Scott Poser
@darwinberry.bsky.social
Retired biodiversity policy/program advisor with Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources. Volunteers time as director of soccer club Maple Leaf Cavan FC. 🇨🇦⚽️🍁 Cheers for Barca FC!
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The federal government said it would protect 25% of land and water by 2025. By December 2024, it had conserved 13.8% of land and fresh water and 15.5% of ocean areas, falling well short as habitat loss continues and pressure mounts to expand critical mineral production. thenarwhal.ca/canada-misse...
Canada falls short of 2025 conservation target | The Narwhal
Ottawa says it remains committed to hitting its next conservation milestone even as it races to expand critical minerals production
thenarwhal.ca
January 22, 2026 at 2:17 PM
The federal government said it would protect 25% of land and water by 2025. By December 2024, it had conserved 13.8% of land and fresh water and 15.5% of ocean areas, falling well short as habitat loss continues and pressure mounts to expand critical mineral production. thenarwhal.ca/canada-misse...
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A woman will head to court in March after the City of Burlington fined her for letting her garden grow wild — and other Ontario municipalities have taken similar measures. @elaineanselmi.bsky.social asks: What exactly are we protecting here? thenarwhal.ca/opinion-burl...
Ontario cities police gardens and ignore biodiversity | The Narwhal
The City of Burlington is taking a woman to court for unpaid fines after letting her garden grow wild. Similar cases have cropped up elsewhere, to the detriment of the environment
thenarwhal.ca
January 20, 2026 at 5:55 PM
A woman will head to court in March after the City of Burlington fined her for letting her garden grow wild — and other Ontario municipalities have taken similar measures. @elaineanselmi.bsky.social asks: What exactly are we protecting here? thenarwhal.ca/opinion-burl...
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A new United Nations treaty governing biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction entered into force on January 17th, 2026, creating the first global framework to conserve life on the high seas.
The agreement covers about 60% of the ocean.
A new United Nations treaty governing biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction entered into force on January 17th, 2026, creating the first global framework to conserve life on the high seas.
The agreement covers about 60% of the ocean.
A new treaty comes into force to govern life on the high seas
For most of modern history, the open ocean has been treated as a place apart. Beyond the 200-nautical-mile limits of national jurisdiction, it was governed by custom, fragmented rules, and the…
news.mongabay.com
January 20, 2026 at 12:17 PM
[FOUNDER'S BRIEF - @rhettayersbutler.bsky.social]
A new United Nations treaty governing biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction entered into force on January 17th, 2026, creating the first global framework to conserve life on the high seas.
The agreement covers about 60% of the ocean.
A new United Nations treaty governing biodiversity in areas beyond national jurisdiction entered into force on January 17th, 2026, creating the first global framework to conserve life on the high seas.
The agreement covers about 60% of the ocean.
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Great text about the 'microplastic in human organs' debate and how to resolve it ; "This is your ozone moment, microplastics people. Time to see the bigger picture, and find a way to resolve this battle, keep public trust and move forward with this vital research." 🧪
Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
Are our bodies full of microplastics or not? There’s a way to resolve this debate, and scientists must hurry | Debora MacKenzie
This week’s furore is microplastics researchers’ ozone moment. If they fail, the powerful plastics lobby will step into the breach, says science journalist and author Debora MacKenzie
www.theguardian.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:10 PM
Great text about the 'microplastic in human organs' debate and how to resolve it ; "This is your ozone moment, microplastics people. Time to see the bigger picture, and find a way to resolve this battle, keep public trust and move forward with this vital research." 🧪
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Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
Declared extinct in 2025: A look back at some of the species we lost
Some species officially bid us farewell this year. They may have long been gone, but following more recent assessments, they’re now formally categorized as extinct on the IUCN Red List, considered the...
news.mongabay.com
December 29, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Formally categorised as extinct on the IUCN Red List in 2025
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
🔴 Slender-billed curlew
🟡 Christmas Island shrew
🟠 3 Australian mammals
🟤 a species of ebony tree and Hawaiian lobelioid
⚫ a cone snail
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
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The Narwhal’s reporting about the natural world in Canada turned a lot of heads this year. Here are the stories you read the most, from every corner of the country:
thenarwhal.ca/10-top-stori...
thenarwhal.ca/10-top-stori...
10 top stories from 2025 | The Narwhal
The Narwhal’s reporting about the natural world in Canada turned a lot of heads this year. Here are the ones you read the most, from every corner of the country
thenarwhal.ca
December 24, 2025 at 1:36 PM
The Narwhal’s reporting about the natural world in Canada turned a lot of heads this year. Here are the stories you read the most, from every corner of the country:
thenarwhal.ca/10-top-stori...
thenarwhal.ca/10-top-stori...
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Arctic development is accelerating, but Canada hasn’t acted on its draft Ocean Noise Strategy yet. Rising ship traffic threatens quiet Arctic seas, affecting ecosystems & nearby communities. More ↓ calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/silence-on-ocean-noise-while-arctic-development-races-ahead
Silence on ocean noise while Arctic development races ahead
Opinion: Silence on ocean noise while Arctic development races ahead
calgaryherald.com
December 22, 2025 at 8:42 PM
Arctic development is accelerating, but Canada hasn’t acted on its draft Ocean Noise Strategy yet. Rising ship traffic threatens quiet Arctic seas, affecting ecosystems & nearby communities. More ↓ calgaryherald.com/opinion/columnists/silence-on-ocean-noise-while-arctic-development-races-ahead
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Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient than new #nuclear at CO2 mitigation; 92.5% all new power capacity added worldwide 2024 from renewables, new nuclear virtually nowhere; new nuclear vastly over-cost and over-time.
December 21, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports #renewables now 10 times more efficient than new #nuclear at CO2 mitigation; 92.5% all new power capacity added worldwide 2024 from renewables, new nuclear virtually nowhere; new nuclear vastly over-cost and over-time.
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NBSAP.
Not a word you hear every day, yet essential to preventing an ecological collapse and conserving 30% of Earth by 2030.
📷 Watch this explainer to learn more.
Not a word you hear every day, yet essential to preventing an ecological collapse and conserving 30% of Earth by 2030.
📷 Watch this explainer to learn more.
December 19, 2025 at 12:17 PM
NBSAP.
Not a word you hear every day, yet essential to preventing an ecological collapse and conserving 30% of Earth by 2030.
📷 Watch this explainer to learn more.
Not a word you hear every day, yet essential to preventing an ecological collapse and conserving 30% of Earth by 2030.
📷 Watch this explainer to learn more.
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Justina Ray: The high cost of turning a blind eye to species at risk @nationalobserver.com
When we dismantle systems that protect species, we mistake inaction for effectiveness, and later find an expensive mess endangering ecosystems & ourselves.
📸 inaturalist/decomposuer
When we dismantle systems that protect species, we mistake inaction for effectiveness, and later find an expensive mess endangering ecosystems & ourselves.
📸 inaturalist/decomposuer
November 27, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Justina Ray: The high cost of turning a blind eye to species at risk @nationalobserver.com
When we dismantle systems that protect species, we mistake inaction for effectiveness, and later find an expensive mess endangering ecosystems & ourselves.
📸 inaturalist/decomposuer
When we dismantle systems that protect species, we mistake inaction for effectiveness, and later find an expensive mess endangering ecosystems & ourselves.
📸 inaturalist/decomposuer
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Quite amazing to be reminded how good the CBC can be--and @mattgalloway.bsky.social is a truly gifted interviewer, who knows when to listen and when to press
Could solar energy save the world?
@billmckibben.bsky.social joins @mattgalloway.bsky.social on CBC Radio’s The Current for a conversation about his new book, “Here Comes the Sun”.
@billmckibben.bsky.social joins @mattgalloway.bsky.social on CBC Radio’s The Current for a conversation about his new book, “Here Comes the Sun”.
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
www.cbc.ca
November 25, 2025 at 11:37 PM
Quite amazing to be reminded how good the CBC can be--and @mattgalloway.bsky.social is a truly gifted interviewer, who knows when to listen and when to press
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Researchers in New Hampshire are studying how ash loss from #EmeraldAshBorer may mirror the disappearance of American chestnut, tracking impacts on forest biodiversity, soil and ecosystem health.
Read more: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/13/w...
#InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 🧪🌍🍁
Read more: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/13/w...
#InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 🧪🌍🍁
What can the emerald ash borer reveal about the long-ago loss of American chestnut? • New Hampshire Bulletin
For more than 70 years, the American chestnut tree has, mostly, been absent from the landscape. But historical accounts of its grandeur and the tons of nutritious seeds it produced every fall have mad...
newhampshirebulletin.com
November 19, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Researchers in New Hampshire are studying how ash loss from #EmeraldAshBorer may mirror the disappearance of American chestnut, tracking impacts on forest biodiversity, soil and ecosystem health.
Read more: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/13/w...
#InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 🧪🌍🍁
Read more: newhampshirebulletin.com/2025/10/13/w...
#InvasiveSpecies #Entomology 🧪🌍🍁
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On November 1st, electricity generation costs for residential consumers in the province of Ontario will surge by 29%.
Y'all happy you voted for Doug? #cdnpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/rates-to-ris...
Y'all happy you voted for Doug? #cdnpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/rates-to-ris...
Rising nuclear costs are a nasty trick
Residential electricity generation rates to rise by 29%! Wind and solar – not nuclear – is how we can lower rates & taxes. #onpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
On November 1st, electricity generation costs for residential consumers in the province of Ontario will surge by 29%.
Y'all happy you voted for Doug? #cdnpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/rates-to-ris...
Y'all happy you voted for Doug? #cdnpoli
www.cleanairalliance.org/rates-to-ris...
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Blue jays everywhere: "why is everyone suddenly cheering our name?"
Let's cheer for the Blue Jays — and for the landscapes where their real-life counterparts thrive. That's nature's version of a winning record! 🐦💙⚾
#BlueJays #NatureMakesItPossible #WorldSeries #TeamNature
Let's cheer for the Blue Jays — and for the landscapes where their real-life counterparts thrive. That's nature's version of a winning record! 🐦💙⚾
#BlueJays #NatureMakesItPossible #WorldSeries #TeamNature
October 24, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Blue jays everywhere: "why is everyone suddenly cheering our name?"
Let's cheer for the Blue Jays — and for the landscapes where their real-life counterparts thrive. That's nature's version of a winning record! 🐦💙⚾
#BlueJays #NatureMakesItPossible #WorldSeries #TeamNature
Let's cheer for the Blue Jays — and for the landscapes where their real-life counterparts thrive. That's nature's version of a winning record! 🐦💙⚾
#BlueJays #NatureMakesItPossible #WorldSeries #TeamNature
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Ford aims to end indefinite rental leases after discovering some Ontarians can still afford to live
Ford aims to end indefinite rental leases after discovering some Ontarians can still afford to live
QUEENS PARK - Premier Doug Ford's government has proposed legislation to potentially end indefinite rental leases and adjust tenancy agreements, after realizing that there were still people who could ...
www.thebeaverton.com
October 24, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Ford aims to end indefinite rental leases after discovering some Ontarians can still afford to live
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Grabbing a bite? Thank a bee! Over 75% of Canada’s food crops need pollinators, so protecting bee habitat keeps your plate full. Learn more: natureconservancy.ca/what-you-can...
October 6, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Grabbing a bite? Thank a bee! Over 75% of Canada’s food crops need pollinators, so protecting bee habitat keeps your plate full. Learn more: natureconservancy.ca/what-you-can...
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Estate gift will allow Nature Conservancy of Canada to expand Hazel Bird Nature Reserve in #Northumberland County. The late James Massie, who knew the late environmentalist Hazel Bird, donated 61 hectares of ecologically significant land for permanent protection. kawarthanow.com/2025/09/21/e...
Estate gift will allow Nature Conservancy of Canada to expand Hazel Bird Nature Reserve in Northumberland County | kawarthaNOW
By Natalie Hamilton, Local Journalism Initiative Reporter. The late James Massie, who knew the late environmentalist Hazel Bird, donated 61 hectares of ecologically significant land for permanent prot...
kawarthanow.com
September 22, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Estate gift will allow Nature Conservancy of Canada to expand Hazel Bird Nature Reserve in #Northumberland County. The late James Massie, who knew the late environmentalist Hazel Bird, donated 61 hectares of ecologically significant land for permanent protection. kawarthanow.com/2025/09/21/e...
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40 years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer – guided by science, united in action. Today, the ozone layer is healing.
—António Guterres, UN Secretary General
On #WorldOzoneDay, let's recommit to preserving the ozone layer for future generations. 🌎
—António Guterres, UN Secretary General
On #WorldOzoneDay, let's recommit to preserving the ozone layer for future generations. 🌎
September 16, 2025 at 10:24 AM
40 years ago, nations came together to take the first step in protecting the ozone layer – guided by science, united in action. Today, the ozone layer is healing.
—António Guterres, UN Secretary General
On #WorldOzoneDay, let's recommit to preserving the ozone layer for future generations. 🌎
—António Guterres, UN Secretary General
On #WorldOzoneDay, let's recommit to preserving the ozone layer for future generations. 🌎
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Sun Day is a day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the power of clean energy.
The clean energy revolution is here.
via @billmckibben.bsky.social
sunday.earth?internal=true
The clean energy revolution is here.
via @billmckibben.bsky.social
sunday.earth?internal=true
Sun Day
Together, we will change the future of climate change. Join the largest movement for climate action.
sunday.earth
September 8, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Sun Day is a day of action on September 21, 2025, celebrating the power of clean energy.
The clean energy revolution is here.
via @billmckibben.bsky.social
sunday.earth?internal=true
The clean energy revolution is here.
via @billmckibben.bsky.social
sunday.earth?internal=true
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Glass and aluminum can be recycled endlessly, but plastic has a limit. Almost all the plastic ever created is still with us, polluting our planet. What if we had a better way to recycle it? Nature might offer one solution.
✍️ Lindsey Botts
🔗 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...
✍️ Lindsey Botts
🔗 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...
Bacteria to the Rescue
Can microscopic creatures help get rid of humanity’s huge pile of plastic?
www.sierraclub.org
August 20, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Glass and aluminum can be recycled endlessly, but plastic has a limit. Almost all the plastic ever created is still with us, polluting our planet. What if we had a better way to recycle it? Nature might offer one solution.
✍️ Lindsey Botts
🔗 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...
✍️ Lindsey Botts
🔗 www.sierraclub.org/sierra/2025-...
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I’m seeing several social media accounts share the “new species of manta ray discovered” as “good news for conservation.”
Um…how?
Taxonomy is foundational for conservation, sure. But it’s not like the threats to manta rays ignored this species until scientists described it?
Um…how?
Taxonomy is foundational for conservation, sure. But it’s not like the threats to manta rays ignored this species until scientists described it?
August 18, 2025 at 2:51 PM
I’m seeing several social media accounts share the “new species of manta ray discovered” as “good news for conservation.”
Um…how?
Taxonomy is foundational for conservation, sure. But it’s not like the threats to manta rays ignored this species until scientists described it?
Um…how?
Taxonomy is foundational for conservation, sure. But it’s not like the threats to manta rays ignored this species until scientists described it?
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Contrary to denialist claims, clear evidence of the global threat of bioinvasions to ecosystems, economies & human well-being is presented in the 2023 IPBES report. This 890-pg document compiled by 86 experts from >40 countries is the most comprehensive assessment of invasive species ever conducted.
August 3, 2025 at 4:56 AM
Contrary to denialist claims, clear evidence of the global threat of bioinvasions to ecosystems, economies & human well-being is presented in the 2023 IPBES report. This 890-pg document compiled by 86 experts from >40 countries is the most comprehensive assessment of invasive species ever conducted.
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Our new paper published today in Current Biology shows that immediate international cooperation is needed to conserve the eastern North American monarch butterfly.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
July 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
Our new paper published today in Current Biology shows that immediate international cooperation is needed to conserve the eastern North American monarch butterfly.
www.cell.com/current-biol...
www.cell.com/current-biol...
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Biodiversity isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a must-have. Simple as that.
Next time you talk about climate action, remember: without biodiversity, the whole system breaks down.
Next time you talk about climate action, remember: without biodiversity, the whole system breaks down.
July 6, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Biodiversity isn’t a nice-to-have. It’s a must-have. Simple as that.
Next time you talk about climate action, remember: without biodiversity, the whole system breaks down.
Next time you talk about climate action, remember: without biodiversity, the whole system breaks down.
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‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
July 4, 2025 at 7:02 AM
‘Biodiversity is not declining’ is a claim you may have heard. But science says otherwise. 📉
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪
The @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment reveals 1 million plant & animal species are at risk of extinction. Misinformation clouds the crisis.
Rely on trusted research to understand our shared challenges. 🌍🧪