Carlos Barreto

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Don’t miss your chance to share your research with a global community of soil ecologists and biodiversity experts.

New deadline: January 30, 2026

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Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity Nature Reviews Biodiversity, Published online: 25 November 2025; doi:10.1038/s44358-025-00108-yAlthough long neglected in biodiversity conservation policy, the importance of soil biodiversity is now recognized by the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework. This Perspective describes this important policy breakthrough and offers strategies to build on it for successful monitoring and conservation outcomes.

New online! Building on monitoring and conservation policies for global soil biodiversity

🚨 Do you have a manuscript to submit? Please let us know by Nov 30.

🚨 One month away from the end of the early-bird! Register now:

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A quote from the article. Text reads: "The decline of soil biodiversity has visible and growing consequences. The science is clear, the frameworks exist, and the need for action is urgent."

.@cmarin.bsky.social and 127 co-authors present a global call to strengthen national #SoilBiodiversity action, in an #OpenLetter to policymakers at 27th meeting of the @unbiodiversity.bsky.social SBSTTA taking place in Panamá City this week.

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Open letter: A global call to strengthen national soil biodiversity action through coordination and harmonization Soil biodiversity remains one of the least systematically studied components of global biodiversity, largely invisible in policy agendas. A coordinated soil biodiversity monitoring approach is urgent...

🌍 Big moment for the soil community

Over 120 researchers have come together in a new open letter calling for stronger national action to protect and coordinate efforts on soil biodiversity.

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#newpaper #SoilBiodiversity #Conservation #Policy

Taxonomic Catalog of the Brazilian Fauna: The Brazilian acarofauna (Arachnida: Holothyrida, Ixodida, Mesostigmata, Opilioacarida, Sarcoptiformes, and Trombidiformes) ABSTRACT The diversity of organisms is one of the most fundamental questions in sciences. Here,...

🤝🏾 Here we discuss biodiversity and catalog species distributed in 273 families of mites from Brazil.

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📢✨ONLINE EXCLUSIVE!✨

✨Check out the SPECIAL ISSUE released TODAY!✨

"Highlights from the International Network on Soil Biodiversity"
Check it out here ⬇️⬇️

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Are you researching the conservation, ecology or taxonomy of soil & litter invertebrates?

Submit your paper to this Special Issue of NZ Journal of Zoology, edited by me, @carlosbarreto.bsky.social & @barnesecodiv.bsky.social!

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#SoilBiodiversity 🧪

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❗ New paper out: Oribatid mite taxa and composition associated with temperate habitats in Great Britain.

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⏰ Have you registered yet? #GSB2026 globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/

It's official - registration for the Global #Soil #Biodiversity Conference #GSB2026 is now open! globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/registration/ Don't forget to book your hotel through our website to ensure the best rates. @thegsbi.bsky.social

📰 Biodiversity of oribatid mites as a tool to monitor soil health in the agroecological transition: Digging deeper into French Mediterranean vineyards.

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🎉 Registration for the 4th Global Soil Biodiversity Conference is now OPEN 🎉

Early bird registration is open until December 15th ,2025 🦜

Registration page 👇

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GSB4 Conference — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

Hey #soil #taxonomists! Have you described a species in the last 5 years? Tell us about in our Free + Open Submission event Name Drop! New species unveiled faster than you can say Linnaeus www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/gsb4 #soilbiodiversity @thegsbi.bsky.social

Combining science and policy for a unified global soil biodiversity observatory - Nature Ecology & Evolution The effective conservation of soil biodiversity and ecosystem services in the face of global-change threats requires improvements in national monitoring. We outline the Global Soil Biodiversity Observ...

🤝🏾 Combining science and policy for a unified global soil biodiversity observatory

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Are you an early career researcher (ECR) with exciting soil biodiversity work to share? This is your global stage! Submit your abstract for #GSB2026. Check the box for ECR and you might be profiled at the conference! globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/abstract/

Accommodations - Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 Accommodations Stay with Us: Conference Hotels for #GSB2026 The #GSB2026 Local Organizing Committee is excited to partner with four outstanding hotels, all within walking distance of the Victoria Conf...

🏨 By booking your stay at one of our designated conference hotels, you’re directly supporting the success of GSB2026—these hotels have offered our delegates competitive rates, and a portion of each booking helps fund the conference. Opens soon!
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❗ Will you need a visa to attend the conference? Check out more information about Travel & Visa: globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org/travel-amp-v...

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Getting excited to Welcome the Global Soil Biodiversity community to my hometown of Victoria, Canada! @thegsbi.bsky.social
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🔊 Are you looking for graduate student positions in soil food web modelling or soil carbon? Say no more:

Dr. Robert Buchkowski is looking for new students (PhD and MSc) at @westernu.bsky.social to join his lab in 2026!

Please contact him directly.

📢The Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 abstract submission portal is NOW OPEN 🐛🐜🕷️🦠🪱

Abstracts are due July 15th 23:59 PDT ‼️

Submit an abstract 👇

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🔊 Stay tuned for the #GSB2026 abstract submission opening soon! globalsoilbiodiversity2026.org

Meanwhile, these are our Oral presentation and Poster session themes:

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Names, positions and pictures of the nine members of the Local Organizing Committee for the Global Soil Biodiversity Conference. GSB2026

🔊 We are excited to share the composition of our Local Organizing Committee #GSB2026

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We have extended the deadline to March 31st!

Data and knowledge needs for improving science and policy for peatlands in Canada in a changing world: insights from Global Peatlands Initiative Workshop, June 2023 Knowledge and data on the current function, future threats, and benefits of peatlands in Canada are required to support evidence-based decision-making to ensure they continue to provide critical ecosy...

📰 New paper led by Kara Webster: Data and knowledge needs for improving science and policy for peatlands in Canada - with @scootjd.bsky.social @wetland-ghg.bsky.social @lornaharris.bsky.social and many more.

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GSB4 Conference — Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative

📢Announcing the Global Soil Biodiversity Conference 2026 call for symposia proposals.

Deadline is February 28, 2025 🦠🍄🐛🪱

Apply here 👇

www.globalsoilbiodiversity.org/gsb4

Peat Depth and Carbon Storage of the Hudson Bay Lowlands, Canada We use stacking, an ensemble learning technique designed to mitigate overfitting, to estimate peat depth in the Hudson Bay Lowlands (HBL) The average peat depth of HBL is 184 (±48) cm with 90% of...

📰 Our new paper led by a great undergrad student: doi.org/10.1029/2024...

#carbon #peat