Jeroen van der Sluijs
@jeroenvandersluijs.bsky.social
Professor, University of Bergen UiB SVT Centre for the study of the Sciences and the Humanities. #post-normal_science #sustainability #actionable_knowledge #uncertainty #precautionary_principle #climate_change_adaptation #insect_decline #pollinator_decline
Terugblik op de startbijeenkomst @butterfly-project.bsky.social "Living Lab Bestuivers Zeeland" Samen bruggen bouwen voor bestuivers", 29 Oktober 2025
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November 11, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Terugblik op de startbijeenkomst @butterfly-project.bsky.social "Living Lab Bestuivers Zeeland" Samen bruggen bouwen voor bestuivers", 29 Oktober 2025
clm-onderzoek-en-advies.email-provider.eu/web/kiienyak...
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Insect decline signals a deep ecological imbalance
#pollinators
#pollinatordecline
#insectdecline
#ecosystemservices
Integrating insect-mediated services into national accounting systems ... is critical to preventing irreversible ecological collapse.
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/inse...
#pollinators
#pollinatordecline
#insectdecline
#ecosystemservices
Integrating insect-mediated services into national accounting systems ... is critical to preventing irreversible ecological collapse.
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/inse...
Insect decline signals a deep ecological imbalance [Commentary]
Insects, representing over two-thirds of known biodiversity, provide critical ecosystem services such as pollination, and pest regulation.
india.mongabay.com
November 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Insect decline signals a deep ecological imbalance
#pollinators
#pollinatordecline
#insectdecline
#ecosystemservices
Integrating insect-mediated services into national accounting systems ... is critical to preventing irreversible ecological collapse.
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/inse...
#pollinators
#pollinatordecline
#insectdecline
#ecosystemservices
Integrating insect-mediated services into national accounting systems ... is critical to preventing irreversible ecological collapse.
india.mongabay.com/2025/11/inse...
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A new groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i confirms that deep-sea mining could have devastating impacts well beyond the seafloor.
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep
November 6, 2025 at 1:23 PM
A new groundbreaking study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i confirms that deep-sea mining could have devastating impacts well beyond the seafloor.
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep
Read the full paper here: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-025-65411-w
#DefendTheDeep
Implementing Indigenous rights through climate–health governance: advancing the Indigenous Determinants of Health framework within the UNFCCC
#COP30 #onehealth #planetaryhealth
Paris Agreement Article 7.5
#UNDRIP #FPIC #culturalsafety
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
#COP30 #onehealth #planetaryhealth
Paris Agreement Article 7.5
#UNDRIP #FPIC #culturalsafety
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
Frontiers | Implementing Indigenous rights through climate–health governance: advancing the Indigenous Determinants of Health framework within the UNFCCC
As the UNFCCC evolves, the urgency to advance Indigenous Peoples’ Rights within global climate governance has never been greater. COP 30 offers a powerful st...
www.frontiersin.org
November 9, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Implementing Indigenous rights through climate–health governance: advancing the Indigenous Determinants of Health framework within the UNFCCC
#COP30 #onehealth #planetaryhealth
Paris Agreement Article 7.5
#UNDRIP #FPIC #culturalsafety
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
#COP30 #onehealth #planetaryhealth
Paris Agreement Article 7.5
#UNDRIP #FPIC #culturalsafety
www.frontiersin.org/journals/cli...
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De Friese #melkveehouder Bart Berga wil een omschakeling maken naar kruidenrijk grasland, hoger waterpeil, natuurlijke oevers en een extensievere bedrijfsvoering zonder kunstmest🐄💚
"Op het moment kan ik echt al merken dat er een verbetering in de gezondheid zit."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHsH...
"Op het moment kan ik echt al merken dat er een verbetering in de gezondheid zit."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHsH...
Melkveehouder Bart Berga doet mee aan het 7-vinkjes project
YouTube video by urgenda
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November 7, 2025 at 9:08 AM
De Friese #melkveehouder Bart Berga wil een omschakeling maken naar kruidenrijk grasland, hoger waterpeil, natuurlijke oevers en een extensievere bedrijfsvoering zonder kunstmest🐄💚
"Op het moment kan ik echt al merken dat er een verbetering in de gezondheid zit."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHsH...
"Op het moment kan ik echt al merken dat er een verbetering in de gezondheid zit."
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHsH...
Researchers have found #neonicotinoid pesticides - insect killers commonly used in farming - could damage male reproductive health.
www.newsweek.com/commonly-use...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.newsweek.com/commonly-use...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Reproductive risk of Neonicotinoids: A review of male rodent studies
Neonicotinoid pesticides (neonics) are the most widely used insecticides in the world. Numerous studies have identified detectable levels of neonics i…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 7, 2025 at 8:36 AM
Researchers have found #neonicotinoid pesticides - insect killers commonly used in farming - could damage male reproductive health.
www.newsweek.com/commonly-use...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.newsweek.com/commonly-use...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Discover a new data paper by Barberis, Bitonto, Costantino et al. where they make "Insect-flower interactions in the Mediterranean area: a Citizen Science dataset collated within the Life4Pollinators project" available: doi.org/10.26786/192...
November 3, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Discover a new data paper by Barberis, Bitonto, Costantino et al. where they make "Insect-flower interactions in the Mediterranean area: a Citizen Science dataset collated within the Life4Pollinators project" available: doi.org/10.26786/192...
Large-scale citizen science study identifies imidacloprid as primary chemical risk in UK freshwaters
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
Large-scale citizen science study identifies imidacloprid as primary chemical risk in UK freshwaters - Water Magazine
60% of freshwater sites show elevated nutrient pollution -- comprehensive chemical analysis reveals contamination in all samples.
www.watermagazine.co.uk
November 5, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Large-scale citizen science study identifies imidacloprid as primary chemical risk in UK freshwaters
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
imidacloprid was detected in 24% of samples. In every sample where it was present, concentrations exceeded risk thresholds for aquatic invertebrates.
www.watermagazine.co.uk/2025/11/05/l...
Hardangerfjorden under press
— Utslipp og miljøtilstand
www.hi.no/hi/nettrappo...
www.hi.no/hi/nyheter/2...
— Utslipp og miljøtilstand
www.hi.no/hi/nettrappo...
www.hi.no/hi/nyheter/2...
November 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
Hardangerfjorden under press
— Utslipp og miljøtilstand
www.hi.no/hi/nettrappo...
www.hi.no/hi/nyheter/2...
— Utslipp og miljøtilstand
www.hi.no/hi/nettrappo...
www.hi.no/hi/nyheter/2...
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Interesting 🧵 on this 25-yr old (!) paper on “social translucence” dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
November 5, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Interesting 🧵 on this 25-yr old (!) paper on “social translucence” dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/...
Start meeting of flax Living Lab Zeeland of project @butterfly-project.bsky.social today
#pollinators
#pollinators
October 29, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Start meeting of flax Living Lab Zeeland of project @butterfly-project.bsky.social today
#pollinators
#pollinators
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New important report about Climate in Norway released and presented today. The new report 'Klima i Norge' is a joint teamwork and contains information about hydrology, cryosphere +++ I have written the glacier chapter. The report is in Norwegian: klimaservicesenter.no/kss/rapporte...
October 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New important report about Climate in Norway released and presented today. The new report 'Klima i Norge' is a joint teamwork and contains information about hydrology, cryosphere +++ I have written the glacier chapter. The report is in Norwegian: klimaservicesenter.no/kss/rapporte...
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🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
October 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
🧵1/5
🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
🌱 The Secret Behind Your Chocolate Bar 🍫
Every piece of chocolate owes its existence to the cacao tree (Theobroma cacao). This rainforest plant underpins a $100 billion industry, yet its fate rests with one tiny pollinator: the chocolate midge (Ceratopogonidae). 🦟
In an era troubled by threats of ecological tipping points, geopolitical instability, and uncontrollable technological acceleration, security has become a central lens through which societies interpret and address their challenges.
Can we imagine other futures?
www.uib.no/en/svt/17996...
Can we imagine other futures?
www.uib.no/en/svt/17996...
Security and preparedness: Culture, crisis, and control in troubled times
SVT's 2025 symposium explores how the concept of security permeates our cultural imagination and institutional responses.
www.uib.no
October 24, 2025 at 8:53 AM
In an era troubled by threats of ecological tipping points, geopolitical instability, and uncontrollable technological acceleration, security has become a central lens through which societies interpret and address their challenges.
Can we imagine other futures?
www.uib.no/en/svt/17996...
Can we imagine other futures?
www.uib.no/en/svt/17996...
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How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
October 23, 2025 at 4:50 AM
How many plant species are buzz pollinated? After more than six years in the making, our paper on the convergent evolution of buzz pollinated flowers is out in @journal-evo.bsky.social. Thanks @draverbee.bsky.social @roszenil.bsky.social and all co-authors for your hard work! doi.org/10.1093/evol...
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Als cadeau artikel: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... @leefomgeving.bsky.social NRC 16/10
Het PBL zegt het hardop: zó kan het niet verder, dus politiek begin
eens met lef! Stop met lapmiddelen
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... en kies één koers, minder export, meer natuur. Beloon boeren die omschakelen en gebruik elke hectare grond in dienst van toekomst, niet van aandeelhouders.
eens met lef! Stop met lapmiddelen
www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... en kies één koers, minder export, meer natuur. Beloon boeren die omschakelen en gebruik elke hectare grond in dienst van toekomst, niet van aandeelhouders.
Het landschap moet de komende 25 jaar ‘ongekend veranderen’: véél meer natuur en minder landbouwgrond, zegt PBL
Planbureau voor de Leefomgeving: Nederland staat voor een „ongekende transformatie” van het landschap, waarbij 20 tot 30 procent meer natuur moet worden aangelegd, ten koste van landbouwgrond. Dit zeg...
www.nrc.nl
October 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Als cadeau artikel: www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/... @leefomgeving.bsky.social NRC 16/10
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Het is tijd voor een goed gesprek over landgebruik. In onze nieuwe visie #Landinzicht berekenden we hoe we iedereen in Nederland van eigen bodem kunnen voeden én ruimte overhouden voor meer natuur en biobased grondstoffen. Bekijk de video!
landinzicht | grond voor een vruchtbaar gesprek
YouTube video by urgenda
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December 4, 2024 at 9:29 AM
Het is tijd voor een goed gesprek over landgebruik. In onze nieuwe visie #Landinzicht berekenden we hoe we iedereen in Nederland van eigen bodem kunnen voeden én ruimte overhouden voor meer natuur en biobased grondstoffen. Bekijk de video!
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de Bijenstichting slaat alarm: onze belangrijkste bestuivers verdwijnen door gif en biotoopverlies. Stop met gif en geef de natuur de ruimte.
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...
October 17, 2025 at 8:13 AM
de Bijenstichting slaat alarm: onze belangrijkste bestuivers verdwijnen door gif en biotoopverlies. Stop met gif en geef de natuur de ruimte.
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...
www.rtl.nl/nieuws/binne...
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🚨 The latest European Red List assessment has revealed 65 butterflies are now classed as 'at risk', several of which are species found in the UK.
Urgent action is needed to reverse the declining population of butterflies.
Read more:
butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📸 Gilles San Martin
Urgent action is needed to reverse the declining population of butterflies.
Read more:
butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📸 Gilles San Martin
October 13, 2025 at 3:58 PM
🚨 The latest European Red List assessment has revealed 65 butterflies are now classed as 'at risk', several of which are species found in the UK.
Urgent action is needed to reverse the declining population of butterflies.
Read more:
butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📸 Gilles San Martin
Urgent action is needed to reverse the declining population of butterflies.
Read more:
butterfly-conservation.org/news-and-blo...
📸 Gilles San Martin
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Let's hear it for ivy! The last flower of the year is one of the best for pollinators, vital for a last feed for butterflies such as the red admiral. Learn a little more...
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
Best Plants for Bees: Ivy!
YouTube video by Dave Goulson
youtu.be
October 14, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Let's hear it for ivy! The last flower of the year is one of the best for pollinators, vital for a last feed for butterflies such as the red admiral. Learn a little more...
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
youtu.be/-W6aa6nUVPA
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Interessant artikel in De Correspondent. Tien manieren om je te verzetten tegen fascisme.
"Deze tijd vraagt om onverschrokkenheid."
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"Deze tijd vraagt om onverschrokkenheid."
decorrespondent.nl/16393/tien-m...
Tien manieren om je te verzetten tegen fascisme
Fascisme krijgt ruimte door een hardnekkige misvatting: dat jij het niet kunt stoppen. Dat klopt niet. Gezamenlijk kunnen we ons weren tegen de woede en het wantrouwen die onze democratie overspoelen....
decorrespondent.nl
October 15, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Interessant artikel in De Correspondent. Tien manieren om je te verzetten tegen fascisme.
"Deze tijd vraagt om onverschrokkenheid."
decorrespondent.nl/16393/tien-m...
"Deze tijd vraagt om onverschrokkenheid."
decorrespondent.nl/16393/tien-m...
Today, the website of our Horizon Europe project on #pollinator stewardship, www.butterfly-europe.eu has reached 50 clicks from google search in the past 28 days.
Please link to our wonderful website to help make it even better findable
+ follow our BlueSky account @butterfly-project.bsky.social
Please link to our wonderful website to help make it even better findable
+ follow our BlueSky account @butterfly-project.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Today, the website of our Horizon Europe project on #pollinator stewardship, www.butterfly-europe.eu has reached 50 clicks from google search in the past 28 days.
Please link to our wonderful website to help make it even better findable
+ follow our BlueSky account @butterfly-project.bsky.social
Please link to our wonderful website to help make it even better findable
+ follow our BlueSky account @butterfly-project.bsky.social
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De foto bij het artikel doet vermoeden dat de situatie nog veel erger is: er was zelfs geen foto van een solitaire bij beschikbaar bij nu.nl, dan maar een honingbij.
www.nu.nl/dieren/63719...
www.nu.nl/dieren/63719...
1 op 5 Europese bijensoorten met uitsterven bedreigd: 'Gevolgen voor voedsel'
20 procent van de wilde bijensoorten in Europa wordt met uitsterven bedreigd, staat in het nieuwste rapport van natuurbeschermingsorganisatie IUCN. Ook met de vlinders gaat het slecht. Volgens de onde...
www.nu.nl
October 13, 2025 at 11:50 AM
De foto bij het artikel doet vermoeden dat de situatie nog veel erger is: er was zelfs geen foto van een solitaire bij beschikbaar bij nu.nl, dan maar een honingbij.
www.nu.nl/dieren/63719...
www.nu.nl/dieren/63719...
The effect of #neonicotinoids on #bumblebees (Bombus spp.):
a systematic review
#pollinators
#pesticides
findings consistently showed impaired foraging, learning, memory, and reproduction, all of which compromise colony health and long-term population viability
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bee...
a systematic review
#pollinators
#pesticides
findings consistently showed impaired foraging, learning, memory, and reproduction, all of which compromise colony health and long-term population viability
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bee...
Frontiers | The effect of neonicotinoids on bumblebees (Bombus spp.): a systematic review
Neonicotinoids are systemic insecticides used in agriculture to control herbivorous pests by targeting the nervous system. However, the persistence and prese...
www.frontiersin.org
October 13, 2025 at 2:30 PM
The effect of #neonicotinoids on #bumblebees (Bombus spp.):
a systematic review
#pollinators
#pesticides
findings consistently showed impaired foraging, learning, memory, and reproduction, all of which compromise colony health and long-term population viability
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bee...
a systematic review
#pollinators
#pesticides
findings consistently showed impaired foraging, learning, memory, and reproduction, all of which compromise colony health and long-term population viability
www.frontiersin.org/journals/bee...
