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Matthias Baumann

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Senior Scientist @Humboldt-University Berlin working with large geospatial datasets and satellite data to understand land-use change. Remote Sensing | GIS | causal analysis | environmental impact evaluation | carbon credits https://hu.berlin/baumann .. more

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 2d

@camillabrunet.bsky.social is a conservation-behavior #scientist interested in wildlife management, #conservation, movement and spatial #ecology. She will start her #phd studies, where she will investigate how changes in agricultural land use can influence the behavior of large mammals.
#newmember

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 10d

Look at this beautiful Puma with these beautiful flowers 🤩!
A photo of our camera trap in Uturungo, Argentina.

#wildcamera #cameratrap #puma #argentina #biogeography #research

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 20d

Last weekend @alfredoromero.bsky.social and Marie Pratzer were invited to talk at the #LongNightofClimate in Berlin. They had a lot of fun and enjoyed this inspiring, interesting and important event!
Film: "Bolivia Burning"
look at some more information here: www.langenachtdesklimas.de

#LNDK #BTS

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René Engel @reneengel.bsky.social · Aug 25

In seinem letzten Interview als Bundestagsabgeordneter beschreibt Robert Habeck nochmal präzise, was die Union gerade tut: Sie spaltet das Land mit quatschigem Kulturkampf, um von den Problemen abzulenken.

Lesenswert:

Robert Habeck tritt ab: „Ich will nicht wie ein Gespenst über die Flure laufen“

Ex-Vizekanzler Habeck verlässt den Bundestag. Die Grünen hätten ihre neue Rolle nun gefunden, sagt er der taz. Und dann gibt er Julia Klöckner noch eins mit.

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Aug 25

Well done, Hendrik!

Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Aug 25

Building sustainability science on solid ground: our framework uses shared social-ecological units to integrate diverse data streams. Tested in Rwanda, adaptable elsewhere. Open, reproducible, and ready for interdisciplinary teams. #Rwanda #Restoration @biogeoberlin.bsky.social shorturl.at/qHaQ0

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our study on biodiversity loss embodied in trade is featured in @mongabay.com tinyurl.com/2edpu626 . Unfortunately, we at @biogeoberlin.bsky.social could not contribute to this news piece. Glad, though, that @nature.org calls the study 'very timely'
Link to the study: tinyurl.com/3xubzpbe

Pasture and agricultural expansion in Gran Chaco drive biodiversity loss: Study

A recent study has identified how cattle pasture and agricultural expansion, driven by global demand for beef and soy, is causing biodiversity loss in the Gran Chaco region of Argentina and Paraguay. ...

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Christoph Bautz @christophbautz.bsky.social · Mar 12

Was für ein Gruselkabinett für die Koalitionsverhandlungen:
Jens Spahn für Wirtschaft
Philipp Amthor für "Staatsmodernisierung"
Und der Hardliner Carsten Linnemann für Arbeit und Soziales

Das ist eine Reise zurück in die Vergangenheit...

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Conservation Biology Göttingen @consbiogoe.bsky.social · Apr 8

Congratulations to Tejas Bhagwat on successfully defending his PhD with excellent results! Inspiring work on land-use change and birds in the Central Asian #flyway, through the annual cycle, skillfully combining remote sensing, fieldwork and stats.

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Jul 18

Madison, Wisconsin, is the best.

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Tamanna Kalam @tamannakalam.bsky.social · Jul 7

A Century of Loss: Long-Term #DryWoodland Decline and Its Implications for India’s #Megafauna

Our latest paper, along with @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social and others is now out!

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Tropical dry woodland loss in India since 1880 and its relation to current megafauna distributions

Tropical dry woodlands provide ecosystem services to hundreds of millions of people and support high biodiversity. Despite their importance, many dry woodlands are under high and rising human pressur...

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Mangoldina @mangoldina.bsky.social · Jul 1

#SPD
@orkanoezdemir.bsky.social hat diese wichtige Ergänzung für @larsklingbeil.bsky.social auf Instagram gepostet - schaut rein!

www.instagram.com/reel/DLhp2pE...

Das Foto zeigt den SPD-Politiker Orkan Özdemir.
Quelle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orkan-%C3%B6zdemir-18288a174

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 24

One more week to apply to this exciting PhD position! come join the Conservation Biogeography group at Humboldt-University Berlin (hu.berlin/Biogeography) [email protected]

Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

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Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · Jun 23

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/i...

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe

Moneypoint in County Clare, Ireland, joins the ranks of other European nations exiting coal by shutting off power generation at its sole remaining coal plant. Industry observers say Ireland’s increase...

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Skylar Knight @skylarknight.bsky.social · Jun 18

Climate change reduces farming efficiency, which leads to more land use to grow enough food, which leads to more emissions, and so on and so forth...

Major paper coming out on this feedback loop in a couple of days from the University of Minnesota, @projectdrawdown.bsky.social, and others!

‘On a knife edge’ – hot dry spring threatens arable harvest

Analysis suggests the harvest could be one of the worst in records stretching back to the 1980s.

www.independent.co.uk

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 17

🐄🐂 Putting landless cattle on the map! 🐄🐂
New paper in Env. Research Letters on mapping cattle intensification from space - across South America's dry diagonal doi.org/10.1088/1748... @erc.europa.eu @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social #SystemShift @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sorry for posting the wrong link, here is the correct one:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Attributing deforestation-driven biodiversity decline in the Gran Chaco to agricultural commodity supply chains

Agricultural expansion is one of the principal drivers of biodiversity loss globally. Attributing biodiversity loss to domestically consumed versus in…

www.sciencedirect.com

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is a really good article about how AI works. And, more importantly, how it doesn’t….

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works

Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.

www.theatlantic.com

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Trase @trase.earth · Jun 5

#EnvironmentDay | A new research paper has linked the Gran Chaco #biodiversity decline to the domestic & foreign demand for soy & beef. Our researcher, Michael Lathuillière, contributed to the article, which assessed the decline due to domestic & international trade of Argentine soy & Paraguay beef⬇️

www.sciencedirect.com

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jun 5

There is a new open position at our Lab!!
haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

#newposition #phd

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jun 3

Putting land claiming on the map reveals that the footprint of agricultural frontiers extends far into seemingly ‘intact’ forests.
New paper by @o-delgiorgio.bsky.social in PNAS @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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@tkuemmerle.bsky.social
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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jun 3

We traced how soy and beef production in Argentina and Paraguay impact mammal diversity—and who’s driving it. Spoiler: It’s not just exports. Read the paper: shorturl.at/bpPEH

@alfredoromero.bsky.social @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @aguiarse86.bsky.social @sei.org

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · May 23

Project Meeting at @leuphana.bsky.social in our #dfg project on ecosystem restoration in #rwanda

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WWF Deutschland @wwf.de · May 15

🚨 Überraschung: Deutschland verfehlt seine #Klimaziele. Der neue Bericht des Expertenrats für Klimafragen zeigt klar: Deutschland steuert auf eine krachende Kollision mit den Klimazielen zu. Und das in einem Jahr, in dem uns ein neuer #Hitzesommer droht. 🧵 (1/4)

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · May 11

Wolf wieder einfacher abzuschießen: Artenschutz ja, aber nicht vor der eigenen Tür taz.de/Wolf-wieder-...

Wolf wieder einfacher abzuschießen: Artenschutz ja, aber nicht vor der eigenen Tür

Das EU-Parlament beschließt, dass Wölfe in der Europäischen Union leichter abgeschossen werden können. Dabei leisten die einen Beitrag zur Natur.

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · May 8

The positive impact of protected areas can extend well beyond their boundaries! #conservation 👇🧵

New paper in Biological Conservation, led by Pablo Yair Huais (Univ. Cordoba 🇦🇷) analyzing PA effectiveness in the #Chaco, including leakage and blocking effects outside PAs.
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Kaa- Iya in Bolivia, the largest protected area in the Gran Chaco - a global deforestation hotspot.

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · May 7

Proud to be part of the Geography Department that changes its structure to to address power problems in Prof-Student relationships @humboldtuni.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/d41...

Can Germany rein in its academic bullying problem?

Researchers and administrators are exploring ways to restructure a rigid hierarchy that can breed power abuses.

www.nature.com

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Project Drawdown @projectdrawdown.bsky.social · Apr 28

"It would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels." www.anthropocenemagazine.org/2025/04/new-...

New study compares growing corn for energy to solar production. It’s no contest.

In fact, it would require about 31 hectares of corn ethanol to produce the same amount of energy generated by one hectare of land covered in solar panels.

www.anthropocenemagazine.org

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Apr 18

Scary! Germany and Europe more than ever needed to stand up and fund and support climate scientists and climate research!

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted