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In order to commemorate the International Day for Biological Diversity, MDPI is launching a special webinar to encourage researchers to come together, take action, and highlight how the exchange of findings facilitates efforts to raise awareness in all walks of life.

Climate change, man-made changes to nature, and crimes that disrupt biodiversity, such as deforestation, land-use change, intensified agriculture, and livestock production or the growing illegal wildlife trade, can accelerate the speed of the planet’s destruction. This webinar aims to encourage connection and collaboration among researchers and the international open access community to help fight against negative human-induced effects on the Earth.

We are very much looking forward to seeing you at the MDPI International Day for Biological Diversity Webinar. Please find below an up-to-date outline of the presenters.

Date: 22 May 2024 at 10.00 a.m. CEST | 4:00 a.m. EDT | 4:00 p.m. CST Asia
Webinar ID: 880 4396 0569
Sciforum webpage: https://sciforum.net/event/MIDfBDW2

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Keynote Speakers:

• Dr. Georgios C. Koubouris, Hellenic Agricultural Organization ELGO-DIMITRA, Institute of Olive Tree, Subtropical Crops and Viticulture, Greece;
• Dr. Adolfo Cordero-Rivera, Department of Ecology and Animal Biology, University of Vigo, Spain;
• Dr. Maria A. Tsiafouli, Department of Ecology, School of Biology, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece.

Relevant Special Issues:

Agriculture
“Modern Reproductive Biotechnology Assists Farm Animal Conservation and Genetic Rescue”
Guest Editors: Dr. Monika Trzcińska and Prof. Dr. Marcin Samiec
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 15 May 2024

“Exploring Cereal Biodiversity for Climate Change Mitigation in Agricultural Production”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Jerzy Henryk Czembor
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 10 June 2024

Insects
“Assessing Insect Pollinator Populations Using Molecular Methods—Approaches and Metrics on Species Diversity, Abundance and Genetic Diversity”
Guest Editors: Dr. Wiebke Sickel and Dr. Frank M. J. Sommerlandt
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024

“Genetic Diversity of Insects”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Pairot Pramual and Dr. Luis M. Hernandez-Triana
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025

“Diversity and Function of Collembola”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Liang Chang and Prof. Dr. Meixiang Gao
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 September 2024

“Invertebrate Conservation: Challenges and Ways Forward”
Guest Editor: Dr. Richard V. Glatz
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 June 2024

“Aquatic Insects: Diversity, Ecology and Evolution”
Guest Editor: Dr. Marija Ivković
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 August 2024

Animals
“Wildlife Trade and Crime”
Guest Editor: Dr. Harry Wels
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 May 2024

“Assessing the Environmental Adaptation of Wildlife and Production Animals: Applications of Physiological Indices and Welfare Assessment Tools (Volume II)”
Guest Editor: Dr. Edward Narayan
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024

“Importance of Sanctuaries and Rehabilitation Centres for Wildlife”
Guest Editors: Dr. Marco Campera and Dr. Michela Balestri
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2024

“Recent Advances and Innovation in Wildlife Population Estimation”
Guest Editor: Prof. Dr. Dimitrios Bakaloudis
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 1 September 2024

“Wildlife Genetic Diversity”
Guest Editors: Dr. Heliodor Wierzbicki, Dr. Magdalena Moska and Prof. Dr. Anna Rząsa
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 October 2024

Biology
“Effects of Heavy Metals and Microplastics on Wetland Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function”
Guest Editors: Dr. Hualong Hong and Prof. Dr. Mohammad Belal Hossain
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 April 2025

“Aquatic Alien Invasions and Their Impact on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (Volume II)”
Guest Editors: Dr. Paraskevi K. Karachle, Dr. Elena Tricarico, Dr. Giorgio Mancinelli and Dr. Baran Yoğurtçuoğlu
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024

“Editorial Board Members' Collection Series: “Biodiversity and Ecosystem Function under Global Change”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Shucun Sun and Prof. Dr. Panayiotis G. Dimitrakopoulos
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 December 2024

Fishes
“Aquatic Biodiversity Challenges in the Third Millennium”
Guest Editor: Dr. Doru Bănăduc
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 30 November 2024

Forests
“Fungal Diversity in Forests”
Guest Editors: Dr. Bernardo Ernesto Lechner, Dr. Izabela Kałucka and Dr. Izabela Kałucka
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 31 July 2024

“Transforming Forest Governance and Rural Livelihoods to Address Climate Change and Biodiversity Loss”
Guest Editors: Prof. Dr. Jinlong Liu, Dr. Dominick A. DellaSala and Dr. Peter Edwards
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 August 2024

“Biodiversity in Forests: Management, Monitoring for Conservation”
Guest Editors: Dr. Víctor Rincón, Dr. Javier Velázquez Saornil and Dr. Derya Gulcin
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 25 November 2024

“Vitality of Forest Ecosystems through Genetic, Epigenetic, Physiology and Biodiversity Exploitation”
Guest Editors: Dr. Evangelia V. Avramidou, Dr. Evangelia Korakaki and Dr. Evangelia Korakaki
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 9 December 2024