Martin Jung

Illustration of the equivalence between restoration and conservation problems, assuming that all of the landscape elements will be degraded if no conservation options are taken, that is the budget β is null.

📖Published📖

Authors introduce GECOT, an open-source command line tool for solving budget-constrained multispecies landscape connectivity optimization problems when measuring landscape connectivity with the probability of connectivity indicator 👇

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Shannon's H, Simpson's D, and Pielou's J are useless in ecology. Fitting data with a compound abundance distribution based on the geometric series is a better way to quantify variation – and to estimate species richness. New paper in Ecology Letters.

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The importance of capturing management in forest restoration targets - Nature Sustainability Restoring forests is a policy priority globally, but often, little attention is paid to the type of forest being restored, which matters for biodiversity and livelihoods. Using a map of forest managem...

See also doi.org/10.1038/s418... and doi.org/10.1111/ddi.... for a biodiversity exposure assessment. I guess the point has been made clear now...

The importance of distinguishing between natural and managed tree cover gains in the moist tropics - Nature Communications Tree cover gains in the moist tropics (1982–2015) were 56% naturally regenerated forests and 27% managed tree systems, with forest type influencing carbon recovery. Effective forest restoration requir...

Another assessment in line with our previous work emphasising the need to distinguish management when mapping forest cover, loss and gain www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Reviewing and benchmarking ecological modelling practices in the context of land use Despite habitat loss and degradation are the primary drivers of biodiversity loss, different conclusions have been drawn about the importance of land-use or land-cover (LULC) change for biodiversity....

Also just out: Our new review in @ecography.bsky.social on how ecological models tend to incorporate land use.

Reviewing and benchmarking ecological modelling practices in the context of land use
doi.org/10.1002/ecog...

Thanks and please do! Generally @integradiv.bsky.social and @inspire-biodiv.bsky.social are ideal use cases 😊

GitHub - iiasa/ODPSCP: A standardized reporting protocol for systematic conservation planning applications A standardized reporting protocol for systematic conservation planning applications - iiasa/ODPSCP

Unsure what to fill out? Check out a few of the example protocols on the repository. PRs also welcome! github.com/iiasa/odpscp
Lastly, I thank my wonderful co-authors and people trying to make conservation planning more accessible and understandable. @naturaconnect.bsky.social (6)

The protocol is made available as R- Shiny web interface hosted at IIASA and other mirrors. It can produce machine-readable and word outputs. The code is made openly available and will be further updated following advances in SCP odpscp.iiasa.ac.at (5)

The Overview and Design Protocol for Systematic Conservation Planning (ODPSCP) allows users to comprehensively specify the criteria on which a priority map was derived. From general properties to design choices and specific parameters it aims to describe the key steps of how planning conducted (4)

Furthermore, the issue is that there isn’t a single priority map given any set of data. Even prioritizations performed on the same data can markedly differ with targets, grain and scale, costs, actions, penalties, and other constraints (see animation using identical input features) (3)

It is long known that factors such as stakeholders, monitoring, or a clear theory of change are frequently omitted in SCP projects. With conservation priority maps steadily increasing, it will become evermore important to ease comparisons and allow methods and assumptions to be scrutinized (2)

An interoperable and standardized protocol for reporting systematic conservation planning projects A new standard protocol for contextualizing systematic conservation planning studies is presented and the potential benefits highlighted. By adopting such community reporting standards, scientists an...

Systematic conservation planning (SCP) has been established as key approach to identify where conservation efforts are to be prioritized. But how can they be assessed, compared or interrogated 🧐 Here we present ODPSCP, a new open protocol for the intercomparison of SCP doi.org/10.1111/csp2... (1)

Can Nature & People Thrive Together?
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An Aspirational Approach to Planetary Futures @nature.com.web.brid.gy
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Land of opportunities: aligning organic farming and conservation targets in Europe In the face of growing environmental challenges, the European Green Deal sets ambitious targets for 2030, including strictly protecting 10% of the EU’s land area and expanding organic farming to 25...

Interesting new paper on European conservation targets and land-use conflicts

Land of opportunities: aligning organic farming and conservation targets in Europe
doi.org/10.1080/0964...

In a new interdisciplinary Nature Climate Change Perspective paper, led by me, @lisgilmore and Rachael Shwom, we offer a critical perspective on #climate and social “tipping points.” 🎁: rdcu.be/d2gBC 🧵

Big FOMO. Enjoy!

Job openings

#ScienceDiplomats: IIASA is looking for a strategic thinker with Scientific & Diplomatic expertise to lead our partnerships, diplomacy, strategic communications, & support leadership in developing a new #Science #Diplomacy Center. iiasa.ac.at/employment/j...

Academic and still reviewing papers?
Reed this post and consider again if you hear about a journal named 'Discover XXX' asking for your help...

A global indicator of species recovery Monitoring progress toward meeting global biodiversity goals involves several indicators, including, at the species level, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List Index (RL...

Interesting new indicator similar to the Red List Index, the Green Status Index of Species Recovery (GSI)
A global indicator of species recovery
doi.org/10.1111/cobi...

The Accelerating Exposure of European Protected Areas to Climate Change We assessed future climate risk for European protected areas, using four climate metrics. We predict high magnitude of change in the Arctic, Alpine, and Mediterranean regions, but high velocity of ch...

New paper and data led by @martacimatti.bsky.social and contributing to the @naturaconnect.bsky.social project out!

The Accelerating Exposure of European Protected Areas to Climate Change
doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Provocative read? I think terminology and acknowledging what we don't know is key here...
Questioning the Sixth Mass Extinction doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

NaturaConnect's Piero Visconti and @martinjung.eu‬ (IIASA), contributed to the Science for Policy Report on the EU Biodiversity Strategy 2030. Their contribution focuses on how biodiversity indicators can more effectively track the link to increased protection efforts. Read more: buff.ly/wOYHswl

Interactions between climate warming and management actions determining bird community change in protected areas Biodiversity is increasingly negatively affected by climate warming, making this issue a major conservation concern. Many bird species respond to warm…

Our new work on the impact of #conservation and management actions on bird populations within European protected areas is out. 🦆🦅
One finding being that management actions targeting habitats might help species more adjusting to impacts of climate change.
doi.org/10.1016/j.bi...

Meeting European Union biodiversity targets under future land-use demands - Nature Ecology & Evolution Integrated spatial planning of the European Union Nature Restoration Regulation under multiple implementation scenarios is used to identify where restoration, conservation and production across Europe...

Integrated spatial planning is used to identify where restoration, conservation and production across Europe could maximize benefits to species conservation and climate mitigation under changing needs for food, bioenergy and timber to 2030 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Meeting European Union biodiversity targets under future land-use demands - Nature Ecology & Evolution Integrated spatial planning of the European Union Nature Restoration Regulation under multiple implementation scenarios is used to identify where restoration, conservation and production across Europe...

Our new work led by @milliechapman.bsky.social on the NRR is out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social 🎉
Integrated spatial planning can identify opportunities for restoration, while considering future land demand and burden sharing.
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@iiasa.ac.at @naturaconnect.bsky.social

Meeting European Union biodiversity targets under future land-use demands - Nature Ecology & Evolution Integrated spatial planning of the European Union Nature Restoration Regulation under multiple implementation scenarios is used to identify where restoration, conservation and production across Europe...

Our new work led by @milliechapman.bsky.social on the NRR is out in @natureecoevo.bsky.social 🎉
Integrated spatial planning can identify opportunities for restoration, while considering future land demand and burden sharing.
Paper: doi.org/10.1038/s415...
@iiasa.ac.at @naturaconnect.bsky.social

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement Global biodiversity targets focus on landscape and seascape connectivity as a foundational component of biodiversity conservation, including networks of connected protected areas. Recent advances allo...

So happy to share our Review paper

A well-connected Earth: The science and conservation of organismal movement
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www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

there has been something of a fox development 🦊🦊🦊