Ecological Forecasting Initiative

This is a useful resource if a) you are considering submitting to the special issue or b) didn't have it on your radar previously, but now want to learn more.

Submission deadline: October 31, 2026

Advances in Ecological Forecasting - Eos AGU and ESA invite contributions to a cross-society special collection on ecological forecasting across ecosystems and scales.

Find details about the call for submissions for the joint special issue on "Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System" in American Geophysical Union & Ecological Society of America journals at

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Ecological Forecasting Initiative August 2025 Newsletter Email from EFI Newsletter Issue 51| August 4, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage ESA2025 is right around the corner and I'm looking forward to seeing many of you there next week. If you'

The EFI Newsletter is out!
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Find updates on forecasting activities at the ESA conference and recent African EFI chapter short course, resources from the book club, the registration link for the continuous-time movement modeling (ctmm) R package Sept seminar, and other EFI updates.

The EFI Translation working group is creating a series on engaged research. A new recording on "What is co-production and what are its diverse forms?" is now available, along with the three others - the Intro, Why, and When. Details and links to recordings are here: ecoforecast.org/engaged-rese...

AGU25 abstract submission now open through July 30!

If you are attending, we would love for you to consider submitting your abstract to the EFI-sponsored session "B033 - Ecological Forecasting in the Earth System."

You can find details and submit an abstract at:
agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/pr...

We are working with the ESA Stats Ecology Section on the next round of the Statistical Methods webinar series. ecoforecast.org/workshops/st...

Let us know of R or Python packages you want to learn about, or if you have a package you have developed, you want to share with the community.

🎉We've hit the 50th Issue of the EFI Newsletter! 🎉

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Find summaries and updates about the EFI2025 Conference, an upcoming book club, a short course in Africa, EFI chapter & working group activities, and the release of recorded tutorials on scientific engagement.

Check it out!

✏️The African EFI Chapter has officially launched! The group will host a short course in Cape Town late 21-25th July. Applications close 9 June.

Find details and the link to the application form at: ecoforecast.africa/events/curre...

Please share with African colleagues and collaborators!

Data Feminism advocates for more inclusive, equitable, and ethical data practices by recognizing that data is not neutral and is shaped by social power dynamics. The book aims to address how data collection, analysis, and interpretation perpetuate and amplify existing inequalities.

Data Feminism

EFI 2025 Book Club 📖

The EFI DEI working group is hosting calls in June/July to discuss Data Feminism
data-feminism.mitpress.mit.edu

The book group is open to anyone interested in participating. Email info@ecoforecast.org if you want to receive a poll to schedule calls.

Image of Mikhail Sofiev and information about his seminar on May 14 at 1pm CET as part of the European Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EEFI) seminar series. There is also a plug for the June 11 European EFI community call.

Tomorrow! Join us at 1pm CET, May 14 for the virtual seminar hosted by the European Ecological Forecasting Initiative.

More details on how to join the seminar and to see previous seminars at euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri...

Ecological Forecasting Initiative 2025 Conference, May 18th This 3.5-day in-person international Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Conference meeting will bring together participants from academia, government agencies, industry, and the non-profit sector...

Next Monday, April 14, is the deadline to submit late-breaking poster abstracts and to register for the EFI2025 Conference at Virginia Tech on May 19-22.

We've got a great lineup of talks, posters, workshops, and working group activities. Come join us!

Find details at: bit.ly/efi2025

This Wednesday, 9th of April!

Join us at 1 pm CET for our online Ecological Forecasting Seminar. Shane Morris will talk about forecasting the energy and water consequences of global change on animals using biophysical models.

Check out euro-ecoforecast.wordpress.com/seminar-seri... for links.

Ecological Forecasting Initiative April 2025 Newsletter Email from Ecological Forecasting Initiative EFI Newsletter Issue 49| April 2, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage Some highlights from EFI to check out this month: Welcome Cara Gallagher

Issue 49 of the EFI Newsletter is out!
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Find info about the new EFI Steering Committee, new funding, upcoming seminars, and EFI2025 Conference reminders including the registration deadline on April 14. See the conference schedule and the register link at bit.ly/efi2025

Thanks to generous funding from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, the Ecological Forecasting Initiative will be able to continue work to ensure equitable pathways to earth and environmental data science graduate programs.

Learn more: ecoforecast.org/new-funding-...

Ecological Forecasting Initiative 2025 Conference, May 19th This 3.5-day in-person international Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Conference meeting will bring together participants from academia, government agencies, industry, and the non-profit sector...

EFI2025 Conference Update!

We are keeping the early bird registration fees throughout the full registration period until April 14, 2025.

We look forward to having you join us in May! Find the registration and full conference details at: bit.ly/efi2025.

The conference website also lists the draft schedule, workshops & working group details, and the Conference Handbook with info about the venue, social opportunities, travel recommendations, and more!

Full registration and late breaking poster submissions close on April 14, 2025

Ecological Forecasting Initiative 2025 Conference, May 19th This 3.5-day in-person international Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) Conference meeting will bring together participants from academia, government agencies, industry, and the non-profit sector...

Early bird registration closes this Friday, March 14 for the @ecoforecast.bsky.social Ecological Forecasting Initiative (EFI) 2025 Conference!

The conference is at Virginia Tech on May 19-22.

Find the registration link in the "Conference Information" section at: bit.ly/efi2025

Tomorrow! 🌱 @ecoforecast.bsky.social

Ecological Forecasting Initiative March 2025 Newsletter Email from Ecological Forecasting Initiative EFI Newsletter Issue 48| March 3, 2025 Trouble viewing this email? View as Webpage This newsletter features this year's EFI Steering Committee elections, s

Issue 48 of the EFI Newsletter is out!

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There are lots of activities to explore including a statement of support for the EFI community, elections for the EFI Steering Committee, upcoming seminars, updates from working groups, and new teaching and coding resources.

New EFI blog post! Resources for Reviewing Code

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This blog post gives an overview of the importance of reviewing code and shares resources and templates that individuals in the EFI community have developed and found useful when reviewing code.

This process will be illustrated using BioCLIP, a general AI model that was trained on 450,000 taxonomic labels, to classify a large set of camera trap images.

Additional instructions to prepare for the seminar can be found at: ecoforecast.org/workshops/st...

This seminar will demonstrate a Python workflow to use AI models to automatically process large image datasets, test the accuracy of those models, and perform downstream ecological modeling.

Computer vision and biodiversity monitoring is an emerging field that combines artificial intelligence with ecological research to improve the accuracy and efficiency of wildlife tracking.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: Ecological Modeling with AI and Python. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Sara Beery and Timm Haucke (Massachusetts Institu...

📣Join us next Monday!

EFI and the ESA Statistical Ecology Section will host @sarameghanbeery.bsky.social and @timm.haucke.xyz on March 3 at noon US ET for the Statistical Methods webinar on "Ecological Modeling with AI and Python"

Register at: bit.ly/4dbtALA

This process will be illustrated using BioCLIP, a general AI model that was trained on 450,000 taxonomic labels, to classify a large set of camera trap images.

Additional instructions to prepare for the seminar can be found at: ecoforecast.org/workshops/st...

This seminar will demonstrate a Python workflow to use AI models to automatically process large image datasets, test the accuracy of those models, and perform downstream ecological modeling.

Computer vision and biodiversity monitoring is an emerging field that combines artificial intelligence with ecological research to improve the accuracy and efficiency of wildlife tracking.

Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: EFI-ESA Stats Seminar: Ecological Modeling with AI and Python. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar. This Statistical Methods seminar by the Ecological Forecasting Initiative and the Ecological Society of America Statistical Ecology Section is hosting Sara Beery and Timm Haucke (Massachusetts Institu...

The next Statistical Methods webinar hosted by EFI and @esa_statistics is on Monday, March 3 at noon US ET.

Sara Beery and Timm Haucke will present on "Ecological Modeling with AI and Python"

Register at: bit.ly/4dbtALA

Flyer about virtual graduate student flash talks hosted by the ecological forecasting initiative early career association. Talks are February 25th 2025, 1:00-2:30 PST.

Flyer about a hands on workshop for forecasting beetle abundance hosted by the ecological forecasting initiative early career association. The workshop is on March 4th, from 1-2:30 pm PST.

Do you know any students that might be interested in ecological forecasting? The @ecoforecast.bsky.social student/early career association is hosting two workshops on how to get involved. Both are targeted to early career (e.g., undergraduate) audiences, but open to all!