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Once we tap in to the vitality that infuses the web of life, a whole new way of organizing our world becomes possible. Hear more from our brilliant board member Dr. Eileen Crist about A Profound Vision For An Ecological Civilization https://lnkd.in/eUEBmrvG

Rivers are Life began with the concept that like-minded businesses, educational institutions, non-governmental organizations and collaborators could come together to be the collective voice for rivers and help move the needle for river sustainability. We are proud to be working with some genuinely world-changing partners like Louisiana State University Center of River Studies, who make our community possible. Learn more about them in our film "Voices from the Water:" https://bit.ly/3Q0XEko

Once we tap in to the vitality that infuses the web of life, a whole new way of organizing our world becomes possible. Hear more from our brilliant board member Dr. Eileen Crist about A Profound Vision For An Ecological Civilization https://lnkd.in/ee8DyNcb

via Taking the Long View: The Heritage and Science of Prairie https://lnkd.in/gbrb-XF5

Come watch Bríd O'Connor talk about our national shark & skate citizen science project Purse Search Ireland, how you can take part in it, and some of the ways that data is used!

Sometimes it is necessary to stop, consider and summarize the status of what you have achieved over a long period of time. In our new article in Studies in Conservation, Signe Hjerrild Smedemark and I summarize 20 years of research into indoor climate, air quality, and energy consumption in the storage and archive buildings of major Danish museums. And while there is room for improvement, it doesn't look too bad at all... Check it out, open access: https://lnkd.in/dzrtBNYf

Thanks Tahsin Rahman for the opportunity to share my research with your committee and hear more about the work that Sicame are doing to address these issues!

Lovely to present the work that I and many others (namely Justine Bell-James, Rose Foster, Pedro Fidelman and so many others) have done, today at the Centre for Biodiversity and Conservation Science weekly seminar. Key takeaways 🐟 Restoration is not well supported under current conservation policies- the focus is more on preservation of the status quo, not on allowing activities (even if they’re for net benefit purposes). But this is slowly changing - see solutions section below! https://lnkd.in/d7tkavVB 🐟 Permitting is complex and often difficult to navigate for restoration practitioners, and has led to the perverse outcome of limiting restoration uptake, at a time when we REALLY need to be expanding (e.g. GBF Target 2 - restore 30% of degraded …coastal and marine ecosystems by 2030. see https://lnkd.in/dviVNCGF 🐟 This lack of fit for purpose policy is driving restoration projects to sub-optimal locations and requiring practioners to take on legal liability **in perpetuity**, further disincentivising restoration. See https://lnkd.in/d7tkavVB 🐟 Making this even more challenging, there are also novel interventions being proposed in response to climate change impacts which challenge the current legal frameworks even further. See https://lnkd.in/dYef_Qfb BUT…. There are solutions! I’m so incredibly proud of the work we’ve done over the last 5 years with restoration practitioners like The Nature Conservancy and OzFish Unlimited and with government agencies to help break through these challenges. Keep an eye out in the coming months for: 🐟 Permitting guidelines for oysters reef restoration and restoration of tidal flow (ie the blue carbon method) for QLD, NSW, SA and TAS). 🐟 Governance guideline for reef interventions which will be available and presented at Australian Marine Sciences Association conference in Hobart next week! 🐟 And lots of new work with UQ Law School and Centre for Policy Futures, UQ identifying solutions from other areas and other countries and many policy changes on the horizon to support marine and coastal restoration, and help achieve Australia’s restoration goals.

From 2020 to 2022, ETWIE tackled a crucial project on managing asbestos in heritage collections. Key questions addressed included: 💡 What are the safest and most legal ways to handle asbestos, from removal to restoration and conservation? 💡 How does the presence of asbestos impact collections, staffing, and restoration efforts? 💡 How should museums revise their acquisition and collection policies to navigate health risks and the high costs of safe conservation? 💡 What is the value of preserving asbestos-containing items in cultural heritage? The project also resulted in a brochure with practical guidelines specifically designed for volunteers in the Flemish museum sector.

Following the webinar of FirEUrisk today, a sister project of TREEADS. The first presenter emphasizes that we in northern europe must be ready for #wildfires in the coming years!