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The Gonzalez Lab

Welcome to our Spring newsletter 🌸

Highlights from this month:
What is the role for Machine Learning in biodiversity monitoring?;
New paper on detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change;
Prof Andy selected as expert for the AHTEG on indicators for KMGBF.

BIODIVERSITY NEWS FROM AROUND THE WORLD
 

Thu, May 04

Andy Gonzalez selected as expert for the AHTEG on Indicators for the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework

Out of the 242 nominations received, only 45 experts from 30 parties and 15 observer organisations were selected, including Andy Gonzalez who will be representing the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON).

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BIODIVERSITY NEWS FROM CANADA
 

Wed, May 10

The ResNet AGM brought together 60 scientists to discuss their work on Canadian ecosystems

The network's annual general meeting took place in Quebec in Mt Orford National Park during the first week of May, bringing together scientists from all across the country to discuss their individual progress and the contributions of the whole network to Canadian and international science.

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Thu, May 25

Canada Biodiversity Observation Network (CAN BON): together to monitor and protect Canada's rich biodiversity

A group of biodiversity scientists gathered at the Quadra Centre for Coastal Dialogue on Quadra Island, BC to work on a Canada Biodiversity Observation Network (CAN BON). They discussed how biodiversity observations and monitoring can be brought together to produce statistically robust assessments of biodiversity change over time across Canada.

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Tue, May 30

Quebec's Plan Nature: we need to emphasize science-based targets and monitoring for biodiversity success

It is crucial that we fill existing gaps in our understanding of biodiversity change across the province. We must provide the science to support decisions in light of the policy to be inscribed in the Plan Nature. Conservation action will flow from different levels of government and a broad network of actors mobilizing their efforts to achieve conservation outcomes by 2030.

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LAB UPDATES
 

Read our latests posts

Say no to privately owned β€œAI” for biodiversity monitoring

The UN’s Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) COP15 established a new monitoring framework for Earth’s biodiversity. With the contemporary hype-wave going on in the background, there was naturally a lot of interest in the utility of β€œAI” for biodiversity monitoring. But increased adoption of machine learning into biodiversity monitoring networks must be approached carefully…

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News from our lab members

Congratulations Sam for graduating and completing your Honours!

On April 17th, Sam presented her Honours Thesis at the Biology Honours Symposium, during a full day of presentations from the undergraduate Biology Honours students at McGill.

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Edwin Way Teale Lecture Series: Solutions for Biodiversity Conservation in the Anthropocene

Andy’s talk β€œBiodiversity Science & Solutions for the Anthropocene” conveyed what we know about alarming rates of biodiversity change today and how this knowledge can be mobilized to support biodiversity conservation.

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Towards reducing biodiversity loss in fragmented habitats

CrΓ©er des autoroutes pour la biodiversitΓ©

Recently published

Improving ecological connectivity assessments with transfer learning and function approximation. M.D. Catchen, M. Lin, T. Poisot, D. Rolnick, A. Gonzalez - EcoEvoRxiv, 2023

Rapid monitoring of ecological persistence. C. Song, B.I. Simmons, M.J. Fortin, A. Gonzalez et al - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 2023

Detecting and attributing the causes of biodiversity change: needs, gaps and solutions. E. Tekwa, A. Gonzalez, D. Zurell, M. O'Connor - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023

A framework for the detection and attribution of biodiversity change. A. Gonzalez, J.M. Chase, M.I. O'Connor - Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B, 2023

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