Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS

‘Flagrant violation’: Luxury homes built in Sierra Leone national park An investigation reveals that Sierra Leone officials facilitated the illegal building of luxury homes in a key national park.

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Progress made on biodiversity, but swifter action needed A new report on biodiversity finds that the EU is on track to achieve 17 out of 45 targets, even if it must act faster.

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Measles is raging worldwide: are you at risk? Cases in fully vaccinated people are rare and usually mild, but are likely to become more common as exposure to the virus rises.

Measles is raging worldwide: are you at risk? www.nature.com/articles/d41...

How ‘forest bathing’ keeps lungs healthy Wooded environments release organic compounds that seem to improve respiratory health, but the magnitude and mechanism of the effect remains unclear.

How ‘forest bathing’ keeps lungs healthy www.nature.com/articles/d41...

'Ecological disaster': Bosnian river flooded with waste once again Seasonal rains sweep garbage from illegal dumps into the Drina River, where it accumulates behind a hydroelectric plant’s fence.

Business as usual.

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Key EU workshop advances pathways for identifying and restoring Key Pollinator Areas and ecological connectivity across Europe The outcomes from a new workshop conducted through the upcoming Science Service for Biodiversity outline practical, science-based pathways to identify, map and restore Key Pollinator Areas and ecologi...

Key EU workshop advances pathways for identifying and restoring Key Pollinator Areas and ecological connectivity across Europe | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

PEERspectives: Biodiversity and Trade Interactions The PEERspectives event on 21 january 2026 will identify critical gaps and up-to-date knowledge and data that are needed to design and efficiently implement evidence-based policies requiring the mobil...

PEERspectives: Biodiversity and Trade Interactions

The event on 21 Jan. 2026 will identify critical gaps and up-to-date knowledge and data.

See you in Brussels!

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#Biodiversity #Trade

Ocean temperatures reached another record high in 2025 A new international analysis published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences on 9 January finds that the Earth’s ocean stored more heat in 2025 than in any year since modern measurements...

Ocean temperatures reached another record high in 2025 | EurekAlert! www.eurekalert.org/news-release...

Journal retracts weed killer study backed by Monsanto, citing ‘serious ethical concerns’ | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Latest science for policy report coordinated by the KCBD:
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms

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#Biodiversity #Windfarms #KCBD

A new EU capital Dysfunction in Brussels has reached a tipping point.

Let's hope political authorities in #Brussels will read this...

Damned! I forgot! There is no government since 501 days today!

A new EU capital
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Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework

Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PEERspectives: Biodiversity and Trade Interactions The PEERspectives event on 14 October (15h-18h CET) will identify the critical gaps and up-to-date knowledge and data that are needed to design and efficiently implement evidence-based policies requir...

A meeting on critical knowledge gaps in #Biodiversity & #Trade is set in Brussels for 14 October (15h-18h CET). More details below on how to attend

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Corporate tourism threatens protected areas

Corporate tourism threatens protected areas | Science www.science.org/stoken/autho...

Registration for online participation at the first meeting of the European subregional Technical and Scientific Centre under the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social diversity has just opened. Register before Sept. 10th!

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A new biodiversity financing indicator has been added to the EU Biodiversity Strategy dashboard by the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD)

#Biodiversity #Finance

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Elusive effects of legalized wolf hunting on human-wolf interactions Small or no effects suggest that wolf hunting is not an efficient approach to reducing negative human-wolf interactions.

Elusive effects of legalized wolf hunting on human-wolf interactions | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...

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A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.

A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus
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#Biodiversity #Forests #OneHealth

We have moved from the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas’ (DOPA) Explorer to a Global Biodiversity Data Viewer!

You can try out its first prototype at

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/biodiversity_en

Comments? Suggestions?

Many thanks 🙏

#biodiversity #indicators #viewer

Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas There is a widespread perception that illegal fishing is common in marine protected areas (MPAs) due to strong incentives for poaching and the high cost of monitoring and enforcement. Using artificial...

Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Assessing the risk of diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential in a changing world Human activities increase zoonotic disease risk.

Our latest work

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These adverts displayed at the Malpensa airport should get an oscar for best #greenwashing nonsense.

#realitycheck #transportation

Stoppen Sie die Dezimierung von Wolfswelpen unter Mithilfe der PatentjägerInnen! Gegen 5000 PatentjägerInnen erhalten die Erlaubnis, diesen Herbst Wolfs-Welpen zu töten.   Für diese proaktive Massnahme können neu mehrere Tausend Jagdberechtigte allein im Kanton Graubünden für...

Help me stop the shameful culling of wolves in Switzerland

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A 7M € call for a Preparatory Action project for the EU Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre (EBOCC) is out at

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#Biodiversity #Monitoring #Europe

Assessing progress in monitoring and implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 The aim of this science for policy report is twofold. First, it presents the state of play and the next steps in developing a monitoring framework for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (EU BDS). S...

Just published by the EC Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity: Assessing progress in monitoring and implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

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📢📢📢 We are looking for a new Science for Policy Researcher to support the team of the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD) of the European Commission!

recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1744

Location: Ispra (IT)
Deadline: Apr 22, 2025

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#Biodiversity #Jobs #PolicySupport