Celesté Maré

I was recently reminded of how amazing it is to be an #ipbesfellow! In the 1st week of Feb 2026, I met some extremely talented fellow fellows, and saw first hand how scientists and policy makers worked together for biodiversity at #ipbes12. Huge congrats to the #IPBES business and biodiversity team!

Amazing work by @andrewabraham.bsky.social! Check out this study on how salt can influence the distribution of large animals.

Thrilled to chair @celestemare.bsky.social's PhD defense today! 🎓 We're diving into the fascinating role of fire and grazing in shaping carbon dynamics in African savannas. Part of the work @econovoau.bsky.social 🔥🦓🌿 #PhDDefense #Ecology #AfricanSavannas

Amazing blog by @sonakshis.bsky.social about what Interdisciplinary Conservation looks like. Her words eloquently captures what the 2025 ICN workshop felt like. I am thrilled to be working with Sonakshi as we develop our outputs from this collaboration!

All pictures were taken by @timkuiper.bsky.social

Extremely proud to have been part of the 2025 ICN workshop held in George, SA! This collaboration between NMU and @ox.ac.uk brought young conservationists together to discuss important topics in #conservation. Visit @iccs.bsky.social for updates and blog posts from participants. I am inspired! ❤️

#conservation | Celesté Maré Are you an early career researcher (ECR) passionate about #Conservation? See below for an amazing opportunity to work with fellow motivated ECRs to explore and develop important themes around Conserva...

Are you an early career researcher (ECR) passionate about #Conservation? See below for an amazing opportunity to work with fellow motivated ECRs to explore and develop important themes around Biodiversity conservation! Deadline is 12 June 2025. www.linkedin.com/posts/celest...

World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years There is growing evidence that termites have a substantial, but still poorly understood, role in the carbon cycle.

This is so cool; 14 000 - 34 000 year old termite mounds!
World’s oldest termite mounds discovered in South Africa – and they’ve been storing precious carbon for thousands of years theconversation.com/worlds-oldes...

An aerial image shows a landscape divided between lush green forest on the right and patchy agricultural land on the left. The road between the two areas runs vertically through the image. The text reads: "Call for Fellows: IPBES Spatial Planning Assessment. Deadline: 24 January 2025." The IPBES logo appears in the upper-right corner.

Call for Fellows! 🚨

@ipbes.bsky.social is seeking #EarlyCareer experts to join the Biodiversity #SpatialPlanningAssessment. Contribute to crucial work on conservation, restoration, land/sea use planning & connectivity! 🌍

🗓 Apply by 24 Jan 2025

🔗 More info: www.ipbes.net/spatial-plan...

Nice coverage of our recent paper on using animal death as a rational approach to improve zoo population management: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Exciting opportunity this spring/summer for bird and microclimate-oriented field biologists at the HJ Andrews LTER, Oregon, USA. If you have western bird ID skills and like rugged fieldwork, please apply! jobs.oregonstate.edu/postings/163...

Check out our recent paper for an interesting discussion about the management of zoo animals.

Better data sets won’t solve the problem — we need AI for Africa to be developed in Africa Language models developed by big technology companies consistently underperform in African languages. It’s time to focus on local solutions.

Another good example of why we need African solutions by African scientists..

Great PhD opportunity with @jcsvenning.bsky.social - some photos from around the field site to tempt ya in!

An incredible opportunity to work with some amazing people in beautiful landscapes - while focusing on a interesting and relevant topic! Excited to see what comes from this!

Today! 5.45pm before posters & drinks! #BES2024

Such a privilege to have spent this last week with a passionate group of experts at the first author meeting for the #IPBES #MonitoringAssessment in Montréal! Proud to be an #IPBESfellow for this report.

I can't find African Scientists and researchers easily on here. As the second largest continent with 1.3 billion inhabitants our perspectives matter. I'm creating a starterpack to find folks, follow them and amplify them. If you are an African Scientist let me know below so I can add you. Thanks.

📢EVENT: Webinar on #IPBES Call for Experts for its #SpatialPlanning #Assessment - a unique opportunity for #African marine & #spatialplanning experts to contribute to global #biodiversitygoals

🗓️27 Nov. 2024
🕚11:00 - 13:00 GMT
To register➡️ t.ly/dk0hO

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Hello?! I am a Conservation Ecologist that is interested in protected areas, global change biology and nature recovery 🐘🌵🏞️ (also history, old school campervans and dogs!! 🏰🚍🐶) Trying to find my people again. Please follow!!

Aboveground and belowground sizes are aligned in the unified spectrum of plant form and function - Nature Communications Plants show diverse strategies for growth, reproduction, and survival, shaped by key aboveground and root traits. This study finds that adding root size traits does not change the global structure of ...

Check out Eleonora Beccari’s latest work in Nature Comms
We explored how adding root size traits shapes the big picture of plant strategies. Spoiler: aboveground & belowground sizes form a single allometric spectrum independent of leaf and root economics.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...