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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · 17d

Here is the place where life emerged from water onto land – traces of a tetrapod can be found there. It can be reached from Kraków in just an hour and a half.

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Society for Conservation Biology @society4conbio.bsky.social · 23d

The 8th European Congress for Conservation Biology will take place in Leiden, NL! They will explore how #biodiversity can be safeguarded effectively in the long term. First call is open now! Check out: eccb26leiden.eu/calls/ for more info, we are looking forward to your contributions!

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · 27d

Today, late in the afternoon we have officially closed the 8th #ForumCarpaticum. This year in Bratislava at the @comeniusuni.bsky.social . Great event, fantastic speakers and lots of energy around. Hope to meet again in 2027 in another Carpathian country!

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · 28d

Together with @egrabska.bsky.social we organised a session on historical ecology and geography: new perspectives for conservation and management. It was a great pleasure to listen to all the contributions. There is a huge potential in historical data, which might be used to protect the Carpathians!

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · 28d

Old-growth forests, remote sensing, 19th century forest practices, traditional landscape, large carnivores, LiDAR data, invasive species, palaeoclimate, holocene climate change, grassland change - a short list of topics we touched during #FC2025
@egrabska.bsky.social
@simonegingrich.bsky.social

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Sep 5

This was definitely one of the most interesting pieces I have ever worked on. The fascinating diversity of perspectives and the wealth of sources made it really unique. Special thanks to @laenavarro.bsky.social and @chikichanka.bsky.social !

Laetitia Navarro @laenavarro.bsky.social · Sep 5

Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Aug 6

Historical land use changes are useful in predicting current biological plant invasion. Check the Hungarian example - link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Historical and recent land use/land cover changes as a driving force of biological invasion: a Hungarian case study - Biological Invasions

The spread of invasive plant species is influenced by various geographic factors such as the topography, climate, soil and hydrology, but the importance of each factor varies according to the species....

link.springer.com

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Miguel Clavero @chikichanka.bsky.social · Jul 23

Wolves and bears as scapegoats in the political struggle
Science has been ignored in recent decisions on large carnivore management in Europe. All left to emotions, the pathway to authoritarianism
@ec.europa.eu @teresaribera.ec.europa.eu
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Deeply Political and Populist Decisions on Large Carnivores in Europe in Recent Times

Click on the article title to read more.

conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Jul 15

Last week @g4biodiv.bsky.social team from @jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social was taking part in the #XXEGC #grassland #conference in Oulu. Great event and fascinating talks - we hope to take part also next near, showing the project progress!

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Geology of the Tour de France @geotdf.bsky.social · Jul 7

OK, so we decided not do skip a GeoTdF year, but this stage is so boring that it's begging for some geo-info!

We're riding along the North Sea coast towards Dunquerque. But even as recent as 20.000 years ago, there was no coast here! During the last ice age, the Channel was dry!

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Jun 29

There is no gender-based discrimination in Polish Road Cycling Championship in media coverage. No media mention either Women or Men medalists...
So: Kasia Niewiadoma and Rafał Majka.
@wyborcza.pl @rmf24.bsky.social @tvpworld.bsky.social @tvp.info @radiowajedynka.bsky.social @tokfm.bsky.social

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Jun 27

WUI matters not only for the wildfires. What is even more interesting, in the Carpathians, past WUI matters much more in carnivore damage prediction than current WUI. Check out our analysis focused on 🐺 and 🐻!

Ambio - A Journal of Environment and Society @ambio-journal.bsky.social · Jun 27

New publication:
Impact of the wildland–urban interface on large carnivore damage in the Polish Carpathians

Open access link: link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Impact of the wildland–urban interface on large carnivore damage in the Polish Carpathians - Ambio

Large carnivore populations are recovering across Europe, likely influencing human–wildlife interactions in the areas where both human and carnivore activity overlap, like wildland–urban interface (WU...

link.springer.com

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Jun 8

Rožmberk is the largest fishpond in the world. It's area is 4.9-6.5 km2, depending on the water level. It is one of the five hundred fish ponds, constructed from the 13th century onwards in Třeboňsko region in South Bohemia.

Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · May 16

Czy można prosić o link?

Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · May 15

Thank to beavers we still have some water in the forests.

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · May 6

How the building number and density changed in Poland over the last 50 years? Check out a great paper (and map) lead by Piotr Szubert - doi.org/10.1080/1744...

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Apr 23

Once a year, our Institute looks particularly nice!
#InstituteofGeographyandSpatialManagement
@jagiellonskiuni.bsky.social

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Global Land Programme @glp-earth.bsky.social · Apr 15

🌎 Call for Applications!!

The GLP Early Career Network & START are offering 5 Small Seed Awards (USD 1000 each) for projects led by ecr's & practitioners tackling Land System Science challenges.

More info here: drive.google.com/file/d/1qHkX...
Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Apr 13

The last time the Vistula flowed here was at least a few hundred years ago. Maybe even a few thousand. But in the forest you can see its proximity.

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Apr 13

To też jest prawda o puszczy niepołomickiej.

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Apr 11

Byłem w Końskich, zanim to było modne :)

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prial78.bsky.social @prial78.bsky.social · Apr 4

🚨 Call for Applications: Four Fully Funded 4-year PhD Positions! 🚨We are looking for four PhD students under the themes: Land Use and Water. Geography: Central Asia, Colombia and Ecuador. Students will be based in Germany. Details and application:

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Apr 3

One more week to apply for the two #TenureTrack professorship that are open the #Geography Department of #Humboldt-University Berlin! Great opportunities for postdocs with an interest in working on human-environment systems and global change - deadline April 11. @humboldtuni.bsky.social

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Mar 30

Ale poza wszystkim, w puszczy wiosna. I kleszcze :/

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Dominik Kaim @dkaim.bsky.social · Mar 29

Ja nie wiem, ale zakładam, że ktoś, kto dysponuje w środku puszczy ciężkim sprzętem. Więc albo to zarządca, albo zarządca nie zarządza...

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