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Olivier Honnay
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Conservation biology | Agronomic ecology | Trade-offs | Professor KU Leuven | KU Leuven Plant Institute | Non-utopian

https://bio.kuleuven.be/faculty/00012061

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 1d
As the EU’s deforestation-free regulation takes effect in 2026, companies will lean on satellite maps to prove their supply chains are compliant.

But a new review warns most maps can’t meet EUDR standards, risking misclassification in places where agroforestry and forests look alike.
Researchers find concerning gaps in global maps used for EUDR compliance
A recent scientific review of forest maps used to ensure compliance with the European Union’s Regulation on Deforestation-free products, known as the EUDR, suggests that most may over- or…
news.mongabay.com

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · 6d
But that wasn’t REAL organic.

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · 7d
Ça avance
L’IA bouleverse l’évaluation des articles scientifiques
Des éditeurs de revues scientifiques testent des plateformes d’intelligence artificielle pour analyser leurs avantages et inconvénients lors de l’examen d’un article soumis à un journal.
www.lemonde.fr

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · 7d
Oogst vernield door Insectenplaag 🥲.
HAK schroeft ambitie biologisch flink terug - Nieuws Biologisch
HAK besloot drie jaar geleden dat zijn hele Nederlandse teelt in 2027 biologisch moet zijn. Nu stelt de groenteverwerker die ambitie flink naar beneden bij,...
www.boerenbusiness.nl

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Richard Waite @waiterich.bsky.social · 12d
“We are eating the Earth…Carbohydrates will be an even tougher problem to solve than hydrocarbons.”
- @mikegrunwald.bsky.social
The Race to Grow More Food on Less Land | Atmos
Food has been left out of the climate conversation for far too long despite its oversized impact, argues author Michael Grunwald.
atmos.earth

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 17d
By focussing on charismatic large fauna rather than restoring ecosystem functions, there is the danger that some rewilding projects

are less about radical processed-based conservation

and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Biodiversity conservation requires integration of species-centric and process-based strategies | PNAS
Conservation science and policy are geared primarily toward the preservation of species and habitats, with priority often given to the rarest, most...
www.pnas.org

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Julian Schrader @julianschrader.bsky.social · 22d
New paper out in Ecology Letters! Led by Ennia Bosshard and Chris Kaiser-Bunbury, we show that proximity to natural habitat doesn’t consistently support pollination in tropical smallholder farms. Landscape complexity matters more than distance.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Proximity to Natural Habitat Is Not Consistently Associated With Pollination Services in Tropical Smallholder Farms: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of 35 studies to examine the relationship between distance to natural habitat and pollinator abundance, species richness and crop fruit set in tropi....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Andreas De Block @andreasdeblock.bsky.social · 26d
Stop making excuses for unclear writing
open.substack.com/pub/bigifftr...
Stop making excuses for unclear writing
It's not political resistance (Judith Butler) or metaphysical liberation (Ellie Anderson): it's just bad.
open.substack.com

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Pierre Friedlingstein @pfriedling.bsky.social · Nov 13
Published today in Earth System Science Data: The Global Carbon Budget 2025
essd.copernicus.org/preprints/es...
Global Carbon Budget 2025
Abstract. Accurate assessment of anthropogenic carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and their redistribution among the atmosphere, ocean, and terrestrial biosphere in a changing climate is critical to bette...
essd.copernicus.org

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laurentfranckx.bsky.social @laurentfranckx.bsky.social · Oct 28
The obvious economics of preserving the Amazon
www.economist.com/the-americas...
From The Economist
The obvious economics of preserving the Amazon
It provides Brazil’s world-beating farmers with water, and keeps carbon locked up for the rest of us
www.economist.com

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · Oct 23
Ik ben alvast niet de enige zo blijkt.
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transportenvironment.org
T&E @transportenvironment.org · Oct 9
NEW: Biofuels globally emit more than the fossil fuels they replace, our latest study shows.

The first-of-a-kind study looks at global biofuels production today and the potential impacts of government biofuel targets.
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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · Oct 8
We are doomed.
European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and‘plant-based sausage
European Parliament votes to ban use of ‘veggie burger’ and ‘plant-based sausage’: coalition calls decision misguided and counterproductive
www.weplanet.org

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · Oct 3
📢 Vacancy: I am urgently recruiting a PhD candidate to join a project on selection processes in pedunculate oak.
📅 Start date: no later than December 1st.

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Your Local Epidemiologist @ylepidemiologist.bsky.social · Sep 25
7/ The previous studies were observational studies, which can detect patterns, but they can’t prove causation. Confounding factors—why someone took Tylenol in the first place, genetics, other exposures—can explain apparent links. This is why the sibling study was so important.

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Andrew McGuire @agronomistag.bsky.social · Sep 11
Fertilizer DOES NOT burn up soil organic matter.
Long-term study finds "NP fertilization substantially augments both the quantity and stability of soil organic carbon stocks."
scienmag.com/long-term-n...
Long-Term N and P Boost Soil Carbon Storage
In the unrelenting battle against climate change, soil organic carbon (SOC) stands as a pivotal ally, intimately linking terrestrial ecosystems to global carbon cycles. Despite its vital role in climate mitigation and agroecosystem productivity, the persistent decline of SOC
scienmag.com

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Joachim Mergeay @jmergeay.bsky.social · Sep 4
Waarom moeten we zo nodig wolven hebben in de Lage Landen? Opinie in De Standaard 3/9/25

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · Sep 1
The author must have lost his mind on this.

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · Sep 1
Just found out that ChatGPT effortlessly converts every thinkable old Flemish measure into English ones and the metric system 🙂.
1 Bruges hoet of wheat = 172 l ≈ 4.88 Winchester bushels.

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Jitka Klimesova @jitkaklimesova.bsky.social · Aug 30
Grime's CSR theory revisited: A whole-plant view of vascular plant functioning across contrasting environments besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Grime's CSR theory revisited: A whole‐plant view of vascular plant functioning across contrasting environments
The findings presented provide strong empirical validation of the competitor, stress-tolerator and ruderal (CSR) theory using an extensive species dataset and expand the number and types of traits th....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Tamar Haspel @tamarhaspel.bsky.social · Aug 22
Fascinating list of the scientists who have saved the most lives, via @maxroser.bsky.social at @ourworldindata.org ,

2 of the top 3 are food related:

#1 - Haber & Bosch, for synthetic nitrogen (2.3 billion)
#3 - Norman Borlaug, for high-yield crops (245 million)

Data source:
www.scienceheroes.com

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Olivier Honnay @olivierhonnay.bsky.social · Aug 22
Doe ik.

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Stef Aerts @stefaerts.bsky.social · Aug 22
Gezocht: lector #natuurbeheer #ecologie #wetenschappen bij @odiseehogeschool.bsky.social Agro- en biotechnologie in Sint-Niklaas.
www.odisee.be/lector-agro-...

Start: het nieuwe academiejaar
Solliciteren: asap!

Diverse opdracht, 50-100% ifv invulling.

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Michael Grunwald @mikegrunwald.bsky.social · Aug 14
“We’re clear-cutting and broiling the planet to stuff our faces.” @theguardian.com did a deep dive into WE ARE EATING THE EARTH!

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Why our broken food system remains a climate disaster: ‘broiling the planet to stuff our faces’
Author Michael Grunwald reckons with the challenge of food-based climate emissions in his new book We Are Eating the Earth
www.theguardian.com

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ourworldindata.org
Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Aug 12
@hannahritchie.bsky.social explains why increasing agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the world’s most pressing problems: ourworldindata.org/africa-yield...
Increasing agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the most important problems this century
Agricultural productivity across Sub-Saharan Africa needs to improve to reduce hunger, poverty, and the destruction of biodiversity.
ourworldindata.org

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ourworldindata.org
Our World in Data @ourworldindata.org · Aug 12
To grow food you need two things: some land and some of your time.

Land and labor are two of agriculture’s primary inputs. To build a food system that works for people and the planet, humanity needs to achieve high productivity in both of them.
A bar chart showing agricultural value added per worker, which is calculated by dividing the amount of economic value generated from farming, forestry, and fishing by the number of people who work in those sectors. Data for 2022 is shown for 6 countries and the global average. Ag. value added per worker is relatively high in countries like Australia ($122,800) and the Netherlands ($85,200) — but relatively much lower in countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, such as Congo ($1429), Tanzania ($874), and Uganda ($850). The data is expressed in constant 2015 US dollars; it's adjusted for inflation but doesn't account for cost of living differences between countries. The data source is the World Bank, OECD national accounts, and ILOSTAT (2025). The chart is CC BY Our World in Data.

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The Economist @economist.com · Aug 12
“Probing how and why the atomic bombs were deployed against Japan has become a cottage industry all of its own.” The War Room, our defence newsletter, recommends seven of the best books about the country’s defeat in the second world war
The War Room newsletter: Seven of the best books on the Pacific war
Richard Cockett, a news editor, recommends seven books about the defeat of Japan in the second world war
econ.st

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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social · Aug 7
How Ethiopia avoided colonization in the late 19th century but then lagged behind in the 20th century: www.africanistperspective.com/p/how-ethiop...
How Ethiopia avoided colonization in the late 19th century but then lagged behind in the 20th century
Lessons in stateness, (failed) modernization, and economic (under)development
www.africanistperspective.com

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Nicholas D Carter @nicholasdcarter.bsky.social · Jul 30
'Cows just replaced the methane from wild bison'

Not even close.

At their peak, wild ruminants incl. bison emitted ~15 Tg CH₄/yr

Today’s 4+ billion farmed ruminants emit over 100 Tg CH₄/yr

That’s nearly 7x more methane.

essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...
Global Methane Budget 2000–2020
Abstract. Understanding and quantifying the global methane (CH4) budget is important for assessing realistic pathways to mitigate climate change. CH4 is the second most important human-influenced gree...
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