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Andy Gonzalez
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Dad x2 | Scientist working on the causes and consequences of biodiversity loss | Liber Ero Chair @McGillU | co-chair GEOBON | co-director QCBS | co-chair IPBES biodiversity monitoring assessment | co-founder Habitat | He/Him
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Andy Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social · Nov 22
Hello Bluesky! so, this is where everyone trying to make the world a better place has landed.

Let’s connect! I’m here to learn, listen and share my thoughts as a #biodiversity scientist. But also the things I’m learning every day trying to link science, policy and action in my other jobs.
To mirror the blue sky logo - a metalmark butterfly (Rhetus sp.) in Colombia Giving a talk in front of a giant screen at COP16 about how to transform our ability to monitor biodiversity and understand change so that we can act rapidly and effectively.
Reposted by Andy Gonzalez
zurelllab.bsky.social
Without forward-looking models, biodiversity policy risks missing the road to recovery.
Our new PNAS article calls for predictive tools and a World Biodiversity Research Programme to guide global action.

👉 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
#Biodiversity #Conservation #PredictiveModels #PNAS
October 8, 2025 at 7:52 PM
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qcbs.ca
"Nature et climat, deux défis avec une solution commune : la biodiversité au cœur de la résilience climatique": Les co-directeurs du CSBQ Fanie Pelletier et Andrew Gonzalez @bio-diverse.bsky.social co-signent un article dans @climatoscope360.bsky.social climatoscope.ca/nature-et-cl... 🌳🪲🌅 1/2
Nature et climat, deux défis avec une solution commune : la biodiversité au cœur de la résilience climatique - Climatoscope 360
Les changements climatiques et la perte de biodiversité comptent parmi les crises environnementales les plus urgentes. Jusqu’à présent, la recherche s’est
climatoscope.ca
October 1, 2025 at 1:39 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
A must-read special issue: “Bending the curve towards nature recovery: building on Georgina Mace’s legacy”
royalsocietypublishing.org/toc/rstb/202...
I: Determinants of diversity & resilience.
II: Measuring the state of biodiversity
III: Biodiversity & natural capital
IV: Future scenarios for nature
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences: Vol 380, No 1917
royalsocietypublishing.org
September 24, 2025 at 7:19 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
La #biodiversité canadienne étalée sur une carte www.ledevoir.com/environnemen...

Pour en savoir plus sur Blitz the Gap:
blitzthegap.org
@biomcgill.bsky.social @qcbs.ca
La biodiversité canadienne étalée sur une carte
Les espèces de la faune et de la flore canadiennes ont été répertoriées dans d’un projet scientifique citoyen.
www.ledevoir.com
September 22, 2025 at 9:01 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Are you tracking developments in #biodiversity monitoring and its applications?

We wrote a paper on addressing the challenges:
Data to Decisions: the Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework (BMSF). Creating a cycle of trust from field data to policy reports 🧵
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v...
The Biodiversity Monitoring Standards Framework is a linked sequence of steps defined by the standards that each step adopts within a set of well-defined needs, principles and ethical guidelines (center). Every monitoring workflow would achieve an overall standard rating (potentially tiered) based on the standards adopted in each step. The monitoring workflow is implemented (right) once the necessary resources, human capacity, technologies, and data architectures have been adopted. A tiered approach allows countries to start with simpler methods and progressively adopt more sophisticated ones as capacity grows. These standards need not be costly or infeasible to adopt, but they do need to be defined a priori to create trust and confidence in the trends reported.
September 19, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Reposted by Andy Gonzalez
nasonline.org
How do we measure life on Earth? 🌍🌱 The new summary report from the 2025 US-UK Forum on Measuring Biodiversity, hosted by the NAS and @royalsociety.org, explores tools, challenges, and solutions for tackling the #biodiversity crisis.

Read here: bit.ly/460RB7R
September 11, 2025 at 3:13 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
📣 Out now:
A #Biodiversity Observation Network to support conservation action and mainstream knowledge in #Canada

www.facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/...

A 🍁BON would consolidate what we know, grow our capacity to understand trends, mitigate risks, and guide policy to protect & restore nature.
August 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
The global plan for #biodiversity - the UN CBD's GBF - has a key feature, a monitoring framework to track progress. But, does it cover all the GBF's elements?

We did a full gap analysis for the UN CBD. Our new open-access paper led by Flavio Affinito is out @natureecoevo.bsky.social
🧵 ⬇️
June 10, 2025 at 12:19 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Phew, I just gave a talk and animated a floor game about the impacts of roads on wildlife and the restoration of habitat connectivity during Eureka! Quebec’s biggest science festival #Montreal.

Presenting to smart 8-12 yr olds took a different energy to my classes @mcgill.ca
festivaleureka.ca/en/
May 30, 2025 at 4:40 PM
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On #BiologicalDiversityDay it’s important to remember that humanity has caused dramatic changes to the biosphere - only 6% of the combined weight of all mammals on Earth 🌏 is wild! 😳

From the fantastic research by: @liorgreenspoon.bsky.social Ron Milo and colleagues.
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
May 22, 2025 at 8:25 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
So happy to share our Review paper

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
@science.org

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...
www.science.org
April 24, 2025 at 8:27 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
What do we mean by ecologically well-connected landscapes? how do we define, monitor and manage for it?

I tackled this during my keynote
A Well-Connected Earth: Bridging Connectivity Science & Practice
at the Canadian Ecological Connectivity Conference in Banff.
site.pheedloop.com/event/CECC20...
Bow Valley, connectivity conservation is a priority. Image from: https://parks.canada.ca/nature/science/conservation/corridors-ecologiques-ecological-corridors/prioritaires-priorities
April 24, 2025 at 4:33 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Come join our team! We're hiring a Research Assistant for the Technical Support Unit of the @ipbes.net assessment on Monitoring #Biodiversity and NCPs.

Job details & application process👇
mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/mcgill...

Please apply through the website in the link above.
Expert authors of the assessment working on identifying the key messages of the Summary for Policy Makers.
April 24, 2025 at 3:14 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Canadian Geographic has released a fantastic new website "Right of Passage" about ecological corridors and connectivity in Canada
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca

It includes an interactive map showing national priority areas for corridors:
rightofpassage.canadiangeographic.ca/23-national-...
April 23, 2025 at 4:16 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Leaving Hong Kong inspired by the ideation and collaboration during our 1st meeting for the Summary for Policy Makers. The SPM contains the key messages and will be a crucial output of the #biodiversity & NCP monitoring assessment bc the SPM is negotiated and adopted by the member states @ipbes.net
April 18, 2025 at 4:02 AM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
It was fantastic to meet with the executive secretary of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social, Astrid Schomaker, and the staff at the CBD secretariat, to present GEOBON’s plan to support countries with their biodiversity monitoring data and science needs. We have so much to do together ahead of COP17.
From left to right: Jillian Campbell, Andrew Gonzalez, Astrid Schomaker.
April 11, 2025 at 1:56 AM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
An interview where I reflect on a decade of work on biodiversity change and in particular the evidence for local biodiversity change - some of the most inspiring and heated debate happened at iDiv. It’s is great to be part of this podcast.
April 10, 2025 at 12:59 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Oh my, I am thrilled to receive the ChangeMaker Prize awarded by @mcgill.ca for public engagement and my work to translate biodiversity science to policy and conservation in Quebec, Canada and internationally for @unbiodiversity.bsky.social and @ipbes.net .

reporter.mcgill.ca/2025-preside...
April 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Reposted by Andy Gonzalez
ucllifesciences.bsky.social
A new study by @alexpigot.bsky.social and colleagues reveals the critical role of biodiversity in the functioning of ecosystems.
@uclcber.bsky.social

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Macroecological rules predict how biomass scales with species richness in nature
Despite advances in theory and experiments, how biodiversity influences the structure and functioning of natural ecosystems remains debated. By applying new theory to data on 84,695 plant, animal, and...
www.science.org
March 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Just out:
A geometric approach to beta diversity

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Led by the brilliant
@clsong.bsky.social & Muyang Lu.
March 19, 2025 at 5:57 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Just out in @currentbiology.bsky.social
Pre-exposure to stress reduces loss of community & genetic diversity following severe environmental disturbance

Rapid adaptation & species sorting combine to alter diversity

Read more👇📄https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0960982225000673
An aerial shot of the Large Experimental Array of Ponds that was used to do the experiment described in this paper. We see 72 tanks of 1000 litres distributed in an experimental array. LEAP is located at McGill's Gault Reserve, Quebec.
March 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
How do human drivers shape ecosystem services and their interactions? The answer impacts policy and management.

We used Bayesian Belief Networks (BBN) to model ecosystem service interactions as a causal network for data from many Quebec landscapes
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Using linear regression, based on data from 318 soil landscapes, if we assume that human activity intensity does not influence the relationship between livestock provisioning and bird-watching recreation (a), then we might conclude that there is no effect between these two services. However, when controlling for human activity intensity (b), a direct trade-off is found because human activity intensity positively influences both services.
March 17, 2025 at 8:46 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
New key finding:
Landscapes of fragmented habitat have lower diversity, at all scales, than do unfragmented landscapes.

Habitat fragmentation does not compensate for the loss of local (alpha) diversity by increasing the diversity among fragments (beta diversity).
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The figure explaining the contrasting outcomes for diversity and local and landscape scales in continuous vs. fragmented landscapes. The right column (panel d) shows the cases where increasing inter-fragment diversity (increasing beta diversity among fragments) compensates for loss of local (alpha) diversity results in an increase in regional (Gamma) diversity. Fragmentation is 'bad' for diversity when loss of alpha and beta diversity combine to cause landscape-wide declines in gamma diversity.
March 13, 2025 at 3:06 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Rapid butterfly declines across the US during the 21st century

Total butterfly abundance fell by 22% across the 554 species & species richness fell by as much as 28% across 7 regions.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
March 10, 2025 at 7:44 PM
bio-diverse.bsky.social
Breaking! Part 2 of CoP16 of UN Convention on Biological Diversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social has just adopted the revisions of the documents on planning, monitoring, reporting, and review of progress to the goals and targets of the KM-Global Biodiversity Framework. This is fantastic news! 🥳
February 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM