“The climate crisis is not just a problem of the 1%. It is a problem for the 100%”.

Funny how some folk call the BBC left wing and others call it right wing. I guess it’s relative?

Or just don’t feed them at all

Not keen on the ES model anyway. Some folk frame rewilding as an ecosystem management tool to delivery “services” to humans, apparently ignoring intrinsic value of wild nature. Remember, it ain’t all about us you know! However, ecosystem functions underpin supporting/regulating services right?

Visionary wilderness bill reintroduced in Congress NREPA will designate 23 million acres of public lands as Wilderness.

The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act is wilderness legislation as it should be—with no special provisions that chip away at the Wilderness Act or weaken the protections Wilderness and wildlife need.

Urge Congress to pass NREPA!

wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/nrepa-2025/i...

Wildfire risk, muirburn and the Cairngorms Park for the protection of grouse moor owners - parkswatchscotland Having burned late into the autumn last year, NASA Firms data base (see here) shows Scotland’s grouse moor owners and managers started burning again at the start of March. At the end of this last week...

Wildfire risk, muirburn and the Cairngorms Park for the protection of grouse moor owners | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Muirburn🔥 #Cairngorms⛰️ #SportingEstates

parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/03/22/w...

Ta!

Well put.

@universityofleeds.bsky.social

The Inquiry - How can rewilding help combat climate change? - BBC Sounds As rewilding initiatives grow there’s a concern some risk doing more harm than good

Not listened to this myself yet but… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

New book addresses rewilding myths and misunderstandings Professor Steve Carver wrote a chapter of the book, which debunks misconceptions about rewilding from a range of perspectives.

Here you go Guy… environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...

3.3% …is that rarer than rainforest?

I know someone who could help.

Depends very much on definitions. Just like heather moorland. Remember the "75% of the world's heather moorland is found in the UK" myth? I'm sure you do!

We must protect our natural habitats before they disappear | Letters Letters: Readers respond to Sam Dumitriu’s article on protecting Britain’s environment

My letter in the Guardian countering an article by a pro-growth lobbyist from Britain Remade attacking environmental legislation

“Ecologists & conservationists would be surprised by his claim that the UK doesn’t & never will build enough to drive nature loss”
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Don’t go baiting politicians

Advancing theory of change models for rewilding: an ecological recovery perspective - ECOS - Challenging Conservation Abstract Rewilding has emerged rapidly as a response to accelerating ecological degradation, prompting the development of theory of change (ToC) models intended to support its uptake across socially a...

New thought piece from Jess Fallon in ECOS on how ecological imtegrity underpins recovery. www.ecos.org.uk/advancing-th...

Hard to tell, but looks like it. We used 15min walk times to NE's ANGST+ data and LSOA population census. Always possible to improve these analyses though.

Join us this Friday for the last lecture of the series. @domspracklen.bsky.social will ask: Do forests make it rain? Join online/in person (followed by a drinks reception, everyone is welcome)
Register & more info: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
@ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social

Agreed. “Conservation” can be more about control in some societies rather than coexistence

You just need to look at "conservation" for game to answer that question.

Who Gets to Define “Coexistence”? Wolves, Policy, and the Power of Words As wolves return across Europe, a quiet debate is unfolding over what “coexistence” really means—and who gets to define it.

substack.com/home/post/p-... worth a read!

Nope

I’m retiring shortly. I *won’t* be switching my vote to Reform!

"I would do anything for my grandchildren"

Old news…
www.wcl.org.uk/mapping-acce...

Managing landscapes after land abandonment: afforestation, rewilding and restoration This collection invites insights on managing post-abandonment landscapes—afforest, rewild, restore—balancing biodiversity, climate resilience, and equity.

Call for submissions @springernature.com SDG programme collection on: Managing landscapes after land abandonment: afforestation, rewilding and restoration. Deadline for submissions 30 October 2026.
www.nature.com/collections/...

New paper just out...
A new method for planning long-distance trails using wilderness quality mapping and trajectory data: A case study of the Taihang Mountain National Forest Trail in China
doi.org/10.1016/j.je...

"Large carnivores, although not limiting total herbivore biomass, shape community composition and size distribution, and promote spatial heterogeneity in biomass consumption (le Roux et al., 2019; Mas-Carrió et al., 2024)." Not in lil'old England they don't.

Wilding For Conservation: an exploration of rewilding in Britain - British Wildlife Wilding For Conservation: an exploration of rewilding in Britain Between the years of 2021 and 2025, British Wildlife magazine ran a series of articles under the title of ‘Wilding for Conservation’. T...

My review in their latest newsletter of @britishwildlife.bsky.social Wilding for Conservation is now out.
www.britishwildlife.com/wilding-for-... An important publication & resource.
@landethics.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social @whittledaway.bsky.social @jmbecologist.bsky.social #rewilding