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IUCN Cetacean Specialist Group @iucn-cetaceansg.bsky.social · Aug 27

Important Marine Mammal Areas (IMMAs) and the CSG go hand-in-hand, using robust science to identify areas where research, monitoring, management and threat mitigation are key. As of 2025, 323 IMMAs have been identified to protect cetacean populations. Learn more at our news item: shorturl.at/1UO5w

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Francisco Blaha @franciscoblaha.bsky.social · 2d

As I was told, Western conservation focuses on preservation, while here they focus on coexistence.
www.franciscoblaha.info/blog/2025/10...

Musings from exploring Japan's fishing villages on my bike and they take on conservation — Francisco Blaha

I've been keen to spend time in Japan for a long time since my time on Japanese fishing boats in the 1980s in Argentina, and my exposure to a different type of literature after reading Yukio Mishima ...

www.franciscoblaha.info

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Convention on Migratory Species (CMS) @cms.int · 3d

📢 OUT TODAY! 🚨

CMS published the most comprehensive global dugong assessment in 20+ years. Dugongs are vulnerable to extinction worldwide, some populations critically endangered. 🌊

We must map & protect seagrass, cut bycatch, restore habitats, and roll out action plans: www.cms.int/news/global-...

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Manta Trust @mantatrust.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 BREAKING: All oceanic devil rays are now Critically Endangered.

🤝 Be part of our #SaveTheMantas campaign:
✔️ Sign the petition: only.one/act/cites-2025
✔️ Grab a campaign T-shirt, snap a photo, and share it on our campaign page: mantatrust.org/save-the-mantas

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Conservation Letters @consletters.bsky.social · 4d

You'll hopefully notice and find useful the new infographic on our web site at conbio.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/... ... designed to help you decide which SCB journal would be most suited for your next brilliant article on conservation science.

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · 5d

Well, it's official. After our paper last year (onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....), the Slender-billed Curlew is officially declared Extinct today.

Scientists dream of describing new species, not writing their obituary and epitaph, knowing that they are gone forever #ornithology

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Rochelle Constantine @rconstantine.bsky.social · 5d

The Hauraki Gulf Tīkapa Moana Te Moananui-o-Toi has increased marine protection from 0.3% to 6%. What might this mean? @nzgeo.bsky.social www.nzgeo.com/stories/a-cr...

A crystal ball for the Gulf

For 13 years conservationists have promoted marine protection as a good thing for the Hauraki Gulf. Now they have their wish, what's going to happen?

www.nzgeo.com

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Christina Hood @christinahood.bsky.social · 5d

Heads up - New Zealand government's annoucements on 2050 climate target will be made midday Sunday NZ time. Will we be the first country to weaken a legislated 2050 target?

Email from the Ministry for the Environment:

Tēnā koe,
On Sunday at 12.00pm (12th October) the Government will make an announcement about New Zealand’s 2050 climate change targets.

The Ministry for the Environment will also release the 2025 emissions projections at 5.00pm on Sunday.

Ngā mihi
Ministry for the Environment

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Dr. Dawn Wright @deepseadawn.bsky.social · 5d

Did you know that you can now bring Google Earth Engine data right into ArcGIS Pro?

Here’s a new storymap with details and a link to the tool on @github.com and thoughts on a possible interoperability of GEE and ArcGIS Pro.

storymaps.arcgis.com/stories/bf22...
#gischat #geogchat #geogsky ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏

Bring Google Earth Engine’s Data Right into ArcGIS Pro

Access Google Earth Engine's Data Catalog in ArcGIS Pro

storymaps.arcgis.com

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 5d

I has been a very long time since I posted this list of 40 consequences of climate change. But, it's important to take note of item number 40.

I truly wish things were going to get better, but sadly, it's all just going to get more f&%ked from here.

climatecasino.net/2021/10/top-...

Top 40 Impacts of Climate Change

In this post, I list 78 current and future impacts of climate change, along with references for some of the more unexpected items. That list was compiled scouring the web along with suggestions and c...

climatecasino.net

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Rochelle Constantine @rconstantine.bsky.social · 6d

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Prof. Eliot Jacobson @climatecasino.net · 6d

My latest animation of the global surface temperature anomaly, 1851 - 2025 (current through September).

Rochelle Constantine @rconstantine.bsky.social · 9d

🥳 🤙🏼 that you now run so far & so fast!

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Rochelle Constantine @rconstantine.bsky.social · 10d

It’s a great paper - thanks for getting it out into the world 🤙🏼🩵🦈

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Nick Dulvy @nickdulvy.bsky.social · Dec 5

We urge the adoption of the Shark & Ray Red List Index to track progress on ocean conservation goals, like the Global Biodiversity Framework Target 5 & SDG 14.4. Accountability is key for preserving marine life!
🧵20/20
#GlobalGoals #UNGA #SDG
#SustainableDevelopmentGoals #SDG
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marinefreshwater.bsky.social @marinefreshwater.bsky.social · 11d

Calling all marine & freshwater sciences students 📣

@marinefreshwater.bsky.social has a new #StudentPrize!

The first winner will be announced in 2027 to allow time for submissions and nominations.

More details:
www.publish.csiro.au/mf/forauthor...

#MarineFreshwaterRes

CSIRO PUBLISHING

Awards and Prizes

www.publish.csiro.au

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Rochelle Constantine @rconstantine.bsky.social · 11d

🧪 Deep sea mining risks to sharks, rays & chimeras 👇🏻 www.cell.com/current-biol...

Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras

Judah et al. identify 30 species of chondrichthyans that overlap with proposed deep-sea mining activities, nearly two-thirds of which are already threatened with extinction. Precautionary management o...

www.cell.com

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Rochelle Constantine @rconstantine.bsky.social · 11d

!! Deep sea mining is not a benign activity. 🙏 for these thoughts about impact on deep sea elasmobranchs 🦈 - many already under pressure from fisheries 👇🏻 www.cell.com/current-biol...

Deep-sea mining risks for sharks, rays, and chimeras

Judah et al. identify 30 species of chondrichthyans that overlap with proposed deep-sea mining activities, nearly two-thirds of which are already threatened with extinction. Precautionary management o...

www.cell.com

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 12d

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

www.nature.com

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Vox @vox.com · 13d

Jane Goodall, one of the most influential environmental figures in human history, has died at 91 while touring the country to deliver an urgent message about nature and human existence.

“We’re destroying the planet,” she said last week during the Forbes Sustainability Leaders Summit in NYC.

Listen to Jane Goodall’s final — and urgent — message

Her final interviews are essential listening for everyone.

www.vox.com

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Nereide @drnereide.bsky.social · 13d

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Question: "If chimps are so much like us, why are they endangered while humans dominate the globe?"

Goodall: "Well, in some ways we're not successful at all. We're destroying our home. That's not a bit successful."

— #JaneGoodall, 3 Apr. 1934 - 1 Oct. 2025

#ForeverInspiring #LegacyOfHope 🧪

The photo features Jane Goodall and infant chimpanzee Flint reach out to touch each other's hands. Flint was the first infant born at Gombe (Tanzania) after Jane arrived. With him, she had a great opportunity to study chimp development.

Photo source: https://education.nationalgeographic.org/resource/jane-goodall/

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Javi Ibarrondo @jibarrondo.bsky.social · 13d

Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti... 🧪

Insects aren’t ‘little robots’—so scientists are rethinking their welfare

Science chats with an entomologist and an expert in animal ethics who are monitoring how researchers report on the ethical treatment of insects

www.science.org

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Rochelle Constantine @rconstantine.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall was tenacious to ensure everyone knew the importance of all life on this planet. Now we need to keep going. Farewell to a remarkable woman ♥️

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 13d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 13d

From South America to Asia, seahorses vanish into trafficking pipeline news.mongabay.com/2025/09/from... 🧪🦑🌎🐠

From South America to Asia, seahorses vanish into trafficking pipeline

In June 2025, Ecuadorian police were summoned to the municipal bus terminal in Tulcán, in the northern province of Carchi, to investigate a suspicious package. Someone had reported a strong odor…

news.mongabay.com

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Emma Luck @emmaluck22.bsky.social · 18d

I am pleased to share our new review paper detailing killer whale interactions with commercial fisheries in Frontiers in Marine Science!

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

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Trevor A. Branch @trevorabranch.bsky.social · 18d

Wild map: all the places in the world where killer whales take fish from fishing activities, often right off hooks on lines

By @emmaluck22.bsky.social et al.

www.frontiersin.org/journals/mar...

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