João Garcia Rodrigues
@j-g-rodrigues.bsky.social
Researcher @ciimar.bsky.social & Faculty of Sciences, University of Porto • Social-ecological systems, marine conservation, marine policy
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Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
October 20, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Open Letter by scientists to the Council:
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
"Climate Neutrality Is Europe’s Greatest Economic Opportunity”.
Ahead of the European Council meeting on 23.10.2025,
2,178 scientists urge EU Heads of States & Governments to take ambitious decisions for the 2040 targets.
zenodo.org/records/1739...
Reposted by João Garcia Rodrigues
Portugal has now a Roadmap for Monitoring the National Network of Marine Protected Areas! 🌊
🔗Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/ciimar-proje...
#CIIMARnews
🔗Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/ciimar-proje...
#CIIMARnews
October 21, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Portugal has now a Roadmap for Monitoring the National Network of Marine Protected Areas! 🌊
🔗Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/ciimar-proje...
#CIIMARnews
🔗Learn more: www.ciimar.up.pt/ciimar-proje...
#CIIMARnews
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#CIMARLA researchers were received on Monday by the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, with the aim of presenting the open letter “For a national restoration plan that does not leave the sea behind”.
www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/cimar-...
@ccmar.bsky.social
#CIIMARnews
www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/cimar-...
@ccmar.bsky.social
#CIIMARnews
September 18, 2025 at 11:19 AM
#CIMARLA researchers were received on Monday by the Minister for the Environment and Energy, Maria da Graça Carvalho, with the aim of presenting the open letter “For a national restoration plan that does not leave the sea behind”.
www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/cimar-...
@ccmar.bsky.social
#CIIMARnews
www.ciimar.up.pt/pt-pt/cimar-...
@ccmar.bsky.social
#CIIMARnews
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Fourth: play our funny guessing game #DiscoverOrMDPI.
Can you outguess marketing operatives from publishers by telling apart MDPI from Discover journals?
We wrote the game and the blog, and cannot win.
pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
Can you outguess marketing operatives from publishers by telling apart MDPI from Discover journals?
We wrote the game and the blog, and cannot win.
pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
June 15, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Fourth: play our funny guessing game #DiscoverOrMDPI.
Can you outguess marketing operatives from publishers by telling apart MDPI from Discover journals?
We wrote the game and the blog, and cannot win.
pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
Can you outguess marketing operatives from publishers by telling apart MDPI from Discover journals?
We wrote the game and the blog, and cannot win.
pagoba.shinyapps.io/publi_guess/
Reposted by João Garcia Rodrigues
CIIMAR is organizing the 3rd workshop of the INDIMAR project.
📅May 29, 2025
📍Luiz Saldanha Room, IPMA
🔗 More information: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/3rd-i...
#CIIMARevents
📅May 29, 2025
📍Luiz Saldanha Room, IPMA
🔗 More information: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/3rd-i...
#CIIMARevents
May 26, 2025 at 10:05 AM
CIIMAR is organizing the 3rd workshop of the INDIMAR project.
📅May 29, 2025
📍Luiz Saldanha Room, IPMA
🔗 More information: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/3rd-i...
#CIIMARevents
📅May 29, 2025
📍Luiz Saldanha Room, IPMA
🔗 More information: www.ciimar.up.pt/events/3rd-i...
#CIIMARevents
O plano nacional de restauro não pode descurar o mar e deve ser eficaz, transparente, aberto, inclusivo e permitir a participação pública informada e atempada.
www.publico.pt/2024/11/15/a...
www.publico.pt/2024/11/15/a...
No dia do mar, investigadores pedem que plano de restauro “não deixe o mar para trás”
Investigadores das áreas do mar e ambiente apelam a que o plano nacional de restauro seja desenvolvido de forma transparente, inclusiva e que “permita a participação pública informada e atempada”.
www.publico.pt
November 17, 2024 at 8:52 AM
O plano nacional de restauro não pode descurar o mar e deve ser eficaz, transparente, aberto, inclusivo e permitir a participação pública informada e atempada.
www.publico.pt/2024/11/15/a...
www.publico.pt/2024/11/15/a...
🌊 O Mar não pode ser deixado para trás
Neste Dia Nacional do Mar, investigadores de todo o país unem-se num apelo urgente ao Governo: é necessário um plano nacional de restauro atento ao Mar.
📢 Faz a tua parte. Subscreve a carta: carta-restauro-mar.weebly.com
Neste Dia Nacional do Mar, investigadores de todo o país unem-se num apelo urgente ao Governo: é necessário um plano nacional de restauro atento ao Mar.
📢 Faz a tua parte. Subscreve a carta: carta-restauro-mar.weebly.com
November 16, 2024 at 9:55 AM
🌊 O Mar não pode ser deixado para trás
Neste Dia Nacional do Mar, investigadores de todo o país unem-se num apelo urgente ao Governo: é necessário um plano nacional de restauro atento ao Mar.
📢 Faz a tua parte. Subscreve a carta: carta-restauro-mar.weebly.com
Neste Dia Nacional do Mar, investigadores de todo o país unem-se num apelo urgente ao Governo: é necessário um plano nacional de restauro atento ao Mar.
📢 Faz a tua parte. Subscreve a carta: carta-restauro-mar.weebly.com
Com a entrada em vigor da Lei do Restauro da Natureza, 🇵🇹 tem 2 anos para preparar o seu Plano Nacional e demonstrar como atingirá as metas da Lei. Ninguém compreenderia que o meio marinho fosse o parente pobre deste plano. Afinal, 97% do país é mar.
www.publico.pt/2024/08/16/a...
www.publico.pt/2024/08/16/a...
Lei do Restauro da Natureza entra em vigor no sábado
Legislação tem novas regras para os 27 países com o objectivo de restaurar pelo menos 20% das florestas e mares até 2030. Estados-membros têm dois anos para apresentar projectos à Comissão Europeia.
www.publico.pt
August 19, 2024 at 3:33 PM
Com a entrada em vigor da Lei do Restauro da Natureza, 🇵🇹 tem 2 anos para preparar o seu Plano Nacional e demonstrar como atingirá as metas da Lei. Ninguém compreenderia que o meio marinho fosse o parente pobre deste plano. Afinal, 97% do país é mar.
www.publico.pt/2024/08/16/a...
www.publico.pt/2024/08/16/a...
Our new paper in Ecology & Society
“Exploring perceptions to improve the outcomes of a marine protected”
ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss3/a...
We’ve used a mixed methods approach to examine the perceptions of key stakeholder groups about Litoral Norte, an MPA in the north of 🇵🇹
“Exploring perceptions to improve the outcomes of a marine protected”
ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss3/a...
We’ve used a mixed methods approach to examine the perceptions of key stakeholder groups about Litoral Norte, an MPA in the north of 🇵🇹
August 19, 2024 at 8:38 AM
Our new paper in Ecology & Society
“Exploring perceptions to improve the outcomes of a marine protected”
ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss3/a...
We’ve used a mixed methods approach to examine the perceptions of key stakeholder groups about Litoral Norte, an MPA in the north of 🇵🇹
“Exploring perceptions to improve the outcomes of a marine protected”
ecologyandsociety.org/vol29/iss3/a...
We’ve used a mixed methods approach to examine the perceptions of key stakeholder groups about Litoral Norte, an MPA in the north of 🇵🇹
Reposted by João Garcia Rodrigues
Austria just became the 32nd member state of the 170-member International Seabed Authority to call for a precautionary pause or moratorium on deep sea mining until its environmental impacts on biodiverse ocean ecosystems can be better understood. #ISA29
July 31, 2024 at 3:46 PM
Austria just became the 32nd member state of the 170-member International Seabed Authority to call for a precautionary pause or moratorium on deep sea mining until its environmental impacts on biodiverse ocean ecosystems can be better understood. #ISA29
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In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵
July 29, 2024 at 12:55 PM
In this new paper we calculate the unequal exchange of labour between the global North and global South. The results are quite staggering. You'll want to look at this... 🧵
These science-policy priorities extend to the EU. We need stronger bridges between the life sciences, social sciences and humanities to tackle the intertwined threats of biodiversity loss, climate change and inequality. This must be at the core of EU funding programs. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Give UK science the overhaul it urgently needs
Five scholars share their science-policy priorities for the incoming government as it faces urgent challenges in tackling climate change, health, inequality and more. Five scholars share their science...
www.nature.com
July 6, 2024 at 11:20 AM
These science-policy priorities extend to the EU. We need stronger bridges between the life sciences, social sciences and humanities to tackle the intertwined threats of biodiversity loss, climate change and inequality. This must be at the core of EU funding programs. www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Breaking: Secretary General of International Seabed Authority accused for misusing agency funds (Opposing candidate Carvalho should be dissuaded from standing as the next Secretary General by job favours.) 🇩🇪 asks for investigation...
NYT article 👇 (behind paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...
NYT article 👇 (behind paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...
Fight Over Seabed Agency Leadership Turns Nasty
An election over the future of a United Nations-affiliated organization could determine whether the Pacific Ocean floor will soon be mined for metals used in electric vehicles.
www.nytimes.com
July 4, 2024 at 3:29 PM
Breaking: Secretary General of International Seabed Authority accused for misusing agency funds (Opposing candidate Carvalho should be dissuaded from standing as the next Secretary General by job favours.) 🇩🇪 asks for investigation...
NYT article 👇 (behind paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...
NYT article 👇 (behind paywall)
www.nytimes.com/2024/07/04/u...
Reposted by João Garcia Rodrigues
In Galicia, shellfish harvesting is traditionally women’s work
But the shellfish they depend on are increasingly harder to find
Extreme weather events -- made more frequent by climate change & including heat waves and torrential rain -- threaten the shellfish, and with them, the tradition:
But the shellfish they depend on are increasingly harder to find
Extreme weather events -- made more frequent by climate change & including heat waves and torrential rain -- threaten the shellfish, and with them, the tradition:
In northern Spain, climate change is killing shellfish — and women’s livelihoods
Reporting for this story was supported by Journalismfund Europe under the Earth Investigations Programme. GALICIA, Spain — The first sleepy rays of morning light are starting to illuminate the beach o...
news.mongabay.com
June 30, 2024 at 1:19 AM
In Galicia, shellfish harvesting is traditionally women’s work
But the shellfish they depend on are increasingly harder to find
Extreme weather events -- made more frequent by climate change & including heat waves and torrential rain -- threaten the shellfish, and with them, the tradition:
But the shellfish they depend on are increasingly harder to find
Extreme weather events -- made more frequent by climate change & including heat waves and torrential rain -- threaten the shellfish, and with them, the tradition:
What a great book, @helenczerski.bsky.social. Enjoying every single word of it.
June 21, 2024 at 6:02 PM
What a great book, @helenczerski.bsky.social. Enjoying every single word of it.
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Just as our parents & ancestors made the decisions that caused the global warming we see today, the decisions society makes today will have profound impacts for our children & grandchildren.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
June 21, 2024 at 7:57 AM
Just as our parents & ancestors made the decisions that caused the global warming we see today, the decisions society makes today will have profound impacts for our children & grandchildren.
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
kids.frontiersin.org/articles/10....
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A new paper led by Martin et al. based on the @ipbes.bsky.social #ValuesAssessment explores how diverse values of nature drive different sustainability pathways, such as Green Economy, Nature Protection and Earth Stewardship. 🧪🌎
📖 One Earth
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
📖 One Earth
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
June 20, 2024 at 12:02 PM
A new paper led by Martin et al. based on the @ipbes.bsky.social #ValuesAssessment explores how diverse values of nature drive different sustainability pathways, such as Green Economy, Nature Protection and Earth Stewardship. 🧪🌎
📖 One Earth
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
📖 One Earth
www.cell.com/one-earth/fu...
Congratulations! It's well deserved.
Exciting news! 🪇
@ipbes.bsky.social has won the Blue Planet Prize in recognition of the importance of safeguarding and restoring biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.
Thank you Blue Planet Prize for this honour. 🧪🌎
Read more: www.ipbes.net/node/71254
@ipbes.bsky.social has won the Blue Planet Prize in recognition of the importance of safeguarding and restoring biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people.
Thank you Blue Planet Prize for this honour. 🧪🌎
Read more: www.ipbes.net/node/71254
June 19, 2024 at 2:18 PM
Congratulations! It's well deserved.
Great insight in the new article by
@ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: 'We must collaborate to develop biodiversity monitoring frameworks that embed social justice and enable robust design and evaluation of interventions to learn.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: 'We must collaborate to develop biodiversity monitoring frameworks that embed social justice and enable robust design and evaluation of interventions to learn.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
Now is the time for conservationists to stand up for social justice
Conservationists are still grappling with what social justice means in practice. This Perspective argues that a major shift in mindset is required in order to achieve socially just, rights-based conse...
journals.plos.org
June 19, 2024 at 1:08 PM
Great insight in the new article by
@ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: 'We must collaborate to develop biodiversity monitoring frameworks that embed social justice and enable robust design and evaluation of interventions to learn.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
@ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: 'We must collaborate to develop biodiversity monitoring frameworks that embed social justice and enable robust design and evaluation of interventions to learn.'
journals.plos.org/plosbiology/...
A ciência é de qualidade, mas o subfinanciamento dos centros de investigação irá continuar até ao final da década.
Valham-nos os "brilharetes orçamentais" e as "contas certas" do Governo.
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Valham-nos os "brilharetes orçamentais" e as "contas certas" do Governo.
t.co/HPtcXORDqO
January 8, 2024 at 7:07 PM
A ciência é de qualidade, mas o subfinanciamento dos centros de investigação irá continuar até ao final da década.
Valham-nos os "brilharetes orçamentais" e as "contas certas" do Governo.
t.co/HPtcXORDqO
Valham-nos os "brilharetes orçamentais" e as "contas certas" do Governo.
t.co/HPtcXORDqO
Temperatura mensal mundial, entre 1940 e 2023. Cada linha representa uma década; cada círculo um ano.
January 1, 2024 at 10:03 PM
Temperatura mensal mundial, entre 1940 e 2023. Cada linha representa uma década; cada círculo um ano.
Ano novo, nova rede. A ver se o ar por aqui é mais respirável.
January 1, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Ano novo, nova rede. A ver se o ar por aqui é mais respirável.