Bertrand Dumont
@bdumontae.bsky.social
Animal scientist at INRAE using knowledge from #agroecology and grassland ecology to increase the sustainability of agrifood systems. Coord. Horizon EU Agroecology-TRANSECT https://bsky.app/profile/agtransect.bsky.social 🏳️🌈 he/him #biodiversity #climate
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Bertrand Dumont
@bdumontae.bsky.social
· Aug 26
The benefits of #agroecology are not a notion but a fact!
✅ A meta-analysis of 170 studies, spread across 21 countries in Europe, highlights that agroecology increases #biodiversity in agroecosystems, soil C storage, and N2O mitigation
Paper is led by Cian Blaix 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
#climate
✅ A meta-analysis of 170 studies, spread across 21 countries in Europe, highlights that agroecology increases #biodiversity in agroecosystems, soil C storage, and N2O mitigation
Paper is led by Cian Blaix 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.ag...
#climate
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The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
Better monitoring to support restoration of EU pollinators
The Commission has adopted a new Pollinator Monitoring Scheme to help reverse the decline of pollinator populations by 2030.
environment.ec.europa.eu
November 26, 2025 at 10:18 PM
The EU has published rules for the Pollinator Monitoring Scheme. Butterflies, moths, bees and hoverflies will all be monitored by every Member State. Target to reverse decline in Pollinators by 2030 and increase pops. A big step in conserving biodiversity environment.ec.europa.eu/news/better-...
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Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - new #OA @nature.com paper with @patrickawalkden.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social, combining #PredictsProject with #Avonet doi.org/10.1038/s415...
Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - Nature
Large-scale analyses of bird species traits reveal that land-use change reduces resilience of key ecological functions more than previously thought.
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Land-use change undermines the stability of avian functional diversity - new #OA @nature.com paper with @patrickawalkden.bsky.social @josephtobias.bsky.social, combining #PredictsProject with #Avonet doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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Reconnecting people to nature is key for biodiversity action. Our new study identifies 5 ways people relate to #Natura2000:
🐾 Learning
🏞️ Heritage
🪴 Care
🧑🌾 Multifunctionality
👭 Collaboration
Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society.
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
🐾 Learning
🏞️ Heritage
🪴 Care
🧑🌾 Multifunctionality
👭 Collaboration
Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society.
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Reconnecting people to nature is key for biodiversity action. Our new study identifies 5 ways people relate to #Natura2000:
🐾 Learning
🏞️ Heritage
🪴 Care
🧑🌾 Multifunctionality
👭 Collaboration
Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society.
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
🐾 Learning
🏞️ Heritage
🪴 Care
🧑🌾 Multifunctionality
👭 Collaboration
Revealing such narratives can build new alliances & place PAs at the heart of society.
doi.org/10.1002/pan3...
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
🌟New Pub🌟! Out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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November 25, 2025 at 7:11 AM
🌟New Pub🌟! Out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social
Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
1/n
Ecology meets Mythology: Medieval stories and songs uncover India’s ecological past. Link to paper: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... (click "MR" for Marathi abstract). @dhmsu.bsky.social
@msunatsci.bsky.social
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🚨 Our review on agroforestry and livestock production is now available in English! 🥳
Originally published in French, the editor selected it for a more international audience, and it's open access: productions-animales.org/article/view...
🎉 My 1st last-author paper! 🎉
#agroforestry #organicFarming 🧪
Originally published in French, the editor selected it for a more international audience, and it's open access: productions-animales.org/article/view...
🎉 My 1st last-author paper! 🎉
#agroforestry #organicFarming 🧪
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
🚨 Our review on agroforestry and livestock production is now available in English! 🥳
Originally published in French, the editor selected it for a more international audience, and it's open access: productions-animales.org/article/view...
🎉 My 1st last-author paper! 🎉
#agroforestry #organicFarming 🧪
Originally published in French, the editor selected it for a more international audience, and it's open access: productions-animales.org/article/view...
🎉 My 1st last-author paper! 🎉
#agroforestry #organicFarming 🧪
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Originality:
- This review not only discusses the effects of trees on livestock, but also the effects of livestock on tree productions 🐖🍎🐓🌳🐄☘️
- It blends scientific research and technical guides, to offer practical insights for farmers, advisors, and researchers 🧑🌾🌳🧑🔬
- This review not only discusses the effects of trees on livestock, but also the effects of livestock on tree productions 🐖🍎🐓🌳🐄☘️
- It blends scientific research and technical guides, to offer practical insights for farmers, advisors, and researchers 🧑🌾🌳🧑🔬
November 25, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Originality:
- This review not only discusses the effects of trees on livestock, but also the effects of livestock on tree productions 🐖🍎🐓🌳🐄☘️
- It blends scientific research and technical guides, to offer practical insights for farmers, advisors, and researchers 🧑🌾🌳🧑🔬
- This review not only discusses the effects of trees on livestock, but also the effects of livestock on tree productions 🐖🍎🐓🌳🐄☘️
- It blends scientific research and technical guides, to offer practical insights for farmers, advisors, and researchers 🧑🌾🌳🧑🔬
L’agroécologie, une alliée pour la biodiversité et le climat
Deux médias reprennent les résultats de notre étude qui montre que les fermes agroécologiques favorisent la biodiversité, le stockage du C, & réduisent les émissions de N2O
✅ www.geo.fr/environnemen...
✴️ up-magazine.info/lagroecologi...
Deux médias reprennent les résultats de notre étude qui montre que les fermes agroécologiques favorisent la biodiversité, le stockage du C, & réduisent les émissions de N2O
✅ www.geo.fr/environnemen...
✴️ up-magazine.info/lagroecologi...
November 20, 2025 at 2:54 PM
L’agroécologie, une alliée pour la biodiversité et le climat
Deux médias reprennent les résultats de notre étude qui montre que les fermes agroécologiques favorisent la biodiversité, le stockage du C, & réduisent les émissions de N2O
✅ www.geo.fr/environnemen...
✴️ up-magazine.info/lagroecologi...
Deux médias reprennent les résultats de notre étude qui montre que les fermes agroécologiques favorisent la biodiversité, le stockage du C, & réduisent les émissions de N2O
✅ www.geo.fr/environnemen...
✴️ up-magazine.info/lagroecologi...
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
L’agroécologie, championne de la biodiversité : la science confirme up-magazine.info/lagroecologi...
up-magazine.info
November 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM
L’agroécologie, championne de la biodiversité : la science confirme up-magazine.info/lagroecologi...
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"If I could talk to policy makers & tell them one thing, it would be, be more ambitious. Agriculture needs to become more sustainable, for the environment & for society."
🌱 Join us on Thurs to shape the future of European farming.
📅 Thurs 20 Nov | 🕙 10–12 CET
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
🌱 Join us on Thurs to shape the future of European farming.
📅 Thurs 20 Nov | 🕙 10–12 CET
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
November 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
"If I could talk to policy makers & tell them one thing, it would be, be more ambitious. Agriculture needs to become more sustainable, for the environment & for society."
🌱 Join us on Thurs to shape the future of European farming.
📅 Thurs 20 Nov | 🕙 10–12 CET
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
🌱 Join us on Thurs to shape the future of European farming.
📅 Thurs 20 Nov | 🕙 10–12 CET
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
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🔥 “If the organisation is strong, the struggle is strong.”
"We demand the participation and leadership of peoples in the construction of climate solutions."
❌ Carbon offsets
❌ False solutions
❌ Corporate co-optation
✅ #Land back
✅ #Agroecology
✅ #FoodSovereignty
✅ Feminist justice.
"We demand the participation and leadership of peoples in the construction of climate solutions."
❌ Carbon offsets
❌ False solutions
❌ Corporate co-optation
✅ #Land back
✅ #Agroecology
✅ #FoodSovereignty
✅ Feminist justice.
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🔥 “If the organisation is strong, the struggle is strong.”
"We demand the participation and leadership of peoples in the construction of climate solutions."
❌ Carbon offsets
❌ False solutions
❌ Corporate co-optation
✅ #Land back
✅ #Agroecology
✅ #FoodSovereignty
✅ Feminist justice.
"We demand the participation and leadership of peoples in the construction of climate solutions."
❌ Carbon offsets
❌ False solutions
❌ Corporate co-optation
✅ #Land back
✅ #Agroecology
✅ #FoodSovereignty
✅ Feminist justice.
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Don’t miss the related article:
a Europe-wide meta-analysis led by Qian on how to optimize flower-area design to support ground-active predators.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
a Europe-wide meta-analysis led by Qian on how to optimize flower-area design to support ground-active predators.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Don’t miss the related article:
a Europe-wide meta-analysis led by Qian on how to optimize flower-area design to support ground-active predators.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
a Europe-wide meta-analysis led by Qian on how to optimize flower-area design to support ground-active predators.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@jappliedecology.bsky.social
Morning train to Wageningen for the PhD defence of V. Oostvogels
✅️ "Taking into account the perspectives of local stakeholders is essential for just & effective #biodiversity conservation"
His 2 papers in @peopleandnature.bsky.social 👇
🦋 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10750
🐄 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70124
✅️ "Taking into account the perspectives of local stakeholders is essential for just & effective #biodiversity conservation"
His 2 papers in @peopleandnature.bsky.social 👇
🦋 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10750
🐄 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70124
November 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
Morning train to Wageningen for the PhD defence of V. Oostvogels
✅️ "Taking into account the perspectives of local stakeholders is essential for just & effective #biodiversity conservation"
His 2 papers in @peopleandnature.bsky.social 👇
🦋 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10750
🐄 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70124
✅️ "Taking into account the perspectives of local stakeholders is essential for just & effective #biodiversity conservation"
His 2 papers in @peopleandnature.bsky.social 👇
🦋 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10750
🐄 doi.org/10.1002/pan3.70124
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
The #AgroecologyTRANSECT team were in Brussels this week meeting MEPs, DG-Agri, farmers & scientists from across Europe to present two new policy briefs on:
🌱 Expanding agroecology in the EU – barriers & levers for transition
🤝 Producing actionable knowledge for transformative change
🌱 Expanding agroecology in the EU – barriers & levers for transition
🤝 Producing actionable knowledge for transformative change
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
The #AgroecologyTRANSECT team were in Brussels this week meeting MEPs, DG-Agri, farmers & scientists from across Europe to present two new policy briefs on:
🌱 Expanding agroecology in the EU – barriers & levers for transition
🤝 Producing actionable knowledge for transformative change
🌱 Expanding agroecology in the EU – barriers & levers for transition
🤝 Producing actionable knowledge for transformative change
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
Join us on 20 Nov to hear more about these policy briefs and to explore how #Agroecology can shape EU policy for resilient food systems 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
November 13, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Join us on 20 Nov to hear more about these policy briefs and to explore how #Agroecology can shape EU policy for resilient food systems 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
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"What are food systems for? Are they about making money or are they about feeding people in a fair, healthy and sustainable way?" 🌱
Join us on 20 Nov for this important online event on creating a policy landscape rooted in resilience and ecological integrity 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
Join us on 20 Nov for this important online event on creating a policy landscape rooted in resilience and ecological integrity 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
November 11, 2025 at 2:35 PM
"What are food systems for? Are they about making money or are they about feeding people in a fair, healthy and sustainable way?" 🌱
Join us on 20 Nov for this important online event on creating a policy landscape rooted in resilience and ecological integrity 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
Join us on 20 Nov for this important online event on creating a policy landscape rooted in resilience and ecological integrity 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
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"It's important to look at the cost of non-action – the ramifications for humans are catastrophic."
Hear from Alexandra Waldman and other expert speakers on shaping evidence-based policy for #Sustainable #FoodSystems
🗓️Thu 20 Nov
⌚10–12 CET
💻Online
Register 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
Hear from Alexandra Waldman and other expert speakers on shaping evidence-based policy for #Sustainable #FoodSystems
🗓️Thu 20 Nov
⌚10–12 CET
💻Online
Register 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
November 5, 2025 at 3:26 PM
"It's important to look at the cost of non-action – the ramifications for humans are catastrophic."
Hear from Alexandra Waldman and other expert speakers on shaping evidence-based policy for #Sustainable #FoodSystems
🗓️Thu 20 Nov
⌚10–12 CET
💻Online
Register 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
Hear from Alexandra Waldman and other expert speakers on shaping evidence-based policy for #Sustainable #FoodSystems
🗓️Thu 20 Nov
⌚10–12 CET
💻Online
Register 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/agroecolog...
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🐄 Nouvelle publication dans un numéro spécial de landscape research sur les paysages de l'abandon :
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
‘Tidy data for clean pastures’: bureaucratic control of shrub encroachment and farmers’ environmental subjectivities
In recent decades, environmental and agricultural administrations have increasingly relied on geospatial tools, such as GIS and satellite imagery. Within European agricultural policy, this digitali...
www.tandfonline.com
November 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
🐄 Nouvelle publication dans un numéro spécial de landscape research sur les paysages de l'abandon :
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Demain on parlera d'agroécologie à la journée du collectif @coccinellemc.bsky.social
✅ L'article qui décrit la transition agroécologique de 5 territoires d'élevage 👉 www.inrae.fr/actualites/c...
🤓 La méthode Q qui nous permet d'explorer des écarts de perception 👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_metho...
✅ L'article qui décrit la transition agroécologique de 5 territoires d'élevage 👉 www.inrae.fr/actualites/c...
🤓 La méthode Q qui nous permet d'explorer des écarts de perception 👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_metho...
November 5, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Demain on parlera d'agroécologie à la journée du collectif @coccinellemc.bsky.social
✅ L'article qui décrit la transition agroécologique de 5 territoires d'élevage 👉 www.inrae.fr/actualites/c...
🤓 La méthode Q qui nous permet d'explorer des écarts de perception 👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_metho...
✅ L'article qui décrit la transition agroécologique de 5 territoires d'élevage 👉 www.inrae.fr/actualites/c...
🤓 La méthode Q qui nous permet d'explorer des écarts de perception 👉 en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Q_metho...
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New paper out on soil quality along an agroecological transition. Our findings show that transitioning to natural farming, even after just 2 years of removing pesticides and adding bio-inputs, had positive detectable effects on soil health.
#agroecology #soil
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#agroecology #soil
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Soil quality changes along an agroecological transition: Evidence from natural farming in Madhya Pradesh, India
The scale and intensity of current agricultural practices have negative impacts on soil quality. Shifting to agroecological and natural farming practi…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:19 PM
New paper out on soil quality along an agroecological transition. Our findings show that transitioning to natural farming, even after just 2 years of removing pesticides and adding bio-inputs, had positive detectable effects on soil health.
#agroecology #soil
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
#agroecology #soil
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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This is great .... cattle droving in the Highlands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
The Drove [2025] A Cattle Droving Adventure
YouTube video by Lockett Agri-Environmental
www.youtube.com
November 3, 2025 at 12:17 PM
This is great .... cattle droving in the Highlands
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RPQ...
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
‚Shared responsibility: understanding the role of governments, farmers, retailers, and consumers in food system policies’
New paper in Q Open led by Judith Irek and with Jeanine Ammann, Andreia Arbenz, Gabi Mack & Nadja El Benni @agroscope.bsky.social
Open Access academic.oup.com/qopen/articl...
New paper in Q Open led by Judith Irek and with Jeanine Ammann, Andreia Arbenz, Gabi Mack & Nadja El Benni @agroscope.bsky.social
Open Access academic.oup.com/qopen/articl...
November 1, 2025 at 6:36 AM
‚Shared responsibility: understanding the role of governments, farmers, retailers, and consumers in food system policies’
New paper in Q Open led by Judith Irek and with Jeanine Ammann, Andreia Arbenz, Gabi Mack & Nadja El Benni @agroscope.bsky.social
Open Access academic.oup.com/qopen/articl...
New paper in Q Open led by Judith Irek and with Jeanine Ammann, Andreia Arbenz, Gabi Mack & Nadja El Benni @agroscope.bsky.social
Open Access academic.oup.com/qopen/articl...
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
Watch how Alnarp’s Agroecology Farm is leading the way in #agroecology!
SIANI is working to empower farmers & promote the widespread adoption of agroecological practices by making these methods more visible, accessible, and practical.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_r...
SIANI is working to empower farmers & promote the widespread adoption of agroecological practices by making these methods more visible, accessible, and practical.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_r...
Amplifying Stories of Agroecology Practices and Principles at the Alnarp Agroecology Farm ⎮ SIANI
Alnarp's Agroecology Farm is the first case study for the "Amplifying Stories of Agroecology Principles and Practices" (ASAPP) project, established by SIANI.
ASAPP is an initiative to spotlight…
www.youtube.com
October 28, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Watch how Alnarp’s Agroecology Farm is leading the way in #agroecology!
SIANI is working to empower farmers & promote the widespread adoption of agroecological practices by making these methods more visible, accessible, and practical.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_r...
SIANI is working to empower farmers & promote the widespread adoption of agroecological practices by making these methods more visible, accessible, and practical.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD_r...
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
Annual #Agroecology Public Lecture Series returns Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ November 4, 11, 18, 2025 via Zoom💻
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
Agroecology and the Transition to Sustainable Food Systems
Today! Experts from across the food system join us to discuss this holistic and integrated approach.
worldfoodsystem.ethz.ch
October 24, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Annual #Agroecology Public Lecture Series returns Tuesdays, 16:15 CET 🗓️ November 4, 11, 18, 2025 via Zoom💻
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
Join experts in science, policy & food system transformation. Learn how Agroecology is key to a resilient future.
Reposted by Bertrand Dumont
📢 Coccinelle organise la 4ème édition de la Journée du Collectif
📅6 novembre 2025
🕗10h-16h
📍Murat le Quaire (63150)
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📅6 novembre 2025
🕗10h-16h
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October 24, 2025 at 1:26 PM
📢 Coccinelle organise la 4ème édition de la Journée du Collectif
📅6 novembre 2025
🕗10h-16h
📍Murat le Quaire (63150)
Inscription obligatoire, avant le 31/10 : framaforms.org/journee-du-c...
Pour découvrir le programme ⬇️⬇️
📅6 novembre 2025
🕗10h-16h
📍Murat le Quaire (63150)
Inscription obligatoire, avant le 31/10 : framaforms.org/journee-du-c...
Pour découvrir le programme ⬇️⬇️