Rachel Neugarten
@rachelneugarten.bsky.social
Executive Director, Conservation Planning at WCS. Informing conservation practice through scientific research. Mapping ecosystem services. Evaluating impacts of conservation on biodiversity and people. Rambling through the woods. Posts are my own.
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Special Issue: Impact Evaluation for Conservation: Bridging Research and Practice: Conservation Science and Practice: Vol 7, No 11
<em>Conservation Science and Practice</em> journal publishes papers related to the science, policy, planning, and practical aspects of conserving biological diversity.
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Many conservation orgs want to evaluate their programmes but aren't sure how to begin. This new Special Issue in Conservation Science and Practice is designed to help: guidance, case studies, and lessons from bringing impact evaluation into practice.🌍🧪
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...
Many conservation orgs want to evaluate their programmes but aren't sure how to begin. This new Special Issue in Conservation Science and Practice is designed to help: guidance, case studies, and lessons from bringing impact evaluation into practice.🌍🧪
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...
Special Issue: Impact Evaluation for Conservation: Bridging Research and Practice: Conservation Science and Practice: Vol 7, No 11
<em>Conservation Science and Practice</em> journal publishes papers related to the science, policy, planning, and practical aspects of conserving biological diversity.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Many conservation orgs want to evaluate their programmes but aren't sure how to begin. This new Special Issue in Conservation Science and Practice is designed to help: guidance, case studies, and lessons from bringing impact evaluation into practice.🌍🧪
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/25784854...
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CLP has opened its 2026 Team Awards!
Deadline: January 9, 2026.
Early career conservationists can apply for the chance to gain up to US$15,000 in project funding, leadership training, and ongoing professional development support.
www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
#WeAreCLP
Deadline: January 9, 2026.
Early career conservationists can apply for the chance to gain up to US$15,000 in project funding, leadership training, and ongoing professional development support.
www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
#WeAreCLP
October 22, 2025 at 1:33 PM
CLP has opened its 2026 Team Awards!
Deadline: January 9, 2026.
Early career conservationists can apply for the chance to gain up to US$15,000 in project funding, leadership training, and ongoing professional development support.
www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
#WeAreCLP
Deadline: January 9, 2026.
Early career conservationists can apply for the chance to gain up to US$15,000 in project funding, leadership training, and ongoing professional development support.
www.conservationleadershipprogramme.org/awards-oppor...
#WeAreCLP
The Nature Health Index (NHI) will combine indicators of ecosystem structure, function, and composition into a single holistic measure, helping scientists and decision-makers assess complex phenomena at a glance. We will harness advances in remote sensing, citizen science, and field survey data.🌍🧪
Welcome the '25 Morpho working groups!
🌿 Nature Health Index will develop a global framework for measuring ecosystem integrity.
🐟 GO FISH will identify data standards for inland fisheries.
Learn how these projects demonstrate the power of synthesis science: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/collabo...
🌿 Nature Health Index will develop a global framework for measuring ecosystem integrity.
🐟 GO FISH will identify data standards for inland fisheries.
Learn how these projects demonstrate the power of synthesis science: www.nceas.ucsb.edu/news/collabo...
Collaborating for Change: Morpho 2025
www.nceas.ucsb.edu
October 27, 2025 at 7:28 PM
The Nature Health Index (NHI) will combine indicators of ecosystem structure, function, and composition into a single holistic measure, helping scientists and decision-makers assess complex phenomena at a glance. We will harness advances in remote sensing, citizen science, and field survey data.🌍🧪
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Proud to collaborate with @cornellbirds.bsky.social on a project to develop cutting-edge bioacoustic technology to advance conservation monitoring in the Global South.
Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
🌎 www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bezos-e...
Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
🌎 www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bezos-e...
Cornell Lab of Ornithology Awarded Bezos Earth Fund Grant to Advance Biodiversity Monitoring for Conservation
The Cornell Lab of Ornithology's K. Lisa Yang Center for Conservation Bioacoustics received a catalytic $1.8 million grant from the Bezos Earth Fund to help address global biodiversity decline through...
www.birds.cornell.edu
October 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Proud to collaborate with @cornellbirds.bsky.social on a project to develop cutting-edge bioacoustic technology to advance conservation monitoring in the Global South.
Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
🌎 www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bezos-e...
Big 🙏 to @bezosearthfund.org for $1.8M grant, announced yesterday, to support this work.
🌎 www.birds.cornell.edu/home/bezos-e...
What should you do when you lose your federal science job? Run for Congress! www.science.org/content/arti...
This story inspired me. If it inspires you also, consider sharing it and/or supporting Megan O'Rourke's campaign: meganorourkeforcongress.com @meganorourke.com
This story inspired me. If it inspires you also, consider sharing it and/or supporting Megan O'Rourke's campaign: meganorourkeforcongress.com @meganorourke.com
Pushed out by Trump, New Jersey ecologist launches bid for Congress
Megan O’Rourke hopes to be a voice for science, also touts her blue-collar roots
www.science.org
October 1, 2025 at 9:37 PM
What should you do when you lose your federal science job? Run for Congress! www.science.org/content/arti...
This story inspired me. If it inspires you also, consider sharing it and/or supporting Megan O'Rourke's campaign: meganorourkeforcongress.com @meganorourke.com
This story inspired me. If it inspires you also, consider sharing it and/or supporting Megan O'Rourke's campaign: meganorourkeforcongress.com @meganorourke.com
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I may have found my defining quote.
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
September 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
I may have found my defining quote.
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
"Tons and tons of paper and BS" - Minister of Environment of Panama, Hon. Juan Carlos Navarro, on the lack of progress despite commitments to nature conservation at #NYCClimateWeek
September 23, 2025 at 12:59 PM
"Tons and tons of paper and BS" - Minister of Environment of Panama, Hon. Juan Carlos Navarro, on the lack of progress despite commitments to nature conservation at #NYCClimateWeek
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If you’re in New York starting on September 13, check out GROWTESQUE, a new art exhibition from Plein Ventures. Proceeds will support forest restoration in Guatemala.
WCS’s Madeleine Thompson will be there in conversation with artist Angelina Gualdoni on September 25. RSVP: bit.ly/4nk9zYD 🌎
WCS’s Madeleine Thompson will be there in conversation with artist Angelina Gualdoni on September 25. RSVP: bit.ly/4nk9zYD 🌎
GROWTESQUE speaker series
Please join us for a 3 part speaker series held within the context of an art exhibition. Thought-provoking talks bringing together artists, scientists, and activists to interrogate myths of perpetual ...
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September 8, 2025 at 8:37 PM
If you’re in New York starting on September 13, check out GROWTESQUE, a new art exhibition from Plein Ventures. Proceeds will support forest restoration in Guatemala.
WCS’s Madeleine Thompson will be there in conversation with artist Angelina Gualdoni on September 25. RSVP: bit.ly/4nk9zYD 🌎
WCS’s Madeleine Thompson will be there in conversation with artist Angelina Gualdoni on September 25. RSVP: bit.ly/4nk9zYD 🌎
Reposted by Rachel Neugarten
With the ground under American science shifting, how should philanthropies that support science respond?
WCS President and CEO Adam Falk, who until recently served as president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shares some thoughts in @science.org.
🌎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
WCS President and CEO Adam Falk, who until recently served as president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shares some thoughts in @science.org.
🌎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science philanthropy faces a new reality
As the ground under American science shifts in troubling and unpredictable ways, questions have arisen as to how philanthropies should respond. Having recently led a private foundation that supports s...
www.science.org
July 17, 2025 at 6:35 PM
With the ground under American science shifting, how should philanthropies that support science respond?
WCS President and CEO Adam Falk, who until recently served as president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shares some thoughts in @science.org.
🌎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
WCS President and CEO Adam Falk, who until recently served as president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shares some thoughts in @science.org.
🌎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Thrilled to share our new paper led by @colincarlson.bsky.social which asks an exciting question - what could a global scientific assessment body for pandemics look like?
We take lessons from existing groups like the IPCC and @ipbes.net, laying out considerations, challenges, and ways forward. 🌍🧪
We take lessons from existing groups like the IPCC and @ipbes.net, laying out considerations, challenges, and ways forward. 🌍🧪
🚨 Very, very big news. Today, a global coalition - including members of the IPCC, IPBES, and WHO expert advisors, as well as independent virologists, epidemiologists, and lawyers - started the process of creating an "IPCC for Pandemics."
🔓 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵 Five things to know 👉
🔓 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵 Five things to know 👉
July 18, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Thrilled to share our new paper led by @colincarlson.bsky.social which asks an exciting question - what could a global scientific assessment body for pandemics look like?
We take lessons from existing groups like the IPCC and @ipbes.net, laying out considerations, challenges, and ways forward. 🌍🧪
We take lessons from existing groups like the IPCC and @ipbes.net, laying out considerations, challenges, and ways forward. 🌍🧪
Reposted by Rachel Neugarten
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
LOS ANGELES—Responding to escalating clashes between civilian activists and militarized immigration authorities, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass publicly urged protesters Monday not to give the Trump administration any pretext for what they’re already doing and will keep doing no matter what. “Angelenos—don’t engage in violence and give the administration an excuse to inflict all the […]
theonion.com
June 14, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Protesters Urged Not To Give Trump Administration Pretext For What It Already Doing
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I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
June 14, 2025 at 7:25 PM
I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
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NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly!
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
June 14, 2025 at 5:42 PM
NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly!
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.
#NoKings #50501Movement
Our paper about the important places for birds, climate and ecosystem services was featured in @mongabaylatam.bsky.social
🌏🧪🐦🌳💧🌤️
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🌏🧪🐦🌳💧🌤️
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Study identifies US regions that benefit birds, people & climate the most
A new study identifies key regions across the U.S. where investments can deliver triple benefits for people, the climate and birds. These conservation sweet spots support significant numbers of more t...
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May 31, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Our paper about the important places for birds, climate and ecosystem services was featured in @mongabaylatam.bsky.social
🌏🧪🐦🌳💧🌤️
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🌏🧪🐦🌳💧🌤️
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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Many forests that benefit people also shelter Endangered birds, writes @earthdotcom.bsky.social.
With limited resources, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, “this information is critical for helping decision-makers protect our natural heritage.”
🌎 www.earth.com/news/many-fo...
With limited resources, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, “this information is critical for helping decision-makers protect our natural heritage.”
🌎 www.earth.com/news/many-fo...
Many forests that benefit people also shelter endangered birds
Forested U.S. landscapes provide water, store carbon, and support threatened birds. Planning for these areas helps people and ecosystems.
www.earth.com
May 28, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Many forests that benefit people also shelter Endangered birds, writes @earthdotcom.bsky.social.
With limited resources, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, “this information is critical for helping decision-makers protect our natural heritage.”
🌎 www.earth.com/news/many-fo...
With limited resources, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, “this information is critical for helping decision-makers protect our natural heritage.”
🌎 www.earth.com/news/many-fo...
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Protecting certain areas valuable for humans could simultaneously benefit bird populations across the U.S., a new paper shows.
This info is critical for decision-makers to protect our natural heritage, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, the lead author.
🌎 bit.ly/4dttRLq #BiodiversityDay
This info is critical for decision-makers to protect our natural heritage, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, the lead author.
🌎 bit.ly/4dttRLq #BiodiversityDay
May 22, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Protecting certain areas valuable for humans could simultaneously benefit bird populations across the U.S., a new paper shows.
This info is critical for decision-makers to protect our natural heritage, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, the lead author.
🌎 bit.ly/4dttRLq #BiodiversityDay
This info is critical for decision-makers to protect our natural heritage, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, the lead author.
🌎 bit.ly/4dttRLq #BiodiversityDay
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More cowbell! A new study co-authored by WCS aims to help reduce jaguar conflict with livestock, a key threat to the big cats.
Among the cost-effective solutions identified: bells, along with LED lights, donkey guards, and more.
🌎 bit.ly/43mr6qR
Among the cost-effective solutions identified: bells, along with LED lights, donkey guards, and more.
🌎 bit.ly/43mr6qR
May 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
More cowbell! A new study co-authored by WCS aims to help reduce jaguar conflict with livestock, a key threat to the big cats.
Among the cost-effective solutions identified: bells, along with LED lights, donkey guards, and more.
🌎 bit.ly/43mr6qR
Among the cost-effective solutions identified: bells, along with LED lights, donkey guards, and more.
🌎 bit.ly/43mr6qR
We love to talk about "win-win-wins" in conservation, but are they really possible? Our new open-access paper explores this question for birds, climate, and people in the US:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... 🌏🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... 🌏🧪
May 6, 2025 at 9:25 PM
We love to talk about "win-win-wins" in conservation, but are they really possible? Our new open-access paper explores this question for birds, climate, and people in the US:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... 🌏🧪
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... 🌏🧪
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📢 Now available!
All chapters of the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Report can now be accessed here: 🔍 📷
www.ipbes.net/transformati...
All chapters of the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Report can now be accessed here: 🔍 📷
www.ipbes.net/transformati...
May 1, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📢 Now available!
All chapters of the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Report can now be accessed here: 🔍 📷
www.ipbes.net/transformati...
All chapters of the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Report can now be accessed here: 🔍 📷
www.ipbes.net/transformati...
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Ahead of #EarthDay, a conversation on why we protect wildlife and wild places.
On this week’s WCS Wild Audio, hear from Liz Bennett, our VP of Species Conservation, on the benefits the protection of biodiversity brings for the planet.
Listen: bit.ly/3EC6geB 🌏
On this week’s WCS Wild Audio, hear from Liz Bennett, our VP of Species Conservation, on the benefits the protection of biodiversity brings for the planet.
Listen: bit.ly/3EC6geB 🌏
April 17, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Ahead of #EarthDay, a conversation on why we protect wildlife and wild places.
On this week’s WCS Wild Audio, hear from Liz Bennett, our VP of Species Conservation, on the benefits the protection of biodiversity brings for the planet.
Listen: bit.ly/3EC6geB 🌏
On this week’s WCS Wild Audio, hear from Liz Bennett, our VP of Species Conservation, on the benefits the protection of biodiversity brings for the planet.
Listen: bit.ly/3EC6geB 🌏
Happy Earth Day! Enjoy some spring peepers (volume up!)🌏
April 23, 2025 at 12:07 AM
Happy Earth Day! Enjoy some spring peepers (volume up!)🌏
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Otherworldly wildlife so close to New York City. 100 years ago, scientists and artists set sail on the WCS-led Arcturus. Madeleine Thompson of @wcs-archives.bsky.social shares the timeless beauty they found.
We’re still working to protect #HudsonCanyon.
🌎 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pik...
We’re still working to protect #HudsonCanyon.
🌎 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pik...
Drawings of Otherworldly Wildlife: Capturing the History of the Hudson Canyon
YouTube video by Wildlife Conservation Society
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April 8, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Otherworldly wildlife so close to New York City. 100 years ago, scientists and artists set sail on the WCS-led Arcturus. Madeleine Thompson of @wcs-archives.bsky.social shares the timeless beauty they found.
We’re still working to protect #HudsonCanyon.
🌎 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pik...
We’re still working to protect #HudsonCanyon.
🌎 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pik...
I'm honored to be speaking at the 2025 Measuring Development (MeasureDev) Conference "Biodiversity on Land and at Sea" at the World Bank (and virtually) April 29, 2025, organized by @cega-uc.bsky.social Register (virtual): tinyurl.com/yefy2jby (in person): tinyurl.com/44h2rxm2
April 9, 2025 at 10:03 PM
I'm honored to be speaking at the 2025 Measuring Development (MeasureDev) Conference "Biodiversity on Land and at Sea" at the World Bank (and virtually) April 29, 2025, organized by @cega-uc.bsky.social Register (virtual): tinyurl.com/yefy2jby (in person): tinyurl.com/44h2rxm2