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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 8d

Look at this beautiful Puma with these beautiful flowers 🤩!
A photo of our camera trap in Uturungo, Argentina.

#wildcamera #cameratrap #puma #argentina #biogeography #research

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · 18d

Last weekend @alfredoromero.bsky.social and Marie Pratzer were invited to talk at the #LongNightofClimate in Berlin. They had a lot of fun and enjoyed this inspiring, interesting and important event!
Film: "Bolivia Burning"
look at some more information here: www.langenachtdesklimas.de

#LNDK #BTS

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Omas gegen Rechts Wetterau @ogrwetterau2017.bsky.social · Aug 6

Wer meint, durch einen Stopp der Klimaschutzpolitik würden wir wieder wettbewerbsfähiger, der verdreht die Wirklichkeit. Wir werden nicht als Industriemuseum des 19. Jahrhunderts überleben. Zu den Gewinnern gehören wir nur, wenn wir nach vorne gehen.
Ottmar Edenhofer
Ökonom

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René Engel @reneengel.bsky.social · Aug 25

In seinem letzten Interview als Bundestagsabgeordneter beschreibt Robert Habeck nochmal präzise, was die Union gerade tut: Sie spaltet das Land mit quatschigem Kulturkampf, um von den Problemen abzulenken.

Lesenswert:

Robert Habeck tritt ab: „Ich will nicht wie ein Gespenst über die Flure laufen“

Ex-Vizekanzler Habeck verlässt den Bundestag. Die Grünen hätten ihre neue Rolle nun gefunden, sagt er der taz. Und dann gibt er Julia Klöckner noch eins mit.

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Aug 25

Well done, Hendrik!

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Aug 25

Building sustainability science on solid ground: our framework uses shared social-ecological units to integrate diverse data streams. Tested in Rwanda, adaptable elsewhere. Open, reproducible, and ready for interdisciplinary teams. #Rwanda #Restoration @biogeoberlin.bsky.social shorturl.at/qHaQ0

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Tamanna Kalam @tamannakalam.bsky.social · Jul 7

A Century of Loss: Long-Term #DryWoodland Decline and Its Implications for India’s #Megafauna

Our latest paper, along with @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social, @arashghoddousi.bsky.social, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social and others is now out!

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Tropical dry woodland loss in India since 1880 and its relation to current megafauna distributions

Tropical dry woodlands provide ecosystem services to hundreds of millions of people and support high biodiversity. Despite their importance, many dry woodlands are under high and rising human pressur...

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Jul 30

Our study on biodiversity loss embodied in trade is featured in @mongabay.com tinyurl.com/2edpu626 . Unfortunately, we at @biogeoberlin.bsky.social could not contribute to this news piece. Glad, though, that @nature.org calls the study 'very timely'
Link to the study: tinyurl.com/3xubzpbe

Pasture and agricultural expansion in Gran Chaco drive biodiversity loss: Study

A recent study has identified how cattle pasture and agricultural expansion, driven by global demand for beef and soy, is causing biodiversity loss in the Gran Chaco region of Argentina and Paraguay. ...

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Jul 18

Madison, Wisconsin, is the best.

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Orkan Özdemir @orkanoezdemir.bsky.social · Jul 3

Check this out!

Mangoldina @mangoldina.bsky.social · Jul 1

#SPD
@orkanoezdemir.bsky.social hat diese wichtige Ergänzung für @larsklingbeil.bsky.social auf Instagram gepostet - schaut rein!

www.instagram.com/reel/DLhp2pE...

Das Foto zeigt den SPD-Politiker Orkan Özdemir.
Quelle: https://www.linkedin.com/in/orkan-%C3%B6zdemir-18288a174

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 24

One more week to apply to this exciting PhD position! come join the Conservation Biogeography group at Humboldt-University Berlin (hu.berlin/Biogeography) [email protected]

Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

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Carsten Groß @carstengross.bsky.social · Jun 23

Das 15. (!) Land in Europa ohne Kohle. Wir sind dann in 13 Jahren dran.
Aber Deutschland hat angeblich Klimaschutz „überbetont“.

Christian Breyer @christianonre.bsky.social · Jun 23

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe www.pv-magazine.com/2025/06/20/i...

Ireland shuts last coal plant, becomes 15th coal-free country in Europe

Moneypoint in County Clare, Ireland, joins the ranks of other European nations exiting coal by shutting off power generation at its sole remaining coal plant. Industry observers say Ireland’s increase...

www.pv-magazine.com

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Alfredo Romero-Muñoz @alfredoromero.bsky.social · Jun 18

Exciting PhD position to work on large mammals and land use in Europe with the @biogeoberlin.bsky.social lab at @humboldtuni.bsky.social

Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

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Skylar Knight @skylarknight.bsky.social · Jun 18

Climate change reduces farming efficiency, which leads to more land use to grow enough food, which leads to more emissions, and so on and so forth...

Major paper coming out on this feedback loop in a couple of days from the University of Minnesota, @projectdrawdown.bsky.social, and others!

‘On a knife edge’ – hot dry spring threatens arable harvest

Analysis suggests the harvest could be one of the worst in records stretching back to the 1980s.

www.independent.co.uk

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 17

🐄🐂 Putting landless cattle on the map! 🐄🐂
New paper in Env. Research Letters on mapping cattle intensification from space - across South America's dry diagonal doi.org/10.1088/1748... @erc.europa.eu @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @pedrofernandez91.bsky.social #SystemShift @biogeoberlin.bsky.social

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · Jun 9

Sorry for posting the wrong link, here is the correct one:
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Attributing deforestation-driven biodiversity decline in the Gran Chaco to agricultural commodity supply chains

Agricultural expansion is one of the principal drivers of biodiversity loss globally. Attributing biodiversity loss to domestically consumed versus in…

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jun 3

We traced how soy and beef production in Argentina and Paraguay impact mammal diversity—and who’s driving it. Spoiler: It’s not just exports. Read the paper: shorturl.at/bpPEH

@alfredoromero.bsky.social @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @aguiarse86.bsky.social @sei.org

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jun 3

Putting land claiming on the map reveals that the footprint of agricultural frontiers extends far into seemingly ‘intact’ forests.
New paper by @o-delgiorgio.bsky.social in PNAS @pnas.org
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
@matthiasbaumann.bsky.social
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social
@yannlepolain.bsky.social

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Dr. Jonathan Foley @globalecoguy.bsky.social · Jun 6

This is a really good article about how AI works. And, more importantly, how it doesn’t….

www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

What Happens When People Don’t Understand How AI Works

Despite what tech CEOs might say, large language models are not smart in any recognizably human sense of the word.

www.theatlantic.com

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · Jun 7

Come join us at the Conservation Biogeography Lab @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @humboldtuni.bsky.social and carry out work on megafauna in Europe

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de/biogeo/websi...

New PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe | Conservation Biogeography Lab

We are excited to invite applications for a new PhD position on large mammals and land-use change in Europe. Join us at the Conservation and Biogeography Lab at Humboldt University Berlin!

pages.cms.hu-berlin.de

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Biogeography Berlin @biogeoberlin.bsky.social · Jun 5

There is a new open position at our Lab!!
haushalt-und-personal.hu-berlin.de/de/personal/...

#newposition #phd

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Trase @trase.earth · Jun 5

#EnvironmentDay | A new research paper has linked the Gran Chaco #biodiversity decline to the domestic & foreign demand for soy & beef. Our researcher, Michael Lathuillière, contributed to the article, which assessed the decline due to domestic & international trade of Argentine soy & Paraguay beef⬇️

www.sciencedirect.com

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Matthias Baumann @matthiasbaumann.bsky.social · May 23

Project Meeting at @leuphana.bsky.social in our #dfg project on ecosystem restoration in #rwanda

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WWF Deutschland @wwf.de · May 15

🚨 Überraschung: Deutschland verfehlt seine #Klimaziele. Der neue Bericht des Expertenrats für Klimafragen zeigt klar: Deutschland steuert auf eine krachende Kollision mit den Klimazielen zu. Und das in einem Jahr, in dem uns ein neuer #Hitzesommer droht. 🧵 (1/4)

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Tobias Kuemmerle @tkuemmerle.bsky.social · May 8

The positive impact of protected areas can extend well beyond their boundaries! #conservation 👇🧵

New paper in Biological Conservation, led by Pablo Yair Huais (Univ. Cordoba 🇦🇷) analyzing PA effectiveness in the #Chaco, including leakage and blocking effects outside PAs.
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social

Kaa- Iya in Bolivia, the largest protected area in the Gran Chaco - a global deforestation hotspot.

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