@eklund-jo.bsky.social
Associate professor in geography at University of Helsinki. Working in conservation science using #ImpactEvaluation to assess conservation outcomes.
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Our new Associate Professor in #geography @geohelsinkiuni.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund 💎, giving her inaugural keynote talk at the Kumpula Faculty Day of @helsinki.fi 🤩
Johanna asks what actually works in #conservation and how this could be tested with #counterfactual approaches 💚
Johanna asks what actually works in #conservation and how this could be tested with #counterfactual approaches 💚
Also making this the inauguration of using BlueSky (I know I know, late to the party, but now here so any old friends from #teamcounterfactual on conservation twitter, please do find me)
We show how funding fads and donor interests have influenced conservation funding in Madagascar and the implications this has had for local conservation actors and the negative circle this has created in weakening state capacity. #OpenAccess @ConBiology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Influence of funding fads and donor interests on international aid for conservation in Madagascar
Tens of billions of dollars in official development assistance have been spent over the past three decades to address the increasingly rapid loss of biodiversity globally. Despite this expenditure, d....
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 15, 2025 at 10:36 AM
We show how funding fads and donor interests have influenced conservation funding in Madagascar and the implications this has had for local conservation actors and the negative circle this has created in weakening state capacity. #OpenAccess @ConBiology conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Our new paper out on selecting among counterfactual methods to evaluate conservation interventions, superbly led by Tanya O'Garra. We did some hard thinking and I hope the decision framework can be a useful resource in the #teamcounterfactual community conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Selecting among counterfactual methods to evaluate conservation interventions
Counterfactual methods can support effective conservation by generating robust causal evidence of what works and what does not. The purpose of this paper is to guide practitioners, researchers, and f...
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 20, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Our new paper out on selecting among counterfactual methods to evaluate conservation interventions, superbly led by Tanya O'Garra. We did some hard thinking and I hope the decision framework can be a useful resource in the #teamcounterfactual community conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
I am sadly not at #ICCB2025 and feeling massive FOMO, so please ##teamcounterfactual keep the skeets coming!!
Note full session on future of counterfactuals starts @8:30 Wednesday! #teamcounterfactual,
@billsutherland.bsky.social, @lynndicks, @silviupetrovan,@williammorgan, @alecchristie @camzoology.bsky.social, @kingscollege.bsky.social, @nerc_clear, @conservation.cam.ac.uk
@billsutherland.bsky.social, @lynndicks, @silviupetrovan,@williammorgan, @alecchristie @camzoology.bsky.social, @kingscollege.bsky.social, @nerc_clear, @conservation.cam.ac.uk
June 16, 2025 at 6:35 AM
I am sadly not at #ICCB2025 and feeling massive FOMO, so please ##teamcounterfactual keep the skeets coming!!
See you in Leiden next year!
📣SAVE THE DATE📣
The European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB) 2026 will be held in Leiden, 6–10 July! The theme of the conference is “Effective Conservation Science”.
Join global experts to explore effective conservation science through keynotes, workshops, field trips, and more.
The European Congress of Conservation Biology (ECCB) 2026 will be held in Leiden, 6–10 July! The theme of the conference is “Effective Conservation Science”.
Join global experts to explore effective conservation science through keynotes, workshops, field trips, and more.
June 5, 2025 at 9:21 AM
See you in Leiden next year!
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Published in Conservation Biology!
Effectiveness of protected areas in the #Caucasus Mountains in preventing #rangeland #degradation
Using greenness indicators in 52 PAs from 1988-2019 we showed that they’re ineffective in preventing degradation
OA:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Effectiveness of protected areas in the #Caucasus Mountains in preventing #rangeland #degradation
Using greenness indicators in 52 PAs from 1988-2019 we showed that they’re ineffective in preventing degradation
OA:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 5, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Published in Conservation Biology!
Effectiveness of protected areas in the #Caucasus Mountains in preventing #rangeland #degradation
Using greenness indicators in 52 PAs from 1988-2019 we showed that they’re ineffective in preventing degradation
OA:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Effectiveness of protected areas in the #Caucasus Mountains in preventing #rangeland #degradation
Using greenness indicators in 52 PAs from 1988-2019 we showed that they’re ineffective in preventing degradation
OA:
conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Psychological reactance to system-level policies (e.g., climate policy) is greater during the planning phase than after their implementation. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Psychological reactance to system-level policies before and after their implementation | PNAS
Governments need to develop and implement effective policies to address pressing societal
problems of our time, such as climate change and global p...
www.pnas.org
May 28, 2025 at 9:55 AM
Psychological reactance to system-level policies (e.g., climate policy) is greater during the planning phase than after their implementation. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Reposted
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... Our new preprint on the biodiversity impacts of carbon farming practices is out now! @rececochange.bsky.social sky.social @bsag.fi
Impacts of carbon farming practices on biodiversity at the farm scale
ecoevorxiv.org
May 28, 2025 at 12:12 PM
ecoevorxiv.org/repository/v... Our new preprint on the biodiversity impacts of carbon farming practices is out now! @rececochange.bsky.social sky.social @bsag.fi
Reposted
Different worldviews and knowledge systems
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
May 28, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Different worldviews and knowledge systems
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
influence the ways people interact with and value nature. 🌿- IPBES #ValuesAssessment
All these values must be considered to effectively address the #biodiversity crisis. 🌍🧪
Read the Values Assessment Report: www.ipbes.net/the-values-a...
Proud supervisor when Vilma Kaukavuori gave her final MSc-thesis presentation on the nature values emerging in the media narratives of the anti-tourism demonstrations in the Canaries.
May 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Proud supervisor when Vilma Kaukavuori gave her final MSc-thesis presentation on the nature values emerging in the media narratives of the anti-tourism demonstrations in the Canaries.
Reposted
The new book 'A Research Agenda for Economic Geography - Reframing 21st Century Capitalism', edited by Yuko Aoyama, Daniel Haberly, Rory Horner and Seth Schindler (@sethschindler.bsky.social), is now available to read 📖
Find the book here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
Find the book here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
A Research Agenda for Economic Geography
This forward-thinking Research Agenda for Economic Geography: Reframing 21st Century Capitalism focuses on contemporary issues in globalization, platformization, climate change and geopolitics. Chapte...
www.e-elgar.com
May 21, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The new book 'A Research Agenda for Economic Geography - Reframing 21st Century Capitalism', edited by Yuko Aoyama, Daniel Haberly, Rory Horner and Seth Schindler (@sethschindler.bsky.social), is now available to read 📖
Find the book here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
Find the book here: www.e-elgar.com/shop/gbp/a-r...
Reposted
Have a look at our new blog about our work in Madagascar!
These children are learning to protect one of the world’s rarest forests 🌳❤️
In Madagascar’s Ankarafantsika National Park, local forests are vital - but also vanishing. Now, a new environmental education programme is helping children become the forest’s strongest defenders.
👉 ow.ly/JKKr50VV4kc
In Madagascar’s Ankarafantsika National Park, local forests are vital - but also vanishing. Now, a new environmental education programme is helping children become the forest’s strongest defenders.
👉 ow.ly/JKKr50VV4kc
From forest to family: how education is helping save Madagascar's dry forests
Conservation starts at home - especially when your home borders a disappearing forest.
ow.ly
May 20, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Have a look at our new blog about our work in Madagascar!
Huge congratulations to @ollejarv.bsky.social!! so well deserved recognition for the very important work he has been doing related to cross border mobilities 🎉🎉🎉🎉
We are very happy to congratulate our very own @ollejarv.bsky.social for receiving the Research Council of Finland Award on his work on #CrossBorder #Mobility #Transnationalism #Segregation and #NatureRecreation using #BigData such as #SocialMedia and #MobilePhone data.
May 20, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Huge congratulations to @ollejarv.bsky.social!! so well deserved recognition for the very important work he has been doing related to cross border mobilities 🎉🎉🎉🎉
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Onnea @ollejarv.bsky.social Akatemiapalkinnosta, joka tänään jaettiin ’Tiedefoorumi - Puhe on tieteestä’ tapahtumassa Vanhalla Ylioppilastalolla 🏅🥂
Lue lisää Ollen palkinnosta:
www.helsinki.fi/fi/matemaatt...
@digigeolab.bsky.social
@helsinki.fi
#akatemiapalkinto #digigeolab
Lue lisää Ollen palkinnosta:
www.helsinki.fi/fi/matemaatt...
@digigeolab.bsky.social
@helsinki.fi
#akatemiapalkinto #digigeolab
May 20, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Onnea @ollejarv.bsky.social Akatemiapalkinnosta, joka tänään jaettiin ’Tiedefoorumi - Puhe on tieteestä’ tapahtumassa Vanhalla Ylioppilastalolla 🏅🥂
Lue lisää Ollen palkinnosta:
www.helsinki.fi/fi/matemaatt...
@digigeolab.bsky.social
@helsinki.fi
#akatemiapalkinto #digigeolab
Lue lisää Ollen palkinnosta:
www.helsinki.fi/fi/matemaatt...
@digigeolab.bsky.social
@helsinki.fi
#akatemiapalkinto #digigeolab
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The global human impact on biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The global human impact on biodiversity - Nature
Key measures of biodiversity were quantified and found to be affected by human pressures that shifted community composition and decreased local diversity across terrestrial, freshwater and marine ecos...
www.nature.com
May 11, 2025 at 5:17 PM
The global human impact on biodiversity www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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In early 2024, African Parks commissioned a U.K.-based law firm to investigate allegations of human rights abuses committed by the park’s rangers against local Indigenous people.
The investigation is now complete, and AP has acknowledged that human rights abuses occurred.
The investigation is now complete, and AP has acknowledged that human rights abuses occurred.
African Parks acknowledges abuse by park staff in Congo, but withholds full report
In early 2024, African Parks, the South Africa-based NGO managing Odzala-Kokoua National Park in the Republic of Congo, commissioned U.K.-based law firm Omnia Strategy LLP to investigate allegations…
news.mongabay.com
May 14, 2025 at 6:14 AM
In early 2024, African Parks commissioned a U.K.-based law firm to investigate allegations of human rights abuses committed by the park’s rangers against local Indigenous people.
The investigation is now complete, and AP has acknowledged that human rights abuses occurred.
The investigation is now complete, and AP has acknowledged that human rights abuses occurred.
Reposted
Meltdown of trust in weakly governed economies
Polasky+
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
via "the intrinsic tendency for inequality to grow,
media to boost perceived unfairness, &
self-interest to gain rewards at the expense of others"
however,
investment in public good can create a high-trust state
Polasky+
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
via "the intrinsic tendency for inequality to grow,
media to boost perceived unfairness, &
self-interest to gain rewards at the expense of others"
however,
investment in public good can create a high-trust state
April 2, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Meltdown of trust in weakly governed economies
Polasky+
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
via "the intrinsic tendency for inequality to grow,
media to boost perceived unfairness, &
self-interest to gain rewards at the expense of others"
however,
investment in public good can create a high-trust state
Polasky+
doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
via "the intrinsic tendency for inequality to grow,
media to boost perceived unfairness, &
self-interest to gain rewards at the expense of others"
however,
investment in public good can create a high-trust state
Also making this the inauguration of using BlueSky (I know I know, late to the party, but now here so any old friends from #teamcounterfactual on conservation twitter, please do find me)
Our new Associate Professor in #geography @geohelsinkiuni.bsky.social, Johanna Eklund 💎, giving her inaugural keynote talk at the Kumpula Faculty Day of @helsinki.fi 🤩
Johanna asks what actually works in #conservation and how this could be tested with #counterfactual approaches 💚
Johanna asks what actually works in #conservation and how this could be tested with #counterfactual approaches 💚
April 11, 2025 at 1:06 PM
Also making this the inauguration of using BlueSky (I know I know, late to the party, but now here so any old friends from #teamcounterfactual on conservation twitter, please do find me)