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The Global Mammal Assessment Laboratory, @SapienzaRoma, member of the @IUCNRedList Partnership https://globalmammal.org/
From Pescasseroli last year to Amelia this year, the GMA Lab Retreats continue to inspire us with nature, collaboration, and discovery. 🌿🧪✨
Grateful for the amazing landscapes, the hard work, and the shared moments that make these retreats unforgettable.
#ConservationBiology
November 24, 2025 at 2:46 PM
A huge thank you 🫶 to everyone who joined “Aperitivi di Biodiversità” 🍻! Such an inspiring discussion on how wildlife strives to adapt in a rapidly urbanizing world. Special thanks to @davidemirante.bsky.social for the engaging conversation🎤
#ConservationBiology #SCBItaly #Wildlife
November 24, 2025 at 11:44 AM
A few shots from our GMA Lab trek in the Monti Amerini during our LabRetreat in Umbria — stunning trails, great company, and plenty of inspiration from the landscape. 🌿⛰️✨
#ConservationBiology #WildlifeResearch #TerrestrialMammals #FieldWork #ResearchLife #Ecology #Biodiversity #ScienceCommunity
November 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Coming back inspired from our @globalmammal.bsky.social LabRetreat in beautiful Amelia, Umbria — nature treks, focused work sessions in an ancient convent, and our signature BioSpritz by @scbitaly.bsky.social. Grateful for the energy, the landscape, and the inspiration 🌿
#ConservationBiology
November 24, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Ispirante incontro con Paula J. Ehrlich (#EOWilsonFoundation, #HalfEarthProject) per reimmaginare il nostro rapporto con il pianeta 🌍
con Alessandro Chiarucci, Gianluca Piovesan, Carlo Rondinini, Michela Pacifici, @francescocerini.bsky.social
#Biodiversity #Nature #Conservation
October 15, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📢 Seminar Alert! "Integrated Modelling for Integrative Ecology"
🗓️ Oct 21, 2025 – 16:00
📷 Dept. of Biology & Biotech “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome
📍Speaker: Dr. Gian Marco Palamara (Research Scientist at @CnrIsmar)
#IntegrativeEcology #Modelling #Biodiversity #Research
October 14, 2025 at 10:15 AM
Today at @globalmammal.bsky.social 🌿🐾 Seminar with Dr. Luara Tourinho on “Protecting fauna, supporting people: Climate risk to ecosystem services and public policies in Brazil”. Insightful discussion on biodiversity & policy!

#Biodiversity #ClimateRisk #EcosystemServices #Conservation
October 7, 2025 at 1:52 PM
🎤 Prof. Pierfilippo Cerretti is presenting:
“Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, and Megabarcoding: A Step Change in the Study of Hidden Diversity”
📍Aula Grassi, Department of Biology and Biotechnology "Charles Darwin"
Sept 25, 2:30 PM
#Biodiversity #AI #Robotics #Zoology #Research #Science #Sapienza
September 25, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🎓👏Huge congratulations to @clairevin.bsky.social ([email protected]) on her PhD defense: Improving indicators for measuring species threat reduction by 2030 and implications for the 2030 targets of the Convention on Biological Diversity!
Supervised by prof.Carlo Rondinini
#PhDLife
September 24, 2025 at 12:29 PM
📢 Seminar Alert!
"Protecting fauna, supporting people: Climate risk to ecosystem services and public policies in Brazil"
🗓️ Oct 7, 2025 – 11:00
📍 Dept. of Biology & Biotech. “Charles Darwin”, Sapienza University of Rome
Speaker: Dr. Luara Tourinho (Univ. of Cambridge & USP)
#Biodiversity
September 19, 2025 at 1:20 PM
📢 Save the date!
Join us for Department Day 2025!
🗓️ Sept 25, 14:30 | Aula Grassi, Sapienza Univ.
Talks on ALS, plant immunity, AI & robotics, neuroscience, microbiome & more!
🥂 Aperitivo at 17:30!
#Science #Research #Sapienza
September 16, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🌿 Join us for the next #BioSpritz!
🗓️ July 14 | 18:00–20:00
📍Orto Botanico, Rome
Topic: "De natura urbis: the importance and conservation of urban biodiversity in Rome"
Speaker: Francesca Martelli
🎟️ Free drink with reservation – spots are limited!
#SCBItaly #Biodiversity
July 1, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Excited to share that Andrea Cristiano presented his poster at #ICCB2025! 📊🗺️ Title: “Data quality and resolution affects identification of potential Key Biodiversity Areas”
An important contribution to improving global conservation planning!
#biodiversity #KBA #conservation #spatialdata
June 19, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Great talk this morning by our PhD student Martina Fernando at #ICCB2025! 🌍
She presented “Mapping the threat: A predictive risk model for illegal hunting of terrestrial mammals” 🐘
Co-authors: M. Davoli, M. Pacifici, A. Benítez-López, M.Rodriguez-López
#conservation #mammals #illegalhunting
June 19, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Carlo Rondinini just presented at #ICCB2025 on “The global extinction risk of mammals in 2025”, co-authored with Claudia Fornarini 🐾
A powerful talk in the symposium Global trends, threats, and conservation of mammals – Thu, June 19 🌍🦥
#biodiversity #conservation #mammals #extinctionrisk
June 19, 2025 at 8:22 AM
🚨We are thrilled to share that our paper is finally out in Conservation Biology!
📄 "Role of protected areas in mitigating range loss and local extinctions of terrestrial mammals"
By Andrea Cristiano, co-author Michela Pacifici
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
#ProtectedAreas #conservationbiology
June 17, 2025 at 8:25 AM
🎓Congratulations for Phd theses to Milena Beekmann “Climate and biodiversity interlinkages in the CongoBasin: a local ecological knowledge lens”& Alessandra D'Alessio “Scenarios of Green Infrastructure expansion to achieve the 2030 European Strategic Objective of Biodiversity”👏
#conservationbiology
May 22, 2025 at 6:57 AM
👏Congrats on winning Best Oral Presentation (Postdoc) to Andrea Cristiano for his inspiring talk "The effectiveness of protected areas in limiting range loss and local extinctions in terrestrial mammals" #ECR2025🌍🐾 @globalmammal.bsky.social
#Biodiversity #ConservationScience #GlobalChange
May 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Claudia Fornarini (PhD candidate) & Andrea Lauta (Research Assistant) from @globalmammal.bsky.social
presented insightful posters at #ECR2025 👏
🦣Tracking global change in mammal extinction risk from 1996 to date
🎨 Scientific illustration: a bridge between knowledge and understanding
May 8, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Fascinating talk by Milena Marie Beekmann, PhD student at our Global Mammal Assessment Lab, on "Shrinking climatic space: Implications for forest elephant conservation in the Congo Basin"🐘🦣 thanks to Sandrine Gallois & Carlo Rondinini
#ConservationScience #ClimateChange
May 8, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Fascinating talk by Milena Marie Beekmann, PhD student at our Global Mammal Assessment Lab, at #ECR2025, on "Shrinking climatic space: Implications for forest elephant conservation in the Congo Basin". Co-authors: Sandrine Gallois & Carlo Rondinini. 🐘🌍 #ConservationScience #ClimateChange
May 8, 2025 at 1:53 PM
🌍 A very thought-provoking presentation by @lisatedeschi.bsky.social at #ECRC2025 titled “Threatened Mammals With Alien Populations: Distribution, Causes, and Conservation” with Dino Biancolini & Carlo Rondinini @globalmammal.bsky.social @univie.ac.at
#Conservation #InvasiveSpecies #Biodiversity
May 8, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Congrats to Marco Davoli, Postdoctoral Researcher at The Global Mammal Assessment Lab, for his talk at #ECR2025: "The impact of megafauna on the selection of plant functional traits and its implications for safeguarding habitats of conservation concern"🌿🦎
#Biodiversity #ConservationBiology
May 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
👏 A very insightful talk by our PhD student Alessandra D'Alessio from the Global Mammal Assessment Lab at #ECR2025🗣️"Expanding Green Infrastructures in Italy to address mammal conservation and NCP provisioning"
with co-authors Michela Pacifici, Carlo Rondinini &
Piero Visconti
#NatureConservation
May 7, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Congrats to @clairevin.bsky.social, PhD at our Global Mammal Assessment Lab, for reaching the finals of the Best Oral Presentation Award at #ECR2025 with talk: 'Assessing the IUCN Red List threats inside the global network of protected areas'👏🌍
#Conservation #IUCN #Biodiversity
May 7, 2025 at 11:35 AM