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Biodiversity Research Institute- A nonprofit environmental research group based in Portland, Maine, conducting innovative wildlife science worldwide.

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Shea, a Bowdoin College student and seasonal mammal technician is seen here releasing a big brown bat. The mammal team has been busy in the field in Vermont, Acadia National Park, and New York. Learn more about the work they do here briwildlife.org/mammal-program/ Video: Ethan Gilardi

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Summer breathes life into our landscapes and awakens the hidden wonders of the amphibian realm. Salamanders offer us a window into the health of our ecosystems; by studying their behavior, habitats, and populations, we gain valuable insights into the delicate balance of nature.

Summer breathes life into our landscapes and awakens the hidden wonders of the amphibian realm. Salamanders offer us a window into the health of our ecosystems; by studying their behavior, habitats, and populations, we gain valuable insights into the delicate balance of nature.
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Interested in attending a #workshop on collision risk models? You can do it while at #CWW2023. Learn more and register here: cww2023.org/eng-workshops.… Photo: Marijs Jan, Shutterstock #windenergy #wildlifeprotection #ornithology

Interested in attending a #workshop on collision risk models? You can do it while at #CWW2023. 
Learn more and register here: cww2023.org/eng-workshops.… 

Photo: Marijs Jan, Shutterstock

#windenergy #wildlifeprotection #ornithology
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BRI and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have developed a collision risk model for predicting offshore wind risk to endangered bird species in the U.S Atlantic. Learn more about the model here briwildlife.org/scram/

BRI and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have developed a collision risk model for predicting offshore wind risk to endangered bird species in the U.S Atlantic.  Learn more about the model here briwildlife.org/scram/
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We have one position open for a Quantitative Ecology Research Associate. We're seeking a conscientious and detail-oriented scientist to conduct marine ecology research and risk assessment focusing on offshore wind and wildlife. Learn more here briwildlife.org/about-us/emplo…

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BRI's Deputy Director and Loon Program Director Lucas Savoy talks about revitalizing loon populations in Massachusetts in this feature from iBerkshires. Read more here! iberkshires.com/story/73037/Bi…

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BRI and UNEP are co-hosting a COP-5 online event on Thursday, October, 12th, 11h00-12h00 CEST, ahead of Minamata Convention on Mercury titled "Addressing Mercury Pollution and Biodiversity: from Science to Action". Learn more and register here l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%…

BRI and UNEP are co-hosting a COP-5 online event on Thursday, October, 12th, 11h00-12h00 CEST, ahead of <a href="/minamataMEA/">Minamata Convention on Mercury</a>  titled "Addressing Mercury Pollution and Biodiversity: from Science to Action". Learn more and register here l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%…
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BRI is also part of another upcoming COP-5 online event: Reinforcing the Health Sector's Commitment to the Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: The Showcase of GEF-UNEP- WHO Projects on Mercury-added Products Learn more here: minamataconvention.org/en/meetings/co…...

BRI is also part of another upcoming COP-5 online event: Reinforcing the Health Sector's Commitment to the Implementation of the Minamata Convention on Mercury: The Showcase of GEF-UNEP-
WHO Projects on Mercury-added Products
Learn more here: minamataconvention.org/en/meetings/co…...
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The next #MinamatCOP5 online event of Tuesday starts at 16h30 CEST: Reinforcing health sector's commitment to Convention's implementation: GEF-UNEP-WHO projects showcase on mercury-added products. 📍 Register now: unep.webex.com/weblink/regist… 📺 Watch live: youtube.com/live/CHUOreO5Q…

The next #MinamatCOP5 online event of Tuesday starts at 16h30 CEST:

Reinforcing health sector's commitment to Convention's implementation: GEF-UNEP-WHO projects showcase on mercury-added products.

📍 Register now: unep.webex.com/weblink/regist…

📺 Watch live: youtube.com/live/CHUOreO5Q…
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The next #MinamatCOP5 online event of Tuesday starts at 17h45 CEST: Navigating uncharted waters towards Mercury-Free SIDS (BRI) 📍 Register now: unep.webex.com/weblink/regist… 📺 Watch live: youtube.com/live/nw7bChqc0…

The next #MinamatCOP5 online event of Tuesday starts at 17h45 CEST:

Navigating uncharted waters towards Mercury-Free SIDS (<a href="/BiodiversityRI/">BRI</a>)

📍 Register now: unep.webex.com/weblink/regist…

📺 Watch live: youtube.com/live/nw7bChqc0…
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🔎👉Our new report is out! zeromercury.org/mercury-added-… 💻Online platforms need to stop selling dangerous mercury-added cosmetics!🧴 🤝Efficient measures and international cooperation is needed to prevent the illegal sale of mercury cosmetics.

🔎👉Our new report is out! zeromercury.org/mercury-added-… 
💻Online platforms need to stop selling dangerous mercury-added cosmetics!🧴
🤝Efficient measures and international cooperation is needed to prevent the illegal sale of mercury cosmetics.
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#NewPaperAlert Thrilled to announce that our 13-year synthesis of #mercury exposure to #birds in the #Neotropics was published today in #Ecotoxicology. Check out the open access article @ bit.ly/3sklizu Happy Halloween! 👻 …🧵

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On Int. Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, the #MinamataConvention urges to ban #mercury use in cosmetics. Mercury in #skinlightening products can result in kidney damage, neurological disorders & more. Learn here 👉 bit.ly/FightRacism2024 #MercuryFreeCosmetics

On Int. Day for the Elimination of Racial 
Discrimination, the #MinamataConvention urges to ban #mercury use in cosmetics.

Mercury in #skinlightening products can result in kidney damage, neurological disorders &amp; more.

Learn here 👉 bit.ly/FightRacism2024
#MercuryFreeCosmetics
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Consumers may not realize that #skinligthening products, often used to alter skin color, can expose them to a cocktail of harmful #chemicals, including toxic #mercury. Learn more about UN Environment Programme Global Mercury Partnership: unep.org/globalmercuryp… #MercuryFreeCosmetics #FightRacism

Consumers may not realize that #skinligthening products, often used to alter skin color, can expose them to a cocktail of harmful #chemicals, including toxic #mercury.

Learn more about <a href="/UNEP/">UN Environment Programme</a> Global Mercury Partnership: 
unep.org/globalmercuryp…
#MercuryFreeCosmetics #FightRacism
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We have staff currently all over the world working on different projects. Click the link to sign up for "Where in the World is BRI" - a brief highlight delivered to your inbox! conta.cc/3UCclM4

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BRI announces the publication of the scientific paper Global Mercury Concentrations in Biota: Their Use as a Basis for a Global Biomonitoring Framework in the journal Ecotoxicology. Click here for the full journal article - link.springer.com/epdf/10.1007/s…

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Horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay. Every spring, red knots stop over in this area, timing their arrival with the spawning season of horseshoe crabs. Horseshoe crab eggs provide essential energy for red knots as they complete their migration to the Arctic. Photo by Korik Vargas.

Horseshoe crabs in Delaware Bay.  Every spring, red knots stop over in this area, timing their arrival with the spawning season of horseshoe crabs. Horseshoe crab eggs provide essential energy for red knots as they complete their migration to the Arctic. Photo by Korik Vargas.
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BRI, in partnership with South Dakota State University, the USDA, Turner Bison Exchange, and other private ranches, is starting a new project documenting changes in biodiversity within the Northern Great Plains as related to changes in cattle grazing patterns.

BRI, in partnership with South Dakota State University, the USDA, Turner Bison Exchange, and other private ranches, is starting a new project documenting changes in biodiversity within the Northern Great Plains as related to changes in cattle grazing patterns.