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International Biodiversity Consultants Ltd (IBC) is an independent biodiversity and ecology specialist consultancy dedicated to conserving and enhancing our environment with experience worldwide. Link: https://linktr.ee/ibioconsultants
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UN climate chief urged delegates not to “squabble”, but focus on turning ambition into action.

“Your job here is not to fight one another. It is to fight this climate crisis together.This is the growth story of the 21st century, the economic transformation of our age.”
From pledges to action: Leaders push for faster climate progress at COP30
COP30 opened in Belém on Monday with a clear message: the era of half-measures is over. Climate change is here, devastating communities and driving up costs, but solutions are within reach. Clean ener...
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November 10, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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The chilling effect of air pollution
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The chilling effect of air pollution
New University of Washington-led research attributes accelerated warming to reduced cloud reflectivity. As efforts to improve air quality have reduced pollution, clouds became less mirror-like,...
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November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
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More stresses on #ecosystems may not go in our favour for sequestration of #carbon. This time #grassland and shrub lands succumb to extreme #drought 🌍

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Extreme droughts threaten the ability of grasslands and shrubs to capture carbon - Noticias Ambientales
Las extreme droughts intensified by climate change are profoundly altering the functioning of terrestrial ecosystems, especially in grasslands and
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November 9, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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Coral Reefs meet their #climate tipping point 🌍

Seems insane that we might lose these precious marine habitats 😭 but hope maybe on the horizon…

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The Coral Reef Is The First Environment On Earth To Reach Climate 'Tipping Point' - BGR
In case you haven't been paying attention, it's getting hotter every year, and some environments are beginning to reach a tipping point of no return.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:26 PM
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IUCN passes resolution to do more for #WildAnimal #climate allies like elephants 🐘 , otters, tigers 🐅 and cetaceans 🐬 and whales 🐳 🌍

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IUCN Resolution Recognizes Wild Animals as Climate Allies
On October 10, the IUCN adopted a resolution to mobilize the role of wild animals in ecosystems as a climate solution.
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November 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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#Freshwater #Ecologists - check out this new #RPackage called fwtraits which integrates parameters from FWE www.freshwaterecology.info

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#FreshwaterEcology #RStat #Statistics #BigData 🌍
Introducing fwtraits – an R package for obtaining freshwater biodiversity trait information
Species ecological parameters are crucial for understanding the functional responses to environmental perturbations, aiding in informing conservation …
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November 8, 2025 at 1:23 PM
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Tanzania gets serious on #climate and #biodiversity with a new national project to tackle environmental challenges 🌍

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#EastAfrica #BiodiversityAction #ClimateAction
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November 8, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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#GreenCareersWeek #GCW25 #CareerJourneys #Inspiration #Woodlands #Trees
November 7, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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Today we publish a new paper at The British Medical Journal on the links between biodiversity, climate and health in relation to the hashtag#COP30 in Brazil

Here we argue that climate resilience depends on nature—and both are vital for the health of people.

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The Amazon is one of Earth’s major climate stabilisers—we must protect the rainforest and its biodiversity
The twin crises of biodiversity loss and climate change have clear implications for human health and must be central to discussions at COP30, argue David Nogués-Bravo and Helena Alves-Pinto The acce...
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November 6, 2025 at 1:24 PM
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World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black 🕸🕷🧪

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World's biggest spiderweb discovered inside 'Sulfur Cave' with 111,000 arachnids living in pitch black
A giant colonial spiderweb in a sulfuric cave on the border between Greece and Albania may be the largest ever found — and it was built by spiders we didn't know liked the company of others.
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November 6, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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With the rise and demand for #ElectricVehicles (EVs), this in-depth study looks into the impact of #lithium mining on land-use, #ecosystems and #biodiversity 🌍

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November 4, 2025 at 1:16 PM
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This study reveals less than 10% of 1,500 Canadian 🇨🇦 species have 30% of their range protected.

Meeting Canada's #30x30 target requires a strategic 16%-17% #protectedarea expansion 🌍

#BiodiversityLoss

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Priority areas to conserve biodiversity in Canada
Canada has committed to protecting 30% of its land by 2030, yet existing protected areas cover only 12.4% of Canadian lands, which is insufficient to protect terrestrial biodiversity. In this study, w...
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November 4, 2025 at 1:07 PM
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@beyondpesticides.org - new paper suggests #PesticideContamination of #Seaweed Threatens #PublicHealth, #Biodiversity and #EcosystemFunctioning 🌍

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Pesticide Contamination of Seaweed Threatens Public Health, Biodiversity, and Ecosystem Functioning - Beyond Pesticides Daily News Blog
Water contaminated with pesticides threatens aquatic ecosystem functioning and biodiversity, as highlighted by a study of seaweed.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:09 PM
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@iisd.org launches a new brief looking at how #NatureBasedSolutions can help bring about #TransformativeChange with benefits! 🌍

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#NbS #EcosystemBasedAdaption
Delivering Transformative Change and Multiple Benefits
This brief outlines the potential for nature-based solutions to deliver transformative change and multiple benefits to enhance biodiversity, strengthen climate resilience, and contribute to the achiev...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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26% of all #mammals face extinction

However, mammals are vital to #ecosystems, culture, and even our own evolution. These authors propose a 4-step framework (documentation, assessment, monitoring, action) to tackle possible extinction. Politics & policy are key 🌍

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Biodiversity conservation depends on the expansion of taxonomy and systematics research
Abstract. Despite mammals constituting fewer than 0.3% of all described species, their conservation is compelling for a number of reasons. They contribute
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November 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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Paleontology study of the extinct Giant Sloth reveals that loss of #ecosystemengineers means losing the #ecosystemservices they also provide - a warning for today 🌍

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#BiodiversityLoss #SpeciesLoss #Extinction #Ecosystems
Giant Ground Sloth Extinction Led to Loss of Ecological Services - Evolution@Vanderbilt
By Andy Flick, Evolutionary Studies scientific coordinator Giant ground sloths were more than just Ice Age oddities. They were ecosystem engineers whose disappearance reshaped the landscapes they once...
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November 2, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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New research - firms with higher #BiodiversityRisk are actually increasing corporate investment, not reducing. More seen in competitive industries, driven by strategic, first-mover preemptive behavior. Policy uncertainty amplifies the effect 🌍

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#ESG
Threat or opportunity: Biodiversity risk and corporate investment
We investigate how biodiversity risk influences corporate investment. Using text-based measures of firm-level exposure, we find that higher biodiversi…
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November 2, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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New #MIT research shows a crucial link: While #ClimateChange harms biodiversity, loss of biodiversity jeopardizes #tropicalforest regrowth —a key tool for #ClimateMitigation 🌍

#Forests #ClimateAction

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Biodiversity: A missing link in combating climate change
With healthy populations of animals that disperse seeds, tropical forests can absorb up to four times more carbon.
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November 2, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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New systematic review protocol in Methods Ecol Evol.: "Application of #UAVs (drones) in #farmland #biodiversitymonitoring." This research aims to standardize how drones are used to track and assess #nature on farms 🌍

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Application of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in farmland biodiversity monitoring: A systematic review protocol
Biodiversity is crucial for ecosystem stability and functioning as well as human well-being. Measuring biodiversity is a complex task that is being improved through technological innovations like ...
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November 2, 2025 at 9:11 AM
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AAAS reports future-focused #conservation index suggests more emphasis must be placed on #reptiles over #amphibians as a priority 🌍

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#BiodiversityConservation #Herpetology #Ecology
Future-focused conservation index identifies reptiles as highest conservation priority
Reptiles could overtake amphibians as the highest priority for conservation among vertebrates as threats like climate change and invasive species worsen in the future, according to a new conservation ...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:56 AM
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The IUCN Forest & Grasslands Team hosted an event on #ecosystemrestoration at the IUCN 2025 Congress, showcasing #bestpractices and power of #strategicpartnerships

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#EcologicalRestoration #Conservation
Restoring Our Future: Lessons and Innovations to Achieve Global Restoration Goals
At the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025, the IUCN Forest and Grasslands Team organised an event titled “Restoring Our Future: Lessons and Innovations to Achieve Global Restoration Goals” to showc...
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November 2, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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The #15minuteCity should integrate #UrbanNature (pocket parks, gardens) to meet both human needs (cohesion, recreation) and #biodiversity goals (habitat connectivity) planning for nature 🌳 and people🚶‍♂️‍➡️

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#UrbanEcology #CityScape #CityNature #GreenCities 🌍
Resetting the clock by integrating urban nature and its biodiversity into the 15-minute city concept - Nature Communications
In this perspective, the authors propose integrating urban nature and its biodiversity into the 15-minute city concept to meet both human needs and biodiversity conservation goals.
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November 2, 2025 at 8:31 AM
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#Biodiversity, #Ecosystems, and #NaturalEnvironments are not just beautiful, they're extraordinarily complex.

Our latest blog explores this question on how to communicate ecosystem complexity effectively, responsibly, and meaningfully 🌏

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International Biodiversity Consultants Ltd – Blog » Translating Biodiversity Data into Reports
Introduction Biodiversity, ecosystems and natural environments are complex systems. Vast interacting systems of nutrients, water and energy driving further complex relationships of microorganisms, fau...
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October 29, 2025 at 1:09 PM
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Hi Bluesky, Are you a #NaturalCapital specialist or expert? @ibioconsultants.com is looking for Natural Capital people with #African and #European experience (preferable) to help support a proposal it is currently working on. Please drop us an email at info@ibioconsultants.com with your CV
International Biodiversity Consultants Ltd is looking for experts in Natural Capital to help support a potential bid
October 29, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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#Songbird nests subject to #eDNA sampling and tests revealed predators, nestling diet and local insects. This could prove to be a rich data source for #avian #TrophicEcology 🌍

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October 28, 2025 at 7:11 PM