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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS

@gregoiredubois.bsky.social

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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

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Sep 1

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...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · 7d

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

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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...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · 8d

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

Corporate tourism threatens protected areas

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Aug 27

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

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Publication of new indicator in the EU BDS dashboard | Knowledge for policy

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Aug 21

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.

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Aug 21

Our latest work rdcu.be/eBHf8

#OneHealth #Sustainability #Forests #Biodiversity #ZoonoticDiseases

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus

Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Aug 21

A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs

Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Aug 15

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus
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#Biodiversity #Forests #OneHealth

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus

Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Jul 25

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

Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Jul 25

Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas

There is a widespread perception that illegal fishing is common in marine protected areas (MPAs) due to strong incentives for poaching and the high cost of monitoring and enforcement. Using artificial...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Jul 24

Our latest work

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Assessing the risk of diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential in a changing world

Human activities increase zoonotic disease risk.

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Jul 16

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

#realitycheck #transportation

Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Jul 11

Help me stop the shameful culling of wolves in Switzerland

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Stoppen Sie die Dezimierung von Wolfswelpen unter Mithilfe der PatentjägerInnen!

Gegen 5000 PatentjägerInnen erhalten die Erlaubnis, diesen Herbst Wolfs-Welpen zu töten.   Für diese proaktive Massnahme können neu mehrere Tausend Jagdberechtigte allein im Kanton Graubünden für...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Jun 26

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

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · May 22

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...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Apr 10

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Apr 2

📢📢📢 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

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Mar 31

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

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Mar 18

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Mar 16

The CIA … and the German intelligence services

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German intelligence supports COVID-19 lab-leak theory

New findings add weight to the theory that COVID-19 originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Experts point to lax security measures and allege China manipulated scientific journals to obscure th...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Mar 13

The courage of Alina Chan has been simply remarkable.
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/03...

They Tried to Silence Her COVID Origins Theory. Now Even the CIA Agrees with Cambridge's Alina Chan.

In 2020, Broad Institute scientist Alina Chan sparked controversy by suggesting COVID originated in a Chinese lab. Five years later, the public—including the CIA—may finally believe her.

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Mar 13

And again...

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COVID pandemic likely unleashed by lab mishap: Germany's BND – DW – 03/12/2025

Germany's spy agency thinks an accident in a Chinese lab likely led to the COVID-19 pandemic, media say. Evidence it collected allegedly indicates negligence at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Mar 6

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Trump purge raises extinction threat for endangered species, fired workers warn

Scientist sounds alarm over ‘canary in the coalmine’ species including beetles and spiders

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Mar 4

“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”

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Ron Filipkowski @ronfilipkowski.bsky.social · Mar 3

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.

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Melissa Chemam @melissaontheroad.bsky.social · Feb 28

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.

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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.

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Feb 21

With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss
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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.

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Feb 21

Protection of biodiversity as the ultimate goal of environmental safety assessment: how does chemical pollution affect biodiversity?
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#Biodiversity #Chemicals #Pollution

Protection of biodiversity as the ultimate goal of environmental safety assessment: how does chemical pollution affect biodiversity?

Biodiversity is unequivocally declining and chemical pollution is a major driver of its loss. Ecotoxicological studies report various effects of chemicals at different levels of biological organizatio...

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Feb 18

Great activity for kids!

Explore #biodiversity in gardens & balconies!

1) Join > 1 M users of @iNaturalist
2) Look at plants and animals in gardens or on balconies
3) Submit observations to
inaturalist.org/projects/gar...

Thanks for helping document #biodiversity in urban and rural areas!

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UNEP-WCMC @unepwcmc.bsky.social · Feb 15

How well do you understand biodiversity metrics?

Our Chief Scientist will de-mystify the complexities of using biodiversity metrics. Join our #webinar on 27th February 2025 from 13:00 to 14:00 (Australian Western Standard Time).

Register here: https://buff.ly/4jZt47R

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