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Christian Levers

@ChrLevers

Geographer. Senior Scientist at Thuenen Institute. Works on #SDG 2, 12 & 15. Studies 🏞️ using 📊 & 🖥️. Likes football, hiking, skiing.

 Berlin, Deutschland
Joined November 2013
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#FridaysForFuture #ScientistsForFuture
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Why context matters! Read my new blog post on policy advices from global simulation studies. bit.ly/2BQn6CS
Nature of Food Blog (@NatureFoodBlog) profile pictureNature of Food Blog@NatureFoodBlog29 Jan 2019
Doing science is all well and good, but how best should we translate our results into policy recommendations? New blog post by @ChrLevers link.medium.com/WQ4eD7GrST
Policy advice from global simulation studies: The issue of contextualization

Policy advice from global simulation studies: The issue of contextualization

[This blog summarizes discussion outcomes from the LUGE lab centering on the recent paper by Springmann and colleagues.]

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Leveraging co‐benefits between #carbon and #biodiversity in temperate #forest requires setting stand‐scale priorities New paper out in @GlobalChangeBio by F. M. Sabatini et al. @MSCActions @HumboldtUni
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Does protecting #carbon‐rich forests provide co‐benefits in terms of multi-taxonomic #biodiversity in #TemperateForests? New paper out in @GlobalChangeBio: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/… @plantsdontlie @BiogeoBerlin @idiv
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Opportunities of multi-scale spatial planning and the need to complement broad-scale zoning with plot-level landscape design for mitigating negative impacts of deforestation in the Chaco. New paper out in Ecology and Society lead by Sebastián A. Torrella: bit.ly/2Q1Eyxx
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In our recent paper on #EuropeanBison, @TobiasKuemmerle et al highlight the importance of considering multiple subpopulations and spatial scales for better conservation planning buff.ly/2SXvhUR
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UFZ@UFZ_de8 Nov 2018
Und hier nun der ScienceNotes-Vortrag von @RSeppelt auch dauerhaft verfügbar auf YouTube: youtu.be/ucx1iY8GelA
Nachwachsende Ressourcen unserer Landschaften – Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt

Nachwachsende Ressourcen unserer Landschaften – Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt

Prof. Dr. Ralf Seppelt, Helmholtz-Zentrum für Umweltforschung (UFZ)...

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UFZ (@UFZ_de) profile pictureUFZ@UFZ_de7 Nov 2018
Grenzen des Wachstums: Warum lässt sich landwirtschaftliche #Produktivität nicht beliebig steigern? Welche Konsequenzen hat das? Vortrag von #UFZ-Landschaftsökologe @RSeppelt zur 13. @science_notes_ jetzt online: vimeo.com/295333934/374910f1…
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New paper out on land-use change in Europe’s cultural landscapes led by @NynkeSchulp. Such landscapes are often threatened by urbanization and abandonment, yet their sensitivity to land changes is context-specific. Check it out here: bit.ly/2OiN45F @GlobalLandP @VU_IVM
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Only two weeks to go 🙃 Excited to start my @MSCActions Global Fellowship with @UFZ_de, @IRES_UBC, and @ubcSPPGA soon. Many thanks @RSeppelt, @NRamankutty, and the @EU_Commission for making this possible! ufz.de/newsletter/ufz/August…

UFZ-Newsletter August 2018

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New paper out on #European #bison #habitat selection with the most comprehensive #occurrence dataset to date. Habitat #suitability confirmed #forest preference, but also showed strong differences in habitat #selection among #herds. Check it out here: ow.ly/qaF530kYbRH
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And another one out! Check our new paper on mapping continuous fields of #TreeCover & #ShrubCover across the Gran #Chaco using #Landsat8 & #Sentinel1 data and #gradientboosting. Larger patches of relatively intact forests still existing! 50-day #openaccess ow.ly/WpZc30kW5bB
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Influence of spatial #determinants of agricultural #abandonment in Europe varies considerably across space. Important for context-specific, regionalised #policies. Check our new paper just published w/ @STOTEN_journal: buff.ly/2zbHyzm (50-day #openaccess) @GlobalLandP
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New paper by @philrufin just published in GEC showing that global cropping frequency is 16% higher in irrigation dam command areas comapred to rainfed areas. 50 days free access here: authors.elsevier.com/c/1Wos~… @GlobalLandP @BiogeoBerlin @iamoLSG @HumboldtRemSens
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not the most flattering picture but: great people, great discussions, great location, great atmosphere. thanks to all participants and @Junge_Akademie nitter.cf/BiogeoBerlin/status/97…
Biogeography Berlin (@BiogeoBerlin) profile pictureBiogeography Berlin@BiogeoBerlin16 Mar 2018
Christian Levers presenting his work modeling patterns in agricultural abandonment across Europe at the #timeforspace workshop in #Ohlstadt @lvrs83 @Junge_Akademie
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past the first stage of the 2017-2018 Banting competition...yay!
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Friend and @BiogeoBerlin alumni Van Butsic discussing significance of forested headwater protection in CA #conservation #environmentmatters nitter.cf/CALittleHoover/status/…
CA Little Hoover (@CALittleHoover) profile pictureCA Little Hoover@CALittleHoover24 Aug 2017
At today's Commission hearing, @ESPM_Berkeley's Van Butsic discusses the significance of protecting CA's forested headwaters.
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Finally done! Thanks to all of you, it was a woderful day! @HumboldtRemSens @BiogeoBerlin @iamoLSG nitter.cf/BiogeoBerlin/status/70…
Biogeography Berlin (@BiogeoBerlin) profile pictureBiogeography Berlin@BiogeoBerlin23 Feb 2016
C.Levers @BiogeoBerlin defends his dissertation "Spatial patterns of land-system change in Europe". Congratulations!
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Good start into 2016: #REEC paper on archetypical patterns and trajectories of land systems in Europe in press -> bit.ly/22Jvx9C

Archetypical patterns and trajectories of land systems in Europe

Regional Environmental Change - Assessments of land-system change have dominantly focused on conversions among broad land-use categories, whereas intensity changes within these categories have...

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Plant the lost 400! 400trees.org for replanting your share of the 3trn #trees lost globally @nature #dontleaveafootprint
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What does global change look like? #callforcollaboration photo project "My m² Earth" my-m2-earth.org @dkn_futureearth #dknsummit16
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