Siyu Qin

What is called when an ethnic group is forcibly expelled from their homes and land and not allowed to return?

Our article "Positionality Statements as a Function of Coloniality: Interrogating Reflexive Methodologies" is now out in @ISQ_Jrnl @RabeaMKhan and I explore the colonial epistemic roots of positionality statements and their racial functions👇#OpenAccess academic.oup.com/isq/article/68…

🐷New paper in Nature Food🐷 THE BAD NEWS: overall, we found trade-offs. Farms with lower GHGs had lower land use, but higher antimicrobial use and poorer welfare. THE GOOD NEWS: trade-offs weren't inevitable. Several farms performed well in all four ways. 1/5

🌿 Save the Date! 📢 Exciting news! Join us at the Conservation Social Science Online Conference from November 20-23, 2024! 🔍 Abstract Submissions will open soon. 📆 Abstract Submission Deadline: May 30, 2024 More details: lnkd.in/e8pXecst 🌎 #ConSocSci #SSWG

Fellowships in the Netherlands to Palestinian scholars, journalists, writers and artists at risk. Deadline for application: 21/05/2024. nias.knaw.nl/fellowships/sa…

🚨New article!📢It's been suggested that #acoustic indices may not be as effective in the #tropics due to various reasons. In this meta-analysis, we confirm that several commonly used #indices show weaker correlations with #biodiversity in the tropics. doi.org/10.1016/j.ecol…

Honestly it is hard to do any kind of work right now, between the accelerating of planetary destabilisation and the breakdown of any pretence of international law and human rights. It's hard to breathe, even. There has to be a way of working towards good. There has to be. 1/

Bolivian Mennonites bring deforestation to Suriname - the only country in South America that has maintained almost all of its forests so far revistanomadas.com/bolivian-menno…

@im_sieber @TobiasKuemmerle @BiogeoBerlin … which is of course only my guess. If you are interested in look into the issue with actual funding data for French Guiana (maybe also Guyana and Suriname for comparison?) we’d be curious to know your finding (and happy to help/discuss as needed)!

International #conservation #funding in #SouthAmerica tends to go to areas with high conservation value, not where threats (deforestation in our case) are high. New paper led by @SiyuQ @biogeoberlin just out in Biological Conservation 👉 doi.org/10.1016/j.bioc…

@im_sieber @TobiasKuemmerle @BiogeoBerlin Thanks for the interesting question, Ina! We don’t have an answer but my guess is that it has not received a lot of (if any) bilateral or multilateral aid, hence probably was affected more by the within-EU funding allocation trends (e.g. bit.ly/40UGDfK

Our latest paper led by @SiyuQ, along with Marie Pratzer, @PMeyfroidt & @TobiasKuemmerle is now out in Biological Conservation. Title: Changing Determinants of International Conservation Funding Committed to Major Deforestation Regions in South America sciencedirect.com/science/articl…

WHO leads very high-risk joint humanitarian mission to Al-Shifa Hospital in Gaza 18 November 2023 - Earlier today, a joint UN humanitarian assessment team, led by WHO accessed Al-Shifa Hospital in northern Gaza to assess the situation on the ground and conduct a rapid situational analysis, assess medical priorities, and establish logistics options for further missions. The team included public health experts, logistics officers, and security staff from OCHA, UNDSS, UNMAS/UNOPS, UNRWA and WHO. The mission was deconflicted with the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to ensure safe passage along the agreed route. However, this was a high-risk operation in an active conflict zone, with heavy fighting ongoing in close proximity to the hospital. Earlier in the day, the IDF had issued evacuation orders to the remaining 2,500 internally displaced people who had been seeking refuge on the hospital grounds. They, along with a number of mobile patients and hospital staff, had already vacated the facility by the time of the team's arrival. Due to time limits associated with the security situation, the team was able to spend only one hour inside the hospital, which they described as a “death zone,” and the situation as “desperate.” Signs of shelling and gunfire were evident. The team saw a mass grave at the entrance of the hospital and were told more than 80 people were buried there. Lack of clean water, fuel, medicines, food and other essential aid over the last six weeks have caused Al-Shifa Hospital—once the largest, most advanced, and best equipped referral hospital in Gaza—to essentially stop functioning as a medical facility. The team observed that due to the security situation, it has been impossible for the staff to carry out effective of waste management in the hospital. Corridors and the hospital grounds were filled with medical and solid waste, increasing the risk of infection. Patients and health staff with whom they spoke were terrified for their safety and health, and pleaded for evacuation. Al-Shifa Hospital can no longer admit patients, with the injured and sick now being directed to the seriously overwhelmed and barely functioning Indonesian Hospital. There are 25 health workers and 291 patients remaining in Al-Shifa, with several patient deaths having occurred over the previous 2 to 3 days due to the shutting down of medical services. Patients include 32 babies in extremely critical condition, two people in intensive care without ventilation, and 22 dialysis patients whose access to life-saving treatment has been severely compromised. The vast majority of patients are victims of war trauma, including many with complex fractures and amputations, head injuries, burns, chest and abdominal trauma, and 29 patients with serious spinal injuries who are unable to move without medical assistance. Many trauma patients have severely infected wounds due to lack of infection control measures in the hospital and unavailability of antibiotics. Given the current state of the hospital, which is no longer operational or admitting new patients, the team was requested to evacuate health workers and patients to other facilities. WHO and partners are urgently developing plans for the immediate evacuation of the remaining patients, staff and their families. Over the next 24–72 hours, pending guarantees of safe passage by parties to the conflict, additional missions are being arranged to urgently transport patients from Al-Shifa to Nasser Medical Complex and European Gaza Hospital in the south of Gaza. However, these hospitals are already working beyond capacity, and new referrals from Al-Shifa Hospital will further strain overburdened health staff and resources. WHO is deeply concerned about the safety and health needs of patients, health workers and internally displaced people sheltering at the few remaining partially functional hospitals in the north, which are facing risk of closure due lack of fuel, water, medical supplies, food, and the intense hostilities. Immediate efforts must be made to restore the functionality of Al-Shifa and all other hospitals to provide urgently needed health services in Gaza. WHO reiterates its plea for collective efforts to bring an end to the hostilities and humanitarian catastrophe in Gaza. We call for an immediate ceasefire, the sustained flow of humanitarian assistance at scale, unhindered humanitarian access to all of those in need, the unconditional release of all hostages, and the cessation of attacks on health care and other vital infrastructure. The extreme suffering of the people of Gaza demands that we respond immediately and concretely with humanity and compassion.

#GLPOSM5 website and call for sessions now open! Join @GlobalLandP in #Oaxaca 4-8 November 2024 for "Pathways to Sustainable and Just Land Systems" conference.

In advance of the Global Indigenous Youth Summit on Climate Change, @Nature has published a comment written by some of the co-organizers of the summit (go.nature.com/3OMj8kG). Stay tuned for Wednesday when we'll share messages and perspectives from event participants.

However it shakes out, this LK99 saga illustrates the importance of arXiv. At a journal, it might have been desk rejected based on vibes, never to see a referee's inbox. Presently, it is receiving more expert scrutiny than recent fraud that survived the gauntlet of peer review.

Come explore practical perspectives on mainstreaming #inclusive approaches to #conservation #monitoring, #evaluation, and #learning with us at #ICCB2023 ! Thurs 7/27 15:15 in AD10

Open postdoc position (3 years) on conservation planning in South American tropical dry forests! Join us @BiogeoBerlin and work with a great team of colleagues in Argentina and Bolivia. Apply here: euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/125365 Please RT! @BiogeoBerlin @ERC_Research

After 5 yrs of PhD, with 3 of those years in a global pandemic, unable to conduct fieldwork or visit family, I must admit that I didn't gather the energy to feel thrilled or excited. So, sharing the news with a sense of relief, some regret, and a lot of gratefulness: I defended.