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David Leclere 🇵🇸 🇺🇦
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Researcher at @iiasa.ac.at || land use modeling | biodiversity | climate change || Views are my own

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Reposted by David Leclère

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Générations Futures @generationsfutures.fr · 3d
Omnibus 10: Une approbation illimitée pour 49 pesticides dangereux dont le glyphosate et l’acétamipride ? Générations Futures demande des clarifications à la Commission Européenne www.generations-futures.fr/actualites/o...
Une approbation illimitée pour 49 pesticides dangereux dont le glyphosate et l’acétamipride ? Générations Futures demande des clarifications à la Commission Européenne - Générations Futures
Une approbation illimitée pour 49 pesticides dangereux dont le glyphosate et l’acétamipride ? Générations Futures demande des clarifications à la
www.generations-futures.fr

Reposted by David Leclère

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Alexander J. Stein @ajstein.bsky.social · 8d
The transition to alternatives to #meat & #dairy offers opportunities for farmers, e.g. the production of #legumes or the generation of revenue from payments for stewardship or provision of #ecosystem services. As the transition will be gradual… (1/2) doi.org/10.1016/j.la...
Redirecting
doi.org

Reposted by Garry Peterson, Patrick Svensson, Juan Rocha , and 3 more

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Estelle Ravel @estelle-ravel.bsky.social · 8d
Do agricultural diversification practices pay off in the long run? Our new paper synthesizes 100+ years of evidence showing that diversification practices become more profitable over time and delivers growing benefits for soils, biodiversity, and carbon.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Long-term agricultural diversification increases financial profitability, biodiversity, and ecosystem services: a second-order meta-analysis - Nature Communications
Feeding a growing population while protecting the environment is a major global challenge. This study suggests that agricultural diversification enhances long-term profitability, biodiversity, soil he...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Joachim Claudet, Nathan Bennett, Natalie C. Ban , and 3 more

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Jessica Blythe, PhD @jessicablythe.bsky.social · 11d
🌊 The global community has made ambitious commitments to advancing ocean equity – what is missing is a transparent & replicable way to measure equity and track progress 🐠

📢 Our new @nature.com paper, the #OceanEquityIndex, offers a simple yet robust solution: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The Ocean Equity Index - Nature
The Ocean Equity Index provides a systematic, twelve-criteria framework to assess and improve equity in ocean initiatives, projects and policies, producing structured data that guide evidence-bas...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Richard Waite, David Leclère

timmonsroberts.bsky.social
Timmons Roberts @timmonsroberts.bsky.social · 21d
There is much to be done, at all levels.

www.nature.com/articles/s44...
How scientists can contribute to the social movements essential to protecting climate and nature - npj Climate Action
Scientists have much to contribute to the growing social movements pushing for urgent and transformative change to address the climate and biodiversity crises. Depending on their skills, interests and...
www.nature.com

Reposted by David Leclère

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Camille Perrin @perrincam.bsky.social · 26d
“Les consommateurs, eux aussi, devront accepter de payer leur alimentation plus cher.”
Un des tabous auxquels les politiques refusent de s’attaquer (et nécessitant des politiques sociales fortes pour ceux qui n’ont pas le luxe de pouvoir choisir leur alimentation).
www.viridarium.fr/news/et-si-l...
Et si le vrai problème de l’agriculture n’était pas le Mercosur mais notre système agricole ? / Les Vergers d'Antan
Actualités Et si le vrai problème de l’agriculture n’était pas le Mercosur mais notre système agricole ? Les manifestations des syndicats agricoles contre le Mercosur sont légitimes sur plusieurs poin...
www.viridarium.fr

Reposted by David Leclère

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Simon Evans @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · Jan 9
NEW Q&A: What Trump’s US exit from UNFCCC and IPCC could mean for climate action

* Is Trump's move legal?
* How could US rejoin?
* What does it mean for COP
* What about emissions reporting?

Answer in the piece, inc quotes from top legal / climate / emissions experts

www.carbonbrief.org/...

Reposted by Andy Purvis, Stelios Katsanevakis, Julie L. Lockwood , and 3 more

ipbes.net
IPBES @ipbes.net · Jan 8
“We cannot withdraw from the fact that over 1 million species of plants and animals face extinction.” 🧪

IPBES remains committed to its mandate to provide the most credible science and evidence about biodiversity to all decision makers and actors. 🌍

Reposted by John A. Finn, David Leclère

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Bertrand Dumont @bdumontae.bsky.social · Jan 8
👋 Agroecology-TRANSECT YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@agroecology... provides material to learn on the agronomic, social and political dimensions of #agroecology

Next webinar (Jan.22) is on #intercropping and sustainable #pest management

To register 👉 www.agroecology-transect.net/events/boost...

Reposted by David Leclère

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BEUC - The Consumer Voice @beuc.eu · Dec 30
The EU has rightly set the bar high with its Consumer Agenda. Consumers’ concerns & expectations need to be central to any policy plan to raise the trust levels in the market, create incentives to increase product quality, empower consumers with information, more choice, and more ⤵️
European Commission unveils new five-year roadmap to improve consumer conditions in the EU
The European Commission unveiled its Consumer Agenda on 19 November 2025, a strategic roadmap to include consumer interests in all policy areas.
www.beuc.eu

Reposted by Patrick Dunleavy, David Leclère

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George Monbiot @georgemonbiot.bsky.social · Dec 20
Thick as mince and thick as thieves. A column about the absolute idiots European legislators have made of themselves over the naming of food, at the behest of meat lobbyists.
You laugh and then you weep.
www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
When is a sausage not really a sausage? Ask the meat lobby | George Monbiot
European legislators may ban plant-based products from using the name to prevent ‘confusion’. Just don’t mention beef tomatoes or buffalo wings, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com

Reposted by Daniel Huppmann, David Leclère

iiasa.ac.at
IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · Dec 19
⚖️ IIASA hosted the 2025 INQUIMUS conference, which explored how justice considerations can be centered in climate risk management, & adaptation endeavors in research & practice. It highlighted that justice aspects need to be placed at the center of managing climate risks

iiasa.ac.at/blog/dec-202...

Reposted by Mattias Hallquist, David Leclère, Martin Ehbrecht

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Dr Tom Harris @drtomharris.bsky.social · Nov 30
Africa’s forests have joined the Brazilian Amazon and Australian forests in becoming carbon sources rather than sinks. Around 2010 the previous storage of our carbon emissions flipped, mainly through deforestation and degradation.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#climatechange #deforestation #Africa
Loss of tropical moist broadleaf forest has turned Africa’s forests from a carbon sink into a source - Scientific Reports
Africa’s forests and woody savannas have historically acted as a carbon sink, removing atmospheric carbon and storing it as biomass. However, our novel analysis reveals a critical transition from a ca...
www.nature.com

Reposted by Graeme S. Cumming, Joseph A. Tobias, Juan Rocha , and 3 more

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Andy Purvis @andypurvisnhm.bsky.social · Nov 27
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

Reposted by Garry Peterson, David Leclère, Carly D. Ziter , and 1 more

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Tobias Plieninger @plieningerlab.bsky.social · Nov 25
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...

Reposted by David Leclère

fisherdanar.bsky.social
Dana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · Nov 15
Since I've got a lot of new followers debating the incremental and failed policies of the climate regime and the COP process, here's a reminder to check out the #COPOut Podcast, which focuses on apocalyptically optimistic climate conversations cece.american.edu/cece-launche...

Reposted by Karen R. Lips, David Leclère

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BioAgora project @bioagora.eu · Nov 13
BioAgora, together with sister projects @coop4cbd.eu & RESPIN, will co-organise a side event at #COP30 in Belém, Brazil 🇧🇷.

📅 Science-Policy for Biodiversity & Climate: Experiences from Europe, Latin America & Africa
📍 Blue Zone
🕓 16:45-18:15 (local time)

Read more 👉 bioagora.eu/news/bioagor...

Reposted by Martin Jung, Karen R. Lips, David Leclère

iiasa.ac.at
IIASA @iiasa.ac.at · Nov 7
🌍 Interested in the 2026 IIASA Young Scientists Summer Program (YSSP)? Join our #YSSP26 Application Webinar for Europe & Asia to learn how to prepare a strong application and hear from alumni.
🗓 19 Nov 2025 | 1-2pm CET
📩 Register by 17 Nov: [email protected]
▶️ iiasa.ac.at/early-career...

Reposted by David Leclère

carbonbrief.org
Carbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · Nov 4
NEW – UNEP: New country climate plans ‘barely move needle’ on expected warming | @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @ceciliakeating.carbonbrief.org @unep.org

Read here: buff.ly/U0XaME9
Chart showing that greenhouse gas emissions remain far off track for the Paris Agreement goal. Historical and projected global emissions over 2015-35 under the current policy (dark blue), unconditional NDCs (mid blue), conditional NDCs (light blue), 2C (pink) and 1.5C (red) scenarios. There is a 66% chance that warming this century will remain below the levels shown on each of the pathways. Chart by Carbon Brief.

Reposted by Brian J. Enquist, Karen R. Lips, David Leclère

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · Nov 1
To truly protect #biodiversity, we must harness #PredictiveModels to reveal which #ConservationBiology strategies succeed—and which fail. Read the PNAS News Opinion: https://ow.ly/iVsF50Xl1BL

#GlobalBiodiversityFramework #GBF #conservation
A herd of animals, featuring different species, moving together across an open plain.

Reposted by Craig R. Primmer, Richard Waite, Jessica A. Gephart , and 1 more

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Halley E. Froehlich @dochfroehlich.bsky.social · Oct 29
A recent Science Advances special issue focused on #aquaculture, but seemed to have missed the mark in a multitude of ways. My incredible colleagues and I wrote this sweeping Open Access opinion article (with 80 citations!) in response. Hope it's useful! 🐟 🦐 🎣 doi.org/10.1111/raq....
No Free Lunch: Sustainable Aquaculture Requires Recognizing Past Science, Improvements, and Comparative Assessment
Aquaculture has become an established and important part of the global food system. Several critiques of aquaculture continue to resurface, seemingly ignoring past research and improvements of (1) aq....
doi.org

Reposted by David Leclère

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WWF EU @wwf.eu · Oct 21
The @ec.europa.eu’s move to “simplify” the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) is a shameful surrender to political pressure.

Forests are not bargaining chips🌳😬

See our full reaction➡️ www.wwf.eu?19703941/Eur...

#Deforestation #Together4forests #ItsOurNature

Reposted by Daniel Müller, Karen R. Lips, David Leclère , and 2 more

mongabay.com
Mongabay @mongabay.com · Oct 15
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030.

The newly published 2025 Forest Declaration Assessment shows that nations are 63% off track from meeting their zero-deforestation target.
Global goal of zero deforestation by 2030 is severely off track
Global deforestation hasn’t slowed in any significant way in the four years since 127 countries pledged to halt and reverse forest loss and degradation by 2030. The newly published 2025 Forest…
news.mongabay.com

Reposted by Lisa W. Fazio, John R. Hutchinson, Hugo Mercier , and 2 more

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Oct 9
The global whaling industry experienced a boom c. 1840-1950 as technology allowed whalers to hunt the Southern Ocean around Antarctica.

Under standard models, we would have expected krill populations to have *exploded*.

Instead, they DROPPED exponentially.

Let's talk about the KRILL PARADOX.
Change in distribution and abundance of southern right whales. (A) Shows historical and contemporary wintering distributions (Figure 1 from Carroll et al., 2018), and (B) shows decline in abundance and subsequent recovery (solid line is the mean, dashed line shows upper and lower 95% CI). Modified Figure 1 from Jackson et al. (2008). Contemporary sightings are divided into regions where large aggregations are seen during winter: Argentina (ARG), Brazil (BZL), South Africa (SAF), southwest Australia (SWA), south central Australia (SCA), and New Zealand sub-Antarctic (NZSA) and regions where sightings are typically of small numbers of individuals per year. The large aggregations are IWC management units and correspond to historical whaling grounds, although another 5 whaling grounds show little sign of recovery. Summer feeding areas are poorly described and so not shown.

Reposted by David Leclère

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Rafaela Schinegger @rschinegger.bsky.social · Oct 8
Save the Date! Am 13. November 2025 findet der 11. @bokuvienna.bsky.social Nachhaltigkeitstag statt, unter dem Motto „Renaturierung & Biodiversität“.
📍 Eintritt frei – keine Anmeldung erforderlich.
➡️ Alle Infos unter short.boku.ac.at/nht2025
#BOKUNachhaltigkeitstag #Renaturierung #Biodiversität

dleclere.bsky.social
David Leclere 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @dleclere.bsky.social · Oct 7
Bon courage !!

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David Leclere 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 @dleclere.bsky.social · Sep 26
🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
agir.greenvoice.fr

Reposted by Karen R. Lips, David Leclère, UN Environment

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IngerAndersen.bsky.social @ingerandersen.bsky.social · Sep 20
The BBNJ agreement comes into force!

A victory for our oceans, planet and environmental multilateralism.

Now the work begins. Quick, effective implementation is key.

Our ocean is the foundation of our very existence. Today we took an important step to save not only our ocean, but also our future.

Reposted by David Leclère

scbeurope.bsky.social
Society for Conservation Biology - Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social · Sep 18
🚨 First call! 🚨

European Congress for Conservation Biology (Leiden, the Netherlands in July 6th to 10th 2026) is open for proposals: symposia, panels, workshops & training on effective biodiversity conservation.

Deadline Oct 31st 2025 👉 eccb26Leiden.eu #ECCB2026

Reposted by Emili García‐Berthou, David Leclère

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European Environmental Bureau🍃 @eeb.org · Sep 17
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🔬💧 Over 600 scientists from across Europe have signed a joint statement calling on the EU to urgently update its water pollution rules.

📢 Freshwater ecosystems are collapsing - and outdated policies aren't keeping up.

Full statement ➡️ www.fba.org.uk/fba-voice/sc...

#HandsOffNature