James Shooter

If you're passionate about rewilding in Scotland 🌳 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 - and finding the connections between business and nature 🤝 - to make a rural economy a force for good 💪, you have the weekend to get your applications in for the Enterprise Manager role at Rewilding Affric Highlands!

👉 lnkd.in/e9fTEPqj

Look to the news in these troubled times & you wouldn't be blamed for questioning where the hope is.

It was a pleasure then to see this glimmer of hope. A new initiative to bring war veterans some moments of peace in the incredible Danube Delta.

Read the story: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewildi...

4 from Namibia 🇳🇦 🦓

The evening glow in Africa is on another level!

Have a great weekend!

There's a brand spanking new course available, developed by Rewilding Europe and hosted by The Open University 🎓, called 'Introduction to Rewilding'.

It's totally *free*, can be joined from anywhere in the world 🌍, and completed at your own pace!

Find out more here: lnkd.in/es3vS6qA

Charity to plant 30,000 trees for Cairngorms mountain woodland A project aims to restore an almost lost type of habitat in the Cairngorms.

This is *such* great news!

Montane woodland is a rare habitat, long gone from the memories of most hillwalkers of the Highlands. This initiative will bring it right back to the forefront at one of the most visited high altitude areas of the Cairngorms.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Can you spare 2 minutes to help secure €30k in funding to create Glencoe Riverwoods?

This initiative will create wildlife-rich corridors of native woodland along the iconic River Coe & Etive, revitalising this iconic landscape for nature, climate & people.

Vote now! eocaconservation.org/vote/

Skeins of geese headed north this morning, first swallows of the summer arrived this afternoon! ☀️

Changing of the guard. 🫡

Today @ 4pm (GMT) Rewilding Europe's latest film launches on YouTube!

📽️ youtu.be/oTlRM9pa5L8?...

It's not to be missed! A wonderful insight into the important work going on in Rewilding Oder Delta. Cranes, lynx, bison, river restoration, rewetting, rewilding enterprise and stunning cinematography.

Forest restoration is booming but biodiversity isn’t Founder’s Briefs: An occasional series where Mongabay’s founder Rhett Ayers Butler shares analysis, perspectives, and story summaries.   Global efforts to restore forests are gathering pace, driven by...

'Forest restoration' is booming, but biodiversity isn’t. Why?

A lot of the time, it's just planting so-called 'forests' of alien monocultures.

In other words, nothing but another bullshit money-making racket.
news.mongabay.com/short-articl...

From here in Scotland, across Europe and the rest of the world… 🌍

HAPPY WORLD REWILDING DAY!! 🎈🎂

The fact that this year’s theme is #rewildingtogether inspires hope. That thousands & thousands of people wake up each morning and choose to make a difference.

Let’s keep going! 💪

#worldrewildingday

The best day of the year is fast approaching - 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗥𝗲𝘄𝗶𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗗𝗮𝘆! 🌱

To celebrate, Rewilding Europe is hosting a special webinar with a range of inspiring speakers to showcase how nature and people can 𝘁𝗵𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗲 alongside each other.

🗓️ March 20th
🕒 3pm (CET)
🖥️ rewildingeurope.com/world-rewild...

Musk in his suit.

How do you showcase rewilding stories with your 📸?

We talked to one of the best, @petecairns.bsky.social, who has spent his long career doing just that.

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Pete is one of the judges in this year's Rewilding Europe Award - a category in the European Wildlife Photographer of the Year.

Nothing beats it!

This morning whilst making coffee I opened the kitchen window to let in the sumptuous singing of a song thrush, and it made my Monday by 7am! 🤌🏻

Spring is well and truly on its way.

Aha amazing! You will enjoy!

YouTube video by Fundacja dla Klimatu i Bioróżnorodności Życie na odtworzonych mokradłach - Wildlife on restored wetlands in Poland

📸 Camera traps offer a wonderful glimpse into the mysterious lives of wildlife.

Look at the amazing species turning up to use restored wetlands in the Oder Delta: www.youtube.com/watch?v=4qhc...

Read the full story from #Rewilding Europe here: rewildingeurope.com/news/rewetti...

Thanks for sharing! ☺️

These Bonelli's eagles returning to Sardinia are just one of many recent releases, supported by Rewilding Europe's Wildlife Comeback Fund.

They not only return a missing ecological function but also bring some much-needed awe & inspiration.

Read the story here: rewildingeurope.com/news/bonelli...

I recently took on the role as Visual Storyteller at Rewilding Europe 📸.

I’m delighted that the prestigious European Wildlife Photographer of the Year has a Rewilding Europe Award. Send us your best visuals that tell the rewilding story & you could win €1000!

rewildingeurope.com/ewpy-rewildi...

Never previously will you have confused a man with such few words! 😂

Prowling for Pelicans - bioGraphic In Mozambique’s Gorongosa National Park, wildlife is making a comeback.

During Mozambique's civil war, up to 90 percent of large wildlife in what's now Gorongosa National Park was slaughtered. Today, the park has more wildlife than before the war--showing that healing of both human and nonhuman communities is possible.

www.biographic.com/prowling-for...

Back from the dead: the ‘zombie’ ponds repumping nature into Essex farmland A conservation project is helping identify and restore wildlife-rich sites previously degraded and dried up

This is wonderful! Rejuvenating lost ponds & wetlands across a network of farms in the south. Making space for water is such a vital component for healthy and resilient landscapes.

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

High-speed Paris-Berlin daily train service debuts The route is the first directly linking the two capitals' city centres.

It’s over 1,000km from Berlin to Paris

There’s now a direct daytime train between them, that takes 8 hours and costs just €59. Leave at 10am, arrive 6pm.

And… it’s just 1% the carbon emissions of the equivalent flight

www.euronews.com/travel/2024/...

I don’t know who needs to hear this, but today is the shortest day of the year!

Which means the daylight starts seeping back from here on in.
We made it!

#WinterSolstice

White-tailed eagle on the school run this morning! 🚌

Got to love living in the Cairngorms.

IPBES report sees climate, nature and food challenges interlinked A new approach is needed to tackle the interlinked crises afflicting the planet, scientists warn.

Finally the penny is dropping:

“Climate change, nature loss and food insecurity are all inextricably linked and dealing with them as separate issues won't work, a major report has warned.”

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Insh Marshes in @cairngormsconnect.bsky.social is full to the brim with meltwater. It's a timely reminder of how important functioning floodplains are.

Imagine if that water wasn't allowed to seep out into the flatlands surrounding the river, it would be devastating for downstream communities.

75th Anniversary of the National Parks Act: New legislation to ensure Protected Landscapes are fit for the future Today is the 75th anniversary of the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act. Read how the government is marking the occasion by empowering our Protected Landscapes.

Very good to see Labour will strengthen the mandate of National Parks & National Landscapes to "recover nature".

This will require primary legislation, and was something the Glover Review proposed way back in 2019 - but the Tories never did it. 1/

defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk/2024/12/16/7...

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