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India’s Lush Forests Could Turn into Savannas by 2100, Study Warns | Research Matters Researchers at IIT Bombay have discovered that increasing rainfall variability caused by global warming could tip India’s dense forests into open savannas, but strategic conservation remains a powerfu...

IIT Bombay and the Max Planck Institute have decoded the future of Indian greenery. By integrating CO2 fertilization and human planting into their models, they’ve created a blueprint for conservation.

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#biodiversity #globalwarming

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Australia's biodiversity report card omits fossil fuel support A target to identify financial support of fossil fuel industries harmful to the environment was unmet in Australia's self-assessment on its progress to meeting international biodiversity commitments.

Australia's biodiversity report card leaves out fossil fuel support

In its first report on its progress towards stopping #biodiversity decline, #Australia neglects to provide any estimate of its financial support to the #fossil_fuel industry

www.abc.net.au/news/science...

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Grok’s war casualties (7) Re: “Grok’s war casualties (6)“ Grok respondedThis post, part of a series titled “Grok’s war casualties,” critiques AI interpretations of biology by emphasiz...

#Adaptations #amino #acid #substitutions #biodiversity #natural #selection #RNA-mediated #supercoiled #DNA […]

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The role of an endangered vine parasite in promoting agritourism mediated conservation in Sabah, Malaysia - Biodiversity and Conservation Agritourism is increasingly viewed as an anchor for sustainable development in Sabah, Malaysia, extending beyond its well-known and established wildlife-based tourism industry. This commentary conside...

Marcela Pimid, David Newsome 2026. The role of an endangered vine parasite in promoting agritourism mediated conservation in #Sabah, #Malaysia. #Rafflesia 🌱🌏
🔓 via #Biodiversity and #Conservation doi.org/10.1007/s105...

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Botswana Launches Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Centre of Excellence The Government of Botswana has announced a partnership with the Southern African Science Service Centre for Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management (SASSCAL) to establish a Centre of Excellence focused on biodiversity and ecosystem health. The initiative aims to strengthen research, guide environmental policy, and improve the country’s capacity to respond to climate and land-use challenges. The centre will bring together scientists, policymakers, and communities to collaborate on sustainable land management, climate adaptation, and biodiversity conservation. Speaking at the 4th Ordinary Council of Ministers meeting in Gaborone, Minister Wynter Mmolotsi said the government will provide land and operational support for the facility, while Germany will fund its construction. He noted that the centre will expand research capacity and help translate scientific findings into policies that support sustainable development and effective ecosystem management. Mmolotsi also highlighted Botswana’s progress under the SASSCAL 2.0 programme, which has funded 13 research projects worth P34 million addressing issues such as water resource management and ecosystem conservation. He pointed to three Botswana scholars who completed doctoral studies through the SGSP-IWRM programme in Namibia and are now contributing to national water security efforts. Read Also; https://trendsnafrica.com/botswana-endorses-africa-biodiversity-fund-as-summit-ushers-in-a-new-era-for-continental-environmental-leadership/ During the meeting, ministers were encouraged to champion SASSCAL initiatives within...

Botswana Launches Biodiversity and Ecosystem Health Centre of Excellence
->Trendsnafrica | More on "Botswana biodiversity ecosystem excellence centre" at BigEarthData.ai | #EcosystemHealth #Biodiversity

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Demand Congress reject any attempt to overturn the current Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument Resource Management Plan now. In an unprecedented move, Utah’s congressional delegation has introduced a resolution to throw out the resource management plan for the Grand Staircase-Escalante National Monument. The monument inclu...

If you live in #America, stand up for the #Indigenous people fighting for their #sacred #lands and #sovereignty in #Utah. #environment #biodiversity #BiodiversityCrisis #EnvironmentalActivism #EnvironmentalAction
actionnetwork.org/letters/gran...

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#A_day_in_the_life of a live oak (day 459): FOUR morpho-species of Brasema parasitoid wasps (Eupelmidae) emerged from leaf galls induced by Belonocnema mesoamericana on the Central American live oak (Quercus oleoides) near Los Otates, Veracruz. #biodiversity @jhr.pensoft.net @ymilesz.bsky.social

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Australia's biodiversity report card omits fossil fuel support Financial support from governments around the world to industries that facilitate harm to the environment is one of the biggest barriers to stopping biodiversity loss. So much so that an international agreement signed by Australia in 2022 known as the Global Biodiversity Framework (GBF), called for an annual reduction of $700 billion worth of this support by 2030 globally. But in its first GBF progress report, the federal government left out any data on incentives it provided to the fossil fuel industry. That's despite estimates from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), of which Australia is a member country, that it provides $8 billion annually in fossil fuel support. There are also concerns from conservation groups that Australia won't meet its other biodiversity targets, despite the government saying it is mostly "on track" to do so. Brendan Sydes, the Australian Conservation Foundation's national biodiversity policy adviser, said all the details that were provided in Australia's progress report could not hide more effort was needed for it to meet 2030 targets. "Reform of Australia's national protection laws is mentioned several times in the report as evidence of progress," he said. "But what happens next to implement these reforms looms...

Australia's biodiversity report card omits fossil fuel support
->Australian Broadcasting Corporation | More on "Australia fossil fuel biodiversity omission" at BigEarthData.ai | #FossilFuel #ClimateChange #Biodiversity

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Brown Babbler a small, social bird found across eastern and southern Africa in open woodland, savanna, and scrub habitats. #LakeBunyuni #Uganda #bwindiImpenetrableforest #montaneforests #birdsseenin2026 #birds #biodiversity #birdphotography #bird markscheflen.com

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There are 26,000 polar bears left on the planet. By the end of the century, climate change could bring them to extinction as the melting of the Arctic increases: buff.ly/3HnL4Yi

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #biodiversity #rewilding #SDGs

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The snake's head fritillaries are just starting to bloom at our Stonebridge Wild River Reserve, Marlborough.
Find them in the conservation grazing area, within the water meadow - wellies required 💦 #riverkennet #watermeadows #biodiversity #wildlife #Marlborough

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Songbird decline, invasive species, and the need for wildlife management - WGN Radio 720

Songbird decline, invasive species, and the need for wildlife management - WGN Radio 720
->WGN Radio 720 | More on "Songbird decline invasive species management" at BigEarthData.ai | #Wildlife #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity

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282,499 dead raccoons: Why the hunt is failing miserably The German Hunting Association reports 282,499 raccoons killed – and the population continues to grow. Why hunting exacerbates the problem and why neutering works.

Grey #squirrels, #coypus, #raccoons are scapegoats for a hunting policy that likes to disguise itself as #speciesconservation. The cause of species loss in Europe is something else:intensive agriculture/forestry contribute significantly to the loss of #biodiversity

wildbeimwild.com/en/282-499-d...

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Tell the U.S. Forest Service: Take back permit for drilling at sacred place Pe’sla in the Black Hills National Forest The U.S. Forest Service just issued a permit to drill at the sacred place Pe’sla in the Black Hills National Forest. Thanks to years of local Native organizing, and the action of tribes of the Oceti...

This #ecosystem that is #sacred and #ceremonial to the #local #Indigenous people is in #danger of being #destroyed. Raise your #voice to #protect it! #environment #biodiversity #BiodiversityCrisis #culture #bipoc #IndigenousRights #IndigenousSoverignty
actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

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Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a paper about a framework that standardizes monitoring indicators to deal with the global biodiversity crisis

Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a paper about a framework that standardizes monitoring indicators to deal with the global biodiversity crisis

To address the global #biodiversity crisis, impeded by a fragmented #monitoring system, Gonzalez et al. introduce the Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework linking ethical principles, standardized data collection, accredited analytical workflows, & transparent reporting doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

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Two kilos of soil with a Rs 68 lakh return: The Maharashtra village that struck biodiversity gold Residents of Dapur village in Maharashtra were both puzzled and excited when nearly Rs 68 lakh appeared in their Gram Panchayat bank account in November 2025. The surprise was understandable. The village had not applied for any government grant or development scheme. Yet a substantial sum had been transferred to its account. For weeks, villagers struggled to understand where the money had come from. Eventually, officials from the state biodiversity board and the forest department called a public meeting to explain. The funds, they said, had arrived through India’s Access and Benefit Sharing (ABS) mechanism — a legal framework under the provisions of the National Biodiversity Authority (NBA) that requires companies to share profits derived from biological resources with the communities from which they originate. The payment was linked to something seemingly ordinary: two kilogrammes of soil collected from the village. How soil led to profits Dapur lies about 50 kilometres from Nashik and has a population of roughly 5,900 according to the 2011 census, though local estimates suggest it has now grown to more than 8,000. Most residents depend on agriculture, cultivating kharif crops such as soybean and maize, along with vegetables including onions, tomatoes and beans. In 2024,...

Two kilos of soil with a Rs 68 lakh return: The Maharashtra village that struck biodiversity gold
->Down To Earth | More on "Biodiversity benefit sharing village India" at BigEarthData.ai | #Biodiversity #Soil

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A watercolor painting of a mangrove area with shallow water. A boardwalk raised above the water is visible from the left to the center of the painting. A girl stands in the middle of the boardwalk, leaning down with an outstretched hand. She is waving hello to a lone mermaid in the water beneath the boardwalk. There are small black tip reef sharks and fish in the water. A mangrove tree is on the right, with a blue mangrove flycatcher on its branch.

A watercolor painting of a mangrove area with shallow water. A boardwalk raised above the water is visible from the left to the center of the painting. A girl stands in the middle of the boardwalk, leaning down with an outstretched hand. She is waving hello to a lone mermaid in the water beneath the boardwalk. There are small black tip reef sharks and fish in the water. A mangrove tree is on the right, with a blue mangrove flycatcher on its branch.

magical encounter in a mangrove forest 🌳🐠

#watercolor #gouache #traditionalart #mangrove #mangroveforest #mermaid #mermaidart #fantasy #biodiversity #illustration

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‘George Edward Lodge FZS (Fellow of the Zoological Society of London), was a British illustrator of birds and an authority on falconry.’ Wikipedia

‘George Edward Lodge FZS (Fellow of the Zoological Society of London), was a British illustrator of birds and an authority on falconry.’ Wikipedia

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‘A golden eagle on a rocky outcrop’
George Edward Lodge FZS (1860-1954 👉ALT)
Watercolour and bodycolour on paper. N.D.
#GeorgeEdwardLodge #GELodge #BritishArt #wildlife #birds #eagles #GoldenEagle #ornithology #biodiversity

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‘Heinrich Harder was a German artist and an art professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin best known for his depictions of extinct animals. ‘Wikipedia
Image from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10028012#page/85/mode/1up

‘Heinrich Harder was a German artist and an art professor at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin best known for his depictions of extinct animals. ‘Wikipedia Image from https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/10028012#page/85/mode/1up

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‘Große Maräne.’
Illustration by #HeinrichHarder (1858-1935)
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*Unsere Süßwasserfische* (Leipzig, Quelle & Meyer 1913) Pl. 21
#wildlife #fish #freshwaterfish #EuropeanCisco #whitefish #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #IllustrationArtists

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‘Indian Elephant - By Louis A. Sargent’
Frank Finn, *The Wild Beasts of the World* Vol.2 (T.C. & E.C. Jack, London [1909?])
#wildlife #elephants #IndianElephant #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists #LouisAugustusSargent (1881-1965)

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4: ‘Eledone moschata’ [musky octopus]
#wildlife #molluscs #cephalopods #squid #octopuses #cuttlefish #BayOfNaples #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration

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‘Harporhynchus rufus. Brown thrush.’
Howard Jones (1853-), *Illustrations of the #Nests & #Eggs of Birds of Ohio*
#Illustrations by Mrs. N. E. Jones
Vol. I (#Circleville, #Ohio 1886) Pl. XXXI
#wildlife #ScientificIllustration #ornithology #biodiversity

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the Most Rare and Beautiful Species, and in Many Instances of the Plants Upon Which They Are Found* (London, Printed for the author [1840]) IV.
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Pl. 190. ‘Perla Cephalotes.’
#wildlife #insects #bees #entomology #biodiversity #ScientificIllustration #illustrationartists

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‘Nottola ossia pipstrello’
*Il Gabinetto del giovane naturalista*
(Milano, Presso Omobono Manini, 1825-1826)
#wildlife #biodiversity #bats #ScientificIllustration

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Unidentified Anthomyiidae.

Unidentified Anthomyiidae.

Nä... Jag håller på att tappa förståndet med dessa Anthomyiidae. Nu får någon gå in och styra upp här:
utgangspunktnykarleby.blogspot.com/2026/03/anth...

#Invertebrate 🐙🪰
#Diptera #Insects #Insekter #Flugor #Anthomyiidae #Blomsterflugor #Kärpäset #Muscoidea #Juurikärpäset #Biodiversity

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The evidence rewrites assumptions on health gains and climate solutions The latest research shows trade-offs behind declining smoking, longevity hype, and growth-dependent climate plans.

🧬 Record-hot oceans are shrinking fish and raising mortality—threatening a 30% hit to global yields and food webs.

scienceecho.com/en/2026/03/the-evidence-... #climate #biodiversity

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Why have longhorn cows been spotted at seaside on Sefton Coast? A herd of English longhorn cows have moved to pastures new along the coast on Merseyside.

#GoodNews: Slowly we are starting to get a handle on agroecological management of #biodiversity

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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New research in #RESInsectConsDiv

Contribution of #CitizenSciences to the production of #butterfly species long-term trends
doi.org/10.1111/icad.70066

#Biodiversity #MonitoringSchemes
@manusaunders.bsky.social @wileyecology.bsky.social

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Can plants count? Study suggests they can track the number of events they experience It's long been assumed that for an organism to learn, remember or draw conclusions, it needs a brain. But mounting evidence, including a recent Cognitive Science study, challenges that assumption, sug...

"There might not be this boundary between the animal and the plant kingdom—or it might be a lot more porous than we think."

How little we understand about the #biodiversity we are fast trashing. How much we need to #Unlearn

phys.org/news/2026-03...

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‘My ideas are a little revolutionary’: ecologist Suzanne Simard on intelligent forests, the climate and her critics Her research popularised the idea of the wood wide web, but the scientific backlash was brutal. As the author of The Mother Tree returns to the forest in a new book, she discusses her battle to reimag...

"She says that while the scientific community has often had a “harder time” absorbing her ideas, her work aligns with indigenous wisdom on how forests work and tends to make intuitive sense to lay people, too"
#Forests #Trees #WoodWideWeb #Ecology #Biodiversity

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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