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Jamie Rohu
@jamierohu.bsky.social
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Postdoctoral research fellow on the Twelve Bogs project in the Department of History at Trinity College Dublin. Co-funded by Taighde Éireann - Research Ireland and the National Parks & Wildlife Service. All views expressed are my own.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 14d
Rewilding in Ireland by @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social and @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities👇

Thanks to @irishrainforest.bsky.social , @whittledaway.bsky.social @wearetheark.bsky.social for speaking and @kbruisch.bsky.social for chairing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8X8...
Rewilding in Ireland | Theory, Scale, Practice
YouTube video by Irish Wildlife Trust
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 9h
Connemara is a very beautiful part of the country but it faces its challenges.

High animal stocking rates lead to hillside erosion. Rhododendron and other invasive species are widespread.

However, efforts are ongoing by local people to lessen the human impact on the environment.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 23h
*and fungi 😜
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 23h
The beautiful autumn plants of Connemara 🥰
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 1d
In Connemara on the annual Irish Peatland Society road trip checking out water table management on farmed peat soils.

Beautiful, vast landscapes. A very different feel to the midland raised bogs that I’m used to 🤔
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 4d
Good vs bad
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 5d
Ten Thousand Years Deep – The Story of Ireland's Peatlands, the new book by Carsten Krieger. Extract below👇

Thanks to @dermotdoran.bsky.social for the share 👍

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For peat's sake - the story of Ireland's peatlands
We present an extract from Ten Thousand Years Deep – The Story of Ireland's Peatlands, the new book by Carsten Krieger.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 7d
They’ll try Paul, but we’ll keep reminding them. 💪
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 7d
The wildest thing I’ve seen in ages 👇

It seems the current government, who are calling the shots here, is happy for nature to be done away with in the name of profit-making.

That fish-kill was criminal, and it won’t be swept under the rug.
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An Taisce @antaisce.bsky.social · 7d
How many chances should be given to get it right?

Non-compliance under our licence system appears to be more the norm than the aberration when it comes to protecting our water quality

Insights from last night's Joint Committee on Climate, Environment & Energy session on River Blackwater fish kill
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 8d
Absolutely zero need for meat in the human diet, unless you’re in some sort of subsistence situation (and even then I’m not sure it’s all that necessary).

We’re wed to it ideologically. The hold it has over people is wild.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 8d
Nice to see the left working together. More please 🙏
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 10d
That’s a very interesting question. Hedgehogs have become ‘naturalised’ in Ireland, same as dingos in Australia. There’s calls to introduce beavers here.

Eoghan’s take is spot-on. I wonder if there’s a need to move on from the native/non-native binary at some point 🤔
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 11d
I was a bit late to the party but picked up a copy during the week. Looking forward to getting stuck in!
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 12d
The very definition of ‘speaking truth to power’ 🫡

@news.rte.ie 🇮🇪🇵🇸🕊️
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 14d
Rewilding in Ireland by @irishwildlifetrust.bsky.social and @tcddublin.bsky.social Centre for Environmental Humanities👇

Thanks to @irishrainforest.bsky.social , @whittledaway.bsky.social @wearetheark.bsky.social for speaking and @kbruisch.bsky.social for chairing.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=j8X8...
Rewilding in Ireland | Theory, Scale, Practice
YouTube video by Irish Wildlife Trust
www.youtube.com
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 14d
Fantastic selfie!

I'm sure Hannah had a great time seeing the bog Gearóid. Good weather for it as well.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 18d
Just at the very small scale!
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 18d
Brilliant stuff 👏

The colleagues are still buzzing from their site visits across the wonderful Midlands.

Scohaboy is WORLD CLASS 👍
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 18d
Thanks Brendan for the share. Yeah lots of contention and frustration on FB.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 18d
An outdoor classroom at Abbeyleix Bog, Co. Laois.

If this was what school was like when I was growing up I might have went in a bit more often!! 🤣
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 18d
Clearly doing this isn’t cheap. Hiring the wide-tracked excavators necessary is expensive. Putting in plastic dams isn’t ideal for obvious reasons but is more practical in smaller rewetting projects. For landscape-scale rehabilitation peat dams are the preferable option. 2/2
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 18d
Bog drain-blocking can be achieved with both peat and plastic dams.

An excavator is required for the former. Peat is removed from an adjacent ‘borrow pit’ (which thereafter becomes a shallow depression), a foundation is dug across the drain and the peat placed into this. 1/2
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 19d
“Increase in minimum wage welcomed by lowest-paid workers.”

Fixed the headline for you @news.rte.ie

www.rte.ie/news/busines...
Minimum wage rise 'nail in coffin' for businesses
The Low Pay Commission is expected to recommend to the Government an increase of 5% to the National Minimum Wage.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 20d
Jaw-dropping stuff👇😑

www.irishtimes.com/environment/...
Rules to protect Ireland’s fragile rivers are being repeatedly breached
Public records about North Cork Creameries’ operations paint a disquieting picture of how regulators are performing
www.irishtimes.com
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 20d
I love cats (as I do all animals regardless of their status), but they should always be kept indoors. This not only protects wildlife but also keeps them from getting into trouble and results in a stronger relationship between you and them.
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Jamie Rohu @jamierohu.bsky.social · 21d
Thank you very much Eoghan for presenting. Your input into the wider series has been invaluable 🫡
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