Rachel Neugarten
@rachelneugarten.bsky.social
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Executive Director, Conservation Planning at WCS. Informing conservation practice through scientific research. Mapping ecosystem services. Evaluating impacts of conservation on biodiversity and people. Rambling through the woods. Posts are my own.
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We love to talk about "win-win-wins" in conservation, but are they really possible? Our new open-access paper explores this question for birds, climate, and people in the US:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... 🌏🧪
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What should you do when you lose your federal science job? Run for Congress! www.science.org/content/arti...
This story inspired me. If it inspires you also, consider sharing it and/or supporting Megan O'Rourke's campaign: meganorourkeforcongress.com @meganorourke.com
Pushed out by Trump, New Jersey ecologist launches bid for Congress
Megan O’Rourke hopes to be a voice for science, also touts her blue-collar roots
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I may have found my defining quote.

Pair this with my pinned post and you will see what I mean!
From a poster called “just shower thoughts“ reading: when people talk about traveling to the past, they worry about radically, changing the present by doing something small, barely anyone in the present to really thinks that they can radically change the future by doing something small.
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"Tons and tons of paper and BS" - Minister of Environment of Panama, Hon. Juan Carlos Navarro, on the lack of progress despite commitments to nature conservation at #NYCClimateWeek
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wcs.org
If you’re in New York starting on September 13, check out GROWTESQUE, a new art exhibition from Plein Ventures. Proceeds will support forest restoration in Guatemala.

WCS’s Madeleine Thompson will be there in conversation with artist Angelina Gualdoni on September 25. RSVP: bit.ly/4nk9zYD 🌎
GROWTESQUE speaker series
Please join us for a 3 part speaker series held within the context of an art exhibition. Thought-provoking talks bringing together artists, scientists, and activists to interrogate myths of perpetual ...
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With the ground under American science shifting, how should philanthropies that support science respond?

WCS President and CEO Adam Falk, who until recently served as president of the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, shares some thoughts in @science.org.

🌎 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science philanthropy faces a new reality
As the ground under American science shifts in troubling and unpredictable ways, questions have arisen as to how philanthropies should respond. Having recently led a private foundation that supports s...
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Thrilled to share our new paper led by @colincarlson.bsky.social which asks an exciting question - what could a global scientific assessment body for pandemics look like?

We take lessons from existing groups like the IPCC and @ipbes.net, laying out considerations, challenges, and ways forward. 🌍🧪
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🚨 Very, very big news. Today, a global coalition - including members of the IPCC, IPBES, and WHO expert advisors, as well as independent virologists, epidemiologists, and lawyers - started the process of creating an "IPCC for Pandemics."

🔓 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
🧵 Five things to know 👉
Pathways to an Intergovernmental Panel on Pandemics: lessons from the IPCC and IPBES

Colin J Carlson, Christopher H Trisos, Ben Oppenheim, Shweta Bansal, Sara E Davies, Aïda Diongue-Niang, Victoria Y Fan, John D Kraemer,
Rachel Golden Kroner, Lawrence O Gostin, David T S Hayman, Marion Koopmans, Torre E Lavelle, Carlos G das Neves, Zoe O’Donoghue,
Laura M Pereira, Benjamin Roche, Matiangai Sirleaf, Kayla Zamanian, Carlos Zambrana-Torrelio, Alexandra L Phelan

Pandemics pose a global threat to human wellbeing, justice, economies, and ecosystems and are comparable with other planetary crises such as climate change and biodiversity loss in terms of urgency and impact. The global community would benefit from a dedicated scientific synthesis body to assess pandemic risks and solutions. In this Personal View, we explore proposals for an Intergovernmental Panel on Pandemics and assess potential pathways to its creation. Learning lessons from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) might help national governments and international organisations to chart a course through important decisions about format, governance, operations, scientific scope and process, and ability to recommend policies that make the world safer.
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pnwgoodboy.bsky.social
I love you Seattle. #abolishice #nokings
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indivisible.org
There are nearly 100,000 people at the rally in Philadelphia. #NoKings
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newseye.bsky.social
NEW: Democracy is alive in Philly!

Amazing scenes in Philadelphia as thousands hit the streets for the anti-Trump protest.

#NoKings #50501Movement
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luckytran.com
Massive #NoKings march in New York City!
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wcs.org
Protecting certain areas valuable for humans could simultaneously benefit bird populations across the U.S., a new paper shows.

This info is critical for decision-makers to protect our natural heritage, says WCS’s Dr. @rachelneugarten.bsky.social, the lead author.

🌎 bit.ly/4dttRLq #BiodiversityDay
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More cowbell! A new study co-authored by WCS aims to help reduce jaguar conflict with livestock, a key threat to the big cats.

Among the cost-effective solutions identified: bells, along with LED lights, donkey guards, and more.

🌎 bit.ly/43mr6qR
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We love to talk about "win-win-wins" in conservation, but are they really possible? Our new open-access paper explores this question for birds, climate, and people in the US:
doi.org/10.1016/j.ec... 🌏🧪
Reposted by Rachel Neugarten
ipbes.net
IPBES @ipbes.net · May 1
📢 Now available!

All chapters of the @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment Report can now be accessed here: 🔍 📷
www.ipbes.net/transformati...
An overhead image of a turquoise ocean meeting a white sandy beach, with colorful boats in a row. An image of the Transformative Change Assessment Summary for Policymakers cover is overlaid, along with text that reads: “TRANSFORMATIVE CHANGE ASSESSMENT REPORT”and below that “REPORT CHAPTERS AVAILABLE NOW”
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wcs.org
Ahead of #EarthDay, a conversation on why we protect wildlife and wild places.

On this week’s WCS Wild Audio, hear from Liz Bennett, our VP of Species Conservation, on the benefits the protection of biodiversity brings for the planet.

Listen: bit.ly/3EC6geB 🌏
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Happy Earth Day! Enjoy some spring peepers (volume up!)🌏
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Otherworldly wildlife so close to New York City. 100 years ago, scientists and artists set sail on the WCS-led Arcturus. Madeleine Thompson of @wcs-archives.bsky.social shares the timeless beauty they found.

We’re still working to protect #HudsonCanyon.

🌎 Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pik...
Drawings of Otherworldly Wildlife: Capturing the History of the Hudson Canyon
YouTube video by Wildlife Conservation Society
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I'm honored to be speaking at the 2025 Measuring Development (MeasureDev) Conference "Biodiversity on Land and at Sea" at the World Bank (and virtually) April 29, 2025, organized by @cega-uc.bsky.social Register (virtual): tinyurl.com/yefy2jby (in person): tinyurl.com/44h2rxm2
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A look at the global temperature over land areas (where we live) for every average January-February period since 1850...

Data provided by NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0 (www.ncei.noaa.gov/products/lan...) 🧪⚒️
Line graph time series of global land mean surface temperature anomalies for each January-February period from 1850 through 2025. There is a long-term increasing trend and large year-to-year variability. The mean surface temperature anomaly averaged for January-February 2025 was 2.16°C for global land areas. Anomalies are computed relative to a 1901-2000 climate baseline. Data from NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI NOAAGlobalTemp v6.0.0.
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The 2025 State of the Birds Report finds birds from almost all habitats continue to decline. The declines are staggering. It’s time to act to bring birds back. Action to help: spread the word! #BringBirdsBack #BirdersUnite #BirdWatching #ProtectBirds

www.stateofthebirds.org/2025/
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Valdivian coastal rainforest magic: ancient Alerce trees (Fitzroya cupressoide), a cypress native to southern Chile (one of the oldest trees in the world is an Alerce), "Estrellita" (Asteranthera ovata), an evergreen scrambling vine native to Chile, and Chilean hazelnut (Gevuina avellana)
A very tall Alerce tree towering above the forest, with a blue sky behind it A tiny red flower growing on a tree trunk, surrounded by moss, with a green forest in the background Bright red berries and a white complex flower with rounded green leaves A forest with sunlight streaming in from behind it, back lighting the trees in many shades of green