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Veronica Nanni
@veronanni.bsky.social
Ecologist, working on #Conservation #LargeCarnivores 🐻🐺🦁🐯🦈🐊 #HumanDimension #MassMedia 📰 #SocialMedia #HumanWildlifeConflict 🦇🕷🐍#Owls🦉#climatechange
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La UE quiere debilitar la normativa de protección de la naturaleza, y solo tenemos hasta el 10 de septiembre para decirles que no.

Entra en la web y diles alto y claro que te opones: ecologistasenaccion.org/quitad-vuest...

#HandsOffNature
September 2, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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Throwback Thursday to last year, when I saw a northern pygmy owl eating a little brown bat!
July 10, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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The clothes thrown away in the UK are endangering waterways in Ghana
Fashion 'lays waste to wetlands'
Discarded clothes from UK brands found in protected Ghana wetlands – Greenpeace.
theecologist.org
July 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
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Cataclysm is creeping up on us as governments fail to act in time
'Crunch time' on climate
World now in ‘crunch time’ to avoid higher levels of warming, UN scientists warn
theecologist.org
July 3, 2025 at 4:04 PM
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1,750 scientists say: fund nature.

In a new letter, they urge the EU to prioritise nature in the next budget.

📉81% of EU habitats in poor shape
💼500k jobs through restoration
💶LIFE = <1% of EU budget, but vital for nature

Failing nature means failing people.

🔗 Letter below.
July 4, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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How do people across Europe perceive their interactions with wildlife?

A new study, led by @ckiffner.bsky.social and co-authored by WildCRU’s Emu-Felicitas Ostermann-Miyashita, reveals how people's views about wildlife vary across roles, regions, and species.

👉 bit.ly/44cDav2

@biology.ox.ac.uk
June 27, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Ella’s mother Rosamund Adoo Kissi-Debrah has long campaigned for the government to introduce stricter air pollution limits since her daughter died in 2013 from a pollution-linked asthma attack.
MPs urged to vote for Ella’s Law
MPs to reintroduce bill in name of girl, 9, who died in pollution-linked death.
theecologist.org
June 27, 2025 at 4:05 PM
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Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis.

theecologist.org/2025/apr/02/...
Scientists 'must experiment with storytelling'
Science ‘storytelling’ urgently needed amid climate and biodiversity crisis.
theecologist.org
April 2, 2025 at 9:33 AM
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Biophobias—fear of nature’s elements—don’t just impact mental health. They ripple through wildlife and public health, ecosystems & culture. We argue: it's time to frame biophobias as a One Health issue, tackling them with integrated solutions.

Read it OA here:

doi.org/10.1093/bios...
June 26, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Certainly close enough to the real truth!
June 25, 2025 at 1:52 PM
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New paper in @peopleandnature.bsky.social exploring social media filtering role of news on spiders

doi.org/10.1002/pan3...

➡️ Sensationalism—not accuracy—drives social media shares
➡️ 53% news articles are never shared
➡️ Harmless spiders get ignored

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June 16, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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The wonderfully talented post-doc Sven Iburg, who was working with me in the last two years is seeking a new positon, pref BENELUX area. Let me know if you have any openings or suggestions! He is a true alrounder, really good both in the lab and with bioinformatics. meg.irsa.cnr.it/index.php/pe...
Sven Iburg
meg.irsa.cnr.it
April 22, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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Can art help protect subterranean ecosystems? 🎨 🦐 🦇 🕷️

In our new study in @pensoft Subterranean Biology, we explore the power of art in subterranean conservation.

🔗 Read more: subtbiol.pensoft.net/articles.php...

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February 27, 2025 at 7:46 AM
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New letter in @science.org by the @biodiversaplus.bsky.social DarCo project team highlights the need to integrate groundwater ecosystems into the EU Water Framework Directive.

A crucial step for sustainable water management and protecting groundwater fauna. 🌍🦐💚💧

doi.org/10.1126/scie...
December 6, 2024 at 8:44 AM