Enrico Di Minin

Destroying wild ecosystems like these doesn't just reduce biodiversity but has repercussions for local communities losing ecosystem services as well as contributing to the climate disaster by eliminating these valuable carbon sinks. At HELICS we're examining the drivers behind trends like this.

We're kicking off posting here to share our work on conservation science! We work especially with digital data to understand biodiversity loss, illegal wildlife trade, and human-nature interactions. Follow along for updates on the work of our interdisciplinary team here at @helsinki.fi

📣 We are recruiting!!

1. Postdoctoral Researcher in Machine Learning for Nature Conservation: lnkd.in/dV-dfwgx 🐸

2. Postdoctoral Researcher in Data Science for Nature Conservation: lnkd.in/dwm35ufd 🦈

3. Doctoral Researcher in Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences: lnkd.in/dfpsfby8 🌴

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Two birds of different species looking at each other from different sides of a river

Here we go! The first issue of Nature Reviews Biodiversity is now live🥳🎉🥂.
Thank you to our authors, reviewers, and community for the support! We hope you enjoy the reading. www.nature.com/nrbd/volumes...

GEF announces winners of first Innovation Window funds The Global Environment Facility has selected seven projects as winners of its first Innovation Window, which will provide $12.3 million in grants to initiatives that test and pilot new solutions to st...

Really grateful to the Global Environmental Facility for funding our project titled 'Revolutionizing Indicators of (Un)sustainable Wildlife Use and Trade by Harnessing Social Media Big Data' and excited at the prospects of working with so many talented partners.

www.thegef.org/newsroom/pre...

The potential for AI to revolutionize conservation: a horizon scan Artificial Intelligence (AI) is an emerging tool that could be leveraged to identify the effective conservation solutions demanded by the urgent biodi…

🚨 I am a coauthor in a new horizon scan paper highlighting the potential for AI to revolutionize conservation.

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👉 Here is a link: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

EU grants worth €2 million to three University of Helsinki researchers | University of Helsinki The ERC Consolidator Grant -funded projects will investigate the disease risk of evening-types and biodiversity loss, as well as develop rapid algorithms for bioinformatics.

I am deeply honoured, humbled, and very proud of receiving a prestigious #ERC Consolidator Grant for investigating opportunities for transformative change in biodiversity conservation, using novel methods such as big data analytics and gamification.

www.helsinki.fi/en/news/heal...

Dismantling the poachernomics of the illegal wildlife trade Persistent poaching fuelled by demand for elephant ivory and rhino horn continues to threaten these species. Despite international trade restrictions …

Dismantling the #poachernomics of the illegal wildlife trade www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

#wildlifetrade #poaching #ivory #rhinohorn

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Our geography @GeoHelsinkiUni students had the chance of learning about human wildlife conflicts from @WRTIKenya scientists and species distributions from the rangers @Taitahillresort and #lumo conservancy over the last couple of days. We are really thankful! Chawucha sana!

Check out our latest contribution about online wildlife trade in species of conservation concern in Conservation Letters conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/co…

It was great spending time together in Taita!