Famous monkey-face ‘Dracula’ orchids are vanishing in the wild
How the threatened monkey-face orchids could become icons for plant conservation.
Our new IUCN Red List assessments published last week found that nearly 7 in 10 of the Dracula (or 'monkey-face') orchids are threatened with extinction theconversation.com/famous-monke... #orchids #conservation #plants
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Out today! The new Guide to Building Ethical Orchid Collections and Societies has been developed by orchid societies and collectors in collaboration with our Global Trade Programme to promotes sustainable ornamental orchid collections. Please share! globalorchidtrade.wixsite.com/home/guide
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Hi - we just joined - can you add us too? Thanks!
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Home | Orchid Specialist Group
We are new to Bluesky but will posting more orchid things soon. In the meantime, you can find out more about the specialist group and our work on our website: www.orchidspecialistgroup.com #orchids
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Working to ensure that wild populations are healthy and well-managed. Hosted by @projectseahorse
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We work to raise awareness of the importance of fungi and foster action to ensure their persistence and continued benefits to the environment and society.
The IUCN-SSC Galliformes Specialist Group is dedicated to advancing the conservation and scientific understanding of the world's 309 Galliformes species and 47 tinamou species.
We have the vision to develop the scientific and coordination basis for the first conservation assessment, planning and action efforts for aquatic fungi
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The IUCN SSC Shark Specialsit Group was established in 1991 to respond to growing awareness and concern of the severe impact of fisheries on shark, ray, and chimaera populations around the world.
Conservation of Wild Parrots across the globe
Postdoc Hopkins Marine, Stanford. Co-chair IUCN Seaweed Group. Honorary Fellow, University of Queensland. MPAs, kelp forests, marine heatwaves, climate adaptation.
Voice for wildlife who can't speak
Chief Scientist at BirdLife International, the world’s largest partnership of nature conservation organisations.
I am a marine conservation biologist studying sharks and a science writer. Posts are about science and the environment, science communication, and more! He/him
Bringing together marketing & biodiversity conservation science. Research Fellow @UniofOxford | Board @europeansma | Chair IUCN Behaviour ChangeTask Force | 🇵🇹
Freshwater Conservation Coordinator at Indianapolis Zoo
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Marine Conservation Coordinator, Global Center for Species Survival @protectspecies.bsky.social, part of the amazing IUCN SSC network. @sscmarine.bsky.social🌎🌊🪸
President of Indiana Native Plant Society @innativeplants.bsky.social 🌱
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Dad👼, husband🪢, Invertebrates Conservation Coordinator 🌏 author of the first National Nature Assessment ☠️, professor of Ecology & Evolution 🎓 & co-chair of the IUCN Spider and Scorpion SG 🕷 - Working towards protecting all wildlife
Postdoc, University of South Florida Dept. of Integrative Biology
Owner, Prickly Prospects Cactus Nursery
Botanist, Amante de Biodiversidad, Evolutionary Biologist
Freshwater Ecologist 🏞️
Aquatic Fungi Lover 💧🍄
Aquatic hyphomycetes ❤️
Co-chair of IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group @iucnaquafungi.bsky.social
FUNACTION project @funaction.bsky.social
MoSTFun project @mostfun.bsky.social
Freshwater fungi, marine fungi, taxonomy, phylogenetics, evolution, conservation, ecology, biodiversity, Flinders University, Australia, Co-chair IUCN SSC Aquatic Fungi Specialist Group
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