🎬 We’re joining hands with the Locarno Film Festival 2025 as an Impact Partner!

Through this collaboration, we highlight the role of culture in rethinking our relationship with nature and shaping systemic change.

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#WyssAcademy #Locarno78 #LocarnoFilmFestival

📢 New research from Wyss Academy & @vuamsterdam.bsky.social explores how environmental policies like carbon pricing or protected areas can shift pressures elsewhere—called land-use spillovers.

🗺️ Read more in Global Environmental Change: tinyurl.com/3fvk78kp

The GEO-7 Indigenous & Local Knowledge Dialogue Outcome Report is out: lnkd.in/evGWfMb4
For the first time, Indigenous knowledge is formally part of UNEP’s flagship assessment—calling for justice, recognition & shared governance.
#GEO7 #UNEP #IndigenousKnowledge #KnowledgeJustice

A new study from the Wyss Academy examines how livelihoods and landscapes are shifting around Nam Tien, Laos. Rising migration, forest loss, and cassava expansion contrast with emerging interest in tree planting.

📑vRead the full report: lnkd.in/d-mBPhkY

We’re proud to share that our own Margaret Owour is part of #NatGeo & #Rolex #PerpetualPlanet Ocean Expeditions: a bold global effort to explore all five ocean basins & co-develop science-based solutions with coastal communities.

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🎞️ #NationalGeographic

📢 The Wyss Academy’s Annual Report 2024 is out!

Dive into a year of impact—from restoring landscapes & supporting Indigenous communities to shaping policy & innovation across 4 global hubs.

🌍 Explore more: www.wyssacademy.org

#AnnualReport2024 #wyssacademy #knowledgeintoaction

Is the Swiss market ready for responsibly sourced gold from small-scale miners? The @cdeunibe.bsky.social and the Wyss Academy wanted to get to the bottom of this question. Interested? Learn more and access our reports at www.wyssacademy.org/publications

From Thailand & Laos to Kenya, Switzerland to Peru—our global team and Dr. Thateva, is on the ground at BIOFACH, the world’s leading trade fair for organic food! 🌿 🌍

“Lots of inspiration, new partnerships, and innovative business models to support people and nature.” – says Tim Kaeser

🌍🔬 Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science! 👩‍🔬 At the Wyss Academy, science is the foundation of everything we do. Today, we honor and celebrate the women in our research teams and those who apply scientific knowledge daily in our projects on the ground. 💜

Looking back at COP16:

Did this year’s United Nations conference make enough of a difference, in the fight to stem the world’s loss of biodiversity? And what impact could be made by a small delegation of 8 people among 23’000 participants?

Read more:https://go.wyssacademy.org/cop16

The ECORE program will bridge the gaps between research and practice, between academia and conservation efforts on the ground, and will link local researchers to the international community. We look forward to next year to work with partners and support their efforts! ...3/3

The first workshop to develop ECORE was held from 10 - 14 November 2024 where over twenty-two experts joined and together outlined a long-term plan to establish ECORE – including three colleagues from the Wyss Academy for Nature from Bern, Kenya and Thailand. ⁠...2/3
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The Wyss Academy for Nature’s Hub Southeast Asia has partnered up with the Elephant Conservation Center in Laos to support the development of the Education, Conservation & Research (ECORE) initiative. 🐘 📖 ⁠...1/3
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🤝 🌳 On Dec. 5, Wyss Academy’s Hub Southeast Asia, with our partner DALaM, was invited to meet Sayaboury Governor Phongsavanh Sitthivong. We discussed ongoing activities and a new program in Laos to co-develop and test locally adapted agroforestry models to protect forests and support livelihoods.

Breaking silos for 21st-century conservation! Wyss Academy’s Biodiversity Conservation Research group led by Professor Margaret Owuor and the @unibern.bsky.social’s Conservation Biology team led by Professor Raphaël Arlettaz met to share insights on challenges faced in the Global North and South.

🌍 Hello, Bluesky! We’re excited to be here! At the Wyss Academy for Nature, we work to address urgent challenges like climate change, biodiversity loss, unjust land use, and other critical issues for both humans and nature. 🌿
Visit us & learn more at wyssacademy.org 🌟