Sejuti Basu
@sejuti.bsky.social
Researcher, backpacker, conservation optimist | She/her
Fellow @rgsibg.bsky.social l Co-Chair IUCN CEM Mountain Ecosystems | Prog Coordination Associate @unep.org
Fellow @rgsibg.bsky.social l Co-Chair IUCN CEM Mountain Ecosystems | Prog Coordination Associate @unep.org
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🌍 Call for abstracts! Our session for the World Biodiversity Forum 2026 explores how social innovation, governance & collective action can halt biodiversity loss in mountain regions. Submit by 18 Nov 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/k1x3I12
#MountainBiodiversity #OurChangingMountains #MountainsMatter #WBF2026
#MountainBiodiversity #OurChangingMountains #MountainsMatter #WBF2026
Call for Abstracts | MRI Session at the World Biodiversity Forum 2026 – Mountain Research Initiative MRI
Under the theme of ‘Leading Transformation Together’, the fourth edition of the World Biodiversity Forum will take place from 14-19 June 2026 in Davos, Switzerland.
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September 24, 2025 at 12:04 PM
🌍 Call for abstracts! Our session for the World Biodiversity Forum 2026 explores how social innovation, governance & collective action can halt biodiversity loss in mountain regions. Submit by 18 Nov 2025 ➡️ buff.ly/k1x3I12
#MountainBiodiversity #OurChangingMountains #MountainsMatter #WBF2026
#MountainBiodiversity #OurChangingMountains #MountainsMatter #WBF2026
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📣 Deadline Extension! World Biodiversity Forum 2026 📣
The deadline to submit sessions & workshops under the theme 'Leading Transformation Together' has been extended to 1 September 2025!
📆 June 14–19 2026
📍 Davos, Switzerland
🔗 Read more➡️ buff.ly/pXlCbxf
#WBF2026 #Biodiversity #Sustainability
The deadline to submit sessions & workshops under the theme 'Leading Transformation Together' has been extended to 1 September 2025!
📆 June 14–19 2026
📍 Davos, Switzerland
🔗 Read more➡️ buff.ly/pXlCbxf
#WBF2026 #Biodiversity #Sustainability
World Biodiversity Forum 2026 – Mountain Research Initiative MRI
The fourth edition of the World Biodiversity Forum WBF will take place from Sunday, 14 June to Friday, 19 June 2026 in Davos, Switzerland.
loom.ly
August 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
📣 Deadline Extension! World Biodiversity Forum 2026 📣
The deadline to submit sessions & workshops under the theme 'Leading Transformation Together' has been extended to 1 September 2025!
📆 June 14–19 2026
📍 Davos, Switzerland
🔗 Read more➡️ buff.ly/pXlCbxf
#WBF2026 #Biodiversity #Sustainability
The deadline to submit sessions & workshops under the theme 'Leading Transformation Together' has been extended to 1 September 2025!
📆 June 14–19 2026
📍 Davos, Switzerland
🔗 Read more➡️ buff.ly/pXlCbxf
#WBF2026 #Biodiversity #Sustainability
"Maps have great power to change minds and create reality. How maps use that power depends on who makes the maps." The film documents how indigenous communities around the world are taking back control of mapping their own territories and using them in conservation and monitoring.
A film made by 6 Indigenous filmmakers from Asia, Latin America and Africa, ‘Mapping and Monitoring Indigenous Territories’, raises awareness towards the critical role of Indigenous and community-led biodiversity mapping and monitoring.
Watch the 23-min documentary here 🎥: tinyurl.com/2vbzdu7v
Watch the 23-min documentary here 🎥: tinyurl.com/2vbzdu7v
August 11, 2025 at 6:24 AM
"Maps have great power to change minds and create reality. How maps use that power depends on who makes the maps." The film documents how indigenous communities around the world are taking back control of mapping their own territories and using them in conservation and monitoring.
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"...a potential turning point in international climate law..." achieved thanks to a group of students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu.
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Healthy environment a human right, UN court says in landmark climate ruling
Court’s decision expected to be used in future litigation and to support political negotiations by vulnerable states
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
"...a potential turning point in international climate law..." achieved thanks to a group of students at the University of the South Pacific in Vanuatu.
👏👏👏
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
This recent @unepwcmc.bsky.social blog makes the case for "Nature-based solutions, grounded in science and equity" to build resilience.
Following the recent publication of the ‘Drought Hotspots around the World 2023-2025' report, we examine the many costs of drought – and how nature can help.
Read more: tinyurl.com/3vhjaz2c
Read more: tinyurl.com/3vhjaz2c
July 13, 2025 at 6:10 AM
This recent @unepwcmc.bsky.social blog makes the case for "Nature-based solutions, grounded in science and equity" to build resilience.
It was fun running a half marathon today! Perfect weather in Nairobi for a run. A big thank you to everyone who showed up!
#NairobiCityMarathon2025
#NairobiCityMarathon2025
July 6, 2025 at 6:47 PM
It was fun running a half marathon today! Perfect weather in Nairobi for a run. A big thank you to everyone who showed up!
#NairobiCityMarathon2025
#NairobiCityMarathon2025
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🚨 Call for Abstracts!
The Mountain Ecosystem Specialist Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management invites abstracts for an upcoming publication titled 'Displacement & Migration in Mountain Ecosystems'.
⏰ Deadline: 15 July
🔗 buff.ly/a0MIvZa
#OurChangingMountains #ClimateResilience
The Mountain Ecosystem Specialist Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management invites abstracts for an upcoming publication titled 'Displacement & Migration in Mountain Ecosystems'.
⏰ Deadline: 15 July
🔗 buff.ly/a0MIvZa
#OurChangingMountains #ClimateResilience
June 26, 2025 at 10:01 AM
🚨 Call for Abstracts!
The Mountain Ecosystem Specialist Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management invites abstracts for an upcoming publication titled 'Displacement & Migration in Mountain Ecosystems'.
⏰ Deadline: 15 July
🔗 buff.ly/a0MIvZa
#OurChangingMountains #ClimateResilience
The Mountain Ecosystem Specialist Group of the IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management invites abstracts for an upcoming publication titled 'Displacement & Migration in Mountain Ecosystems'.
⏰ Deadline: 15 July
🔗 buff.ly/a0MIvZa
#OurChangingMountains #ClimateResilience
#Mountains are changing, so are the patterns and intensity of challenges. If your work relates to #migration or #displacement in the mountains, we want to hear from you.
Deadline for abstract submission extended till 15 July 2025.
Deadline for abstract submission extended till 15 July 2025.
Call for abstracts from the #Mountain #Ecosystems Specialist Group of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management on the theme - Displacement and Migration in Mountain Ecosystems.
Submit abstracts by: 15 June 2025
tinyurl.com/mryjzshd
Submit abstracts by: 15 June 2025
tinyurl.com/mryjzshd
June 23, 2025 at 6:10 PM
#Mountains are changing, so are the patterns and intensity of challenges. If your work relates to #migration or #displacement in the mountains, we want to hear from you.
Deadline for abstract submission extended till 15 July 2025.
Deadline for abstract submission extended till 15 July 2025.
"Transformative change for a just and sustainable world is urgent, necessary and challenging, but possible..."
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment urges us to rethink how we interact with nature. A vibrant and healthy planet requires our collective actions #ForNature.
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment urges us to rethink how we interact with nature. A vibrant and healthy planet requires our collective actions #ForNature.
On this #BiodiversityDay, let’s remember:
Fundamental shifts in how people view and interact with the natural world are urgently needed to halt and reverse #biodiversity loss. 🌍
- @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment
Transformative change is necessary and possible! 🧪
Fundamental shifts in how people view and interact with the natural world are urgently needed to halt and reverse #biodiversity loss. 🌍
- @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment
Transformative change is necessary and possible! 🧪
May 23, 2025 at 9:45 AM
"Transformative change for a just and sustainable world is urgent, necessary and challenging, but possible..."
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment urges us to rethink how we interact with nature. A vibrant and healthy planet requires our collective actions #ForNature.
The @ipbes.net #TransformativeChange Assessment urges us to rethink how we interact with nature. A vibrant and healthy planet requires our collective actions #ForNature.
Call for abstracts from the #Mountain #Ecosystems Specialist Group of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management on the theme - Displacement and Migration in Mountain Ecosystems.
Submit abstracts by: 15 June 2025
tinyurl.com/mryjzshd
Submit abstracts by: 15 June 2025
tinyurl.com/mryjzshd
May 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Call for abstracts from the #Mountain #Ecosystems Specialist Group of IUCN Commission on Ecosystem Management on the theme - Displacement and Migration in Mountain Ecosystems.
Submit abstracts by: 15 June 2025
tinyurl.com/mryjzshd
Submit abstracts by: 15 June 2025
tinyurl.com/mryjzshd
Fun day out with Urban Sketchers Nairobi team at the Safari Walk to celebrate #USkWeek2025. Such a privilege to observe and draw wild animals within the city.
Excited to see how the @urbansketchers.bsky.social family is celebrating around the world.
#UrbanSketching
Excited to see how the @urbansketchers.bsky.social family is celebrating around the world.
#UrbanSketching
May 2, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Fun day out with Urban Sketchers Nairobi team at the Safari Walk to celebrate #USkWeek2025. Such a privilege to observe and draw wild animals within the city.
Excited to see how the @urbansketchers.bsky.social family is celebrating around the world.
#UrbanSketching
Excited to see how the @urbansketchers.bsky.social family is celebrating around the world.
#UrbanSketching
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"I believe the fight to protect mountain systems is going in the right direction."
MRI SLC member Joyce Kimutai gives us an inside look at the challenges she, alongside her peers, faced at the 62nd Session of the #IPCC when pushing #OurChangingMountains to the forefront of policy.
MRI SLC member Joyce Kimutai gives us an inside look at the challenges she, alongside her peers, faced at the 62nd Session of the #IPCC when pushing #OurChangingMountains to the forefront of policy.
62nd Session of the IPCC (IPCC-62)
After working 30 hours overtime, IPCC Member Countries agreed on the outlines of the three Working Group reports and on a decision that enables the author nomination process for the Seventh…
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April 2, 2025 at 8:30 AM
"I believe the fight to protect mountain systems is going in the right direction."
MRI SLC member Joyce Kimutai gives us an inside look at the challenges she, alongside her peers, faced at the 62nd Session of the #IPCC when pushing #OurChangingMountains to the forefront of policy.
MRI SLC member Joyce Kimutai gives us an inside look at the challenges she, alongside her peers, faced at the 62nd Session of the #IPCC when pushing #OurChangingMountains to the forefront of policy.
Congratulations @urbansketchers.bsky.social on reaching 1k! With all the chapters around the world, I hope we'll keep growing.
Here's a sketch from last week from the UN campus in Nairobi, Kenya. We do have a Nairobi chapter.
#Urbansketching
Here's a sketch from last week from the UN campus in Nairobi, Kenya. We do have a Nairobi chapter.
#Urbansketching
April 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Congratulations @urbansketchers.bsky.social on reaching 1k! With all the chapters around the world, I hope we'll keep growing.
Here's a sketch from last week from the UN campus in Nairobi, Kenya. We do have a Nairobi chapter.
#Urbansketching
Here's a sketch from last week from the UN campus in Nairobi, Kenya. We do have a Nairobi chapter.
#Urbansketching
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid!
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March 22, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Age yourself with a cartoon you watched as a kid!
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Great to see the enthusiasm for, and growing number of Mountain Biosphere reserves. Set up well, these can deliver benefits for mountain communities, biodiversity and enhance environment resilience @unesco.org @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
March 18, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Great to see the enthusiasm for, and growing number of Mountain Biosphere reserves. Set up well, these can deliver benefits for mountain communities, biodiversity and enhance environment resilience @unesco.org @yesiuoy.bsky.social @anthropocenebio.bsky.social
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🌳 5 key facts about forests from the @ipbes.net Assessments! 🌍🌿🧪
Forests are vitally important for people, #biodiversity and the planet. But forest area is dwindling. Learn more from the latest findings!
#ForestDay
Forests are vitally important for people, #biodiversity and the planet. But forest area is dwindling. Learn more from the latest findings!
#ForestDay
March 21, 2025 at 8:43 AM
🌳 5 key facts about forests from the @ipbes.net Assessments! 🌍🌿🧪
Forests are vitally important for people, #biodiversity and the planet. But forest area is dwindling. Learn more from the latest findings!
#ForestDay
Forests are vitally important for people, #biodiversity and the planet. But forest area is dwindling. Learn more from the latest findings!
#ForestDay
The @unepwcmc.bsky.social blog shines a spotlight on the quality of #conservation efforts, examining whether protected and coserved areas are governed equitably, effectively and upholds the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
The global stocktake on the state of the world's #ProtectedAreas and #ConservedAreas as of March 2025 shows a positive trend.
But when measuring the quality elements of #Target3 of the #KMGBF, how effective are these areas?
Our latest blog explores more:
But when measuring the quality elements of #Target3 of the #KMGBF, how effective are these areas?
Our latest blog explores more:
Beyond coverage: strengthening the quality of protected and conserved areas - UNEP-WCMC
Assessing qualitative Target 3 progress in the Protected Planet Report 2024
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March 8, 2025 at 7:55 AM
The @unepwcmc.bsky.social blog shines a spotlight on the quality of #conservation efforts, examining whether protected and coserved areas are governed equitably, effectively and upholds the rights of Indigenous Peoples and local communities.
Much needed progress at CBD #COP16Resumed on resource mobilisation and #monitoring framework. Tracking progress at national and global levels is key to reaching the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF.
#COP16Colombia + #COP16Resumed has been an exceptional UN Biodiversity Conference with the largest mobilization in the history of the Convention & its Protocols.
Action keeps multilateralism alive.
We will arrive in Yerevan with an action-oriented mindset for #PeaceWithNature: 🔗 bit.ly/3Xn68pE
Action keeps multilateralism alive.
We will arrive in Yerevan with an action-oriented mindset for #PeaceWithNature: 🔗 bit.ly/3Xn68pE
Governments agree on the way forward to mobilise the resources needed to protect biodiversity for people and planet
Governments agreed, on 27 February 2025, in Rome on the strategy to raise the funds needed to protect biodiversity and achieve the action targets of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework ...
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February 28, 2025 at 6:55 AM
Much needed progress at CBD #COP16Resumed on resource mobilisation and #monitoring framework. Tracking progress at national and global levels is key to reaching the goals and targets of the Global Biodiversity Framework #KMGBF.
Stubled upon this fantastic thread by @leramiles.bsky.social on peers working in nature #conservation and #climate science. Wonderful resource!
Starting a thread of starter packs in nature and clîmate
February 16, 2025 at 6:02 AM
Stubled upon this fantastic thread by @leramiles.bsky.social on peers working in nature #conservation and #climate science. Wonderful resource!
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We Achieve Our Greatest Beauty When We Work Together
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We Achieve Our Greatest Beauty When We Work Together
In my work on biodiversity loss and climate change, I often weave in art that raises awareness of these issues.
theplanet.substack.com
February 14, 2025 at 12:50 PM
We Achieve Our Greatest Beauty When We Work Together
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Good news via @mongabay.bsky.social's newswire
1st time two South Americans have received the @tylerprize.bsky.social
Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio have made big contributions to understanding of #biodiversity & #Indigenous conservation
Previous winners include Jane Goodall & Johan Rockström
1st time two South Americans have received the @tylerprize.bsky.social
Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio have made big contributions to understanding of #biodiversity & #Indigenous conservation
Previous winners include Jane Goodall & Johan Rockström
Two South American scientists win ‘environmental Nobel’ on human-nature divide
Two scientists from South America won the 2025 Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement on Feb. 11 for their work on the often-overlooked connection between human societies and the natural world. The...
news.mongabay.com
February 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Good news via @mongabay.bsky.social's newswire
1st time two South Americans have received the @tylerprize.bsky.social
Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio have made big contributions to understanding of #biodiversity & #Indigenous conservation
Previous winners include Jane Goodall & Johan Rockström
1st time two South Americans have received the @tylerprize.bsky.social
Sandra Díaz & Eduardo Brondízio have made big contributions to understanding of #biodiversity & #Indigenous conservation
Previous winners include Jane Goodall & Johan Rockström
Reposted by Sejuti Basu
📣It's not too late to submit an abstract to one of our focus sessions at the #IMC2025! We are also hosting workshops & one side event.
⏰Submit an abstract before/by: 20 February 2025
See all our sessions, workshops, & side event here: loom.ly/2bL2tN4
⏰Submit an abstract before/by: 20 February 2025
See all our sessions, workshops, & side event here: loom.ly/2bL2tN4
MRI Sessions at the International Mountain Conference 2025
The International Mountain Conference 2025 will take place 14-18 September in Innsbruck, Austria. Join representatives of the MRI for a number of exciting side events, workshops, and focus sessions! T...
loom.ly
February 13, 2025 at 7:31 AM
📣It's not too late to submit an abstract to one of our focus sessions at the #IMC2025! We are also hosting workshops & one side event.
⏰Submit an abstract before/by: 20 February 2025
See all our sessions, workshops, & side event here: loom.ly/2bL2tN4
⏰Submit an abstract before/by: 20 February 2025
See all our sessions, workshops, & side event here: loom.ly/2bL2tN4
Reposted by Sejuti Basu
What might the future be if we have to share it with ‘them’? Check out this new blog post on World Without Gender, in which @kathbrowne.bsky.social and I invite you to consider living with division in utopian futures - more to come soon!
Imperfect Utopias: What might the future be if we have to share it with ‘them’?
By Andrew McCartan and Kath Browne
worldwithoutgender.substack.com
February 7, 2025 at 2:51 PM
What might the future be if we have to share it with ‘them’? Check out this new blog post on World Without Gender, in which @kathbrowne.bsky.social and I invite you to consider living with division in utopian futures - more to come soon!
Reposted by Sejuti Basu
A small town in southern India has rolled out an innovative solar-powered fencing system designed to alert residents of approaching wildlife. The system makes some residents feel safer, but challenges remain before it can effectively prevent human-elephant conflict.
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Indian town trials virtual solar fences to reduce conflict with elephants
A small town in southern India has rolled out an innovative solar-powered “invisible” fencing system designed to alert residents of approaching wildlife. The system makes some residents feel safer, bu...
news.mongabay.com
February 4, 2025 at 2:40 PM
A small town in southern India has rolled out an innovative solar-powered fencing system designed to alert residents of approaching wildlife. The system makes some residents feel safer, but challenges remain before it can effectively prevent human-elephant conflict.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...