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WBGU @wbgu.bsky.social · 29d

Bundesumweltminister Carsten Schneider war heute zu Gast in unserer WBGU-Sitzung – vielen Dank für den produktiven Austausch, Herr Minister!

@akhornidge.bsky.social‬
‪@alettabonn.bsky.social‬
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Bundesumweltministerschneider zu Besuch beim WBGU

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · Aug 24

Artenfinder #citizenscience data set published 🦋🌼🦎
thanks to many volunteers, the #Artenfinder team and #NFDI4Biodiversity Living Atlas - Nature Germany team www.land.gbif.de
@gbif.org @idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de

Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · Aug 1

А quality-checked citizen science dataset published on @gbif.org with more than 1 million georeferenced species records with a geographic focus on the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and Berlin: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

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Biodiversity Data Journal @bdj.pensoft.net · Aug 1

А quality-checked citizen science dataset published on @gbif.org with more than 1 million georeferenced species records with a geographic focus on the German federal states of Rhineland-Palatinate (Rheinland-Pfalz) and Berlin: doi.org/10.3897/BDJ....

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · Jan 22

On Friday, we celebrate 10 years of @alettabonn.bsky.social's Biodiversity & People lab, at #iDiv & #Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Aletta is an innovator. I'm proud to have contributed to the #EnvironmentalSocialScience research the lab has created. Here's just a few...

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TETTRIs @tettris.eu · Jan 28

Ana Casino, @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org Executive director, introducing @alettabonn.bsky.social from EuropaBON, remotely joining #TETTRIsEU #AHM2 with her speech on Science and Policy needs for an EU #biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre.

#taxonomy #policymaking

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · May 19

Our new #DrForest paper has found canopy density & tree species diversity have varying impacts on health & wellbeing 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#foresthealth #biodiversity #urbanforests #forestmanagement #environmentalhealth #urbanplanning #research #Sustainability

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WBGU @wbgu.bsky.social · Jul 8

In its new policy paper on EU #water policy, the WBGU recommends taking up the EU water resilience strategy and supplementing it. Key is a #Climate-resilientWaterManagement that includes “green” water stored in the soil. An EU foreign policy on water would also be useful. www.wbgu.de/pp14_en

Opportunities in European water policy: Making the most of the EU Water Resilience Strategy

Europe is suffering from drought and flooding more and more frequently; the situation is also worsening in many places around the world. New strategies to combat the water emergency are therefore urge...

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WBGU @wbgu.bsky.social · Jul 8

Im neuen Politikpapier „EU-Wasserpolitik im Aufbruch“ empfiehlt der WBGU, die EU-Wasserresilienzstrategie zu ergänzen: Zentral ist klimaresilientes Wassermanagement, das auch im Boden gespeichertes „grünes“ Wasser berücksichtigt. Sinnvoll wäre zudem eine EU-Wasseraußenpolitik. www.wbgu.de/pp14

EU-Wasserpolitik im Aufbruch: Die EU-Wasserresilienzstrategie als Chance nutzen

Europa leidet immer häufiger unter Trockenheit und Überflutungen, auch weltweit spitzt sich die Situation vielerorts zu. Neue Strategien gegen die Wassernotlage sind deshalb dringend gefragt.

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · Jun 27

How biodiverse you think a place is more important for psychological benefits, than the actual number of species there. But what info do we use when making our judgements about how biodiverse a place is?
Read our @peopleandnature.bsky.social blog post 👇

relationalthinkingblog.com/2025/06/25/p...

Plain Language Summary: People accurately perceive biodiversity through the eyes and the ears!

Participant during the visual sort.Photo credits: Kevin RozarioThe participant in the photo have given their consent for the photo to be used. By Kevin Rozario, Taylor Shaw, Melissa Marselle, Rache…

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Maria Lumbierres @lumbierres.bsky.social · Jun 26

Exciting news! 🎉 Our new paper, Towards implementing workflows for EBVs, has been published in Global Ecology and Conservation. This work lays out the first representation of workflows to guide the future implementation of EBVs in the EU
➡️ doi.org/10.1016/j.ge...
#EuropaBON #EBVs #Monitoring

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Guy Pe'er @guypeer.bsky.social · Jun 19

Published in @peopleandnature.bsky.social:
"The Role of Science and Scientists in Public Environmental Policy Debates: The case of EU agrochemical and Nature Restoration Regulations".
We reflect on how to debunk misinformation and help depolarize heated debates.
👉 doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · Jun 17

Kevin Rozario - EEG study finds brains more relaxed when looking at Forest photos, compared to scrambled photos. But no difference in forests with low/high tree diversity. #icep2025 @alettabonn.bsky.social

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IDOS_research @idos-research.bsky.social · Jun 16

❌ #Umweltpolitik & #InternationaleZusammenarbeit stehen unter Druck.

📄 Das neue Impulspapier des @wbgu.bsky.social fordert: #Sicherheit neu denken im Kontext #GlobalerNachhaltigkeit.

Jetzt lesen: 📄 www.wbgu.de/de/publikati...

Sicherheit: Worüber wir jetzt reden müssen

Der zwischenstaatliche Umgangston wird rauer, multilaterale Zusammenarbeit wird durch bilaterale Deals ersetzt, die Macht der Stärkeren wird zum neuen Bezugspunkt. Umweltpolitik und internationale Zus...

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WBGU @wbgu.bsky.social · Jun 10

📣 New WBGU discussion paper „Security: What we need to talk about". www.wbgu.de/dp-security
The aim of the four-pager is to stimulate debates on security and its relation to sustainability.
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‪@traidlhoffmann.bsky.social‬‬‬ @jwullweber.bsky.social‬

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · May 25

#Forests are good for you! 🌳🌲🌳 paper led by Loic Gillerot with our wonderful @biodiversa.eu Dr.Forest consortium
@idiv-research.bsky.social @ufz.de
@melissamarselle.bsky.social

Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · May 19

Our new #DrForest paper has found canopy density & tree species diversity have varying impacts on health & wellbeing 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#foresthealth #biodiversity #urbanforests #forestmanagement #environmentalhealth #urbanplanning #research #Sustainability

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Apr 30

Vielen Dank an alle Teilnehmenden für den offenen und inspirierenden Austausch!

Mehr über ValuGaps: valugaps.de

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · Apr 28

!!!Awesome job alert!!!
People & People lab run by Prof @alettabonn.bsky.social is recruiting a **Postdoc in the field of Biodiversity and Health**.
Deadline 18 May 25

recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/32...

@bpsenvpsych.bsky.social @epgroningen.bsky.social @envpsyvienna.bsky.social

Postdoc (f/m/x) Biodiversity and Health

recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · Apr 19

🎺 #job alert: we’re looking to fill a scientist position in #CitizenScience and #Biodiversity 🌿 🦋 💦 German language skills essential to interact with citizens
@ufz.de @idiv-research.bsky.social
apply here until 18 May 👇
lnkd.in/eXg7VNXH

@ecsa.ngo @mitforschen.bsky.social

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · Apr 18

New paper: 94.4 % of #Brandenburg's #agricultural #landscapes fall short of 10 % #landscape #feature target. How to prioritise LF #restoration for administrators, planners & #farmers?
doi.org/10.1016/j.la...

led by Linn Schaan & colleagues
@ufz.de @idiv-research.bsky.social @zalf.bsky.social

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Apr 4

New @nature.com study: the negative effect of human activities on wildlife biodiversity may be notable hundreds of kilometres away ⚠️

For the study, @ufz.de's and iDiv's @lottekorell.bsky.social recorded plant species and so-called dark diversity in the Lüneburg Heath.
www.idiv.de/nature-study...

Dark diversity reveals global impoverishment of natural vegetation

Nature study shows that the potential occurrence of plant species is significantly higher

www.idiv.de

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iDiv Biodiversity Research @idiv-research.bsky.social · Apr 3

🎧The wait is over! It’s time to listen and explore the complexities of biodiversity in the new #InsideBiodiversity podcast hosted by #iDiv. Episode one, with guest Maria Dornelas, speaking with Volker Hahn, drops today — listen now wherever you get your podcasts! 🦜Learn more: www.idiv.de/new-podcast

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Susan Michie @susanmichie.bsky.social · Mar 22

This is scary full-on McCarthyism - I can't see that co-operating with such a survey could possibly be beneficial. I think the European advice of boycott better than the Australian 'co-operate'. Have any blue-skyers received such a survey? Would be good to share here
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Trump team ‘survey’ sent to overseas researchers prompts foreign interference fears

The document asks US-funded scientists in Australia, the UK and the EU to declare links to China or projects on diversity, equity and inclusion.

www.nature.com

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Steffi Lemke @steffi-lemke.de · Mar 22

Heute ist der 22. März (Weltwassertag) und in fast ganz Deutschland sind die oberen Bodenschichten ausgetrocknet.
Die Karten des UFZ Dürremonitors weisen sogar extreme Dürre in vielen Landesteilen aus.
Das sollte man ernst nehmen. Anstatt über die Abschaffung des Umweltministeriums zu fabulieren.

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · Mar 4

🔔 new paper - Using nature-based #citizenscience initiatives to enhance #nature connection and #mental health - led by Rachel Oh (胡瑞颖) & colleagues @shawan-chowdhury.bsky.social 🌿🦋💦
@ufz.de
www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

Frontiers | Using nature-based citizen science initiatives to enhance nature connection and mental health

www.frontiersin.org

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Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · Feb 10

New paper - Greater understory vegetation in urban parks can promote both #bird sounds 🌿 🐦 and reduce #traffic noise 🚗
Led by @konraduebel.bsky.social with @alettabonn.bsky.social, @melissamarselle.bsky.social, Jonathan Rhodes & @angelasocsci.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Understory vegetation can promote bird sounds and reduce traffic noise in urban park soundscapes - Urban Ecosystems

Natural soundscapes commonly experienced in parks are increasingly valued as an important cultural ecosystem service with the potential to promote greater mental well-being for people. Yet the quality...

link.springer.com

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GBIF @gbif.org · Feb 4

Explore German biodiversity records with the Lebendiger Atlas der Natur Deutschlands (LAND) #HostedPortal!

🌱This portal mobilizes >53M records from German authorities, taxonomic societies and other institutions that collect biodiversity information.

🔗https://land.gbif.de/

photo of a plant with white text overlaid

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · Jan 28

Thank you very much Ana Casino for the invitation and for fostering a strong #biodiversity community in Europe with @tettris.eu & @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org 🦋🐝🐸🍁 - have a great All Hands Meeting!

TETTRIs @tettris.eu · Jan 28

Ana Casino, @eurotaxonomy.cetaf.org Executive director, introducing @alettabonn.bsky.social from EuropaBON, remotely joining #TETTRIsEU #AHM2 with her speech on Science and Policy needs for an EU #biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre.

#taxonomy #policymaking

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Aletta Bonn @alettabonn.bsky.social · Jan 23

Thank you Melissa - it is a real pleasure to collaborate with you @melissamarselle.bsky.social

Melissa Marselle @melissamarselle.bsky.social · Jan 22

On Friday, we celebrate 10 years of @alettabonn.bsky.social's Biodiversity & People lab, at #iDiv & #Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research. Aletta is an innovator. I'm proud to have contributed to the #EnvironmentalSocialScience research the lab has created. Here's just a few...