We are offering registration fee waivers to support early-career conservationists and practitioners facing financial barriers to attend the next ECCB @eccb26leiden.bsky.social in Leiden!
📅 Deadline March 15th
📢 Results by April 5th
Details & how to apply: www.scbeurope.org/en/actualiti...
📢 ECCB 2026 deadline extended!
The deadline for parallel (regular) sessions is now March 1, 2026.
📍 July 6th-10th, Leiden, NL
👉 Submit here: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses...
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Such a powerful image in Le Monde.
(The writing on the plane says "Neutral athletes")
Cartoon by: Letton Gatis Sluka
”Nyt ei ole aika perustaa luonnonpuistoja”
T. Sari Multala
Czech PM Babiš ruled out sending L-159 jets to Ukraine, calling the matter "closed." He slammed army chief Řehka for backing the sale publicly, saying he "should have stayed silent," iDNES reports.
www.idnes.cz/zpravy/domac...
Aramco have acquired a majority stake in chemicals + plastics firm SABIC, + bought into huge Chinese plastics + chemicals projects from Korea to Texas, with the aim that production of plastics 'would drive nearly half of oil-demand growth by mid-century':
www.scientificamerican.com/article/how-...
Israel har alltså bara börjat riva FNs kontor för palestinska flyktingar i Jerusalem och avfyrar dessutom tårgas mot en FN-skola på Västbanken och omvärlden bara rycker på axlarna
www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j...
How can we make conservation fieldwork more inclusive and just?
New document by the SCB Europe's DEIJ Committee summarizes key barriers to participation and practical, evidence-based actions and ways forward. See a couple of examples below.
🔗 www.scbeurope.org/en/deij-comm...
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Society for Conservation Biology – Europe Region will hold the Annual Members' Meeting on January 23rd 12:00–13:00 CET.
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SCB Europe @scbeurope.bsky.social Annual Membership Meeting will take place on Friday 23 January 2026. 12h CET.
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CALL FOR PARALLEL SESSIONS! You can now submit your abstract for the parallel (regular) sessions: oral presentations, posters, or speed talks. Deadline: February 15th, 2026. Find more on our website: eccb26leiden.eu/parallel-ses... #biodiversity #Leiden
Palaearctic Grasslands 65 is published vegsciblog.org/2025/12/03/p...
One day to go:
The US wants to cancel the law defending roadless areas.
Public comment period for opposing this rollback closes Sep. 19, 2025.
An open letter by SCB (@society4conbio.bsky.social) explains why this is a poor idea and how to comment.
See more here:
conbio.org/publications...
VACANCY ALERT - We have a fantastic opportunity for someone to join our team as a Bat Group Officer. DEADLINE for Applications: 10am Monday 30th June 2025.
FIND OUT MORE HERE: www.bats.org.uk/the-trust/jo...
The Amazon is being destroyed by a most deadly trio:
• Livestock farming
• Organised crime
• Climate breakdown
If the planet's biggest rainforest ecosystem is lost, we're lost too. Our fate is totally inseparable from that of the natural world.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The Cut article from 2018: Cuomo halted investigation into Weinstein case after $25K donation from his former lawyer
holy shit. Cuomo halted an investigation into the Weinstein case after a donation from Weinstein’s former lawyer’s firm to his reelection campaign…
guys, this was in 2018 AFTER the Weinstein exposés (multiple) had been published & the #metoo movement was ascendant
This is wildly cruel.
"Many Palestinian citizens of Israel found themselves excluded from life-saving infrastructure during the worst nights of the Iran-Israel conflict to date."
I’d like to see the same tough stance on Russia’s threat to Europe, a key US trade partner, and Ukraine - a partner in mineral deal, Budapest Memorandum guarantor, and a military partner. No one is calling for bombing - just a firmer line on Russia: stronger aid and sanctions
There is a greater than zero chance that we went to war with Iran today because everyone made fun of the president when he said two weeks.
Last night, Russia hit Sloviansk and Kramatorsk. Two killed, 13 injured in Donetsk region from Russian shelling.
🤬 Odesa, local chats report about "arrivals" in the city.
🙏 Also massive UAVs attack on Kremenchuk!
Great workshop this morning led by Mike Dawson on navigating scientific publishing and responsibility and opportunities we have at making it better. Includes great examples of long lasting impacts of society run journals (love seeing @asn-amnat.bsky.social at the top!) #Evol2025
In just the past 14 days, Russia attacked Ukraine with 2,800 strike drones, nearly 3,000 guided bombs, and 140 missiles of various types.
European allies' fighter jets remain comfortably parked on their respective airfields because [insert rationalization for cowardice here].
‼️JOB VACANCY ‼️
Become a Citizen Science Coordinator with the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project!
Two weeks until we close! ⌛
Deadline: 30 June 2025
Only today I learned about the shrine in Tokyo to insects killed for science.
RFK Jr.‘s extreme anti-vax views — and his related conflicts of interest — were a huge problem during his confirmation process.
So he promised not to change the vaccine advisory panel.
Today, he fired every single expert on that panel. It's a public health disaster.
More petrol onto the flames. Precisely what a good leader would not do.
Senior Wagiman Traditional Owner, Jabul Huddlestone
"I don’t want this rubbish, knocking down trees on my country...No goanna, no kangaroo, you can’t find green plum, black plum...too many trees being knocked down...nothing now...all knocked down."
🦉Rat poisons are killing Aussie birds — 281 experts unite to say enough is enough.
These deadly second-generation poisons are harming our birds, wildlife and pets. A federal review is underway, with a decision expected very soon.
Visit: actforbirds.org/ratpoison to have your say!
www.theguardian.com/environment/... Starting in August 2024, an unprecedented heatwave has swept across Western Australia’s reefs, turning corals white from the World Heritage-listed Ningaloo all the way to Ashmore Reef, about 1,500km north-east.
