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Steve Carver
@landethics.bsky.social
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Wildernista. Rewilding. Geographer. GIS. Old motorbikes.
Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science, School of Geography @universityofleeds.bsky.social Co-Chair or IUCM CEM Rewilding Thematic Group.

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Natalie Bennett @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social · 8h
#GoodNews on #biodiversity, because we all need some

H/t @inkcapjournal.bsky.social
www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk/news/environ...
River reconnected to its flood plain thanks to restoration project in Northumberland
One of the largest river restoration projects in the UK has been completed in north Northumberland.
www.northumberlandgazette.co.uk

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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · 11h
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn't tell even half the story.

Study included less than half (45%) of estates rearing & releasing non-native gamebirds. MSPs need to interpret results cautiously & appropriately.

raptorpersecutionuk.org/2025/11/21/n...
New report on gamebird releases in Cairngorms National Park doesn’t tell even half the story
In spring 2025, news emerged that the GWCT (Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust) was going to be conducting a pilot study to look at the number of non-native gamebirds (Pheasants & Red-legge…
raptorpersecutionuk.org

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 20h
No one from Reform in BBCQT tonight? 🙄

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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 1d
A huge step for rewilding in the Highlands 🌲 #GlenAffric NNR - one of Scotland’s most iconic and beautiful glens - has officially joined @affrichighlands.bsky.social, the UK’s largest #rewilding landscape.

Read the full story 👉 affrichighlands.org/news/glen-af...
Glen Affric joins UK’s largest rewilding landscape
The world-famous Glen Affric National Nature Reserve managed by Forestry and Land Scotland (FLS) has joined Affric Highlands, the UK’s largest rewilding landscape – becoming the 20th landholding to…
affrichighlands.org

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 1d
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 1d
I think I've missed a week with my random wilderness photos. I've been scanning old 35mm slides and found this one of autumn colours ands mist in a forest on the side of a Japanese volcano from 1998.

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National Trust @nationaltrust.org.uk · 1d
Nature isn’t a “blocker” – it makes our lives better.

Our coast, countryside, heritage and wildlife underpin our food, water and health and put millions of pounds into the economy. The Government must not weaken the laws that protect them.
Sunshine filtering between the autumnal leaves. It creates a glow in a woodland space and feels quite magical.

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Convention on Wetlands @ramsar.org · 2d
🏞️ Wetlands are more than just ecosystems, they are sanctuaries of life.

🐟 They harbour countless species, many found nowhere else on Earth, and they serve humanity in profound ways.

#WetlandsWednesday #CITESCoP20

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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 4d
"The threat to wolves from humans has rarely been greater. Now more than ever, we must broaden our empathy and compassion, ensuring that our choices reflect care for not just ourselves, but also for the wildlife and other beings who share this planet."

www.explorebigsky.com/dispatches-f...
Dispatches from the Wild: Montana’s record-high wolf quota | Explore Big Sky
By Benjamin Alva Polley EBS COLUMNIST Years ago, I hiked with two friends in a remote area of Glacier National Park during early November. Western larch trees blazed with the color of butterscotch, th...
www.explorebigsky.com

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 4d
Global reindeer populations could fall by more than half by 2100 due to the impacts of climate change, including the shrinking of their habitats, according to a recent study, Mongabay’s Sonam Lama Hyolmo reports.

The IUCN listed the species as vulnerable in 2016.
Reindeer numbers may fall by more than half by 2100 as Arctic warms: Study
Global reindeer populations could fall by more than half by 2100 due to the impacts of climate change, including the shrinking of their habitats, according to a recent study, Mongabay’s Sonam Lama…
news.mongabay.com

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 5d
He should also read the recently published IUCN Guidelines for Rewilding portals.iucn.org/library/site...
which gives the international accepted definition and guiding principles of rewilding.
portals.iucn.org

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 5d
Andrew do well to read the following: ECOS 39(3): Reviewing England’s National Parks: an opportunity for rewilding? www.ecos.org.uk/8984-2/ with @selfwilledland.bsky.social which explain why our "National Parks" aren't proper National Parks and why he shouldn't assume we want to rewild everywhere.
ECOS 39(3): Reviewing England’s National Parks: an opportunity for rewilding? - ECOS - Challenging Conservation
The Glover-Gove review of National Parks will trigger many agendas for these protected landscapes. Can rewilding get a look in? We’ve been here before… Michael Gove chose to announce his review of Eng...
www.ecos.org.uk

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Sir Jack Caramac @jackcaramac.bsky.social · 7d
Ken is 10 times the man Kruger is #bbcqt

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 9d
That is such a different take than the @moorlandassoc.bsky.social's "Scientists Warn: Ending Grouse Moor Management Could Accelerate Bird Declines ... Red grouse numbers may drop by up to 80% under climate change if management stops."

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Rachael Unsworth @leedstours.bsky.social · 9d
Digging around trying to clear space on computer I happened across this saved quotation from the deeply wise & inspiring @popovaprof.bsky.social

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 10d
A new study warns that deforestation across Ghana, Niger and Nigeria is intensifying West Africa’s water crisis, threatening the health and livelihoods of more than 122 million people.

For every 1,000 hectares of forest cleared in Niger and Nigeria, 9.25 hectares of surface water disappear.
Study finds deforestation fuels West Africa’s water crisis
A new study warns that deforestation across Ghana, Niger and Nigeria is intensifying West Africa’s water crisis, threatening the health and livelihoods of more than 122 million people. Drawing on 12…
news.mongabay.com

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Jason Sawle @gis4schools.bsky.social · 10d
Still my favourite "What is GIS" video explainer. 60 seconds long, great animation and interesting narrative. Perfect as a class starter or refresher #geographyteacher #GIS

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 10d
Plantation forestry is an ecocidal abomination across the entire planet, not just Ireland.
share.google/xRB80UAPYR5t...
‘Green desert’: the farmers winning a battle with Brazil’s wood-pulp giant
Eucalyptus production is dominated by large multinationals that convert farmland and forest into monoculture plantations
share.google

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11d
Mine has gone up!

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 11d
On an expedition, the E/V Nautilus, a U.S government-funded vessel, mapped more than 14,000 square kilometers (5,400 square miles) of the Cook Islands’ seafloor and documented deep-sea biodiversity.

Environmental activists protested the expedition, arguing it would help accelerate deep-sea mining.
Expedition charts Cook Islands seafloor, amid scrutiny over mining motives
Thousands of meters below the ocean’s surface, a camera attached to a remotely operated vehicle captured a ghostly white creature gliding above a plain of polymetallic nodules — mineral-rich rocks…
news.mongabay.com

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Jason Hickel @jasonhickel.bsky.social · 11d
Yes, this is correct. And the reason is because our capitalist classes have decided that it is not sufficiently profitable, so they're not going to do it.

We must understand this reality. Capital *cannot* be relied upon to address the climate crisis.

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Thomas Hale @thomasnhale.bsky.social · 11d
Much more detail in the report: bsg.ox.ac.uk/news/climate...

And huge thanks for all the collaborators and supporters who made it possible, especially lead authors
@emmalecavalier.bsky.social and Bhavya Gupta, and all the hundreds of lawyers from the law firm network who did the heavy lifting
Climate policy strengthens globally, despite unprecedented contestation in the US and Europe
As countries meet at COP30 in the Amazon, a new survey of climate-related laws and regulations finds new and strengthened climate policies across the world, especially in Asia and emerging markets. Ov...
bsg.ox.ac.uk

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Damian Carrington @dpcarrington.bsky.social · 11d
#Cop30: what are the main issues and why do they matter?

- Cop returns to its Brazilian roots and attempts to map a path to crucial emissions cuts that navigates financial, scientific and ethical aspects of the #climatecrisis

Story @fionaharvey.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Cop30: what are the main issues and why do they matter?
Cop returns to its Brazilian roots and attempts to map a path to crucial emissions cuts that navigates financial, scientific and ethical aspects of the climate crisis
www.theguardian.com

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Trees for Life @treesforlife.bsky.social · 12d
Beavers are nature’s #ecosystem engineers - habitat creators, #biodiversity boosters, and natural flood defenders.

We are fundraising £25,000 to bring back Scotland’s Missing Species - the architects of the wild. Help us bring back the beaver 👉 treesforlife.org.uk/missing-spec...

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Lesley Riddoch @lesleyriddoch.bsky.social · 12d
Centuries of overgrazing & muirburn for grouse moors mean Highland Scotland looks treeless & desolate. But it doesn't have to be this way. New film Scotland's Missing Forests went online y'day. Chuffed to see almost 10k views. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuTV... @chrisgpackham.bsky.social

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 13d
All you need to know to n one handy document… iucn.org/press-releas...
IUCN Commission for Environmental Management launches new guidance on rewilding
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 9 October 2025 (IUCN) – New guidelines on rewilding practice have been launched at the IUCN World Conservation Congress 2025. Evolving over many years, the guidelines ...
iucn.org

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James Murray @james-bg.bsky.social · 14d
Ed Miliband is entirely right about this. There are legitimate critiques of specific climate policies, but much of the criticism is either scientifically illiterate denialism or ‘it’s just too hard’ defeatism - and often it’s both. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Giving up would be a betrayal’: Miliband says 1.5C target still alive before Cop30
Exclusive: Environment secretary says global tipping points are possible as he rejects far-right climate ‘defeatism’
www.theguardian.com

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 14d
Long known and appreciated from Gilbert White to Aldo Leopold.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 14d
We're told one of these land uses is 'productive', while the other is not.

But in terms of photosynthetic levels, as well as the production of clean air, water, no flooding, a stable climate, etc, etc, the natural ecosystem wins hands down.

As for biodiversity, let's not even go there.

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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 15d
We updated our chart of Wilderness legislation pending in Congress.

The majority of legislation would weaken protections for Wilderness and its wildlife.

Please take a look and then TAKE ACTION to keep Wilderness wild!

>>> wildernesswatch.org/congress/

📸 Bob Wick/BLM