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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS
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Managing the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity of the EC.

More about my work at https://knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/biodiversity_en
My wildlife pictures are freely available from https://www.flickr.com/photos/wildlifepictures/

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Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS @gregoiredubois.bsky.social · Sep 1
Registration for online participation at the first meeting of the European subregional Technical and Scientific Centre under the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social diversity has just opened. Register before Sept. 10th!

See
knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/region...

via @ec.europa.eu

#Biodiversity
Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for the Western European and Others Group and for Parties covered by the European Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperatio...
This Regional Dialogue is organised following the invitation by the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity to convene dialogues on planning, monitor...
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Latest science for policy report coordinated by the KCBD:
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/news/assessi...

#Biodiversity #Windfarms #KCBD
Assessing the Environmental Impacts of Offshore Wind Farms: Insights from a recent Eklipse report | Knowledge for policy
knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu
November 19, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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Let's hope political authorities in #Brussels will read this...

Damned! I forgot! There is no government since 501 days today!

A new EU capital
www.theleopard.eu/p/a-new-eu-c...
A new EU capital
Dysfunction in Brussels has reached a tipping point.
www.theleopard.eu
October 23, 2025 at 3:33 PM
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Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS
Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework
www.pnas.org
October 16, 2025 at 9:58 AM
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A meeting on critical knowledge gaps in #Biodiversity & #Trade is set in Brussels for 14 October (15h-18h CET). More details below on how to attend

www.peer.eu/news/detail/...
PEERspectives: Biodiversity and Trade Interactions
The PEERspectives event on 14 October (15h-18h CET) will identify the critical gaps and up-to-date knowledge and data that are needed to design and efficiently implement evidence-based policies requir...
www.peer.eu
October 3, 2025 at 2:19 PM
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Corporate tourism threatens protected areas | Science www.science.org/stoken/autho...
Corporate tourism threatens protected areas
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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Registration for online participation at the first meeting of the European subregional Technical and Scientific Centre under the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social diversity has just opened. Register before Sept. 10th!

See
knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/event/region...

via @ec.europa.eu

#Biodiversity
Regional Dialogue on National Biodiversity Strategies and Action Plans for the Western European and Others Group and for Parties covered by the European Subregional Technical and Scientific Cooperatio...
This Regional Dialogue is organised following the invitation by the 16th meeting of the Conference of the Parties under the Convention on Biological Diversity to convene dialogues on planning, monitor...
knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu
September 1, 2025 at 3:40 PM
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A new biodiversity financing indicator has been added to the EU Biodiversity Strategy dashboard by the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD)

#Biodiversity #Finance

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/news/publica...
Publication of new indicator in the EU BDS dashboard | Knowledge for policy
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August 27, 2025 at 12:32 PM
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Elusive effects of legalized wolf hunting on human-wolf interactions | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Elusive effects of legalized wolf hunting on human-wolf interactions
Small or no effects suggest that wolf hunting is not an efficient approach to reducing negative human-wolf interactions.
www.science.org
August 21, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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Our latest work rdcu.be/eBHf8

#OneHealth #Sustainability #Forests #Biodiversity #ZoonoticDiseases
A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus
Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...
rdcu.be
August 21, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs www.nature.com/articles/d41...
A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs
Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.
www.nature.com
August 21, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus
rdcu.be/eARZx

#Biodiversity #Forests #OneHealth
A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus
Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...
rdcu.be
August 15, 2025 at 8:03 AM
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We have moved from the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas’ (DOPA) Explorer to a Global Biodiversity Data Viewer!

You can try out its first prototype at

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/biodiversity_en

Comments? Suggestions?

Many thanks 🙏

#biodiversity #indicators #viewer
July 25, 2025 at 2:35 PM
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Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas
There is a widespread perception that illegal fishing is common in marine protected areas (MPAs) due to strong incentives for poaching and the high cost of monitoring and enforcement. Using artificial...
www.science.org
July 25, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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Our latest work

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Assessing the risk of diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential in a changing world
Human activities increase zoonotic disease risk.
www.science.org
July 24, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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These adverts displayed at the Malpensa airport should get an oscar for best #greenwashing nonsense.

#realitycheck #transportation
July 16, 2025 at 7:58 AM
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Help me stop the shameful culling of wolves in Switzerland

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Stoppen Sie die Dezimierung von Wolfswelpen unter Mithilfe der PatentjägerInnen!
Gegen 5000 PatentjägerInnen erhalten die Erlaubnis, diesen Herbst Wolfs-Welpen zu töten.   Für diese proaktive Massnahme können neu mehrere Tausend Jagdberechtigte allein im Kanton Graubünden für...
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July 11, 2025 at 7:05 AM
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A 7M € call for a Preparatory Action project for the EU Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre (EBOCC) is out at

ted.europa.eu/en/notice/-/...

#Biodiversity #Monitoring #Europe
414600-2025 - Competition
ted.europa.eu
June 26, 2025 at 11:55 AM
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Just published by the EC Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity: Assessing progress in monitoring and implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

#biodiversityday
Assessing progress in monitoring and implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030
The aim of this science for policy report is twofold. First, it presents the state of play and the next steps in developing a monitoring framework for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (EU BDS). S...
publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu
May 22, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
April 10, 2025 at 10:21 PM
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📢📢📢 We are looking for a new Science for Policy Researcher to support the team of the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD) of the European Commission!

recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1744

Location: Ispra (IT)
Deadline: Apr 22, 2025

Thanks for sharing!

#Biodiversity #Jobs #PolicySupport
April 2, 2025 at 8:36 AM
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Nature is under attack from the far right - not only in the US but in the EU where furious attempts to reverse progress made under the 'Green Deal' are underway.

www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ou...
Dire distress flag signal — will environmental publicity stunt be heeded?
Green defunding and environmental damage isn't limited to the US, we need to be alert to the dangers here too warns ecologist Pádraic Fogarty
www.irishexaminer.com
March 31, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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March 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
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The courage of Alina Chan has been simply remarkable.
www.bostonmagazine.com/news/2025/03...
They Tried to Silence Her COVID Origins Theory. Now Even the CIA Agrees with Cambridge's Alina Chan.
In 2020, Broad Institute scientist Alina Chan sparked controversy by suggesting COVID originated in a Chinese lab. Five years later, the public—including the CIA—may finally believe her.
www.bostonmagazine.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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And again...

www.dw.com/en/covid-pan...
COVID pandemic likely unleashed by lab mishap: Germany's BND – DW – 03/12/2025
Germany's spy agency thinks an accident in a Chinese lab likely led to the COVID-19 pandemic, media say. Evidence it collected allegedly indicates negligence at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.
www.dw.com
March 13, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Reposted by Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS
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www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Trump purge raises extinction threat for endangered species, fired workers warn
Scientist sounds alarm over ‘canary in the coalmine’ species including beetles and spiders
www.theguardian.com
March 6, 2025 at 6:54 PM