Nature Conservation

👀 Nature Conservation spotted at the @coast-scapes.eu General Assembly in Venice! Hosted by CORILA, CMCC Foundation and OGS, the project consortium, which @pensoft.net is part of, has gathered for three productive days of exchange, collaboration and planning. #COASTSCAPES_GeneralAssembly

🎉We are delighted to welcome Prof. Dr. Daniela Giannetto as a new Subject Editor at our journal. On behalf of the team, we would like to express our sincere gratitude, and we look forward to our future collaborations! 👉Read more about her expertise here: natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1514

🌊 Between 21-25 September, our team was at the @aneris.eu booth presenting the latest project developments & chatting with visitors about how technology can help protect our oceans, at #EGI2026. 👉See the conference highlights on our blog: blog.pensoft.net/2026/10/08/a... @egieinfra.bsky.social

Sea level rise threatens a tiny Florida snake's entire habitat, yet regulators ruled land it could move to wasn't "essential." A study of three South Florida reptiles asks how a 2018 Supreme Court ruling is shaping climate-era protections. #Openaccess study: doi.org/10.3897/natu... #herpetofauna

Join us in Varna, 14-17 October 2026, for the LTER-BG International Scientific Conference! Scientists, practitioners and policy-makers will share findings and shape the future of long-term #ecosystem #research. More details: natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1489 #eLTERcommunity @elter-ri.eu

🐿️ The impact of wind turbine development on hazel dormice has been investigated through a study examining how clear-cuts affect the home ranges of these protected arboreal mammals in Lithuania: doi.org/10.3897/natureconservation.64.160352

📍 We're featured at @pensoft.net's booth at #SMCC2026, running this week in Sofia! 📚 This Thursday and Friday, come and find out more about the scope of our journal and how we can support your research in small mammal conservation. #SmallMammalConservation @habitatfoundation.bsky.social

🌊 Data-intensive science meets marine conservation at the EGI Conference in Ghent this week! 📚 Visit the @pensoft.net booth to learn more about how our journal can support your research. @egieinfra.bsky.social #EGI2026 #MarineBiodiversity

🐁 A friendly reminder that the European Small Mammal Conservation Conference is taking place in Sofia next week, 21-25 September! 📍 Drop by our booth to check out our journals and publishing services supporting biodiversity and conservation research. 🔗 Full programme at smcc.habitatfoundation.org

📍 Our publisher, @pensoft.net, is heading to the EGI Conference in Ghent (21-25 Sept)! 🌊As an active ANERIS consortium member, they'll share progress on marine biodiversity tools, plus showcase their journal portfolio & the @arphahub.com. 👋Come say hi! natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1469

📍 We're at #NordicOikosGfÖ2026 in Odense, Denmark, this week, showcasing our work as a consortium member of @obsgession.eu and presenting our ecology-focused portfolio. 🤝 We look forward to meeting you all at our designated booth!

🐹 @pensoft.net will be attending #SMCC2026 (21-25 Sep), the first European Small #Mammal #Conservation Conference in Sofia, Bulgaria. 📚Find us at our exhibition booth, and stay tuned - we're awarding prizes for Best Talk and Best Poster! 🔗 natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1468

🌱 Our team has touched down in Brussels for #NeoBiota2026 - the 14th International Conference on Biological Invasions! Here through 11 Sept. Come chat with our team about Pensoft Publishers' publishing portfolio - journals, books & conference services. We'd love to connect 🤝 #conference #invasive

🌍 The Soils for Europe Conference is happening now in Coimbra, organised by SOLO and other Horizon Europe Mission Soil projects. 📣 Today, we are showcasing our journals in ecology - come say hi! #Soils4Europe #MissionSoil #SOLOproject

🌍 Pensoft joined the 11th SCCS Europe in Balatonvilágos, Hungary, wrapping up today! 🎤 We ran a workshop on communicating science for impact, and also showcased some of our journals, including @natureconservation.pensoft.net, @oneecosystem.pensoft.net and @neobiota.pensoft.net. #SCCS2026

🏜️ New study proposes Uzbekistan's Yozyovon Sand Massif as an Important Plant Area, hosting 296 #plant taxa. Satellite data shows sand habitat shrank 56% since 1991 from farming & disturbance - highlighting a gap in desert #ecosystem #conservation planning. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

📊 New bibliometric analysis of 684 studies (2016-2025) maps growing research on ecotourism's #environmental impacts in protected areas such as #wildlife disturbance, soil erosion, emissions & resource pressure, with output rising 15.25%/year, led by the US, Australia & China. Full study 👇

🏔️Study of South Africa's Amathole Mountains finds erratic rainfall & governance gaps are deepening food/income insecurity for rural communities. Despite this, #indigenous #knowledge & small-scale #conservation sustain #resilience - pointing to a need for more equitable, participatory governance:

Last chance to catch us at the 15th European Conference on Ecological Restoration #SERE2026! 👋 @pensoft.net is in Brest, France, through August 28 - swing by, say hello, and check out our diverse journal portfolio and what we've been working on before we head home! 🌍📚

🌾Water hyacinth invasion is devastating livelihoods around Rwanda's Rweru-Mugesera wetlands: fish harvests down from ~2,147 to just 39 kg/year, crop yields nearly cut in half. A survey of 399 households points to nutrient runoff & climate change as drivers, and calls for community-based management:

🦋📚New #book review: Roger Dennis's "Butterfly #Biology Systems" treats #butterfly life - from egg-laying to courtship to diapause - as an interconnected system rather than isolated facts. Dense, authoritative synthesis with 100+ illustrations and a 120-page bibliography. Full review: ⤵️

Pensoft is heading to Nordic Oikos-GfÖ 2026! 👀 📍Where? - Odense, Denmark 🗓️When? - 13-17 September 👉Learn more: aem.pensoft.net/news/1443 @nordicoikos.bsky.social, @gfoesoc.bsky.social, @obsgession.eu

📢 See you in Uppsala next week! @pensoft.net will be at the 4th BioSyst EU meeting (17-19 Aug) - come chat open-access journals & the @arphahub.com platform at our stand. 🔗 natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1357 #BioSystEU2026

Researchers tracked Western spadefoot #toad across coastal & agricultural sites in France 🐸. Using long-term capture-recapture #data, they found population size & survival vary by site & season, offering the first demographic estimates for this species in France. Full study: doi.org/10.3897/natu...

🌍 The 41st SPNHC Annual Meeting is coming to the African continent for the first time! Join natural history professionals in Cape Town, South Africa, from 7 to 11 September 2026. ➡️ Check out our latest news announcement for further details: natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1408 #SPNHC2026

🌏 The 5th International Congress on Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution - #SAGE2026 - is now underway in Phuket! 🔬 Bringing together global researchers to showcase the latest breakthroughs in systematics, ecology, and evolutionary biodiversity science: natureconservation.pensoft.net/news/1395

🔔 Just a reminder - we're at #IAL10 in Trieste until the end of the week. Come find us at the @pensoft.net stand! 📚 Swing by to chat with the team and learn about publishing with us. There is still time to say hello! #IAL2026 #IAL10Trieste #IALichenology

🦅 This week, Pensoft Publishers joins #ESA2026, the annual meeting of @ecologicalsociety.bsky.social! Find us at booth 204 and discover more about our efforts to place #OpenScience at the heart of #ScholarlyPublishing - all in support of your research!