Talks, posters, debates… Our CREAF team was everywhere at #SIBECOLAEET2025 — not just sharing results, but asking: who is science for? Because “another #science is possible” isn’t just a theme. For us, it means putting degrowth, #diversity & sustainability at the heart of what we do.
Photo: Piruleta Vermella
Javier de la Casa. Photo: Piruleta Vermella
Eva Castells. Photo: Piruleta Vermella
What happens when over 25 researchers from CREAF join one of the biggest ecology conferences on the Iberian Peninsula? A mix of bold ideas, critical conversations and award-winning #science. Here’s our journey through #SIBECOLAEET2025, in Pontevedra 🧵👇
Great week at the #SIBECOLAEET2025! It always feels like a family reunion: catching up with ex-colleagues, friends, and meeting new people. Discovering exciting ongoing research in ecology across the Iberian Peninsula (and beyond). Also: amazing food and stunning nature!
Great #QuantitativeEcologySession at the @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social talking about spatial random effects in species distribution models... but also about Oddyseus, Scylla and Charybdis! Loved spending this week with so many old and new friends! #SIBECOLAEET2025
See you in Zaragoza 2027 💫
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #AnotherScienceIsPossible @eco-aeet.bsky.social @mbgcsic.bsky.social @sibecol.bsky.social
Back home after 13 (!) hours of travel from #SIBECOLAEET2025. Feeling weary but mainly just grateful. It’s always inspiring to be surrounded by great science and fun, kind people. Really curious to see which conversations from the bar grow into collaborations!
🔍Ecology in the field🍃
Today we left the lecture halls and stepped into nature for our technical field trips. Mountains, coasts, culture and conservation — a perfect way to end an incredible week of science and connection.
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #Ecology #EcologyMeeting #AnotherScienceIsPossible
Gracias a todos por esta semana intensa en Pontevedra!! Nos vemos en la próxima 😎
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Presenting our new proyect ALPINEPONDS at the #SIBECOLAEET2025 meeting in Pontevedra. @unisevilla.bsky.social @sibecol.bsky.social @eco-aeet.bsky.social
During the #SIBECOLAEET2025 meeting, our new collaborator Dánae Sanz Pérez gave a talk on something that sounds complex but was presented with clarity, depth… and stunning visuals (as always 😌).
¡NON STOP estes días no #SIBECOLAEET2025! 🙌
Pósters, workshops e charlas sobre os nosos proxectos e traballo no #GOB.
Parabéns aos organizadores e grazas a todas as persoas que compartiron experiencias e coñecemento connosco 😃
@sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social @sibecol.bsky.social
At the SIBECOL conference, besides meeting old and new colleagues and learning a lot, my friend @ylndmc.bsky.social and I won a best poster award for our study on trait distributions - thanks to the organisers for such a nice conference!!
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Thanks #SIBECOLAEET2025 for a great science and fun-filled week, it's been great to meet new friends and old and learn about all the amazing applied work people are doing in Spain and Portugal. Looking forward to the next AEET in 2027 in Zaragoza!
Any excuse to post this blast from the past from the last AEET conference that I went to in Almería. Still probably the best poster I've seen in the last few years courtesy of @ibartomeus.bsky.social. #SIBECOLAEET2025
🎉Closing with emotion🎉
Our final full day was filled with powerful sessions, reflections, and a moving closing ceremony. We wrapped it all up with music, smiles, and the joy of having been part of something big.
Thank you for being here 💚
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #EcologyMeeting #AnotherScienceIsPossible
How can we make our #ScientificSocieties more diverse, inclusive & equal?
The Gender & Science Commission of @aillimnologia.bsky.social gave us some guidelines to walk towards #GenderEquality in #STEM societies
Interested? More info here!👇🏽
www.genderlimno.org
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We've finally worked out what happened to the materials for the BES stand at #SIBECOLAEET2025 - they never made it into the country & have been sent back to the UK by customs officials... Sorry for those of you that wanted to talk to me, but I'll be at my poster soon so find me there if you want.
Up now in the restoration ecology session at #SIBECOLAEET2025 is Pedro Villar Salvador whose work shows that seed bank transfer in mined areas improves vegetation cover to levels seen in reference pasture but species richness recovery is less effective.
Nice talks by #ItziarBurgues from @ceabcsic.bsky.social and by #MariaLeo from @uam.es presenting #OpenSource #tech and #DIY devices for monitoring long-term dynamics! Congrats and keep following your works! 😁 #SIBECOLAEET2025 @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
Now in the Forest management and restoration session Lide Albaniz from is talking about the impacts of post windthrow harvesting on beech forests in Northern Spain, showing that retention forestry results in better regeneration than salvage logging #SIBECOLAEET2025
Look at Julen and Verónica (yes, our instructors!) with the AEET Ecoinformatics group during their flash talk at #SIBECOLAEET2025
Really great talk by Noelia Morato Sánchez about the role of seed dispersal by animals on the regeneration success of Holm oak and Portuguese Oak in central Spain. Nice science and excellently presented! #SIBECOLAEET2025
Up now at #SIBECOLAEET2025 the thematic session I (@philmartin.bsky.social) & @isatxu.bsky.social organised on forest restoration and management. First up is Paula Feldman from the University of Coimbra talking about host plant and epiphyte interactions in restored forests in Galapagos.
Because another science is possible—one that is bold, inclusive, and human.
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #Ecology #AnotherScienceIsPossible @sibecol.bsky.social @mbgcsic.bsky.social @eco-aeet.bsky.social
🧵 Discover what a PhD in ecology really feels like...
At #SIBECOLAEET2025, Pedro Rebollo gave a raw, honest talk about early-career research—and what needs to change. Here's the heart of his message 👇
🧠🌱 You’ve not only made the science flow — you’ve made everyone feel welcome, guided and cared for.
We truly couldn’t have done it without you.
You made the difference.
#SIBECOLAEET2025 #EcologyMeeting #AnotherScienceIsPossible @eco-aeet.bsky.social @mbgcsic.bsky.social
Lots of people and beautiful science at the first Urban Ecology session at @sibecol-aeet-25.bsky.social
More urban science tomorrow! #SIBECOLAEET2025
