30.” The crowd began to chuckle as he continued his story about provincial and national targets for protecting 30 per cent of land and water by 2030. “You’ve actually accomplished 47 by 2025,” he recalled telling the premier. He then recounted asking: “Can we start having a conversation about pulling some land back?” That figure comes from a policy paper published in December 2025 by the association, arguing “up to 46.99 per cent” of British Columbia was protected land. That’s far more than the federal government’s figure of 19.9 per cent, and would surpass the province’s 30-by-30 pledge. According to Stone, a former minister under the B.C. Liberals, the comments led to the premier directing “the staff at the [Water, Lands and Resource Stewardship Ministry] to go back and look at all their numbers and sit down with us.” According to public records, the association lobbied at least a dozen members...

'Creative math' or conservation loophole? B.C. rethinks 30-by-30 after industry push
->The Narwhal | More on "BC conservation targets industry lobbying" at BigEarthData.ai | #Conservation

A little friend the Froglife Ecological Services (FES) team came across during work at Norsey Woods LNR.

Great to see wildlife already benefiting from the pond creation and restoration efforts.

#Conservation #PondRestoration #Wildlife #NorseyWoods

As #WomensHistoryMonth is coming to an end, we have one final blog in our Women in Conservation series! For 35 years Rebeka has championed urban biodiversity in #London. Her tireless commitment transforms city green spaces & we honour her impact.👏 buff.ly/EXjXvF6

#BetterNatureForAll #Conservation

Understanding how animals move through these landscapes helps conservationists identify corridors, the pathways wildlife uses to survive in changing environments.

What does a landscape look like from the perspective of a wild predator?

#Carnivores #Conservation #MovementEcology