Microbes are tiny but mighty organisms that play an essential role in ecosystem function across our planet. Now, these invisible communities finally have a seat at the global conservation table. 🌍🦠
The new IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group seeks to elevate microbial perspectives within global conservation and policy. They will also develop a microorganism-specific Red List, a globally recognized system for classifying species at high risk of extinction.
MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius, whose expertise has provided vital insight into the impacts of climate change on marine microbial communities, is a part of the working group. By combining voices from across the world, including Indigenous knowledge experts, early-career scientists, and researchers from regions often overlooked, the group will build better criteria and tools to identify and protect threatened microbial ecosystems.
MBARI (Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute)
Microbes are tiny but mighty organisms that play an essential role in ecosystem function across our planet. Now, these invisible communities finally have a seat at the global conservation table. 🌍🦠
The new IUCN Microbial Conservation Specialist Group seeks to elevate microbial perspectives within global conservation and policy. They will also develop a microorganism-specific Red List, a globally recognized system for classifying species at high risk of extinction.
MBARI President and CEO Antje Boetius, whose expertise has provided vital insight into the impacts of climate change on marine microbial communities, is a part of the working group. By combining voices from across the world, including Indigenous knowledge experts, early-career scientists, and researchers from regions often overlooked, the group will build better criteria and tools to identify and protect threatened microbial ecosystems.
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