Conservation Letters
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We present open access cutting-edge advances in the science & practice of conserving biological diversity & promoting human well-being. A journal of the Society for Conservation Biology.
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Cruise ships generate vast amounts of waste, polluting marine environments. One study found that when a cruise ship drops anchors in a coral reef for a day, this impacts an area about half the size of an American football field, most of which dies.
via @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
via @cmmonwealth.bsky.social
#climatecrisis
Visualising Extractive Capitalism
From the formation of the plantation slave economy to the modern-day climate crisis, we map how empire and extractive capitalism shaped Barbados, Britain and the wider world.
visualising-extractive-capitalism.common-wealth.org
January 7, 2026 at 11:50 AM
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January 12, 2026 at 9:17 AM
Tag us with our handle if you post about your #conservationLetters article. So that we can share the news!
Compounding risks of climate change: the authors "assess European birds’ historical exposure to multiple extreme events and identify where and how the risk of compound events will change under different emissions scenarios". doi.org/10.1111/con4...
Spoiler alert: compounding increases risk ☹️
Spoiler alert: compounding increases risk ☹️
Compounding Impacts of Extreme Climate Events on European Birds Under Climate Change
When multiple simultaneous or successive extreme climatic events occur, compound impacts can follow, where the effects of one event worsen the impacts of another. Surprisingly, the risks that these c...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Compounding risks of climate change: the authors "assess European birds’ historical exposure to multiple extreme events and identify where and how the risk of compound events will change under different emissions scenarios". doi.org/10.1111/con4...
Spoiler alert: compounding increases risk ☹️
Spoiler alert: compounding increases risk ☹️
If you're interested in citizen science, check out doi.org/10.1111/con4... for some thoughts on how it can contribute!
Citizen Science Offers Untapped Potential for Conservation Through Research Flexibility
The dynamic nature of research prioritization calls for flexibility in conservation research, yet there are many barriers to research flexibility. This article proposes that citizen science offers un...
doi.org
December 15, 2025 at 2:12 PM
If you're interested in citizen science, check out doi.org/10.1111/con4... for some thoughts on how it can contribute!
New rsch on blue spots ("...areas where socio-economic conditions already favor conservation") used simulations in Cabo Pulmo NP to show that protecting these areas could increase tourism revenues by >70% over 10 yrs, + avoid opportunity costs of business-as-usual degradation doi.org/10.1111/conl...
Blue Spots: A Novel Framework to Leverage Non‐Extractive Economies for Ocean Conservation
The concept of biodiversity hotspots has long guided spatial conservation planning. Although many marine-protected areas (MPAs) overlap with ecological hotspots, they often face resistance when they ...
doi.org
December 3, 2025 at 3:13 PM
New rsch on blue spots ("...areas where socio-economic conditions already favor conservation") used simulations in Cabo Pulmo NP to show that protecting these areas could increase tourism revenues by >70% over 10 yrs, + avoid opportunity costs of business-as-usual degradation doi.org/10.1111/conl...
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Our systematic overview of how rewilding is practiced in Europe has been published in @consletters.bsky.social. We found five distinct strategies differing in goals, interventions, and people's role as part of the rewilding process.
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
November 24, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Our systematic overview of how rewilding is practiced in Europe has been published in @consletters.bsky.social. We found five distinct strategies differing in goals, interventions, and people's role as part of the rewilding process.
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Read more here👇
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Short piece in @consletters.bsky.social exploring social, cultural, political and ecological apsects of illicit and unregulated species translocations - what others (not me, due to homophone errors) might call guerilla rewilding. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Who Let the Frogs out? Illicit and Unregulated Species Translocations
Click on the article title to read more.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Short piece in @consletters.bsky.social exploring social, cultural, political and ecological apsects of illicit and unregulated species translocations - what others (not me, due to homophone errors) might call guerilla rewilding. conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Public write up of our recent @consletters.bsky.social paper.
"Our results were clear: across both countries, our experts judged that #political will and #law enforcement were by far the most important factors for protecting #forests...
theconversation.com/protecting-b...
"Our results were clear: across both countries, our experts judged that #political will and #law enforcement were by far the most important factors for protecting #forests...
theconversation.com/protecting-b...
Protecting Brazil and Indonesia’s tropical forests requires political will, law enforcement and public pressure
How Brazil and Indonesia have cut down on deforestation.
theconversation.com
October 19, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Public write up of our recent @consletters.bsky.social paper.
"Our results were clear: across both countries, our experts judged that #political will and #law enforcement were by far the most important factors for protecting #forests...
theconversation.com/protecting-b...
"Our results were clear: across both countries, our experts judged that #political will and #law enforcement were by far the most important factors for protecting #forests...
theconversation.com/protecting-b...
You'll hopefully notice and find useful the new infographic on our web site at conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/... ... designed to help you decide which SCB journal would be most suited for your next brilliant article on conservation science.
October 11, 2025 at 2:14 PM
You'll hopefully notice and find useful the new infographic on our web site at conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/... ... designed to help you decide which SCB journal would be most suited for your next brilliant article on conservation science.
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Large Biodiversity Monitoring Gaps Remain Across Europe @consletters.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
September 21, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Large Biodiversity Monitoring Gaps Remain Across Europe @consletters.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Naming It Is Not Enough: An Orienting Map forUnderstanding Conservation’s Entanglement With Power @consletters.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Naming It Is Not Enough: An Orienting Map for Understanding Conservation's Entanglement With Power
Power is frequently acknowledged in conservation as a limiting factor, something to be cited, problematized, or managed, less frequently is it engaged with as a lived, situated, and multidimensional ...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 21, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Naming It Is Not Enough: An Orienting Map forUnderstanding Conservation’s Entanglement With Power @consletters.bsky.social conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Provocative but very necessary argument in @consletters.bsky.social on rethinking politics and definitions in carnivore conservation in Europe, moving away from crisis mode now that meta-populations are healthy. By @hannalp.bsky.social and von Essen
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Now What? The Conundrum of Successful Recovery of Wolves and Other Species for European Conservation
The recent decision to downlist the wolf from a “strictly protected” to “protected” status in the Bern Convention and Habitats Directive marks a turning point for European conservation. While reflect...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
September 23, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Provocative but very necessary argument in @consletters.bsky.social on rethinking politics and definitions in carnivore conservation in Europe, moving away from crisis mode now that meta-populations are healthy. By @hannalp.bsky.social and von Essen
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
New in Conservation Letters: a guide to understanding power relations in conservation science. "A cross-cutting matrix enables users to trace how their own position shapes what they see, do, and make possible in conservation contexts" doi.org/10.1111/conl...
Naming It Is Not Enough: An Orienting Map for Understanding Conservation's Entanglement With Power
Power is frequently acknowledged in conservation as a limiting factor, something to be cited, problematized, or managed, less frequently is it engaged with as a lived, situated, and multidimensional ....
doi.org
September 17, 2025 at 12:58 PM
New in Conservation Letters: a guide to understanding power relations in conservation science. "A cross-cutting matrix enables users to trace how their own position shapes what they see, do, and make possible in conservation contexts" doi.org/10.1111/conl...
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New paper from the #SteppesinHarmony workshop! Great collab with my favourite scientists in steppe bird ecology and some experts in scenario analysis. Thread below
@consletters.bsky.social
👉 Full article here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@consletters.bsky.social
👉 Full article here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
New paper from the #SteppesinHarmony workshop! Great collab with my favourite scientists in steppe bird ecology and some experts in scenario analysis. Thread below
@consletters.bsky.social
👉 Full article here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@consletters.bsky.social
👉 Full article here: conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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"It is insulting that the commitment to the term rewilding is stronger than the commitment to reconciliation & truth-telling...At a time when we need empowerment, the label of rewilding does nothing but strip it from us."
Thought-provoking piece by Michael-Shawn Fletcher in @consletters.bsky.social
Thought-provoking piece by Michael-Shawn Fletcher in @consletters.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 8:42 AM
"It is insulting that the commitment to the term rewilding is stronger than the commitment to reconciliation & truth-telling...At a time when we need empowerment, the label of rewilding does nothing but strip it from us."
Thought-provoking piece by Michael-Shawn Fletcher in @consletters.bsky.social
Thought-provoking piece by Michael-Shawn Fletcher in @consletters.bsky.social
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How do you identify plants without flowers, fruits or other diagnostic features? DNA barcoding is your solution! But not all plants are easily barcoded.. I spent several years @rbgkew.bsky.social to develop this for Aloe vera + relatives. Out now in @consletters.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/conl...
August 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
How do you identify plants without flowers, fruits or other diagnostic features? DNA barcoding is your solution! But not all plants are easily barcoded.. I spent several years @rbgkew.bsky.social to develop this for Aloe vera + relatives. Out now in @consletters.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1111/conl...
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Climate change is increasingly changing biological communities posing marine conservation challenges. Irvine et al. created a climate ecological disruption index that can inform conservation efforts to “build ecological resilience in a warming world” @consletters.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/conl...
August 13, 2025 at 11:31 AM
Climate change is increasingly changing biological communities posing marine conservation challenges. Irvine et al. created a climate ecological disruption index that can inform conservation efforts to “build ecological resilience in a warming world” @consletters.bsky.social doi.org/10.1111/conl...
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Perverse market incentives related to the desirability of rare items are pushing the European eel to extinction, by favoring its exploitation despite extreme scarcity
@consletters.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
See thread below
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@consletters.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
See thread below
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
August 28, 2025 at 8:12 AM
Perverse market incentives related to the desirability of rare items are pushing the European eel to extinction, by favoring its exploitation despite extreme scarcity
@consletters.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
See thread below
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
@consletters.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @azti.bsky.social
See thread below
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
It was great to meet so many of our authors at #ICCB in Brisbane! Just a reminder for those for whom publication costs may be a barrier: we offer APC (article publishing cost) waivers to authors from less wealthy countries, and have some latitude to help SCB members w/o funding.
June 23, 2025 at 1:42 PM
It was great to meet so many of our authors at #ICCB in Brisbane! Just a reminder for those for whom publication costs may be a barrier: we offer APC (article publishing cost) waivers to authors from less wealthy countries, and have some latitude to help SCB members w/o funding.
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New paper just published in @consletters.bsky.social ‼️
Our perspective explores the legal uncertainties in wildlife trade, and how to resolve them 🦜
A product of @iccs.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Conservation Network, this works draws insights from a brilliant group of ECRs and mentors
Our perspective explores the legal uncertainties in wildlife trade, and how to resolve them 🦜
A product of @iccs.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Conservation Network, this works draws insights from a brilliant group of ECRs and mentors
Resolving Uncertainties in the Legality of Wildlife Trade to Support Better Outcomes for Wildlife and People
Wildlife use and trade support the livelihoods of millions of people worldwide but also threaten thousands of species. Legal instruments, when effectively designed and implemented, can help regulate ...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 20, 2025 at 10:34 AM
New paper just published in @consletters.bsky.social ‼️
Our perspective explores the legal uncertainties in wildlife trade, and how to resolve them 🦜
A product of @iccs.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Conservation Network, this works draws insights from a brilliant group of ECRs and mentors
Our perspective explores the legal uncertainties in wildlife trade, and how to resolve them 🦜
A product of @iccs.bsky.social Interdisciplinary Conservation Network, this works draws insights from a brilliant group of ECRs and mentors
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📢 New in @consletters.bsky.social
Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal
by Cheung&al doi.org/10.1111/conl...
Can elephans learn from whales? We think conservation policy can: effective wildlife trade governance requires international cooperation, not polarization
Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal
by Cheung&al doi.org/10.1111/conl...
Can elephans learn from whales? We think conservation policy can: effective wildlife trade governance requires international cooperation, not polarization
April 23, 2025 at 10:19 AM
📢 New in @consletters.bsky.social
Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal
by Cheung&al doi.org/10.1111/conl...
Can elephans learn from whales? We think conservation policy can: effective wildlife trade governance requires international cooperation, not polarization
Protect the Integrity of CITES: Lessons From Japan's IWC Withdrawal
by Cheung&al doi.org/10.1111/conl...
Can elephans learn from whales? We think conservation policy can: effective wildlife trade governance requires international cooperation, not polarization
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🍄 🧪🌍 #CitizenScienceMonth ends today, so I thought I'd share our review published last year in @consletters.bsky.social "The Power of Citizen Science to Advance Fungal Conservation"
#citizenscience #conservationscience #conservation #ICYMI
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#citizenscience #conservationscience #conservation #ICYMI
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 30, 2025 at 10:28 PM
🍄 🧪🌍 #CitizenScienceMonth ends today, so I thought I'd share our review published last year in @consletters.bsky.social "The Power of Citizen Science to Advance Fungal Conservation"
#citizenscience #conservationscience #conservation #ICYMI
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#citizenscience #conservationscience #conservation #ICYMI
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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To save nature, #AI needs our help:
"People may believe AI tools will be the answer to all their problems, but it's important to understand that they're only as good as the data they've been trained on."
Paper from @consletters.bsky.social
🌍🍄🐛🦑
"People may believe AI tools will be the answer to all their problems, but it's important to understand that they're only as good as the data they've been trained on."
Paper from @consletters.bsky.social
🌍🍄🐛🦑
To save nature, AI needs our help
AI is a computing tool. It can process and interrogate huge amounts of data, expand human creativity, generate new insights faster and help guide important decisions. It's trained on human expertise, ...
phys.org
May 8, 2025 at 4:14 PM
To save nature, #AI needs our help:
"People may believe AI tools will be the answer to all their problems, but it's important to understand that they're only as good as the data they've been trained on."
Paper from @consletters.bsky.social
🌍🍄🐛🦑
"People may believe AI tools will be the answer to all their problems, but it's important to understand that they're only as good as the data they've been trained on."
Paper from @consletters.bsky.social
🌍🍄🐛🦑
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What Is(n't) Environmental Stewardship? 🦺🐟🌿
Now out & open access in @consletters.bsky.social
#fishes #oceanoptimism #conservation
Collaborative effort with @fisheriesprof.bsky.social, @valeriosbra.bsky.social, @rarlinghausfish.bsky.social et al.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Now out & open access in @consletters.bsky.social
#fishes #oceanoptimism #conservation
Collaborative effort with @fisheriesprof.bsky.social, @valeriosbra.bsky.social, @rarlinghausfish.bsky.social et al.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
What Is(n't) Environmental Stewardship? Eliciting Unspoken Assumptions Using Fisheries as a Model
Environmental stewardship is often invoked as a net social good and an approach for achieving equitable and sustainable conservation outcomes, but it is rarely defined explicitly in management settin...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 11, 2025 at 9:58 AM
What Is(n't) Environmental Stewardship? 🦺🐟🌿
Now out & open access in @consletters.bsky.social
#fishes #oceanoptimism #conservation
Collaborative effort with @fisheriesprof.bsky.social, @valeriosbra.bsky.social, @rarlinghausfish.bsky.social et al.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Now out & open access in @consletters.bsky.social
#fishes #oceanoptimism #conservation
Collaborative effort with @fisheriesprof.bsky.social, @valeriosbra.bsky.social, @rarlinghausfish.bsky.social et al.
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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A recent study published in @consletters.bsky.social highlights that chain-link fences effectively protect livestock from big cat attacks in Tanzania, benefiting entire communities by deterring predators.
#bigcats #wildlifeconflict
news.mongabay.com/2025/03/chai...
#bigcats #wildlifeconflict
news.mongabay.com/2025/03/chai...
Chain-link fencing protects livestock from big cat attacks in Tanzania: Study
NAIROBI ― For the last two decades, Matambire Mgemaa, a pastoralist in southern Tanzania in the environs of Ruaha National Park, nighttime has meant staying vigilant to protect his goats, sheep and ca...
news.mongabay.com
March 31, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A recent study published in @consletters.bsky.social highlights that chain-link fences effectively protect livestock from big cat attacks in Tanzania, benefiting entire communities by deterring predators.
#bigcats #wildlifeconflict
news.mongabay.com/2025/03/chai...
#bigcats #wildlifeconflict
news.mongabay.com/2025/03/chai...