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"Bangladesh protects sacred forests to strengthen biodiversity conservation"
#Bangladesh #Trees #Biodiversity

Bangladesh protects sacred forests to strengthen biodiversity conservation
With an aim to protect biodiversity that’s become fragmented and is scattered across the country, Bangladesh is listing all the old, sacred and socially important trees and forests. The Forest Department has been collecting information from the locals in various parts of the country about locations and details of sites that are centuries-old and sacred […]

Mit Tagebüchern über Biodiversität nachdenken
https://www.nationalpark-schwarzwald.de/nationalpark/blog/2025/mit-tagebuechern-ueber-biodiversitaet-nachdenken

Mit Tagebüchern über Biodiversität nachdenken
Welche Akteure kommen beim Thema Biodiversität zur Sprache? Was kann unter Biodiversität versanden werden? Eine Diskursanalyse.

#NewPaper out: Anne Reichmuth , Kühn I, Schmidt A, Doktor D (2025) Forested Natura 2000 sites under climate change: effects of tree species distribution shifts. Web Ecology 25: 59–89.
We have modelled and analysed the effect of possible tree species distribution shift in Norway spruce (Picea abies), European beech (Fagus sylvatica), and two oak species (Quercus petraea and Quercus robur), considered jointly on forested Natura 2000 sites, an EU-wide conservation area network. The modelling procedure was performed using 3 to 4 bio-climatic variables derived from 26 variables of the EURO-CORDEX Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5 (CMIP5) climate simulations for the Representative Concentration Pathways (RCPs) 2.6, 4.5, and 8.5 until 2098. Our results reveal a severe decline in Picea within Natura 2000 sites in central Europe and lower elevations and confirm a strong shift towards higher elevations and latitudes. This amounts to an 18 % absolute mean change (−18 % mean loss, 15 % mean gain). Quercus sp. reveal similar results, with 23 % absolute mean change (−23 % loss, 24 % gain) at Natura 2000 sites, whereas Fagus remains stable throughout the model results with 8 % absolute mean change (−7 % loss, 9 % gain). As ecosystems of any type are highly dynamic, climate change can lead to additional severe pressure on statically defined conservation goals and associated management activities.
#biodiversity #ecology #ClimateChange #conservation

Good morning from Copenhagen where it's a beautiful day and I'm off to Brussels to represent @… with our @… friends @… @… @… talking impacts of #ClimateChange in the Polar regions, ice sheets, #biodiversity and sea level rise.
It's apparently #WorldBicycleDay2025 today, but although I normally #cycle to work, today it's just a short tour to the metro station...

Do you want to work at the forefront of managing environmental research? Interested in collaborating across Helmhoitz Centres (@…, @…, @…, @…) devoted to research for Earth & Environment? Then join my team in Halle (Germany)!
I am looking for a Research Manager helping us to prepare a topic on the processes and dynamics of the Earth surface system, its ecosystems, and biodiversity for the Helmholtz Programme funding 2028-2034. The position is limited from 7/2025-6/2027, up to 100%
Further details and online application here:
#ecology #biodiversity #ecosystems #job #earthsystems #earthsystemscience

#NewPaper out
Maria Milanović et al. (2025) Successful alien plant species exhibit functional dissimilarity from natives under varied climatic conditions but not under increased nutrient availability. Journal of Vegetation Science 36: e70032. #NewPublication #biodiversity #ecology #alienSpecies #functionalTraits #NutNet
#xp

Returned from an expedition to the Lower Ice Lake ("Unterer Eissee") beneath Hallstätter Glacier #Dachstein #Austria with @…, Ulrike Herzschuh (both @…) and Jakob Korneli (@…). We wanted to take lake sediment cores to reconstruct the vegetation development of the last c. 130 years.
We previously did some avalanche rescue training. Unfortunately, the snow and avalanche conditions prevented us from reaching our destination, and we had to return.
Photo credits: Martina Schubert
#fieldWork #glacier #glacierForefield #biodiversity #ecology #succession #Alps #Mountains