Broc Environment

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

Hi Dusty, silly question, you say good fire - is that managed fire to reduce the fuel load in the undergrowth or something?

Porritt's great summary of an absolutely dire situation here in the UK. The government's watering down safeguards so they appeal more to the nationalist-Right hard-liners?
Please become a #forceforgood whilst in power, not just getting back into power. Head in hands, really.
#infrastructurebill

Generation Hope logo. Deforested area with cartoon blue mushrooms drawn on top.

Generation Hope is just two weeks away! Sign up for sessions here and tell your friends! www.nhm.ac.uk/events/gener...

Events on the planetary crisis led by young activists from around the world. Much needed chance to build community and find some positive actions in these dark times.

That Bank Holiday Friday feeling... ☀️

📽️ Dave Bwarro

Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 11 April 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00040-1Maintaining human well-being in an era of biodiversity loss requires understanding the role of biodiversity in ecosystem function. We argue that absolute abundance can drive ecosystem function and that this measure should be considered alongside traditional measures of biodiversity.

New online! Biodiversity–ecosystem function research must consider abundance and not just diversity

unbelievably had one here in the west Highlands this week!

Unseen Rainforest Over the course of an entire year, Will Burrard-Lucas, a UK-based photographer, worked with WCS and Nouabalé-Ndoki National Park to capture images of some of the rarest, endangered mammals for the fir...

“Tropical rainforests don’t give up their secrets easily,” says WCS’s @emmastokeswcs.bsky.social. That makes the images from a recent camera trap project in Congo rewarding.

They help us better understand the forests to protect them. #InternationalDayofForests 🌍

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BBC Radio 4 - Flight of the Vulture Sacha Dench investigates the plight of one of the world's most persecuted birds.

Fascinating program, talking to people working in the field to try to address the worst challenges to the species and their conservation www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... #conservation #vulture

Basking shark circles in the sea Seizing an incredible opportunity to study circling basking sharks up close for the first time, David Sims and Simon Berrow witnessed a true spectacle of nature just a few miles off the West coast of…

Today, we're revisiting a 2022 discovery about #BaskingShark courtship! 💙🦈 These ocean giants engage in “shark speed dating" forming courtship circles with delicate interactions like fin-to-fin contact & breaching.

Read more ➡️ https://buff.ly/41cZaWD
Full study here 🔗 https://buff.ly/4hQuZKc

TNFD expands nature disclosure work in China Bank of China is TNFD's newest member providing design recommendations for its framework.

The Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD) is expanding its work in China as it welcomes its latest member.
#China #NatureDisclosures #TNFD
www.csofutures.com/news/tnfd-ex...

Pesticides have negative effects on non-target organisms - Nature Communications Pesticides affect a diverse range of non-target species and the magnitude of this hazard remains only partially understood. Wan et al. found that insecticides, fungicides and herbicides have negative ...

Full paper can be read here for free: www.nature.com/articles/s41...