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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 1d

If - unlike me - you are free at this time, go to this session at #IUCNCongress2025! And then please tell me all about it! Should be a great one!

SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social · 1d

🌍 Join us for this forum session at #IUCNCongress2025

🐟 Global Mechanisms for the Conservation of Overlooked Species

🗓️ Sun 12 Oct
⏰ 11am-12:30pm GST
📍 Conference Hall A - Session Room 7

Find out more 👇
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#IUCNCongress

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 1d

At the IUCN #WorldConservationCongress in Abu Dhabi (or online) & not sure which session to attend? Let us help!

Join us to hear about dams, freshwater conservation & IUCN SSC-WCPA Inter-Commission Dams Task Force!

📆 October 11 2025
⏲️ 10:00-11:30 Gulf Standard Time
🗺️ Session Room 6 & online!

Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 1d

Group hug!!!!! 😍

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Huzefa Raja @huzefaraj.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you Indianapolis Zoo for the funding! Fungal Taxonomy needs friends like you!!

Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 7d

Some years ago, we started talking about #aquaticfungi conservation in the IUCN SSC Freshwater Conservation Committee. Not only do we now have an IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group, but our Indianapolis Zoo grant recipient @huzefaraj.bsky.social described a new genus from Indiana!

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 7d

Shoutout also to @funaction.bsky.social & @mostfun.bsky.social - two European-based consortia focusing on conservation & monitoring of these amazing organisms! Go Team Aquatic Fungi!

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 7d

Huge shout out to our "stick finders" Luke Jacobus (also an Indy Zoo grant recipient) & Sergio Henriques (previous Conservation Coordinator at the Global Center for Species Survival). I am just sad it wasn't one of my sticks that found fame! 😂

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 7d

Some years ago, we started talking about #aquaticfungi conservation in the IUCN SSC Freshwater Conservation Committee. Not only do we now have an IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group, but our Indianapolis Zoo grant recipient @huzefaraj.bsky.social described a new genus from Indiana!

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 7d

🚨🚨🚨 We found a new genus of aquatic fungi right here in Indiana! 🚨🚨🚨

Learn more in this blog post! 👇

Indianapolis Zoo Grant Fungi Discovery

Two Indianapolis Zoo grant recipients and a team of Conservation Coordinators with the Global Center for Species Survival have discovered an entirely new kind of freshwater fungus in Indiana.

www.indianapoliszoo.com

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 21d

Luring you in with a sunny photo of Tampa!

We had a fun few days already @ AZA Annual Meeting. We're flexing our muscles for North American FW mussels: great attendance @ SAFE (Saving Animals From Extinction) session & roundtable, our poster is up & ready to go for tonight's session.

Shell yeah!

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 23d

@protectspecies.bsky.social @shoalorg.bsky.social @fmcs-mollusk.bsky.social

Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 23d

We're at the Association of Zoos & Aquariums Annual Conference in Tampa, FL! Spent some time with awesome musselheads to spread the word on our AZA SAFE plan for North American FW Mussels! Great attendance for 8am session! Thanks all for coming & watch this space for more to come! 💪💪💪

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · 29d

📣 📣 📣 Are you going to the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Annual Conference in Tampa FL? Are you a musselhead or interested in becoming one?

Then join us for one/several/all of the MANY sessions featuring AZA SAFE North American Freshwater Mussel!

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Sep 3

@igb-berlin.de @protectspecies.bsky.social @unevadareno.bsky.social @karenjmurchie.bsky.social

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Sep 3

Just when you thought I had talked about it enough already, another post appears about our Migratory Freshwater Fish workshop at Lake Tahoe! This time via IUCN Species Survival Commission! Several IUCN SSC members were involved in the workshop!

iucn.org/story/202509...

Global Workshop at Lake Tahoe Advances Protection of Migratory Freshwater Fish and Launches Key Conservation Initiatives

Leading scientists, conservationists, and policy experts from five continents, including members of the IUCN Species Survival Commission (SSC) Freshwater Fish Specialist Group, SSC Freshwater Conserva...

iucn.org

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Aug 27

Happy inaugural World Lake Day!

Lakes are amazing! From habitat to water source, and climate regulation and recreational fun, lakes do it all and then some!

Three cheers for lakes!!!

SHOAL @shoalorg.bsky.social · Aug 27

We published an article on the SHOAL website today, co-authored by partners at the IUCN and Shedd Aquarium, to mark the inaugural World Lake Day.👇

shoalconservation.org/world-lake-d...

#WorldLakeDay @protectspecies.bsky.social

World Lake Day 2025 - Shoal

To help raise awareness and encourage action to preserve, conserve, restore, and sustainably manage lakes, the UN established World Lake Day.

shoalconservation.org

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Aug 27

Our latest release on the workshop can be found here, and there will be more to come! indianapoliszoo.com/wp-content/u...

@karenjmurchie.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social @zebhogan.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Aug 27

Many freshwater migratory fishes are culturally of huge significance, and vitally important to food security, identity, and livelihoods of Indigenous and rural communities around the world. But they are also in trouble. This group of wonderful people wants to change this!

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Aug 27

Remember the workshop I posted about in July, on Migratory Fishes, hosted by @unevadareno.bsky.social? We're still beating the drum about this, because migratory species deserve (and need!!! 🚨) more spotlight so we can help them survive and thrive in our world.

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indianapoliszoo.com

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Aug 8

@protectspecies.bsky.social @igb-berlin.de @cornelluniversity.bsky.social @unevadareno.bsky.social

Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Aug 8

Blog about our recent migratory fish workshop hosted by University of Nevada Reno! Inspiring to meet with this dedicated group to discuss outputs that are usable & impactful for conservation policy & benefit these amazing species!

freshwaterblog.net/2025/08/05/m...

Migratory freshwater fish working group launches key conservation initiatives

Migratory fish populations have declined sharply in the last fifty years. Image: Petteri Hautamaa – WWF Finland | World Fish Migration Day /// A guest blog by Zeb Hogan and Monni Böhm What do Lake …

freshwaterblog.net

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Jul 21

And another one - and so much more great work to come out of this - watch this space!

www.tahoedailytribune.com/news/lake-ta...

@protectspecies.bsky.social

Lake Tahoe workshop launches key global conservation initiatives for freshwater fish

INCLINE VILLAGE, Nev. — Scientists, policy leaders and conservation experts from five continents have advanced several major initiatives to protect migratory freshwater fish and their habitats followi...

www.tahoedailytribune.com

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Jul 21

Migratory fish is where it's at! Check out the news from our #migratoryfish workshop at Lake Tahoe, featuring several members of the
@IUCNssc
Freshwater Conservation Committee & Freshwater Fish Specialist Group:
www.unr.edu/nevada-today...

Global experts gather at Lake Tahoe to protect migratory fish and freshwater corridors | University of Nevada, Reno

Workshops hosted at the University of Nevada, Reno at Lake Tahoe will help inform discussions and actions for future international conferences

www.unr.edu

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Jul 18

@karenjmurchie.bsky.social @unevadareno.bsky.social @crocodiledunphd.bsky.social @protectspecies.bsky.social

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Monni Böhm @monnikaboom.bsky.social · Jul 18

We had a wonderful time at the migratory fish workshop hosted by our colleagues from University of Nevada Reno, right on the shores of Lake Tahoe. We discussed migratory fish, databases, CMS context and Swimways. Watch this space for some cool outputs!

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Current Biology @currentbiology.bsky.social · Jun 12

The scope of #fungi #biodiversity is only beginning to be fathomed.

Every day almost ten new species are described. 🍄🤯

David Hibbett László Nagy and Henrik Nilsson introduce the fungal tree of life. www.cell.com/current-biol...

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