Restoring Ecosystems
@restoring.bsky.social
Mark Day - Conserving & restoring nature @ speed & scale, passionate about freshwater ecosystems & grasslands.
Co-Founder of @AltynDala.bsky.social
@EarthshotPrize.bsky.social winner 2024 ‘Protect & Restore Nature’ + ‘UN World Restoration Flagship’
Co-Founder of @AltynDala.bsky.social
@EarthshotPrize.bsky.social winner 2024 ‘Protect & Restore Nature’ + ‘UN World Restoration Flagship’
Restoring connectivity disrupted by linear infrastructure including roads, railway lines, dams, + fences of all types is key to rewilding
Good to see new practical projects (bridges / underpasses) to reconnect habitat, reduce collisions, and enable migration developing
#GenerationRestoration 🌰
Good to see new practical projects (bridges / underpasses) to reconnect habitat, reduce collisions, and enable migration developing
#GenerationRestoration 🌰
Good News for Coyote Valley Wildlife - Protect Coyote Valley
Coyote Valley is a critical wildlife corridor for species to migrate between the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Diablo Range. That’s why we’re encouraged by the Santa Clara Valley Transportation Authori...
protectcoyotevalley.org
January 18, 2026 at 11:09 AM
Restoring connectivity disrupted by linear infrastructure including roads, railway lines, dams, + fences of all types is key to rewilding
Good to see new practical projects (bridges / underpasses) to reconnect habitat, reduce collisions, and enable migration developing
#GenerationRestoration 🌰
Good to see new practical projects (bridges / underpasses) to reconnect habitat, reduce collisions, and enable migration developing
#GenerationRestoration 🌰
Feral and domestic cats have an appalling and unacceptable impact on native wildlife, including in #NewZealand which faces impacts from many invasive species
Cats represent commonly the primary introduced predators
Cat control or eradication is difficult, expensive, and controversial, but vital 🌰
Cats represent commonly the primary introduced predators
Cat control or eradication is difficult, expensive, and controversial, but vital 🌰
Cats kill millions of birds, bats, lizards and other native animals a year, HBRC says
But other native animals such as bats, lizards, and invertebrates, are also particularly vulnerable, Hawkes Bay Regional Council says.
www.rnz.co.nz
January 18, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Feral and domestic cats have an appalling and unacceptable impact on native wildlife, including in #NewZealand which faces impacts from many invasive species
Cats represent commonly the primary introduced predators
Cat control or eradication is difficult, expensive, and controversial, but vital 🌰
Cats represent commonly the primary introduced predators
Cat control or eradication is difficult, expensive, and controversial, but vital 🌰
Oyster bed recovery 🦪 is gathering momentum!
Another project inspired by @billionoyster.bsky.social in #Ireland’s Dublin Bay by Green Ocean Foundation
Restoring historic beds around Europe is bringing proven benefits for nature, climate & people
What are we waiting for? 🌰
#GenerationRestoration
Another project inspired by @billionoyster.bsky.social in #Ireland’s Dublin Bay by Green Ocean Foundation
Restoring historic beds around Europe is bringing proven benefits for nature, climate & people
What are we waiting for? 🌰
#GenerationRestoration
Dublin Bay’s oyster graveyard rises from dead in effort to restore rich ecosystem
Pioneering scheme hopes species that thrived for thousands of years in Irish waters can do so again
www.theguardian.com
January 18, 2026 at 8:50 AM
Oyster bed recovery 🦪 is gathering momentum!
Another project inspired by @billionoyster.bsky.social in #Ireland’s Dublin Bay by Green Ocean Foundation
Restoring historic beds around Europe is bringing proven benefits for nature, climate & people
What are we waiting for? 🌰
#GenerationRestoration
Another project inspired by @billionoyster.bsky.social in #Ireland’s Dublin Bay by Green Ocean Foundation
Restoring historic beds around Europe is bringing proven benefits for nature, climate & people
What are we waiting for? 🌰
#GenerationRestoration
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New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾
December 19, 2025 at 6:11 PM
New postdoctoral fellowship opportunity! Please pass along. Excited to announce the launch of the Tom Lovejoy Fellowship Program at the University of Arizona for innovative research to protect species, sustain ecosystems, and promote a thriving planet lovejoycenter.arizona.edu/lovejoy-fell... 🧪🌐🌾
Unsurprisingly, native forests sustain the greatest diversity of native species.
Scots Pine the backbone of original Caledonian forests are being restored across #Scotland from remnant, but good recovery is linked to active deer 🦌 control in the absence of predators…
#GenerationRestoration
Scots Pine the backbone of original Caledonian forests are being restored across #Scotland from remnant, but good recovery is linked to active deer 🦌 control in the absence of predators…
#GenerationRestoration
Bringing back Scotland's ancient pine forests - BBC News
Conservationists are working to restore the Caledonian pine forest to boost the country's bio-diversity.
www.bbc.com
January 16, 2026 at 12:18 AM
Unsurprisingly, native forests sustain the greatest diversity of native species.
Scots Pine the backbone of original Caledonian forests are being restored across #Scotland from remnant, but good recovery is linked to active deer 🦌 control in the absence of predators…
#GenerationRestoration
Scots Pine the backbone of original Caledonian forests are being restored across #Scotland from remnant, but good recovery is linked to active deer 🦌 control in the absence of predators…
#GenerationRestoration
Finally common sense appears to be breaking out…
Public consultation is opening in #Scotland on attitudes to the possible (and valuable) reintroduction of #lynx to build understanding of the current social carrying capacity…
Exciting times!
#GenerationRestoration
@rewildscotland.bsky.social
Public consultation is opening in #Scotland on attitudes to the possible (and valuable) reintroduction of #lynx to build understanding of the current social carrying capacity…
Exciting times!
#GenerationRestoration
@rewildscotland.bsky.social
Highland and Moray locals to be asked for views on lynx reintroduction - BBC News
Campaigners say the region offers good habitat for the species, but farmers and crofters have raised concerns.
www.bbc.com
January 7, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Finally common sense appears to be breaking out…
Public consultation is opening in #Scotland on attitudes to the possible (and valuable) reintroduction of #lynx to build understanding of the current social carrying capacity…
Exciting times!
#GenerationRestoration
@rewildscotland.bsky.social
Public consultation is opening in #Scotland on attitudes to the possible (and valuable) reintroduction of #lynx to build understanding of the current social carrying capacity…
Exciting times!
#GenerationRestoration
@rewildscotland.bsky.social
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It's taken a very long time and much remains to be done, but we should cheer the coming into force of the UN's High Seas Treaty which will, for the first time, allow Marine Protected Areas to be created beyond areas of national jurisdiction 🐳
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
A half-planet-size gap in global governance is about to get plugged
A new treaty offers hope of curbing the destruction of the oceans
www.economist.com
January 1, 2026 at 1:53 PM
It's taken a very long time and much remains to be done, but we should cheer the coming into force of the UN's High Seas Treaty which will, for the first time, allow Marine Protected Areas to be created beyond areas of national jurisdiction 🐳
www.economist.com/internationa...
www.economist.com/internationa...
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The Spanish region of Murcia is introducing more Iberian lynx into the wild. Hopefully this will happen in other places where this species has been extirpated. 🌰 🌍
www.ecoticias.com/naturaleza/l...
www.ecoticias.com/naturaleza/l...
Murcia liberará ocho ejemplares de lince ibérico en 2026 para consolidar su recuperación
Murcia liberará ocho linces ibéricos en 2026 para reforzar su población en Lorca, donde la especie muestra una recuperación sólida con nacimientos en libertad.
www.ecoticias.com
December 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Spanish region of Murcia is introducing more Iberian lynx into the wild. Hopefully this will happen in other places where this species has been extirpated. 🌰 🌍
www.ecoticias.com/naturaleza/l...
www.ecoticias.com/naturaleza/l...
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The climate crisis doesn’t belong to one group, sector, or nation.
When we move beyond “us vs. them” thinking, we make space for collaboration, shared responsibility, and solutions that benefit everyone.
🤝 Join the movement: oneearth.org/donate
When we move beyond “us vs. them” thinking, we make space for collaboration, shared responsibility, and solutions that benefit everyone.
🤝 Join the movement: oneearth.org/donate
December 29, 2025 at 6:14 PM
The climate crisis doesn’t belong to one group, sector, or nation.
When we move beyond “us vs. them” thinking, we make space for collaboration, shared responsibility, and solutions that benefit everyone.
🤝 Join the movement: oneearth.org/donate
When we move beyond “us vs. them” thinking, we make space for collaboration, shared responsibility, and solutions that benefit everyone.
🤝 Join the movement: oneearth.org/donate
Nature is incredibly resilient, when given the space to breathe and recover…
In this case by removing domestic grazers and/or excessively high densities of deer without native predators.
Landscape scale rewilding is proven in #Scotland, by government, NGOs, and landowners.
#GenerationRestoration
In this case by removing domestic grazers and/or excessively high densities of deer without native predators.
Landscape scale rewilding is proven in #Scotland, by government, NGOs, and landowners.
#GenerationRestoration
Landscape scale ecological restoration. When we reduce grazing pressure nature flourishes.
Images with permission from National Trust for Scotland
Images with permission from National Trust for Scotland
December 28, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Nature is incredibly resilient, when given the space to breathe and recover…
In this case by removing domestic grazers and/or excessively high densities of deer without native predators.
Landscape scale rewilding is proven in #Scotland, by government, NGOs, and landowners.
#GenerationRestoration
In this case by removing domestic grazers and/or excessively high densities of deer without native predators.
Landscape scale rewilding is proven in #Scotland, by government, NGOs, and landowners.
#GenerationRestoration
Undoubtedly large scale rewilding projects create most ecological value, but urban rewilding is unparalleled in reaching people deprived of nature.
Inspiring actions match the strong commitment of @london.gov.uk bring well-being benefits and raise the city’s bar of ambition.
#GenerationRestoration
Inspiring actions match the strong commitment of @london.gov.uk bring well-being benefits and raise the city’s bar of ambition.
#GenerationRestoration
Sadiq Khan: I want to rewild London. First stop — storks in Dagenham (yes, really)
White storks are coming back to London for the first time in 600 years
www.standard.co.uk
December 28, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Undoubtedly large scale rewilding projects create most ecological value, but urban rewilding is unparalleled in reaching people deprived of nature.
Inspiring actions match the strong commitment of @london.gov.uk bring well-being benefits and raise the city’s bar of ambition.
#GenerationRestoration
Inspiring actions match the strong commitment of @london.gov.uk bring well-being benefits and raise the city’s bar of ambition.
#GenerationRestoration
Every piece of habitat restored and rewilded has value, but freshwater ponds are especially valuable.
Great work by @froglife.bsky.social volunteers to restore nature around ponds can add significant benefits.
#GenerationRestoration - one piece at a time
Great work by @froglife.bsky.social volunteers to restore nature around ponds can add significant benefits.
#GenerationRestoration - one piece at a time
Our Peterborough #GreenTalent team have been using coppiced willow to create a dead hedge.
This not only helps the pond warm up to a more favourable temperature for #amphibians but also creates a new habitat for so many small animals and invertebrates.
This not only helps the pond warm up to a more favourable temperature for #amphibians but also creates a new habitat for so many small animals and invertebrates.
December 28, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Every piece of habitat restored and rewilded has value, but freshwater ponds are especially valuable.
Great work by @froglife.bsky.social volunteers to restore nature around ponds can add significant benefits.
#GenerationRestoration - one piece at a time
Great work by @froglife.bsky.social volunteers to restore nature around ponds can add significant benefits.
#GenerationRestoration - one piece at a time
Following New York & Norfolk, The Netherlands is now betting on 'living infrastructure': How oysters 🦪 & mussels are being studied to strengthen coastal protection against erosion & sea level rise.
Good for nature, good for people - #GenerationRestoration is providing vital nature-based solutions
Good for nature, good for people - #GenerationRestoration is providing vital nature-based solutions
The Netherlands is betting on 'living infrastructure': how oysters and mussels are being studied to strengthen coastal protection against erosion and sea level rise.
The Netherlands is relying on millions of mussels and oysters as natural dikes to contain the advancing sea, reduce coastal erosion, and save billions in heavy engineering projects.
en.clickpetroleoegas.com.br
December 28, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Following New York & Norfolk, The Netherlands is now betting on 'living infrastructure': How oysters 🦪 & mussels are being studied to strengthen coastal protection against erosion & sea level rise.
Good for nature, good for people - #GenerationRestoration is providing vital nature-based solutions
Good for nature, good for people - #GenerationRestoration is providing vital nature-based solutions
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"Current policies are taking the world to a 2.8 degree temperature rise...that spells catastrophe, yet the collective response remains pitiful." – @antonioguterres
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
December 27, 2025 at 7:07 PM
"Current policies are taking the world to a 2.8 degree temperature rise...that spells catastrophe, yet the collective response remains pitiful." – @antonioguterres
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate
#climate #energy #renewables
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India’s Bengal tigers have made an extraordinary comeback. Conservation wins, soaring safari demand, and new luxury lodges are reshaping the country’s wildest places. (from the archive)
There’s Never Been a Better Time for Tiger Tourism in India
As the country’s tiger population rebounds, developers are racing to build luxury camps around India’s hottest wildlife reserves.
bloom.bg
December 27, 2025 at 2:01 AM
India’s Bengal tigers have made an extraordinary comeback. Conservation wins, soaring safari demand, and new luxury lodges are reshaping the country’s wildest places. (from the archive)
Great #sturgeon 🧵 from @drkatfish.bsky.social explaining the history, sharp decline, and slow recovery of Atlantic sturgeon being achieved on the east coast by dam removal & riverine habitat restoration
With such extended lifespans, projects to recover populations of any sturgeon take decades
With such extended lifespans, projects to recover populations of any sturgeon take decades
Despite these challenges, Atlantic sturgeon are showing signs of recovery in places like the Chesapeake Bay. Habitat restoration + dam removal have improved spawning success, but since females take a while to mature + may only spawn once every 2-5 years, it takes time to see results #25DaysofFishmas
December 25, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Great #sturgeon 🧵 from @drkatfish.bsky.social explaining the history, sharp decline, and slow recovery of Atlantic sturgeon being achieved on the east coast by dam removal & riverine habitat restoration
With such extended lifespans, projects to recover populations of any sturgeon take decades
With such extended lifespans, projects to recover populations of any sturgeon take decades
What could bring more festive cheer after the Winter Solstice than highlights from the largest #rewilding project in the Dauphiné Alps in southeastern #France?
This is exactly what we need to inspire #GenerationRestoration
@rewildingeurope.bsky.social could inspire @rewildingire.bsky.social?
This is exactly what we need to inspire #GenerationRestoration
@rewildingeurope.bsky.social could inspire @rewildingire.bsky.social?
France’s largest rewilding project
Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives and story summaries. He has spent much of his life in the shadow of the Dauphiné Alps in ...
news.mongabay.com
December 25, 2025 at 2:31 PM
What could bring more festive cheer after the Winter Solstice than highlights from the largest #rewilding project in the Dauphiné Alps in southeastern #France?
This is exactly what we need to inspire #GenerationRestoration
@rewildingeurope.bsky.social could inspire @rewildingire.bsky.social?
This is exactly what we need to inspire #GenerationRestoration
@rewildingeurope.bsky.social could inspire @rewildingire.bsky.social?
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In an era when many species are declining because of multi-pronged, seemingly intractable problems, the solution to protecting common loons is relatively straightforward. So why are these beloved birds still dying?
Why Are Loons Still Dying from Lead Poisoning?
In the United States, efforts to save a beloved species face pushback from a surprising foe: gun rights advocates.
www.biographic.com
December 23, 2025 at 9:25 PM
In an era when many species are declining because of multi-pronged, seemingly intractable problems, the solution to protecting common loons is relatively straightforward. So why are these beloved birds still dying?
Fascinating attempt to rebuild an entire ecosystem from scratch in the North Sea by recreating long destroyed #oyster beds off Norfolk
Initial trials look promising & could generate a transformative change
#GenerationRestoration is building upon New York’s key project @billionoyster.bsky.social
Initial trials look promising & could generate a transformative change
#GenerationRestoration is building upon New York’s key project @billionoyster.bsky.social
Sea change: the drive to restore millions of oysters on the Norfolk coast
The first ever mass deployment of mother reef bricks aims to rebuild habitats – and could reshape the North Sea
www.theguardian.com
December 21, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Fascinating attempt to rebuild an entire ecosystem from scratch in the North Sea by recreating long destroyed #oyster beds off Norfolk
Initial trials look promising & could generate a transformative change
#GenerationRestoration is building upon New York’s key project @billionoyster.bsky.social
Initial trials look promising & could generate a transformative change
#GenerationRestoration is building upon New York’s key project @billionoyster.bsky.social
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An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
December 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
An absolute bedrock institution for understanding how the planet works, just civilization-scaled vandalism by the most incurious morons on Earth
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This news is all over my timeline, but it might not be making its way into yours, so I’m making sure it is.
It is a very bad development for both science and maintaining a safe society.
It is a very bad development for both science and maintaining a safe society.
Exclusive: The Trump administration is moving to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado, according to a senior White House official, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado
The Trump administration is breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research, taking aim at one of the world's leading climate research labs.
bit.ly
December 17, 2025 at 5:22 AM
This news is all over my timeline, but it might not be making its way into yours, so I’m making sure it is.
It is a very bad development for both science and maintaining a safe society.
It is a very bad development for both science and maintaining a safe society.
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“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Trump administration plans to break up largest federal climate research center
Russ Vought, director of the White House Office of Management and Budget, said the National Science Foundation "will be breaking up" the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Colorado.
www.nbcnews.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:01 PM
“NCAR has played a greater role in advancing weather prediction & atmospheric modeling than perhaps any other single entity in the world,” says @weatherwest.bsky.social
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Dismantling NCAR would be “like taking a sledgehammer to the keystone holding up our scientific understanding of the planet.” KH
Consistently wonderful insightful & inspiring stories illustrated gorgeously @biographic.bsky.social never disappoints
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
Do you know about gelatinous salps? No? Trust us, you probably want to:
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
www.biographic.com/pelagic-pack...
Pelagic Pack Animals - bioGraphic
Gelatinous salps shuttle tiny creatures and excess carbon into the deep.
www.biographic.com
December 17, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Consistently wonderful insightful & inspiring stories illustrated gorgeously @biographic.bsky.social never disappoints
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
Quality storytelling for #GenerationRestoration
This should be a very worthwhile listen as IUCN brings together extensive expertise to develop #rewilding guidelines
Both this @rewilding.org and Rewild the World podcasts are both well worth a listen 🎧
#GenerationRestoration needs to be inspired by great examples and experience
Both this @rewilding.org and Rewild the World podcasts are both well worth a listen 🎧
#GenerationRestoration needs to be inspired by great examples and experience
As leader author of the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Guidelines for Rewilding, Dr. Steve Carver joins the #podcast to discuss the challenges of implementing rewilding across diverse regions and cultures.
December 17, 2025 at 7:59 PM
This should be a very worthwhile listen as IUCN brings together extensive expertise to develop #rewilding guidelines
Both this @rewilding.org and Rewild the World podcasts are both well worth a listen 🎧
#GenerationRestoration needs to be inspired by great examples and experience
Both this @rewilding.org and Rewild the World podcasts are both well worth a listen 🎧
#GenerationRestoration needs to be inspired by great examples and experience
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The #climate series Global Warning has now reached an audience of 8 million around the world since October.
@aljazeera.com has made it free to watch. There’s a thirst for this kind of information. Please share it.
#ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
#Journalism
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
@aljazeera.com has made it free to watch. There’s a thirst for this kind of information. Please share it.
#ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
#Journalism
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
Inside the planet’s most urgent climate warning | Global Warning E1 | Featured Documentary
YouTube video by Al Jazeera English
youtu.be
December 17, 2025 at 7:45 PM
The #climate series Global Warning has now reached an audience of 8 million around the world since October.
@aljazeera.com has made it free to watch. There’s a thirst for this kind of information. Please share it.
#ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
#Journalism
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...
@aljazeera.com has made it free to watch. There’s a thirst for this kind of information. Please share it.
#ClimateCrisis #PublicServiceBroadcasting
#Journalism
youtu.be/F8vI5_gN90g?...