Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS
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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS
@gregoiredubois.bsky.social

Managing the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity of the EC.

More about my work at https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/biodiversity_en
My wildlife pictures are freely available from https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildlifepictures/

Posting my own views .. more

Environmental science 59%
Geography 15%
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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!

See
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via @ec.europa.eu

#Biodiversity
Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for the Western European and Others Group and for Parties covered by the European Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperatio...
This Regional Dialogue is organised following the invitation by the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity to convene dialogues on planning, monitor...
knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu

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

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/news/assessi...

#Biodiversity #Windfarms #KCBD
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms: Insights from a recent Eklipse report | Knowledge for policy
knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu

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
www.theleopard.eu/p/a-new-eu-c...
A new EU capital
Dysfunction in Brussels has reached a tipping point.
www.theleopard.eu

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

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

www.peer.eu/news/detail/...
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...
www.peer.eu

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

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

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/news/publica...
Publication of new indicator in the EU BDS dashboard | Knowledge for policy
knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu

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

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

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

#realitycheck #transportation

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

ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/...

#Biodiversity #Monitoring #Europe
414600-2025 - Competition
ted.europa.eu

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...

#biodiversityday
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...
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu

📢📢📢 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

Thanks for sharing!

#Biodiversity #Jobs #PolicySupport

Reposted by Grégoire Dubois

Nature is under attack from the far right - not only in the US but in the EU where furious attempts to reverse progress made under the 'Green Deal' are underway.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Dire distress flag signal — will environmental publicity stunt be heeded?
Green defunding and environmental damage isn't limited to the US, we need to be alert to the dangers here too warns ecologist Pádraic Fogarty
www.irishexaminer.com

Reposted by Grégoire Dubois

Reposted by Grégoire Dubois

“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”
Trump’s Sec of Agriculture Brooke Rollins says the solution to high egg prices for Americans is to get some chickens and raise them in your backyard.

Reposted by Grégoire Dubois

Nations agree hard-fought plan to finance nature protection/

After three days of tense discussions, countries were able to overcome deep divisions which had led to the collapse of negotiations at last year's UN #biodiversity summit (COP16) in Cali, Colombia.

rfi.my/BS9p.BS
Nations agree hard-fought plan to finance nature protection
The world's nations have salvaged a vast funding plan at UN talks in Rome to protect biodiversity and reverse the decline of nature.
rfi.my

With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss
theconversation.com/with-just-5-...
With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss
All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations.
theconversation.com