Tobias Kuemmerle
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social
Geographer @ Humboldt-University Berlin. | working on land use and its impact on biodiversity
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A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa
Clements+
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
based on "place-based knowledge of 200 African biodiversity experts"
approach can be used "to integrate contextual, place-based knowledge into multiscale" biodiversity assessments
Clements+
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
based on "place-based knowledge of 200 African biodiversity experts"
approach can be used "to integrate contextual, place-based knowledge into multiscale" biodiversity assessments
A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa - Nature
Regional, place-based biodiversity information is used to comprehensively map and quantify biodiversity intactness of sub-Saharan Africa to inform national and global sustainability policies and plann...
doi.org
December 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
A place-based assessment of biodiversity intactness in sub-Saharan Africa
Clements+
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
based on "place-based knowledge of 200 African biodiversity experts"
approach can be used "to integrate contextual, place-based knowledge into multiscale" biodiversity assessments
Clements+
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
based on "place-based knowledge of 200 African biodiversity experts"
approach can be used "to integrate contextual, place-based knowledge into multiscale" biodiversity assessments
Reposted by Tobias Kuemmerle
🌍 African #savanna science is heavily skewed: 46% of studies come from just 2% of #ProtectedAreas. Using the new ADSPA geodatabase, this work identifies five #bioclimatic groups and reveals major research gaps across underrepresented savannas. 🐘
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December 5, 2025 at 7:26 AM
🌍 African #savanna science is heavily skewed: 46% of studies come from just 2% of #ProtectedAreas. Using the new ADSPA geodatabase, this work identifies five #bioclimatic groups and reveals major research gaps across underrepresented savannas. 🐘
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Wild European bison can thrive in a wide variety of landscapes - including human-dominated ones.
New paper out @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Gabriele Retez analyzing habitat selection across 22 populations -->
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social
New paper out @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Gabriele Retez analyzing habitat selection across 22 populations -->
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social
December 6, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Wild European bison can thrive in a wide variety of landscapes - including human-dominated ones.
New paper out @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Gabriele Retez analyzing habitat selection across 22 populations -->
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social
New paper out @jappliedecology.bsky.social by Gabriele Retez analyzing habitat selection across 22 populations -->
doi.org/10.1111/1365...
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social
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📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
boku.ac.at
November 27, 2025 at 11:52 AM
📢 We are hiring! Tenure-track position in environmental history with a focus on long-term socio-ecological research. Exciting opportunity for post-docs working at the interface of environmental history & sustainability sciences. Deadline Jan 6, please spread far and wide! boku.ac.at/fileadmin/da...
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Proud to share that the paper "Recent sociocultural changes reverse the long-term trend of declining habitat availability for large wild mammals in Europe" by M. Davoli, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social and colleagues was awarded the Diversity and Distribution Early Career Researcher Best Paper Award!
Recent Sociocultural Changes Reverse the Long‐Term Trend of Declining Habitat Availability for Large Wild Mammals in Europe
Aim People have strongly influenced the biosphere for millennia, but how their increasing activities have shaped wildlife distribution is incompletely understood. We examined how the distribution of...
doi.org
November 27, 2025 at 9:46 AM
Proud to share that the paper "Recent sociocultural changes reverse the long-term trend of declining habitat availability for large wild mammals in Europe" by M. Davoli, @tkuemmerle.bsky.social and colleagues was awarded the Diversity and Distribution Early Career Researcher Best Paper Award!
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"Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions. "
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
November 23, 2025 at 6:47 AM
"Ultra Processed Food, and the system that produces it, has overtaken tobacco in terms of health and economic harms, and is also the leading cause of plastic pollution, loss of biodiversity and deforestation, and the second leading cause of emissions. "
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
www.thelancet.com/series-do/ul...
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I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
November 20, 2025 at 10:08 AM
I know I'm spamming you all with the world's largest flower this week but look at THIS! A rare glimpse inside Rafflesia arnoldi!
Very nice storymap on our paper on fire and grazing in Kazakhstan --> storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fc91...
Grazing Fire
Changes in grazing patterns explain post-Soviet fire trends on the Eurasian steppe better than climate
storymaps.arcgis.com
November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Very nice storymap on our paper on fire and grazing in Kazakhstan --> storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/fc91...
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Zuwanderer bringen ein Plus von 100 Milliarden Euro im Jahr. Immer wieder zeigen Studien, dass eine aufnehmende Gesellschaft von Zuwanderung massiv profitiert. Nicht nur finanziell übrigens.
Migration: Neue Studie zeigt Nutzen von Zuwanderung in Deutschland
Der Wirtschaftsweise Martin Werding hat den Nutzen von Migration berechnet - und liefert damit neue Munition für eine hitzige Debatte.
www.sueddeutsche.de
November 16, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Zuwanderer bringen ein Plus von 100 Milliarden Euro im Jahr. Immer wieder zeigen Studien, dass eine aufnehmende Gesellschaft von Zuwanderung massiv profitiert. Nicht nur finanziell übrigens.
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Fliegen wird billiger, Zugfahrten teurer.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
November 15, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Fliegen wird billiger, Zugfahrten teurer.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
Das entscheidet die Regierung zum Start der 30. Klimakonferenz.
Und dann wundert man sich, dass die Leute wenig Vertrauen in die Politik haben.
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🐍 Over 35 years of #deforestation have reshaped #snake communities in the South American #Chaco 🌎.
Generalist species are expanding, while many specialists lose #habitat, leading to a sharp drop in diversity and growing biotic homogenization.
@alfredoromero.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Generalist species are expanding, while many specialists lose #habitat, leading to a sharp drop in diversity and growing biotic homogenization.
@alfredoromero.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
November 4, 2025 at 1:38 PM
🐍 Over 35 years of #deforestation have reshaped #snake communities in the South American #Chaco 🌎.
Generalist species are expanding, while many specialists lose #habitat, leading to a sharp drop in diversity and growing biotic homogenization.
@alfredoromero.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Generalist species are expanding, while many specialists lose #habitat, leading to a sharp drop in diversity and growing biotic homogenization.
@alfredoromero.bsky.social
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
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Reminder to take a look at the new paper by Hugo Cabral and colleagues: Diversity Loss and Homogenization in Snake Communities in a Deforestation Hotspot -> out now in Diversity and Distributions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#newpaper #snakes #chaco #deforestation #diversityloss
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#newpaper #snakes #chaco #deforestation #diversityloss
October 22, 2025 at 7:00 AM
Reminder to take a look at the new paper by Hugo Cabral and colleagues: Diversity Loss and Homogenization in Snake Communities in a Deforestation Hotspot -> out now in Diversity and Distributions.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#newpaper #snakes #chaco #deforestation #diversityloss
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
#newpaper #snakes #chaco #deforestation #diversityloss
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Brazil, Australia and Italy have the highest satisfaction scores in Nature’s global 2025 PhD survey. A Nature Careers article examines what makes earning a doctorate in these countries different. #Academicsky 🧪
Are these the happiest PhD students in the world?
Brazil, Australia and Italy have the highest satisfaction scores in Nature’s global 2025 PhD survey — but are these nations really the best places to do a doctorate?
go.nature.com
October 25, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Brazil, Australia and Italy have the highest satisfaction scores in Nature’s global 2025 PhD survey. A Nature Careers article examines what makes earning a doctorate in these countries different. #Academicsky 🧪
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🐆 New research - Socio-economic shocks don't just impact human societies, but can also affect large carnivores ➡️ buff.ly/9NLJij4
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 12:03 PM
🐆 New research - Socio-economic shocks don't just impact human societies, but can also affect large carnivores ➡️ buff.ly/9NLJij4
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
@biogeoberlin.bsky.social @ranjmurali.bsky.social @tkuemmerle.bsky.social @alfredoromero.bsky.social @arashghoddousi.bsky.social
Socio-economic shocks (e.g., wars, pandemics, economic crises) can cause deep changes in social-ecological systems - how does this impact biodiversity?
New paper by @ranjmurali.bsky.social out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social that explores this question for large carnivores 👉 buff.ly/9NLJij4
New paper by @ranjmurali.bsky.social out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social that explores this question for large carnivores 👉 buff.ly/9NLJij4
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Socio-economic shocks (e.g., wars, pandemics, economic crises) can cause deep changes in social-ecological systems - how does this impact biodiversity?
New paper by @ranjmurali.bsky.social out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social that explores this question for large carnivores 👉 buff.ly/9NLJij4
New paper by @ranjmurali.bsky.social out in @peopleandnature.bsky.social that explores this question for large carnivores 👉 buff.ly/9NLJij4
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Beim Versuch, nach rechts abgewanderte Wähler zurückzugewinnen, riskiert der Kanzler durch seine Rhetorik die Entfremdung von Millionen Deutschen mit Migrationsgeschichte- auch meine. Mein Gastbeitrag als Angesprochener für @spiegel.de
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
Meinung: Cihan Celik zu Stadtbild-Debatte: Was Merz in der migrantischen Community auslöst
Mit seinen Worten entfremdet Bundeskanzler Friedrich Merz Millionen Deutsche mit Migrationsgeschichte von der deutschen Gesellschaft. Für Menschen wie mich ist das eine bestürzende und schmerzvolle Er...
www.spiegel.de
October 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Beim Versuch, nach rechts abgewanderte Wähler zurückzugewinnen, riskiert der Kanzler durch seine Rhetorik die Entfremdung von Millionen Deutschen mit Migrationsgeschichte- auch meine. Mein Gastbeitrag als Angesprochener für @spiegel.de
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
www.spiegel.de/politik/ciha...
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🌱 A new study reveals the dual role of common #mammals as #dispersers of #plants and micro-invertebrates across isolated #wetlands 🦌
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
October 17, 2025 at 1:35 PM
🌱 A new study reveals the dual role of common #mammals as #dispersers of #plants and micro-invertebrates across isolated #wetlands 🦌
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Read more 👉 doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Deforestation leads to an erosion of snake diversity in the #GranChaco. Paper led by Hugo Cabral just out in @consbiog.bsky.social 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Chaco #herptiles @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #TropicalDryForests
October 19, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Deforestation leads to an erosion of snake diversity in the #GranChaco. Paper led by Hugo Cabral just out in @consbiog.bsky.social 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... #Chaco #herptiles @biogeoberlin.bsky.social @erc.europa.eu #TropicalDryForests