Pedro Romero-Vidal
@romero-vidal.bsky.social
Biodiversity and Conservation, postdoc researcher at @ebdonana.bsky.social (EBD-CSIC, Sevilla). Parrot ecology. Illegal Wildlife Trade.
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Tribuna | "La ciencia, una víctima más en la guerra que desangra República Democrática del Congo", por Pedro Romero Vidal, investigador del @csic.es
La ciencia, una víctima más en la guerra que desangra República Democrática del Congo | Tribuna
A la carencia histórica de infraestructuras científicas y de personal formado, se suma otro problema: el conflicto armado crónico que sacude la región oriental del país
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December 8, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Tribuna | "La ciencia, una víctima más en la guerra que desangra República Democrática del Congo", por Pedro Romero Vidal, investigador del @csic.es
Tribuna que hemos publicado en la sección @planetafuturo.bsky.social de @elpais.com sobre la situación de nuestros colegas investigadores en República Democrática del Congo
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La ciencia, una víctima más en la guerra que desangra República Democrática del Congo
A la carencia histórica de infraestructuras científicas y de personal formado, se suma otro problema: el conflicto armado crónico que sacude la región oriental del país
elpais.com
December 10, 2025 at 9:33 AM
Tribuna que hemos publicado en la sección @planetafuturo.bsky.social de @elpais.com sobre la situación de nuestros colegas investigadores en República Democrática del Congo
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The DRC has experienced unprecedented forest loss in 2024. Agriculture, mining, and charcoal production are driving this rapid decline. In a country with limited access to electricity and ongoing conflict, this process appears to be accelerating.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/drc-...
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December 2, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The DRC has experienced unprecedented forest loss in 2024. Agriculture, mining, and charcoal production are driving this rapid decline. In a country with limited access to electricity and ongoing conflict, this process appears to be accelerating.
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/drc-...
news.mongabay.com/2025/11/drc-...
Our Correspondence "Armed conflicts and biodiversity research" is now published in @natsustain.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Armed conflicts and biodiversity research - Nature Sustainability
Nature Sustainability - Armed conflicts and biodiversity research
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November 17, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Our Correspondence "Armed conflicts and biodiversity research" is now published in @natsustain.nature.com.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
In the Portrait Christoph Baumgartner, the artist Christoph Amberger has painted an interesting bird in the coat of arms on the left. Above the fleur-de-lis, we can undoubtedly see a parakeet, which seems to be of the genus Psittacula. An interesting choice for a European coat of arms from 1543
November 13, 2025 at 9:21 AM
In the Portrait Christoph Baumgartner, the artist Christoph Amberger has painted an interesting bird in the coat of arms on the left. Above the fleur-de-lis, we can undoubtedly see a parakeet, which seems to be of the genus Psittacula. An interesting choice for a European coat of arms from 1543
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Bald ibis, Geronticus eremita (or wood crow from Switzerland), drawn by Eleazar Albin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar...) in the 1730s, after an individual held in a private bird collection
Source: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
Source: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
November 4, 2025 at 11:49 AM
Bald ibis, Geronticus eremita (or wood crow from Switzerland), drawn by Eleazar Albin (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eleazar...) in the 1730s, after an individual held in a private bird collection
Source: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
Source: www.biodiversitylibrary.org/bibliography...
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Ni siquiera Costa Rica, referente mundial en conservación, escapa al tráfico ilegal de fauna. Nos lo cuenta @romero-vidal.bsky.social de @ebdonana.bsky.social:
La captura ilegal de loros en Costa Rica nos enseña que crear áreas protegidas no basta para preservar la fauna silvestre
Proteger los hábitats no es suficiente para frenar el comercio ilegal de especies, hay que proporcionar una mayor educación ambiental a la población.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Ni siquiera Costa Rica, referente mundial en conservación, escapa al tráfico ilegal de fauna. Nos lo cuenta @romero-vidal.bsky.social de @ebdonana.bsky.social:
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A new study warns that the international trade in African #hornbills is “terrifying”, with thousands of birds or their parts exported, entirely unregulated. Scientists are calling for increased protection for these key seed dispersers.
With ‘terrifying’ trade in African hornbills, scientists call for increased protection
For millions of years, the African landscape — the rainforests, woodlands, savannas and scrublands — has echoed with the booms and cackles of large, raucous, strange-looking birds: hornbills. When U.S...
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November 3, 2025 at 2:14 PM
A new study warns that the international trade in African #hornbills is “terrifying”, with thousands of birds or their parts exported, entirely unregulated. Scientists are calling for increased protection for these key seed dispersers.
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🗣️ @romero-vidal.bsky.social: "Proteger los hábitats es necesario, pero insuficiente si no se afrontan también las actividades humanas responsables de la pérdida de especies, como la captura y el comercio ilegal de fauna."
👉Artículo completo: theconversation.com/la-captura-i...
👉Artículo completo: theconversation.com/la-captura-i...
La captura ilegal de loros en Costa Rica nos enseña que crear áreas protegidas no basta para preservar la fauna silvestre
Proteger los hábitats no es suficiente para frenar el comercio ilegal de especies, hay que proporcionar una mayor educación ambiental a la población.
theconversation.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:14 AM
🗣️ @romero-vidal.bsky.social: "Proteger los hábitats es necesario, pero insuficiente si no se afrontan también las actividades humanas responsables de la pérdida de especies, como la captura y el comercio ilegal de fauna."
👉Artículo completo: theconversation.com/la-captura-i...
👉Artículo completo: theconversation.com/la-captura-i...
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Del montón de cosas patéticas que rodean al (d)emérito, igual la palma se la lleva que ande acordándose de España a través de la cresta de la cacatúa rosa, Cacatua leadbeateri, con la que convive en el Golfo
Vaya esperpento todo
(y pobre bicho)
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Vaya esperpento todo
(y pobre bicho)
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November 1, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Del montón de cosas patéticas que rodean al (d)emérito, igual la palma se la lleva que ande acordándose de España a través de la cresta de la cacatúa rosa, Cacatua leadbeateri, con la que convive en el Golfo
Vaya esperpento todo
(y pobre bicho)
www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
Vaya esperpento todo
(y pobre bicho)
www.publico.es/opinion/colu...
In this print from the Caprichos series, Goya depicts a parrot speaking before the clergy. It is noteworthy that the species selected by the author is a gray parrot, one of the most fluent speakers among all parrots, which is precisely what has led to this species to being threatened by trade
October 29, 2025 at 11:38 AM
In this print from the Caprichos series, Goya depicts a parrot speaking before the clergy. It is noteworthy that the species selected by the author is a gray parrot, one of the most fluent speakers among all parrots, which is precisely what has led to this species to being threatened by trade
Que Galicia acabaría siendo un monocultivo forestal (aún más) creo que ya nadie lo dudaba...
🪚 Rueda chama as empresas "interesadas" a deseñar o novo modelo forestal da Galiza
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Rueda chama as empresas "interesadas" a deseñar o novo modelo forestal da Galiza
O presidente da Xunta anuncia unha fundación, “de colaboración público-privada”, para “consolidar unha industria potente”.
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October 29, 2025 at 9:28 AM
Que Galicia acabaría siendo un monocultivo forestal (aún más) creo que ya nadie lo dudaba...
An interesting mix of species can be seen in this 1682 painting by
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Bird Concert. Species found in Europe, where the artist came from, are depicted alongside others from Africa, South America, and even Papua New Guinea.
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Bird Concert. Species found in Europe, where the artist came from, are depicted alongside others from Africa, South America, and even Papua New Guinea.
October 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
An interesting mix of species can be seen in this 1682 painting by
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Bird Concert. Species found in Europe, where the artist came from, are depicted alongside others from Africa, South America, and even Papua New Guinea.
Melchior d'Hondecoeter, Bird Concert. Species found in Europe, where the artist came from, are depicted alongside others from Africa, South America, and even Papua New Guinea.
In this still life by an anonymous Italian painter from the XVII century, Still-Life with Birds, we can see around 40 different species of birds. Particularly striking are the owl with jesses and the basket of plucked birds!
October 23, 2025 at 8:36 AM
In this still life by an anonymous Italian painter from the XVII century, Still-Life with Birds, we can see around 40 different species of birds. Particularly striking are the owl with jesses and the basket of plucked birds!
Parrots and Fruit with Other Birds and a Squirrel from Tobias Stranover, painted between 1710-1724. We can see a Scarlet macaw and a Yellow-naped amazon among european passerines and a Red squirrel. Parrots were already traded across the Atlantic at that time.
#parrot #art
#parrot #art
October 22, 2025 at 9:20 AM
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🌱🪶 Un estudio en la isla de Surtsey (Islandia) revela que fueron las aves las principales responsables de llevar la mayoría de las plantas que colonizaron la isla.
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📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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October 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
🌱🪶 Un estudio en la isla de Surtsey (Islandia) revela que fueron las aves las principales responsables de llevar la mayoría de las plantas que colonizaron la isla.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
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📄 doi.org/10.1111/ele....
In the painting A Boy with a Flying Squirrel, from Henry Pelham in 1765, we can see a child who has what appears to be a Humboldt flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis) as a pet, even with a little chain to prevent it from escaping. An interesting example of wild-caught pets from the 18th century.
October 21, 2025 at 3:05 PM
In the painting A Boy with a Flying Squirrel, from Henry Pelham in 1765, we can see a child who has what appears to be a Humboldt flying squirrel (Glaucomys oregonensis) as a pet, even with a little chain to prevent it from escaping. An interesting example of wild-caught pets from the 18th century.
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How many #birds are killed by #cats in Canada? Between 19-197 million! This is the main result from my first chapter of my PhD thesis just published in Avian Conservation and Ecology. ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
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October 16, 2025 at 4:19 PM
How many #birds are killed by #cats in Canada? Between 19-197 million! This is the main result from my first chapter of my PhD thesis just published in Avian Conservation and Ecology. ace-eco.org/vol20/iss2/a...
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🐦🦇 ¡Documentamos cómo el nóctulo grande captura y come aves migratorias en pleno vuelo!
Alucina, la persigue en caída libre por más de 1 km y se la come en el aire.
@laueast.bsky.social @theclickitclick.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @bioacousticsau.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Alucina, la persigue en caída libre por más de 1 km y se la come en el aire.
@laueast.bsky.social @theclickitclick.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @bioacousticsau.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Greater noctule bats prey on and consume passerines in flight
Despite billions of passerines seasonally migrating during the night at high altitudes, only three bat species have been found to consistently tap into this rich prey resource. However, it remains unk...
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October 16, 2025 at 2:35 PM
🐦🦇 ¡Documentamos cómo el nóctulo grande captura y come aves migratorias en pleno vuelo!
Alucina, la persigue en caída libre por más de 1 km y se la come en el aire.
@laueast.bsky.social @theclickitclick.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @bioacousticsau.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Alucina, la persigue en caída libre por más de 1 km y se la come en el aire.
@laueast.bsky.social @theclickitclick.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social @bioacousticsau.bsky.social
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
El comercio ilegal agrava los desafíos de conservación de los loros en Costa Rica, ya en grave riesgo por la pérdida de hábitat www.lavanguardia.com/sociedad/202...
El comercio ilegal agrava los desafíos de conservación de los loros en Costa Rica, ya en grave riesgo por la pérdida de hábitat
MADRID, 16 (SERVIMEDIA) Un estudio liderado por la Estación Biológica de Doñana del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (EBD-CSIC) revela que el comercio ileg...
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October 16, 2025 at 1:42 PM
El comercio ilegal agrava los desafíos de conservación de los loros en Costa Rica, ya en grave riesgo por la pérdida de hábitat www.lavanguardia.com/sociedad/202...
Our new article reveals persistent parrot poaching in Costa Rica, despite the country's exemplary environmental protection.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#wildlifetrade #parrots @ebdonana.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social
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#wildlifetrade #parrots @ebdonana.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social
Habitat Protection Alone Is Insufficient: Costa Rican Parrots Thrive in Altered Landscapes but Remain Vulnerable to Poaching
Aim Human population growth and resource overexploitation have induced major changes in global biodiversity. Costa Rica, with 26% of its land area protected, is often cited as a model of environment...
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October 16, 2025 at 12:48 PM
Our new article reveals persistent parrot poaching in Costa Rica, despite the country's exemplary environmental protection.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#wildlifetrade #parrots @ebdonana.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
#wildlifetrade #parrots @ebdonana.bsky.social @consbiog.bsky.social
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📢 Un estudio de la @ebdonana.bsky.social revela la magnitud del comercio ilegal de loros en Costa Rica.
Se encontraron loros silvestres mantenidos ilegalmente como mascotas en el 87% de las localidades visitadas y el 80% de los hogares.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📃 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Se encontraron loros silvestres mantenidos ilegalmente como mascotas en el 87% de las localidades visitadas y el 80% de los hogares.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📃 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
October 16, 2025 at 10:43 AM
📢 Un estudio de la @ebdonana.bsky.social revela la magnitud del comercio ilegal de loros en Costa Rica.
Se encontraron loros silvestres mantenidos ilegalmente como mascotas en el 87% de las localidades visitadas y el 80% de los hogares.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📃 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Se encontraron loros silvestres mantenidos ilegalmente como mascotas en el 87% de las localidades visitadas y el 80% de los hogares.
🔗 www.ebd.csic.es/divulgacion/...
📃 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
September 5, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Fresh off the press! Our perspective in @natrevbiodiv.nature.com discusses the wealth of information on biodiversity contained in historical sources, and its integration for long-term ecological knowledge and biodiversity conservation. A thread on the paper and what led to it:
rdcu.be/eEcIt
rdcu.be/eEcIt
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“An essential step.” Today, members at the #IUCNCongress adopted Motion 108, which will bring global attention to the wildlife pet trade, an urgent, but often overlooked, crisis.
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October 13, 2025 at 4:00 PM
“An essential step.” Today, members at the #IUCNCongress adopted Motion 108, which will bring global attention to the wildlife pet trade, an urgent, but often overlooked, crisis.
🌍 bit.ly/4oacyTO
🌍 bit.ly/4oacyTO