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Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 6d

As a primatologist, Jane Goodall was a huge inspiration to me. I admired the way she describes chimpanzee behavior with such detail and empathy, and she’s inspired so many people and advocated for chimpanzee conservation and welfare.

However, I'm dismayed at what her narrative leaves out (1/10)

Photo of Jane Goodall in the center, signing a book, with three women standing slightly hunched behind her. A very young Michelle is to the right, smiling.

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Michelle A. Rodrigues 🐒 @marspidermonkey.bsky.social · 6d

Several years ago, I watched the National Geographic "Jane" documentary, and wrote a Twitter thread about it, then rewrote it in blog form for the @peopleprimate.bsky.social. And I'm dismayed to see so much of her memorials repeating this narrative (2/10)

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Neocolonial Narratives of Primate Conservation 25th May 2020 Michelle A. Rodrigues, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. Twitter: @MARspidermonkey Website: Recently, I watched the Jane Goodall…

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William (Bill) Sutherland @billsutherland.bsky.social · 9d

Excellent advice from Hugh Possingham on monitoring conservation projects and why most Monitoring and Evaluation is flawed. youtu.be/qa6Ewt-W5mU?...

Why most conservation projects fail to learn

YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts

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cambiomed-biodiversa.com @cambiomed-biodiversa.com · 6d

Does anyone know what is wrong with this scorpionfish?

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · 6d

To boldly go where no woman has gone before...

Professor Euan Ritchie @euanritchie.bsky.social · 6d

A lovely story about Dr Jane Goodall's career & legacy, from Rachel Fieldhouse & Mohana Basu, in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/d41.... Includes some comments from me about how researchers _can also_ be advocates and science communicators, and still be taken seriously (I hope)!

Vale, Jane.

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

www.nature.com

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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 7d

Take a look at our latest blog article on 'The ecological value of the Tajo River basin'. Born in the Sierra de Albarracín (Teruel, Spain), the Tajo flows westwards meeting the Atlantic in the Portuguese capital of Lisboa. #Spain #Portugal #Tajo
www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/the-eco...

The ecological value of the Tajo River basin

“The Tajo River received its name from a king of all the Spain’s; it is born in that place and dies in the Ocean Sea, kissing the walls of the famous city of Lisbon, and it is thought that its sands a...

www.inspire-biodiversa.com

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cambiomed-biodiversa.com @cambiomed-biodiversa.com · 10d

Applying CAMBioMed's sampling protocols in Croatia #StazioneZoologicaAntonDohrn #RodjerBoskovicInstitute

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Tatsuya Amano @tatsuya-amano.bsky.social · 19d

Women, non-native English speakers & those form low-income countries are disadvantaged in science but by how much? We found that women with non-English first languages from low-income countries publish up to 70% fewer in English than their counterparts. 1/5
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#languagebarriers

Scientific productivity gap based on English-language peer-reviewed papers. Shown are the maximum % differences in the number of peer-reviewed papers published by female native English speakers from a high-income country (-45%), female non-native English speakers from a high-income country (-60%), and female non-native English speakers from a lower-middle income country (-70%), compared to male native English speakers from a high-income country (red flag).

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Miguel A. Gómez-Serrano @gomezserrano-ma.bsky.social · 14d

Analiza el reto de abordar legalmente la interacción entre mascotas y fauna silvestre desde 3 perspectivas sobre la falta de armonía entre las leyes de conservación y bienestar animal:
🦜 Mascotas asilvestradas
🐈 Mascotas con libertad de mov
🐕 Paseo de mascotas
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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cambiomed-biodiversa.com @cambiomed-biodiversa.com · 14d

Researchers from #StazioneAntonDohrn and the #UniversityofPisa implemented #CAMBioMed 's monitoring protocols for temperate rocky reefs in Tuscany last week. In contrast to the Cyclades Islands (Greece), macroalgal forests were present whereas no alien herbiovores were recorded.

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Biodiversa+ INSPIRE Project @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social · 14d

Quantifying the economic value of #ecosystemservices is essential for making evidence-based decisions in #conservation and marine spatial planning. Read our latest blog post from our #Aegean Sea case study to learn more: www.inspire-biodiversa.com/post/economi... 🌍🐟🌊

Economic Valuation and Spatial Mapping of Coastal Ecosystem Services in the Aegean

Quantifying the economic value of ecosystem services is essential for making evidence-based decisions in conservation and marine spatial planning. In the case study of the Aegean Sea, a comprehensive ...

www.inspire-biodiversa.com

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · 16d

Today workers from all fields in Italy required that the Italian government puts sanctions on the criminal government of Israel for the ongoing genocide in Gaza.

Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · Aug 29

@cambiomed-biodiversa.com‬ is a biodiversa project but I see you have included Bioboost+ as well

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marineplanebmsp.bsky.social @marineplanebmsp.bsky.social · Aug 27

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Join us online to learn about MarinePlan's improved transdisciplinary approach to EB-MSP and conservation in European seas. 🌊🪸🐠🌊

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Agenda is available on our website:
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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · Jul 15

🧪Australian ongoing position in academia

Diana Fisher @dianafisher1080.bsky.social · Jul 15

Ongoing academic position lecturer in terrestrial animal ecology at JCU Australia. Deadline 8th August 2025. careers.jcu.edu.au/jobs/lecture...

Lecturer, Animal Ecology - Townsville, QLD, Australia

James Cook University (JCU) is creating a brighter future for life in the Tropics and beyond, through education and research that makes a difference locally and globally. We now have an opportunity a...

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Grant Hamilton 🐨 @ecologygrant.bsky.social · Jul 15

🧪Australian academic position

Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Wildlife and Spatial Ecology.

careers.utas.edu.au/en/job/50114...

Current Vacancies

careers.utas.edu.au

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · Jul 1

New paper led by @martinjung.eu presenting a protocol/tool that increases transparency in reporting Systematic Conservation Planning projects

Martin Jung @martinjung.eu · Jun 30

Systematic conservation planning (SCP) has been established as key approach to identify where conservation efforts are to be prioritized. But how can they be assessed, compared or interrogated 🧐 Here we present ODPSCP, a new open protocol for the intercomparison of SCP doi.org/10.1111/csp2... (1)

An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects

A new standard protocol for contextualizing systematic conservation planning studies is presented and the potential benefits highlighted. By adopting such community reporting standards, scientists an...

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · Jun 16

Besides attending super interesting presentations, it is such a great pleasure to meet old friends/colleagues at #ICCB2025 @hugepossum.bsky.social @robsalgo.bsky.social @mariabeger.bsky.social

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · Jun 16

Great work!

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Hugh Possingham @hugepossum.bsky.social · Jun 14

Jorge Alvarez-Romero provides a succinct description of how #Marxan delivers prioritised spatial decisions for nature in the spatial planning course @iccb2025.bsky.social

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · Jun 14

Excited to be back in Brisbane after 10 years for the @iccb2025.bsky.social but it seems like the Cyclades are still following me :-) Γεια σου ρε ελληνική διασπορά!

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cambiomed-biodiversa.com @cambiomed-biodiversa.com · May 31

Repeating the fieldwork conducted by @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social and colleagues 17 years ago in the Cyclades. Lots of changes have been observed! Main results of the historical data can be find in these publications onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1... and www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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cambiomed-biodiversa.com @cambiomed-biodiversa.com · May 16

During our first week of sampling, we have already noticed a remarkable change in the percentage cover of macroalgae in several sites of the Cyclades Islands. Once macroalgal forests, now turf...
@skatsanevakis.bsky.social @rilovlab.bsky.social @ceabcsic.bsky.social

During our first week of sampling, we have already noticed a remarkable difference between the percentage cover of macroalgae in the same spots in the Cyclades Islands. Once macroalgal forests, now turf...

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · May 16

New paper presenting an innovative NGO-driven approach to conservation planning that can guide the establishment of deep-sea protected areas in data-limited and governance-challenged marine regions authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

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Sylvaine Giakoumi @sylvainegiakoumi.bsky.social · May 13

Sampling in the Cyclades Islands after 18 years! Back then Maria Sini and I were sampling for my PhD with my little car, today we are returning with a catamaran and a crew of 10 people. Getting older has some advantages...

Sampling in the Cyclades Islands after 18 years! Back then Maria Sini and I with my little car, today with catamaran and a crew of 10. Old age has some advantages...

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