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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · 6d

University of Gothenburg announces a strategic professorship in biodiversity with an interdisciplinary profile
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The Crown Princess Victoria Professorship in Biodiversity - Academic Positions

Seeking an internationally recognized scientist for a prestigious professorship in biodiversity. Lead groundbreaking research, interdisciplinary collaboratio...

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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · 7d

Best wishes Luthando! I am confident that you will bring the urgent and dynamic work of IPBES forward in a brilliant way.

IPBES @ipbes.net · 7d

Breaking!📣

This week, Dr. Luthando Dziba officially assumes the role of IPBES Executive Secretary, starting today (1 October). 🏡🧪

Welcome to the new role, Luthando! 👏

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IPBES @ipbes.net · 14d

The IPBES #TransformativeChange Assessment Report examines fundamental changes required for a future where people live in harmony with nature.

Explore the framework for change in this graphic ⤵️

Learn more: https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change/media-release

Three connected circular diagrams showing transformation of human-nature relationships. Each has a central yellow triad of "Structures," "Views," and "Practices." Progresses from gray (showing disconnection) to turquoise (showing equity and inclusion), illustrating shift from domination to balanced relationship with nature.

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Patrik Michaelsen @michaelsen.bsky.social · Sep 1

New: Strong global support for the 30x30 conservation target

*Data from 5 continents (N=12k) show 82% in support of 30x30

*2 experiments find highly consistent expansion policy preferences, incl. prioritization of nature and rich countries bearing higher costs

Out now OA in @pnas.org. Viz. below.

Mass support for conserving 30% of the Earth by 2030: Experimental evidence from five continents | PNAS

Rapid global expansion of protected areas is critical for safeguarding biodiversity but depends on political action for successful implementation. ...

www.pnas.org

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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · Aug 18

Congratulations IPBES!

IPBES @ipbes.net · Aug 18

New @ipbes.net Executive Secretary Dr. Luthando Dziba is a long-standing member of the IPBES community, having worn many different hats over the years. We welcome his appointment and look forward to his leadership starting 1 Oct! 🌍🧪

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jul 22

OUT NOW: The laid-out version of the FULL @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Report 💥

Explore how fundamental change can halt biodiversity loss and secure just and sustainable futures for all. 🌏🧪

Access the full report in English⬇️
https://www.ipbes.net/transformative-change-assessment

An image of the cover of the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment Report. Overlay text reads: “Transformative Change Assessment Report. Laid-out report in English available now.”

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BIOTraCes 🌿 @biotraces.eu · May 12

The BIOTraCes consortium meeting kicked off with a field trip this morning with visits to pastures & a local farm 🌱

A hands-on chance to connect, reflect, and see biodiversity in action.

More from this week’s consortium meeting soon.
#BIOTraCes #Biodiversity #TransformativeChange #EUHorizon

A group of people gathered in a circle in a grassy field, listening to an outdoor instructor. Some participants are kneeling or squatting, observing plants laid out on a white cloth on the ground.

Pparticipants are standing, kneeling or squatting, observing plants laid out on a white cloth on the ground.

Close-up of a man holding a leafy plant and explaining it to an attentive group in a meadow. Another participant extends a hand holding a similar plant, while others look on with interest.

A broader view of the group in the meadow, with participants walking, standing, or kneeling as they engage in plant identification or discussion activities. A house and trees line the background.

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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · Apr 11

Ta in kompetens om förändringsprocesser, arbeta tvärsektoriellt och stimulera en kultur av samverkan - några av rekommendationerna som Magnus Ljung och jag ger i nytt policy brief om implementering av naturrestaureringsförordningen. www.slu.se/centrumbildn...

Naturrestaureringsförordningen – rekommendationer för inkluderande processer | slu.se

EU:s förordning om naturrestaurering har trätt i kraft och ett förslag på nationell plan ska tas fram. Naturrestaurering är ett komplext område med många målkonflikter. För en framgångsrik...

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BIOTraCes 🌿 @biotraces.eu · Mar 31

Transformative change can unlock a just and sustainable future for people and nature. The new IPBES report highlights pathways to halt #Biodiversity loss by addressing its root causes and encouraging #TransformativeChange 🌍

www.ipbes.net/transformati...

Media Release: IPBES Transformative Change Assessment

Summary for Policymakers

www.ipbes.net

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Adam Schwarz @adamjschwarz.bsky.social · Mar 1

UK Prime Minister Starmer hugs Zelensky as he welcomes him to 10 Downing Street.

This is how you welcome the leader of the free world.

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Feb 7

🌿Are you an interdisciplinary expert on #biodiversity & nature's contributions to people?

Here's your opportunity to be an author on the new @ipbes.net #GlobalAssessment2!🌍

🎯Academics, Indigenous knowledge-holders, practitioners etc.🧪

Apply by 28 March: www.ipbes.net/second-globa...

A close-up photo of a jaguar’s face, Overlay text reads “Call for nominations of experts for the second global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services. Deadline: 28 March 2025, #GlobalAssessment2”

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BIOTraCes 🌿 @biotraces.eu · Feb 4

🇸🇪 🌲How will the typical Swedish landscape look like in 2100?

Our @mariestenseke.bsky.social from Uni Gothenburg recently featured on #SverigesRadio where she discussed the ongoing transformation of our landscapes in response to #ClimateChange

🎙️⤵️(in Swedish 🇸🇪)

#Biodiversity #TransformativeChange

Vilse i framtidens landskap – att hitta hem i en förvandlad värld - Livet vid 2,5 grader

Både klimatförändringarna som omställningen till ett fossilfritt samhälle kommer sätta avtryck på skogar, åkrar, ängar, hagar. Hur kommer det att forma ...

www.sverigesradio.se

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Tobias Hübinette @tobiashubinette.bsky.social · Jan 12

Skriver på dagens DN Debatt tillsammans med Christer Mattsson:

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"I tider av ökad exkluderande nationalism och polarisering behöver Sverige en antirasism som är konsekvent och som klarar av att uppmärksamma alla former av rasism."

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Christina Rosén @christinarosen.bsky.social · Jan 11

Så snyggt gjort!

Ole Svarthumle @svarthumle.bsky.social · Jan 11

Klagar ofte på NRK, med god grunn vil eg påstå, men i den pågåande artikkelserien om naturtap gjer dei enormt bra og viktig arbeid.

NRKs biolog-stunt: Her er naturen vi mister

www.nrk.no

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Jan 9

🚨 Call for Nominations! 🚨

@ipbes.bsky.social is inviting nominations for experts in biodiversity-inclusive spatial planning and ecological connectivity for its upcoming Spatial Planning Assessment.

🗓️ Nominations Submission Deadline: 24 January 2025

Read more: ipbes.net/spatial-plan...

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BIOTraCes 🌿 @biotraces.eu · Jan 7

Beautiful & rich visualisation of the #IPBES #TransformativeChange assessment ⤵️

Ed Carr @edwardrcarr.com · Dec 21

Figure/Finding Explainer: I love the figure from our chapter that made it into the Summary for Policymakers of the IPBES #transformativechange assessment. It was a group effort that captures our entire chapter in a single image. Let me talk you through it: 🧵

SPM: ipbes.canto.de/pdfviewer/vi...

The SPM figure drawn from Ch4 of the Transformative Change Assessment - it is a wheel, with the central views/structures/practices that need to be changed at the center, a ring of underlying causes of biodiversity loss and nature's decline around the center, another ring of five challenges to transformative change, and outside the 20 barriers that emerge from these challenges.

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BIOTraCes 🌿 @biotraces.eu · Jan 7

Very important highlight of #IndigenousPeoples and #LocalCommunities in the #IPBES #TransformativeChange Report!

Like we aim for in BIOTraCes: #Empowering marginalised groups and acknowledging a variety in values: #Pluralising

IPBES @ipbes.net · Jan 4

The #TransformativeChange Report highlights the diverse perspectives of Indigenous Peoples and local communities and demonstrates that their practices and lifestyles are often rooted in knowledge and value systems that promote sustainability.

— Audrey Azoulay, UNESCO DG

A striking image of a coastline. A photo of UNESCO DG Audrey Azoulay appears over the background image, along with her quote which reads "Our planet is facing growing environmental and social crises. Increasing evidence shows that these issues cannot be addressed through gradual action – our social and economic systems instead need large-scale transformative change."

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Peter Lundberg @peterlundberg.bsky.social · Dec 28

2024 is the year when the Taliban continue creating the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis. After two years rule, they have systematically violated the rights of women and girls including as they relate to education, paid employment, freedom of speech and movement
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The Taliban and the Global Backlash Against Women’s Rights

In the last two and a half years after regaining power in Afghanistan, the Taliban, have created the world’s most serious women’s rights crisis, systematically violating the rights of women and girls ...

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Tobias Plieninger @plieningerlab.bsky.social · Dec 18

After 3 inspiring years of work, the @ipbes.bsky.social-Transformative Change assessment is finally out. Transformative change for biodiversity is urgent, necessary, challenging - but possible! Reconnecting people & nature through biocultural conservation approaches is a key strategy. www.ipbes.net

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Tobias Plieninger @plieningerlab.bsky.social · Dec 21

The #TransformativeChange Assessment is the 1st @ipbes.bsky.social report on the root causes of the biodiversity crisis:
➡️ Disconnection / domination of nature & people
➡️ Concentration of power & wealth
➡️ Prioritization of short-term gains

Recommended holiday reading! www.ipbes.net/transformati...

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Garry Peterson @resiliencesci.bsky.social · Dec 18

Summary for policymakers of
IPBES Transformative Change Assessment
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Thematic assessment of the underlying causes of biodiversity loss and the determinants of transformative change and options for achieving the 2050 Vision for Biodiversity
ipbes.canto.de/v/IPBES11Med...

cover of IPBES transformative change assessment

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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · Dec 17

Great news!

IPBES @ipbes.net · Dec 16

It’s official! After years of hard work by @ipbes.bsky.social experts, the #TransformativeChange Assessment Report is approved by the Plenary at #IPBES11!

Congratulations to all on this achievement for people and #nature! 🌍🧪

The authors of the Transformative Change Assessment Report celebrate together at IPBES 11

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Peter Hellman @hrhellman.bsky.social · Dec 15

”Skyldigheten att följa gällande lag är standard i en rättsstat […] detta tycks regeringen vilja runda med sitt löfte om att stoppa fler svenska medborgarskap, i väntan på en ny lag. Om regeringen agerar så, måste domstolar och myndigheter göra motstånd.” www.dn.se/debatt/reger...

DN Debatt. ”Regeringen står inte över grundlagen”

DN DEBATT. Juridikexperter om regeringens försök att runda lagen i jakten på svenska medborgarskap. Bland andra Hans Corell, Anne Ramberg och Anna Skarhed.

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Marie Stenseke @mariestenseke.bsky.social · Dec 16

Hurra!

Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · Dec 16

At #IPBES11, members approve the summary for policymakers of the #NexusAssessment and accept its underlying chapters with no additional comments, following more than 32 hours of negotiation in the relevant working group during last week.

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Earth Negotiations Bulletin @enb.iisd.org · Dec 13

At #IPBES11, delegates address the #TransformativeChange Assessment, discussing, among other things, the role of civil society organizations, including social mobilizations that have faced violence and rights' violations, in fighting against #biodiversity loss.

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