Professor of Conservation Science, Bass Guitarist, Angler
Maceio, Brazil
Joined April 2020
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Protected Areas generate a huge amount of cultural value; our latest paper (sciencedirect.com/science/ar…) uses social media photos and machine learning to map cultural value across the length of Brazil's iconic coastline.
No surprise, interest in urban nature increased when we wee stuck at home... @ResearchGate: researchgate.net/publication…
Try this link: sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Environmental threats and extreme poverty are deeply intertwined in MPAs in Brazil, and tackling inequalities might be a prerequisite for effective conservation. See our latest study: authors.elsevier.com/c/1c5vU…
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Environmental threats and extreme poverty are deeply intertwined in MPAs in Brazil, and tackling inequalities might be a prerequisite for effective conservation. See our latest study: authors.elsevier.com/c/1c5vU…
Totally agree with Bill about this. For a slightly different perspective check out our article from 2014: Multilinguismo nas ciências ambientais: Ahora ya! (don't worry... it's in English)
link.springer.com/article/10…
The domination of English as the language of science can hinder some scientists for whom English is not their first language and result in research being ignored. Article discusses some solutions to this important problem including work of @tatsuya_amano bit.ly/3mpvLRM
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This was great fun to do. Thanks to @IvanJaric for putting together such a great research team.
On expanding conservation #culturomics and #iEcology from terrestrial to #aquatic realms, our new study in @PLOSBiology journals.plos.org/plosbiolog… #digitaldata #socialmedia #BigData #fishsci #freshwater #marine #biodiversity #conservation #invasivespecies #fishery @ConsCultWG
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I`m giving a webinar today at 15:30 (Portugal Time) on "NATURE CONSERVATION IN THE DIGITAL AGE: CONSERVATION CULTUROMICS AND iECOLOGY". Details here: cibio.up.pt/seminars-in-biod…
I'm looking for three post-docs to work on conservation in Lusophone Africa. Based in Porto.
See: eracareers.pt/opportunities/…
This is a fantastic read... it's one of the only science books I have ever read in a single sitting.
Delighted to announce the publication of our new book ‘Rewilding: the radical new science of ecological recovery’ with @cain_blythe @iconbooks #rewilding #popularscience Please RT
Conservation managers need long term data to make good decisions... that's why we need long term ecological research. Check out our ground-breaking project on the 'Coral Coast' in Alagoas.
doi.org/10.4257/oeco.2020.24…
#LTER #PELD #conservation #Alagoas
Conservation is complicated and there are no 'silver bullets'. We certainly need to increase reforestation here in Brazil, but as this article shows, doing it badly could be worse than doing nothing.
Excited to share my paper in Science today explaining that successful tree planting is much more complicated than most people think. science.sciencemag.org/conte…
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If we are serious about avoiding future pandemics, we need to ensure the natural world has space to thrive - time to get behind the `Nature Needs Half` movement. natureneedshalf.org/
#coronavirus #conservation #biodiversity
H5N1 > waterfowl
Ebola > bats/primates
SARS > bats
COVID-19 > ...Chinese lab!
Let's drop the conspiracy bullshit and focus on our relationships with wildlife. Better conservation will create a safer (and more interesting) world.
#COVID19 #TrumpIsAnIdiot
Preventing the next pandemic needs:
i)Better management of interactions between humans, wildlife and domestic animals
ii)Investment in research and monitoring
iii)Changing the attitudes and behaviors of consumers
... and political will!
#coronavirus
Want to stop the next pandemic? i) Invest in research on human-wildlife interactions; ii) Regulate wildlife trade/hunting/consumption; iii) Focus on high risk taxa (bats and monkeys); iv) Focus on high risk areas (agricultural frontier in developing countries). #COVIDー19
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Want to stop the next pandemic? i) Invest in research on human-wildlife interactions; ii) Regulate wildlife trade/hunting/consumption; iii) Focus on high risk taxa (bats and monkeys); iv) Focus on high risk areas (agricultural frontier in developing countries). And do it now!
Banning trade in wildlife will not be enough to stop new diseases emerging. Time to renegotiate our relationship with nature...
researchgate.net/post/How_ca…
Finally, some good news in the fight against plastic pollution.
nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
Now let`s hope that this leads to some real action.
You wouldn`t burn a library! Deforestation causes the extinction of knowledge. 30% of deforested areas in the Amazon had never been sampled.
Check out our latest research: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/…
@LACOS21 #conservation #biodiversity #Amazon #rainforest #WWF #GBIF