Monni Böhm
@monnikaboom.bsky.social
Freshwater Conservation Coordinator at Indianapolis Zoo
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Pacers & Fever 🏀 fan. Dog mum. Rugby obsessed.
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🚨🚨🚨If you would like to stay connected with what's happening in conservation at the Indianapolis Zoo & around the world, there's now a quarterly newsletter you can sign up for. See post below 👇
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Subscribe to our new conservation newsletter for quarterly updates on the species saving ...
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January 8, 2026 at 4:22 PM
🚨🚨🚨If you would like to stay connected with what's happening in conservation at the Indianapolis Zoo & around the world, there's now a quarterly newsletter you can sign up for. See post below 👇
www.linkedin.com/posts/indian...
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Adding the link to the paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com again: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
The untapped potential of CMS for migratory freshwater fishes - Nature Reviews Biodiversity
The Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) provides a global framework for protecting migratory species, yet freshwater fishes remain underrepresented in the CM...
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January 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
Adding the link to the paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com again: www.nature.com/articles/s44...
More about our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com on migratory freshwater fishes, from @worldwildlife.org. Find out why we are calling on CMS Parties to add more threatened transboundary migratory freshwater fishes to the CMS Appendices!
www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustain...
www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustain...
Reconnecting rivers to protect migratory fish
Restoring river connectivity and strengthening global cooperation can help reverse steep declines in migratory freshwater fish populations
www.worldwildlife.org
January 6, 2026 at 10:51 PM
More about our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com on migratory freshwater fishes, from @worldwildlife.org. Find out why we are calling on CMS Parties to add more threatened transboundary migratory freshwater fishes to the CMS Appendices!
www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustain...
www.worldwildlife.org/news/sustain...
Last but by no means least: Congrats to @fengzhihe.bsky.social for herding us with this comment piece!
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January 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Last but by no means least: Congrats to @fengzhihe.bsky.social for herding us with this comment piece!
Find out more about the Lake Tahoe workshop here: freshwaterblog.net/2025/08/05/m...
Global Workshop at Lake Tahoe Advances Protection of Migratory Freshwater Fish and Launches Key Conservation Initiatives
Leading scientists, conservationists, and policy experts from five continents, including members of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, SSC Freshwater Conserva...
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January 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
Find out more about the Lake Tahoe workshop here: freshwaterblog.net/2025/08/05/m...
You can learn more about this work in this web story from IUCN: iucn.org/news/202601/...
Freshwater fish underrepresented in Convention on Migratory Species
Action is urgently needed to unlock the potential of the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS) to advance the conservation of migratory freshwater fishes, according...
iucn.org
January 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
You can learn more about this work in this web story from IUCN: iucn.org/news/202601/...
In a nutshell:
Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!
Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!
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In a nutshell:
Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!
Freshwater fishes🐟remain underrepresented in the CMS appendices. We argue that better links between research, science communications, policy development & CMS implementation can help enhance conservation of these important species!
🚨🚨🚨Published: our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, an output from last year's workshop on Migratory Fishes at Lake Tahoe, hosted by Zeb Hogan & the University of Nevada Reno.
Our new paper in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com highlights the untapped potential of CMS for enhancing the conservation of migratory freshwater fishes, which are currently underrepresented in Appendices I & II of CMS. Check the full text here: rdcu.be/eXOlk
January 6, 2026 at 5:51 PM
🚨🚨🚨Published: our comment piece in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com, an output from last year's workshop on Migratory Fishes at Lake Tahoe, hosted by Zeb Hogan & the University of Nevada Reno.
🚨🚨🚨Call for submissions!!!🚨🚨🚨
We're excited to announce our upcoming special issue in the journal Diversity: "Innovating & Integrating Conservation Tools to Address the Global Extinction Crisis & Prevent Ecosystem Collapse".
More info: www.mdpi.com/journal/dive...
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
We're excited to announce our upcoming special issue in the journal Diversity: "Innovating & Integrating Conservation Tools to Address the Global Extinction Crisis & Prevent Ecosystem Collapse".
More info: www.mdpi.com/journal/dive...
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🚨🚨🚨Call for submissions!!!🚨🚨🚨
We're excited to announce our upcoming special issue in the journal Diversity: "Innovating & Integrating Conservation Tools to Address the Global Extinction Crisis & Prevent Ecosystem Collapse".
More info: www.mdpi.com/journal/dive...
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
We're excited to announce our upcoming special issue in the journal Diversity: "Innovating & Integrating Conservation Tools to Address the Global Extinction Crisis & Prevent Ecosystem Collapse".
More info: www.mdpi.com/journal/dive...
@mdpiopenaccess.bsky.social
I can't wait to start implementing this plan. It's such a pleasure to work with this group of people - musselheads are amongst the best!
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
I can't wait to start implementing this plan. It's such a pleasure to work with this group of people - musselheads are amongst the best!
These goals are directly supporting existing strategies such as the @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social's conservation strategy, and major IUCN Species Survival Commission Red List assessment projects for mussels.
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These goals are directly supporting existing strategies such as the @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social's conservation strategy, and major IUCN Species Survival Commission Red List assessment projects for mussels.
3. grow a community of practice in freshwater health and freshwater mussel conservation across AZA
4. develop and activate a resilient coordinated community to advance the conservation education and communication about freshwater mussels and healthy freshwater systems across AZA.
4. develop and activate a resilient coordinated community to advance the conservation education and communication about freshwater mussels and healthy freshwater systems across AZA.
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
3. grow a community of practice in freshwater health and freshwater mussel conservation across AZA
4. develop and activate a resilient coordinated community to advance the conservation education and communication about freshwater mussels and healthy freshwater systems across AZA.
4. develop and activate a resilient coordinated community to advance the conservation education and communication about freshwater mussels and healthy freshwater systems across AZA.
Over the next 3 years - we will:
1. develop a resilient network of organizations and individuals to advance the conservation of North American freshwater mussels
2. build the capacity of AZA partners to assess the conservation status and extinction risk of freshwater mussels (to be continued...)
1. develop a resilient network of organizations and individuals to advance the conservation of North American freshwater mussels
2. build the capacity of AZA partners to assess the conservation status and extinction risk of freshwater mussels (to be continued...)
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Over the next 3 years - we will:
1. develop a resilient network of organizations and individuals to advance the conservation of North American freshwater mussels
2. build the capacity of AZA partners to assess the conservation status and extinction risk of freshwater mussels (to be continued...)
1. develop a resilient network of organizations and individuals to advance the conservation of North American freshwater mussels
2. build the capacity of AZA partners to assess the conservation status and extinction risk of freshwater mussels (to be continued...)
🚨🚨🚨 Shell yeah!!!
Excited to announce that our first 3-year plan for our AZA SAFE program for North American Freshwater Mussels... HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!!! 🙌
Excited to announce that our first 3-year plan for our AZA SAFE program for North American Freshwater Mussels... HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!!! 🙌
October 29, 2025 at 2:12 PM
🚨🚨🚨 Shell yeah!!!
Excited to announce that our first 3-year plan for our AZA SAFE program for North American Freshwater Mussels... HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!!! 🙌
Excited to announce that our first 3-year plan for our AZA SAFE program for North American Freshwater Mussels... HAS BEEN PUBLISHED!!! 🙌
13/ Other stuff happened... but first of all, time to recharge our batteries so we can get on with all the work that came out of the Congress... here the only other view I had of Abu Dhabi all week long, from the hotel...
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
13/ Other stuff happened... but first of all, time to recharge our batteries so we can get on with all the work that came out of the Congress... here the only other view I had of Abu Dhabi all week long, from the hotel...
12/ The Congress also marks the end of an era, with a new SSC Chair voted in. Thank you to Jon Paul Rodrigues & his Chairs Office team for helping & guiding us over the past... eight?... years & making our jobs so much fun!
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
12/ The Congress also marks the end of an era, with a new SSC Chair voted in. Thank you to Jon Paul Rodrigues & his Chairs Office team for helping & guiding us over the past... eight?... years & making our jobs so much fun!
11/ "Micro"-meeting with the chair of the IUCN SSC Sturgeon Specialist Group, who dropped in for a quick visit! The conservation "fun" never stops for sturgeon folk & this is why: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/st...
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
11/ "Micro"-meeting with the chair of the IUCN SSC Sturgeon Specialist Group, who dropped in for a quick visit! The conservation "fun" never stops for sturgeon folk & this is why: www.indianapoliszoo.com/gcss/blog/st...
10/ Interlude II: more blasts from the past at Congress!
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
10/ Interlude II: more blasts from the past at Congress!
9/ Learning about the IUCN Freshwater Strategy - can't wait to see the document for wider consultation!
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
9/ Learning about the IUCN Freshwater Strategy - can't wait to see the document for wider consultation!
8/ Great job to the Centers for Species Survival Freshwater & Trees for the great reception at the @reversethered.bsky.social Pavilion on integrated conservation actions for freshwater & tree species! Great speakers assembled! 💪
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
8/ Great job to the Centers for Species Survival Freshwater & Trees for the great reception at the @reversethered.bsky.social Pavilion on integrated conservation actions for freshwater & tree species! Great speakers assembled! 💪
7/ Interlude I: some of the blasts from the past met at Congress ❤️
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
7/ Interlude I: some of the blasts from the past met at Congress ❤️
6/ Day 3: I got to technically support the session on dams! Indianapolis Zoo & @protectspecies.bsky.social got a shoutout, too! I also didn't break anything!
Shoutout to important Motion 147 "Protecting ecosystems and riverine communities from the impacts of hydropower...", passed at Congress! 🎉🎉🎉
Shoutout to important Motion 147 "Protecting ecosystems and riverine communities from the impacts of hydropower...", passed at Congress! 🎉🎉🎉
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
6/ Day 3: I got to technically support the session on dams! Indianapolis Zoo & @protectspecies.bsky.social got a shoutout, too! I also didn't break anything!
Shoutout to important Motion 147 "Protecting ecosystems and riverine communities from the impacts of hydropower...", passed at Congress! 🎉🎉🎉
Shoutout to important Motion 147 "Protecting ecosystems and riverine communities from the impacts of hydropower...", passed at Congress! 🎉🎉🎉
5/ Day 2: fewer technical glitches, equal amounts of fun! We hosted a podcast session on the Global Freshwater Fauna Assessment, from a hot sauna pod (which explains my facial expression). Included: a shoutout to #aquaticfungi, freshwater #sponges, plus of course freshwater #molluscs - shell yeah!
October 20, 2025 at 2:26 PM
5/ Day 2: fewer technical glitches, equal amounts of fun! We hosted a podcast session on the Global Freshwater Fauna Assessment, from a hot sauna pod (which explains my facial expression). Included: a shoutout to #aquaticfungi, freshwater #sponges, plus of course freshwater #molluscs - shell yeah!