Tobias Kuemmerle
@tkuemmerle.bsky.social
Geographer @ Humboldt-University Berlin. | working on land use and its impact on biodiversity
Paper led by Brett Hankerson and Daniel Müller, out in Regional Environmental Change: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
Changes in grazing patterns explain post-Soviet fire trends on the Eurasian steppe better than climate - Regional Environmental Change
In grassland ecosystems, fire plays an important role in maintaining biodiversity and ecological functioning but also causes substantial greenhouse gas emissions. Both climate and herbivory are key de...
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November 17, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Paper led by Brett Hankerson and Daniel Müller, out in Regional Environmental Change: doi.org/10.1007/s101...
Die Antwort ist: ja! Elch (und wahrscheinlich auch Wisent) kommen wieder und würden bei uns genug Lebensraum finden, wenn wir sie willkommen heissen. Mehr dazu hier: www.hu-berlin.de/de/pr/nachri... ... und der wissenschaftliche Artikel hier: doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
Elche und Wisente würden ausreichend Platz in Deutschland vorfinden – wenn sie es zu uns schaffen
Neue Studie zeigt Chancen und Herausforderungen für eine Rückkehr von Wisent und Elch
www.hu-berlin.de
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
Die Antwort ist: ja! Elch (und wahrscheinlich auch Wisent) kommen wieder und würden bei uns genug Lebensraum finden, wenn wir sie willkommen heissen. Mehr dazu hier: www.hu-berlin.de/de/pr/nachri... ... und der wissenschaftliche Artikel hier: doi.org/10.1111/ddi....
"...what happens in Sweden matters far beyond Sweden. If a country with some of the world’s largest intact boreal forests chooses to double down on short-term extraction, it will not only undermine the EU’s climate goals — it will send a dangerous signal to other forest nations..."
November 8, 2025 at 9:22 PM
"...what happens in Sweden matters far beyond Sweden. If a country with some of the world’s largest intact boreal forests chooses to double down on short-term extraction, it will not only undermine the EU’s climate goals — it will send a dangerous signal to other forest nations..."
🐺 Wolves have not yet reached a favourable conservation status in most European countries
🐺 Many populations do not meet the effective size required for long-term genetic and demographic sustainability
🐺 Wolf populations across Europe are primarily threatened by overhunting (incl. illegal killing)
🐺 Many populations do not meet the effective size required for long-term genetic and demographic sustainability
🐺 Wolf populations across Europe are primarily threatened by overhunting (incl. illegal killing)
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
🐺 Wolves have not yet reached a favourable conservation status in most European countries
🐺 Many populations do not meet the effective size required for long-term genetic and demographic sustainability
🐺 Wolf populations across Europe are primarily threatened by overhunting (incl. illegal killing)
🐺 Many populations do not meet the effective size required for long-term genetic and demographic sustainability
🐺 Wolf populations across Europe are primarily threatened by overhunting (incl. illegal killing)
All of this very true - there is no scientific basis for the change in legislation that was enacted this year:
🐺 Current monitoring does not allow for a reliable estimation of wolf numbers in Europe
🐺Available demographic data are heterogeneous, approximate, largely qualitative, and unverifiable.
🐺 Current monitoring does not allow for a reliable estimation of wolf numbers in Europe
🐺Available demographic data are heterogeneous, approximate, largely qualitative, and unverifiable.
October 31, 2025 at 8:15 AM
All of this very true - there is no scientific basis for the change in legislation that was enacted this year:
🐺 Current monitoring does not allow for a reliable estimation of wolf numbers in Europe
🐺Available demographic data are heterogeneous, approximate, largely qualitative, and unverifiable.
🐺 Current monitoring does not allow for a reliable estimation of wolf numbers in Europe
🐺Available demographic data are heterogeneous, approximate, largely qualitative, and unverifiable.
What makes positive outcomes more likely during and after times of shocks? We suggest:
- proactively create resilient institutions,
- that are focused on local capacity building,
- that enhance social stability, &
- that are built on internal motivations for conservation
- proactively create resilient institutions,
- that are focused on local capacity building,
- that enhance social stability, &
- that are built on internal motivations for conservation
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
What makes positive outcomes more likely during and after times of shocks? We suggest:
- proactively create resilient institutions,
- that are focused on local capacity building,
- that enhance social stability, &
- that are built on internal motivations for conservation
- proactively create resilient institutions,
- that are focused on local capacity building,
- that enhance social stability, &
- that are built on internal motivations for conservation
Socio-economic shocks are fairly common, especially at broader scales (key for large carnivores) and longer time frames (key for conservation planning). Consider shocks, and the risks and potential opportunities they bring is thus critically important (but rarely done).
October 23, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Socio-economic shocks are fairly common, especially at broader scales (key for large carnivores) and longer time frames (key for conservation planning). Consider shocks, and the risks and potential opportunities they bring is thus critically important (but rarely done).