Biodiversity loss threatens global economy

Scholar power: 96.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Richard D. Gregory	37%	75	96.1%

Formula for scholar power: 3 × author's field match × √author's h-index

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69.0%

14.1 h

4

96.1%

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0.363

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Richard D. Gregory

@richgreg3.bsky.social

www.bbc.com/news/article... @rspbscience.bsky.social

Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses

Experts call for urgent action by businesses to restore the natural systems that keep them running.

www.bbc.com

February 9, 2026 at 7:03 PM

by Garry Peterson

93%

Scholar power: 93.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Garry Peterson	36%	75	93.5%

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Scholar power

75.0%

18.3 h

8

93.5%

Ranking score

0.325

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Garry Peterson

@resiliencesci.bsky.social

Businesses must transform or go under
www.stockholmresilience.org/research/res...

“The loss of biodiversity is among the most serious threats to business. Yet the twisted reality is that it often seems more profitable to businesses to degrade biodiversity than to protect it.” - S Polasky

Businesses must transform or go under, biodiversity panel warns in new report

It is high time to redirect economic development so that it supports the nature it depends on, shows a new landmark report on biodiversity by the intergovernmental biodiversity platform IPBES, to whic...

www.stockholmresilience.org

February 9, 2026 at 2:48 PM

by Tobias Kuemmerle

103%

Scholar power: 103.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Tobias Kuemmerle	37%	87	103.5%

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45.0%

2.3 h

0

103.5%

Ranking score

0.313

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Tobias Kuemmerle

@tkuemmerle.bsky.social

www.politico.eu/article/obse...

Obsession with growth is destroying nature, 150 countries warn

China, India and EU countries were among the signatories of a report that criticized the prevailing measures of economic success.

www.politico.eu

February 10, 2026 at 6:48 AM

Reposted by Richard D. Gregory, Craig R. Primmer

44%

Scholar power: 44.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Richard D. Gregory	37%	75	32.0%
🎓 Craig R. Primmer	15%	71	12.6%
Total			44.7%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

69.0%

17.5 h

13

44.7%

Ranking score

0.193

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

IPBES

@ipbes.net

OUT NOW!

The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report Summary for Policymakers is available now!

Explore this first of it’s kind report highlighting methods and actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies on nature.

🔗 https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media

February 9, 2026 at 3:35 PM

by Garry Peterson

93%

Scholar power: 93.5%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Garry Peterson	36%	75	93.5%

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Scholar power

73.0%

18.3 h

0

93.5%

Ranking score

0.189

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Garry Peterson

@resiliencesci.bsky.social

reporting on

IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment

Summary for Policymakers is available now
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

full assessment soon

IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment: Summary for Policymakers

The Summary for Policymakers of the Methodological assessment of the impact and dependence of business on biodiversity and nature’s contributions to people will strengthen the knowledge base to suppor...

doi.org

February 9, 2026 at 2:50 PM

Reposted by Julie L. Lockwood, Aníbal Pauchard

43%

Scholar power: 43.8%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Julie L. Lockwood	29%	57	21.9%
🎓 Aníbal Pauchard	28%	61	21.9%
Total			43.8%

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Scholar power

67.0%

17.1 h

12

43.8%

Ranking score

0.169

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Aarne Granlund

@aarnegranlund.bsky.social

”Ipbes found that all businesses, even those seemingly far-removed from it, rely on the services nature provides for free, from clean water to fertile soils.”

#Biodiversity

www.bbc.com/news/article...

Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses

Experts call for urgent action by businesses to restore the natural systems that keep them running.

www.bbc.com

February 9, 2026 at 4:01 PM

Reposted by Aníbal Pauchard

21%

Scholar power: 21.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aníbal Pauchard	28%	61	21.9%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

72.0%

8.5 h

2

21.9%

Ranking score

0.132

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Garry Peterson Reposted by Stephen D. Murphy

105%

Scholar power: 105.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Garry Peterson	36%	75	93.5%
🎓 Stephen D. Murphy	21%	31	11.7%
Total			105.2%

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Scholar power

61.0%

18.4 h

2

105.2%

Ranking score

0.124

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Garry Peterson

@resiliencesci.bsky.social

IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment
Summary for Policymakers
zenodo.org/records/1853...

is now available

February 9, 2026 at 2:42 PM

by David L. Roberts

46%

Scholar power: 46.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David L. Roberts	19%	65	46.0%

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Scholar power

65.0%

11.8 h

1

46.0%

Ranking score

0.103

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

David Roberts

@drdavidlroberts.bsky.social

BBC News - Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Ipbes report: Nature loss could spell extinction for businesses

Experts call for urgent action by businesses to restore the natural systems that keep them running.

www.bbc.co.uk

February 9, 2026 at 9:20 PM

Reposted by Aníbal Pauchard

21%

Scholar power: 21.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aníbal Pauchard	28%	61	21.9%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

73.0%

8.5 h

0

21.9%

Ranking score

0.095

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by Raghu Murtugudde

61%

Scholar power: 61.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Raghu Murtugudde	25%	67	61.4%

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Scholar power

46.0%

7.0 h

0

61.4%

Ranking score

0.085

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

by David B. Roy

69%

Scholar power: 69.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 David B. Roy	26%	79	69.3%

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Scholar power

55.0%

13.6 h

2

69.3%

Ranking score

0.083

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

David Roy

@davidroyy.bsky.social

Un rapport important et porteur de solutions ⬇️

Ateliers pour la biodiversité @ateliersbiodiv.bsky.social · 13h

« Les entreprises peuvent mener des changements transformateurs… ou risquer l’extinction. »

Le nouveau rapport de @ipbes.net « Entreprises et biodiversité » est maintenant en ligne : www.ipbes.net/node/97532

February 9, 2026 at 7:31 PM

Reposted by Aníbal Pauchard

21%

Scholar power: 21.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aníbal Pauchard	28%	61	21.9%

Formula for scholar power: sum of each reposter's field match × √reposter's h-index

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Scholar power

62.0%

20.0 h

18

21.9%

Ranking score

0.069

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

IPBES

@ipbes.net

The IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report has been approved!👏 (8 February 2026)

Congratulations to all the experts and IPBES members on this momentous science-policy milestone for people and nature!🌍🧪

Read the media release: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media

#BizBiodiversity #IPBES12

February 9, 2026 at 1:08 PM

Reposted by Aníbal Pauchard

21%

Scholar power: 21.9%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Aníbal Pauchard	28%	61	21.9%

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Scholar power

71.0%

11.1 h

1

21.9%

Ranking score

0.066

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services Network (BES-Net)

@besnet.bsky.social

🔔 New from @IPBES.net, the Business and Biodiversity Assessment, Summary for Policymakers is out.
Clear message, nature is a core business dependency and a core business impact.

🔗 Read the report: https://bit.ly/IPBES12Media

February 9, 2026 at 10:01 PM

by Louise Willemen

56%

Scholar power: 56.1%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Louise Willemen	36%	27	56.1%

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Scholar power

56.0%

19.9 h

3

56.1%

Ranking score

0.05

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Wieteke (Louise) Willemen

@wietekewillemen.bsky.social

www.youtube.com/live/PMoQWW5...
Watch the media lauch online of the #BizBiodiversity report. @ipbes.net 🍿

IPBES Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report Launch (#BizBiodiversity)

YouTube video by IPBES Secretariat

www.youtube.com

February 9, 2026 at 1:11 PM

by Pablo García‐Díaz

51%

Scholar power: 51.0%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Pablo García‐Díaz	39%	19	51.0%

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Scholar power

49.0%

20.5 h

8

51.0%

Ranking score

0.041

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Pablo Garcia-Diaz

@pablo-ecology.bsky.social

The making of novel ecosystems: A process-based framework for measurement, analysis and application 🌎🌐🧪 besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @methodsinecoevol.bsky.social

The making of novel ecosystems: A process‐based framework for measurement, analysis and application

Ecological novelty is emerging rapidly due to global change drivers such as climate shifts, species introductions, defaunation, and land-use transformation. These changes challenge how we assess, ...

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

February 9, 2026 at 12:36 PM

by Markus P. Eichhorn Reposted by Jeremy Lindsell

56%

Scholar power: 56.3%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Markus P. Eichhorn	25%	21	34.4%
🎓 Jeremy Lindsell	43%	26	21.9%
Total			56.3%

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Scholar power

51.0%

23.1 h

2

56.3%

Ranking score

0.039

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Markus Eichhorn

@markuseichhorn.bsky.social

Macroeconomics affect conservation on the ground. The surge in gold prices drove unregulated mining in Ghana's forest reserves. @mongabay.com report on the fightback led by local NGOs.

Successful campaign proves Ghana’s forests are worth more than gold (commentary)

On Dec. 10, 2025, Ghana’s government revoked one of the worst pieces of environmental legislation in our country’s history. The Environmental Protection (Mining in Forest Reserves) Regulations passed ...

news.mongabay.com

February 9, 2026 at 10:05 AM

Reposted by Libby Robin

9%

Scholar power: 9.2%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Libby Robin	20%	21	9.2%

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Scholar power

51.0%

6.2 h

11

9.2%

Ranking score

0.039

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

The Australia Institute

@australiainstitute.org.au

“Urgent actions are needed to limit the impact of climate change on biodiversity. We must quickly minimise fossil fuel usage and move to cleaner sources of energy”, writes Dr Hannah Thomas, Early Career Leader at the Biodiversity Council.

Read the full piece on The Point: https://theaus.in/4rbbwsS

February 10, 2026 at 2:53 AM

by Jonas Geschke

38%

Scholar power: 38.7%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Jonas Geschke	43%	9	38.7%

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Scholar power

56.0%

19.8 h

4

38.7%

Ranking score

0.034

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Jonas Geschke

@jgeschke.bsky.social

There it is 🚀 the @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment!

📑 ipbes.canto.de/pdfviewer/vi...

February 9, 2026 at 1:17 PM

Reposted by Edgar Morgenroth

7%

Scholar power: 7.4%

Story's scientific field profile

Environmental science 40%, Economics 30%, Business 20%, Political science 10%

Name	Field match	H-index	Scholar power
🎓 Edgar Morgenroth	17%	19	7.4%

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Scholar power

50.0%

16.9 h

75

7.4%

Ranking score

0.022

Formula for ranking score (post): scholar_power × max((total_reposts)^(1/3), 1) × (1 / max(hours_since_posted, 1)) × (raw_relevance)^3

Vatnik Soup

@vatniksoup.bsky.social

How China’s massive overfishing endangers global ecosystems

February 9, 2026 at 4:14 PM

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