Dr. Grégoire DUBOIS

A new EU capital Dysfunction in Brussels has reached a tipping point.

Let's hope political authorities in #Brussels will read this...

Damned! I forgot! There is no government since 501 days today!

A new EU capital
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Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework

Predicting the way forward for the Global Biodiversity Framework | PNAS www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

PEERspectives: Biodiversity and Trade Interactions The PEERspectives event on 14 October (15h-18h CET) will identify the critical gaps and up-to-date knowledge and data that are needed to design and efficiently implement evidence-based policies requir...

A meeting on critical knowledge gaps in #Biodiversity & #Trade is set in Brussels for 14 October (15h-18h CET). More details below on how to attend

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Corporate tourism threatens protected areas

Corporate tourism threatens protected areas | Science www.science.org/stoken/autho...

Registration for online participation at the first meeting of the European subregional Technical and Scientific Centre under the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social diversity has just opened. Register before Sept. 10th!

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#Biodiversity

A new biodiversity financing indicator has been added to the EU Biodiversity Strategy dashboard by the European Commission's Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD)

#Biodiversity #Finance

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Elusive effects of legalized wolf hunting on human-wolf interactions Small or no effects suggest that wolf hunting is not an efficient approach to reducing negative human-wolf interactions.

Elusive effects of legalized wolf hunting on human-wolf interactions | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...

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#OneHealth #Sustainability #Forests #Biodiversity #ZoonoticDiseases

A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs Anthony Waddle’s unconventional approach resulted in a stunningly practical solution to fight a deadly fungal infection.

A sit in the sauna can save endangered frogs www.nature.com/articles/d41...

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus Communications Earth & Environment - Global shifts in human–forest relationships from 1975 to 2020 are unevenly distributed, highlighting critical ecological stress in tropical regions...

A 45-year global analysis of the spatial human forest nexus
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#Biodiversity #Forests #OneHealth

We have moved from the Digital Observatory for Protected Areas’ (DOPA) Explorer to a Global Biodiversity Data Viewer!

You can try out its first prototype at

knowledge4policy.ec.europa.eu/biodiversity_en

Comments? Suggestions?

Many thanks 🙏

#biodiversity #indicators #viewer

Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas There is a widespread perception that illegal fishing is common in marine protected areas (MPAs) due to strong incentives for poaching and the high cost of monitoring and enforcement. Using artificial...

Little-to-no industrial fishing occurs in fully and highly protected marine areas | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Assessing the risk of diseases with epidemic and pandemic potential in a changing world Human activities increase zoonotic disease risk.

Our latest work

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These adverts displayed at the Malpensa airport should get an oscar for best #greenwashing nonsense.

#realitycheck #transportation

Stoppen Sie die Dezimierung von Wolfswelpen unter Mithilfe der PatentjägerInnen! Gegen 5000 PatentjägerInnen erhalten die Erlaubnis, diesen Herbst Wolfs-Welpen zu töten.   Für diese proaktive Massnahme können neu mehrere Tausend Jagdberechtigte allein im Kanton Graubünden für...

Help me stop the shameful culling of wolves in Switzerland

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A 7M € call for a Preparatory Action project for the EU Biodiversity Observation Coordination Centre (EBOCC) is out at

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#Biodiversity #Monitoring #Europe

Assessing progress in monitoring and implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 The aim of this science for policy report is twofold. First, it presents the state of play and the next steps in developing a monitoring framework for the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 (EU BDS). S...

Just published by the EC Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity: Assessing progress in monitoring and implementing the EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/h...

#biodiversityday

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📢📢📢 We are looking for a new Science for Policy Researcher to support the team of the Knowledge Centre for Biodiversity (KCBD) of the European Commission!

recruitment.jrc.ec.europa.eu/vacancy/1744

Location: Ispra (IT)
Deadline: Apr 22, 2025

Thanks for sharing!

#Biodiversity #Jobs #PolicySupport

Dire distress flag signal — will environmental publicity stunt be heeded? Green defunding and environmental damage isn't limited to the US, we need to be alert to the dangers here too warns ecologist Pádraic Fogarty

Nature is under attack from the far right - not only in the US but in the EU where furious attempts to reverse progress made under the 'Green Deal' are underway.

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German intelligence supports COVID-19 lab-leak theory New findings add weight to the theory that COVID-19 originated at the Wuhan Institute of Virology. Experts point to lax security measures and allege China manipulated scientific journals to obscure th...

The CIA … and the German intelligence services

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They Tried to Silence Her COVID Origins Theory. Now Even the CIA Agrees with Cambridge's Alina Chan. In 2020, Broad Institute scientist Alina Chan sparked controversy by suggesting COVID originated in a Chinese lab. Five years later, the public—including the CIA—may finally believe her.

The courage of Alina Chan has been simply remarkable.
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COVID pandemic likely unleashed by lab mishap: Germany's BND – DW – 03/12/2025 Germany's spy agency thinks an accident in a Chinese lab likely led to the COVID-19 pandemic, media say. Evidence it collected allegedly indicates negligence at the Wuhan Institute of Virology.

And again...

www.dw.com/en/covid-pan...

Trump purge raises extinction threat for endangered species, fired workers warn Scientist sounds alarm over ‘canary in the coalmine’ species including beetles and spiders

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“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances”

November 2024: Trump will save the economy
March 2025: We have returned to subsistence agriculture

Nations agree hard-fought plan to finance nature protection The world's nations have salvaged a vast funding plan at UN talks in Rome to protect biodiversity and reverse the decline of nature.

Nations agree hard-fought plan to finance nature protection/

After three days of tense discussions, countries were able to overcome deep divisions which had led to the collapse of negotiations at last year's UN #biodiversity summit (COP16) in Cali, Colombia.

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With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss All countries must accelerate efforts to avert the biodiversity crisis, and preserve Earth’s precious natural places for future generations.

With just 5 years to go, the world is failing on a vital deal to halt biodiversity loss
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📢On 27 February, join our partners at @unepwcmc.bsky.social for an insightful webinar on biodiversity metrics.

👀More details below:

#Biodiversity #ForNature #ForOurPlanet