Environmental Information: Use and Influence (Dalhousie Univ.)

Title, authors’ names, abstract, and keywords from a paper about engaging children as citizen scientists in a coastal clean-up initiative in Ecuador

#Citizen #science initiatives can be instrumental in engaging #communities & integrating #local #knowledge in environmental #decision-making. Fernández et al. showed that #children actively participated in the design, implementation, & monitoring of #beach remediation efforts doi.org/10.1016/j.oc...

Marc Lefort has been fishing lobster and snow crab for 36 years. Over the past few years, he’s also been testing whalesafe gear technologies to help reduce the risk to endangered right whales.
Learn more: https://oceana.ca/en/2026/02/12/fishers-adapting-protect-endangered-right-whales
#WorldWhaleDay

Geneva Summer Schools • Science & Policy for Environmental Action COURSE DESCRIPTION

Applications are open for the University of Geneva Summer School course on "Science & Policy for Environmental Action"

Climate change, biodiversity loss, plastic pollution: environmental crises have become more complex, requiring collaboration between scientists and policy actors

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Reporting on Flaws in Science in an Era of Mistrust - The Open Notebook Science journalism that reports on flaws in the scientific process operates in a fraught environment, with attacks on science and scientists worldwide and increasing concern about public mistrust in s...

Reporting on Flaws in Science in an Era of Mistrust
‘Journalists may worry that stories shining a light on scientific misconduct may stoke public mistrust in science or be weaponized to justify cuts to the research enterprise.’
@cathleenogrady.bsky.social

www.theopennotebook.com/2026/02/10/r...

Science policy education should start on campus UC Santa Barbara professor Alexandra Phillips published a guide to help universities support student engagement in ocean policy.

"Climate change, plastic pollution, & overfishing concerns have made it difficult to train scientists in technical skills. UCSB's Alexandra Phillips has put together a guide to help universities support student engagement in ocean policy."
#scipol 🌊 🦑 🧪
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Title, authors’ names, abstract, and keywords from a paper about applying a longtermism perspective in the context of the law of the sea

Protecting future generations is foundational in #ocean #justice scholarship state De Oliveira & Rafely. But the future is open-ended & most legal/governance systems assume a short term. As a counterbalance, they describe a longtermism concept in the context of law of the sea doi.org/10.1016/j.ma...

THIRD BBNJ SYMPOSIUM REGISTRATION FORM The Third BBNJ Symposium will be taking place from 10–12 March 2026 at Museu do Amanhã in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Registration for the full Symposium event is free. The National Institute for Ocean R...

You can still register for the third BBNJ Symposium happening in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (and virtually) through the link below.

Date: 10-12 March 2026

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From protecting 170,000 km² of nature to cutting climate-warming methane leaks, global cooperation drove meaningful environmental gains in 2025, despite geopolitical uncertainty.

Explore our Annual Report: https://ow.ly/rCsR50YcFf5

Good impact narratives must connect to our everyday lives - LSE Impact Research impact is often communicated in abstract and bureaucratic language. To be meaningful it needs to connect to peoples' everyday lives.

💥New | Good impact narratives must connect to our everyday lives

✍️Anna Przybyło-Józefowicz

#ResearchImpact #SciComm #ImpactNarratives

🌊 #ECSA61 Special Session 32

How can we better prevent & manage marine biological invasions in estuarine and coastal waters?

📍 Brussels | 24–27 Aug 2026
🗓 Abstracts due: 6 Mar 2026

👉 www.estuarinecoastalconference.com/special-sess...

#InvasiveSpecies #Biosecurity #GuardIAS #bioinvasions

Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a commentary paper about training American students for leadership in ocean science-policy interface activities

Globally, expertise at the interface of ocean science & society/policy is needed due to growing pressures on the #ocean. Phillips & Hetherington offer 10 recommendations for academics re training students in policy literacy, communication skills, & interdisciplinary awareness doi.org/10.1038/s441...

🌊2026 is already moving fast at ICES.
After a January focused on listening and alignment with our community and stakeholders, we’re looking ahead to a year full of science, advice, collaboration, and events.
Where will we see you this year?

Links to all events below 👇

Loko i‘a stewards tending to the Paepae o He’eia fishpond in Hawai‘i.

Team JOT has been humbled by the incredible interest & support surrounding our Indigenous Ocean Technology issue. Explore Indigenous priorities and practices. Available only at thejot.net.

🌱💲 Putting a price tag on nature is not the point. The bigger question is who gets to define value in the first place.

Learn more about plural valuation and why making space for different worldviews changes the quality of decisions.

🔗 www.besnet.world/expert-of-th...

Political ecology: past, present, and future - Discover Sustainability Political ecology examines the interconnectedness of social, political, and ecological processes, offering critical insights into power dynamics, environmental governance, justice, and inequality. We ...

for political ecologists out there, see our new paper examining where has the field been and where is it going .....
link.springer.com/article/10.1... @priestleycentre.bsky.social @ishfaqmalik.bsky.social

Title, authors’ names, and abstract from a paper about a proposed framework for assessing the trustworthiness of research findings

What makes research findings #trustworthy? @briannosek.bsky.social et al. state “producing trustworthy research findings may not be sufficient on its own to earn trust,” but trustworthiness is an essential factor & they provide a framework to assess #trustworthiness @pnas.org doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

YouTube video by IPBES Secretariat IPBES #BizBiodiversity Assessment

The @ipbes.net Business and Biodiversity Assessment Report is the first of its kind highlighting methods and more than 100 specific actions to measure and respond to business impacts and dependencies.

Watch the short video and find out more about #BizBiodiversity www.youtube.com/watch?v=zY1l...

Assessing the effectiveness of ontology-grounded AI term extraction using OntoGPT for environmental evidence synthesis - Environmental Evidence Environmental Evidence - Evidence syntheses are valuable sources of robust and transparent knowledge that can identify gaps in research and inform evidence-based decision making. However, the...

Potential for LLMs to save some labour in the evidence synthesis process but core challenges include complex information, subjective judgments: lessons from environmental evidence synthesis link.springer.com/article/10.1...
@ryanhodgson.bsky.social @josephkb.bsky.social @dalalhanna.bsky.social

How does a fundamental science like physics help to inspire policy in Canada?

Prof. Arthur B. McDonald, 2015 Nobel Physics Laureate and Gray Chair Emeritus, Queen’s University shared insights at #CSPC2025: https://sciencepolicy.ca/conference/cspc-2025/cspc-2025-interviews/

#CdnSci #CdnInnovation

PPR 13: This Week, IMO Member States Must Agree on Cleaning up Shipping’s Arctic Emissions

#PPR 13: This Week, @imohq.bsky.social Member States Must Agree on Cleaning up Shipping’s Arctic Emissions
bit.ly/ppr13a @sianprior.bsky.social @eelcoleemans.bsky.social

Title, author’s name, headline, first paragraph, and a graphic showing library book shelves from an article published in Nature about literature reviews produced by an open-source artificial intelligence tool

AI tools are increasingly being used to prepare literature #reviews/syntheses but #hallucinated #references are a problem. @lizziegibney.bsky.social reports about OpenScholar, a new #open #source AI model, that outperforms commercial AI tools in generating accurate #citations doi.org/10.1038/d415...

The first-ever #BizBiodiversity Assessment will give decision-makers clear evidence of how businesses depend on nature, how they impact it, and what this means for risk, resilience, and long-term value.

— IngerAndersen.bsky.social, UN Environment Programme ED

ℹ️ ipbes.canto.de/b/HJAGG

#IPBES12

It’s official! After years of hard work by IPBES experts, the #BizBiodiversity Assessment Report is approved by the Plenary at #IPBES12!

Congratulations to all on this achievement for people and #nature!

Thank you to all who contributed to this successful outcome.

GOOD NEWS: Canada has released a new Whalesafe Fishing Gear Strategy, establishing a national framework to reduce deadly entanglements with whales while supporting sustainable fisheries.

Learn more: oceana.ca/en/press-rel...

Canada is losing track of its wild salmon — just when we need that knowledge most Expediency with industrial development carries real environmental risks for salmon unless matched by corresponding investment in mitigation and monitoring.

Canada is losing track of its wild salmon — just when we need that knowledge most

The role of science for democratic societies has never been more important. Register for our upcoming scientific meeting on 16-17 March 2026 and explore the theoretical and practical consequences of treating science as a global public good: https://bit.ly/3Y42i4F

Title, authors’ names, abstract, and keywords from a paper about bridging knowledge systems, including Indigenous knowledge and local knowledge to guide natural resource decision making

Tho’ many policies call for inclusion of #Indigenous & #local #knowledge with western science to guide natural resource mgmt, practical guidance is limited. Danielsen et al. draw on #Arctic examples to offer guidance for bridging knowledge systems @billsutherland.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.tr...

How diverse voices are transforming the UN’s climate science Expertise can come from generations of farmers building up understanding of local weather patterns or Indigenous knowledge about forests and rivers.

How diverse voices are transforming the UN’s climate science

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Manitoba and Canada eye Hudson Bay conservation area | The Narwhal ‘The need for action has never been more urgent,’ Manitoba environment minister says of the Hudson Bay region

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A stone statue surrounded by objects made of plastic stands outside as part of an art installation. Text overlaid reads, "Where the Global Plastics Treaty Talks Stand"

After two failed attempts to finalize the global #PlasticsTreaty, effective leadership is widely seen as critical for restoring momentum.

On Feb 7, governments will meet to select a new chair.

Learn where talks stand and why this meeting matters: https://bit.ly/45QnL5v