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Nearly Wild

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Global Ecosystem Renewal! Ecological Landscaper, Permaculture Gardener, Wildlife Habitat Creation, Rewilding, Megafauna, Woodpasture, Nature Friendly Farming

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · Aug 20

"Pleistocene and early Holocene megafaunal extinctions can stimulate us to reevaluate what is natural in the world and what sort of natures we seek to conserve or restore. If we accept the increasing evidence for a strong human role in these early extinctions, it forces a look inwards and 1/2

Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene | PNAS

Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more re...

www.pnas.org

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Herbert Nickel @herbertnickel.bsky.social · 1d

What a magic place! A whale graveyard in NE Siberia.
youtu.be/SL5z0gP-ESM?...

Whale graveyard - Huge bones filmed in dramatic drone shots over Russia's Chukotka

YouTube video by Capital FM Kenya

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 14h

Ah - I've figured it out! I was using an auto translate feature in my browser - which disables the link. If I complete the checkout without a translation, the download works. Thank You.

Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 15h

Thanks for the reply. When I select "download" and add to cart, then the "order" button, and then "checkout" The download does not initiate. I receive this message:

Natural Processes in the Netherlands (download) has been removed from your cart.
shopping cart contents
Your shopping cart is empty.

Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 1d

I thought this was a fascinating find also. Food forests enabling high natural biodiversity is another win. I'm betting this holds true in temperate food forests as well.

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Briar Farm @briarfarm.bsky.social · 1d

Spring onion flower head loaded with seeds.

We increasingly leave a number of plants to go to seed in the beds. Once ready we either harvest to sow next season or sprinkle the seed directly where we want it to grow.

The result is often a delightfully chaotic mix of plants.

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 2d

Hmm, this is no longer available as a free download? (The link will not work) I missed it by a day? : (

I would like to read this if it is made available again, supposing I were to obtain a copy, would I be able to translate to English?

Thanks.

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 2d

When people are seeking a practical and holistic perspective on invasive species, this is the book I set on the table.

Tao Orion @tao-orion.bsky.social · Jul 12

Wow it’s been 10 years since Beyond the War on Invasive Species was published and I got to hold a physical copy in my hands!
Since then I’ve enjoyed so many interesting conversations about ecology, land stewardship, and the meaning of restoration - here’s to many more years of these!

Book cover - Beyond the War on Invasive Specoes: A Permaculture Approach to Ecosystem Restoration by Tao Orion

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Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 2d

More on Teesmouth seal pup deaths, suggesting sewage effluent and legacy of industrial pollution may have exacerbated natural mortality. Typical comedy response from Northumbrian Water saying they couldn't possibly be responsible for faecal bacteria in estuary.
northeastbylines.co.uk/news/environ...

Pollution kills all Tees Estuary seal pups

Harbour seal pups in Tees Estuary suffer 100% mortality in 2025, prompting MPs to demand a Defra inquiry into the deaths

northeastbylines.co.uk

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 2d

Food production for people (food forests) can overlap with natural biodiversity.

"In Ecuador, the figure is striking: 99% of all Afro-descendant land is in biodiversity hotspots, while in Colombia almost 92% of Afro-descendant lands are in the top 5% of areas for biodiversity."

Tobias Plieninger @plieningerlab.bsky.social · 2d

Fascinating article: Afro-descendant communities manage rich food forests across 2M km² in Latin America—yet only 5% are legally recognized. These biodiverse landscapes store carbon, curb deforestation & reflect a deep legacy of resistance. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘Food forests are everything’: creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands

Agroforestry systems in Latin America practised by local communities are a boon to biodiversity, according to research

www.theguardian.com

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Cat Frampton @catframpton.bsky.social · 2d

Time on #Dartmoor to be careful where you put your feet! Especially in short mossy grass. (Where the sheep graze in particular)

The change in weather has finally awoken the #waxcaps!

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 3d

Bobcat sighting outside the chicken run; 6 a.m.

Bear tracks in the sand around the neighbor's pond

Bear scat on the far edge of the field, all apples.

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Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · 5d

The steadily growing population of rare lesser horseshoe bats in the shed (roughly 100) attests to the level of flying insect life in the forest outside, since each bat catches around 3,000 per night.

Healthy nature depends on healthy, wild, functioning *ecosystems*.

Rewilding delivers that. 🌏

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Michael Parks @jurassicparks.bsky.social · Aug 29

Great write up on a cool new bison study.

Important kicker: bison magic isn't going to show up for the vast majority of animals that are managed via the conventional commodity system.

wyofile.com/bison-eradic...

Bison eradication stripped western grasslands of nutrients, Yellowstone research shows - WyoFile

Free-roaming herds of large herbivores are few and far between on Earth, but where they do occur — like with bison in northwest Wyoming — monitoring shows a remarkable bump in grassland nutrition.

wyofile.com

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Erica Gies / SlowWater.world @ericagies.bsky.social · 5d

Super cool story by Robyn Bell for Capital Daily www.capitaldaily.ca/news/orcas-s...

Orcas sharing prey with humans may be their way of learning about us

Scientists studied two decades of interactions where orcas appeared to share food with people.

www.capitaldaily.ca

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 5d

Very fascinating. I'm not sure what it means, I'd have to meet the orca and ask them.

Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 5d

Water is life.

Palustris @palustris.bsky.social · 5d

This ditch on a windy cliff-top in East Cleveland was bone-dry all summer and only refilled with water after recent rains. It's been recolonised by 6 water beetle species: 2 predators on small midge larvae (already abundant) & 4 scavenger water beetles which feed on plant detritus and algae.

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Erica Gies / SlowWater.world @ericagies.bsky.social · 5d

Only 2-3 percent of old growth remains on Vancouver Island & some may be logged soon. Colonizers pushed First Nations to form elected councils, at odds w/their hereditary governance. Now some nations are split over land management. By Robyn Bell, Capital Daily www.capitaldaily.ca/news/old-gro...

Old-growth protesters in Walbran Valley stay put as BC Supreme Court approves injunction

The injunction was approved last Friday and could be enforced at any time.

www.capitaldaily.ca

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Briar Farm @briarfarm.bsky.social · 5d

We’ve set up a rudimentary tree nursery to grow saplings to plant on the farm. It’s very much an amateur affair; plant in seed trays then wait and hope for the best.

We’re on the hunt for hazel, good eating walnuts and holly. If anyone could help out please give us a shout!

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 6d

Brrr chilly bison!

BERGΛMΛX @bergamax.bsky.social · 12d

Bison at 35°F below zero (-37.2°C)
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Yellowstone National Park, USA.

Photo by Tom Murphy Photography

#bison #nature #winter #wildlife

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Native Spirit Festival @nativespirituk.bsky.social · 6d

📅 9 Oct 6pm 🎟️ FREE tinyurl.com/ysht3h25
📌@york.ac.uk @ciscstudies.bsky.social
🎞️ 19th Native Spirit Festival 🌟#INDIGENOUS #firstnations
📽️ SINGING BACK THE BUFFALO + Q&A Dir. Tasha Hubbard
Richly visualised deeply uplifting—an epic reimagining of North America through the lens of buffalo consciousness

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Erica Gies / SlowWater.world @ericagies.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall whooped a chimp greeting at Cal Academy, and held the audience rapt. I got to interview her, and she was so kind, & clear in her message that she spent 300 days/year traveling to tell. Her Roots & Shoots org stoked wonder, love, and protection for nature in children worldwide. RIP

Phil Lewis @phillewis.bsky.social · 7d

Jane Goodall, ethologist and conservationist, has died. She was 91

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 7d

Translate:

"Discover the contents of the new issue of Le Zéphyr.

120 pages of testimonials and interviews on rewilding and free evolution"

#rewilding #libreevolution

lezephyrmag.bsky.social @lezephyrmag.bsky.social · 10d

Découvrez le sommaire du nouveau numéro du Zéphyr.

120 pages de témoignages et d’entretiens sur le rewilding et la libre évolution

#rewilding #libreevolution

🐍 www.lezephyrmag.com/revue/le-zep...

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Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 8d

Your book helps me to understand that life has such a long and resilient history; maybe there is hope for the future. Thanks for writing it!

Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 8d

Every time I look at my chickens all I see are fluffy velociraptors.

Nearly Wild @nearlywild.bsky.social · 8d

Such a brilliant book by Steve Brusatte
@stevebrusatte.bsky.social

How mammals survived the asteroid impact that killed the dinosaurs as shrew-like creatures; (our ancestors), how whales had legs, the strangest mammals you've never heard of, and 300 million years of mammal evolution in 400 pages.

Book Cover: "The Rise and Reign of the Mammals" A New History, From the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us. By Steve Brusatte

Cover depicts and assemblage of large ice age mammals including mammoths, a saber tooth tiger, a short-faced bear, bison, and a small band of hunting humans with spears on an open grassy savannah with a few trees and shrubs. Cloudy sky above.

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