Simon Hedges

Nature by wheelchair, with Stuart Butchart Podcast Episode · Wild Lives · 30/01/2026 · 34m

I did an interview for BBC Wildlife’s Wild Lives podcast on some of my experiences, including challenges accessing the countryside as a wheelchair user. Big shout out to all the friends, family and passers by who’ve helped me over the years podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/w...

How to make sure the nature credits you buy are real – new research Four essentials are crucial for establishing scientifically credible nature markets.

"Without public data, there’s no way of checking whether things are working. Public transparency of data is essential for improving nature markets"

Very useful overview from Sophus zu Ermgassen

#nature #credits

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Five detained over alleged hunting in Javan leopard habitat Indonesian authorities have detained five people in connection with the alleged illegal hunting and shooting of an endangered Javan leopard in the Gunung Sanggabuana conservation forest in West Java,…

Five people were detained after alleged illegal hunting in Gunung Sanggabuana conservation forest.

Camera traps showing an injured Javan leopard have exposed deeper gaps in how Indonesia protects its last big cats.

wilding - British Wildlife Wilding for Conservation: An Exploration of Rewilding in Britain The complete collection of articles from British WIldlife‘s acclaimed Wilding for Conservation series – an unflinching appraisal of the...

New book on rewilding!

A curated collection of 27 articles published in British Wildlife over the last 5 yrs

So, accessible & nicely produced for a broad readership

And I’m one of the authors. Cheap at the price (£16.99)!
www.britishwildlife.com/wilding/

Would it be too much for the Quiet Carriages on GWR to also be free from the regular announcements listing every station still to come? We only left Plymouth 5 minutes ago and we've already had every station through to Penzance read out three times at deafening volume! #train #travel

Incredible Journeys: Filling in the Blanks of Sea Turtle Migrations • The Revelator These marine reptiles lead complicated lives, making protecting them a real challenge. But new science has revealed important information.

Finding Nemo fan? Revelator: Where turtles go, scientists follow! Sea turtles occupy the entire ocean realm, adolescence, is far from shore (aka ‘lost years’) with little human observation. NOW new tracking tech shows turtles doing things we weren’t expecting” therevelator.org/sea-turtle-m...

What can—and cannot—be done to save the world’s glaciers Glaciers are often treated as scenic features or scientific curiosities. In fact, they are critical infrastructure. Though they cover roughly a tenth of the Earth’s land surface, meltwater from…

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Glaciers are vital infrastructure — supplying water, food, and energy to nearly half the world. But they’re shrinking fast due to human-driven warming. As loss becomes irreversible, risks spread. Adaptation has limits without deep cuts to emissions.

Screengrab from Guardian reading: Britain leads the world in cracking down on climate activism, study finds Research shows UK police arrest environmental and climate protesters at three times the average global rate

British police arrest environmental protesters at nearly three times the global average rate.

Want to get to grips with the UK crackdown on protest? Listen to our episode of the New Economics Podcast, with @akikohart.bsky.social and Audrey Cherryl Mogan. 🎙️

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Agustín Fuentes SEX IS A SPECTRUM: The Biological Limits of the Binary This edition of Forthright Radio features Princeton University Anthropology Professor, Agustín Fuentes. His research focuses on the biocultural, delving into the entanglement of biological systems …

Really enjoyable conversation abut sex, biology, bodies, evolution, culture and more with Joy LaClaire at Forthright Radio from Radio Mendocino County Public Broadcasting forthright.media/2025/12/26/a...

Will US science survive Trump 2.0? President Donald Trump and his administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities. What are the long-term impacts for the United States and the world?

The Trump administration have gutted science agencies, terminated research programmes and cancelled billions of dollars in grants to universities

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Farmers' anger grows as Australian beeffloods into Britain Meat imports surge 80pc as free- trade deal sparks criticism over impact on local producers

This is literally what the Telegraph campaigned for.

I really don‘t think it should be a difficult decision for MPs (or anyone else) to leave X. When Twitter was taken over by a guy who obviously had neo-Nazi sympathies, backed by money from Saudi Arabia I just left. I decided I wasn‘t going to contribute to the financial success of evil. It was easy.

I’m clearly living in the past. 2026 intake!

A Tunicate #Salp’s Last Supper. A swimming smorgasbord wrapped in glassy flesh #photography #UnderwaterPhotography

Link for more #photos and information: mossandfog.com/a-salps-last...

Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.

YouTube video by Dr. Sofia Pineda Ochoa GREENWASHED | Full Documentary [Official]

1. This short thread is about what I see as a serious breach of journalistic ethics, in the making of Sofia Pineda Ochoa’s online documentary Greenwashed. She interviewed me for the film, but neither before, during or after was I given any idea I would be its target. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjWU...

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Starmer is lobbying Europe to join him in watering down the ECHR. This illiberalism will harm us all | Steve Valdez-Symonds The prime minister and his counterpart in Denmark want a concerted effort to weaken human rights across Europe. This isn’t pragmatism – it’s cruelty, says Steve Valdez-Symonds, refugee and migrant rig...

Huh, I guess Labour doesn’t have a profound belief in the ‘fundamental freedoms which are the foundation of justice and peace in the world’ & isn’t much interested in collective enforcement of the UDHR after all. Bit of a shame really. So sick of this. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

YouTube video by Earth Rover Program Global Launch of Earth Rover Program and Report Soilsmology: Transforming Our Understanding of Soil

Here's the recording of the Earth Rover Program's inaugural webinar, which was held on Friday. Sorry it took a few days to post up.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfrE...

Starmer urges Europe’s leaders to curb ECHR to halt rise of far right Exclusive: PM calls for members of European convention on human rights to allow tougher action to protect borders

How many times do we need to point this out?
By appeasing the far right, you do not weaken it. You strengthen it.
While weakening your own position.
There's a vast amount of academic research showing this.
But Labour will not listen.
www.theguardian.com/law/2025/dec...

Iain Douglas-Hamilton, Who Studied, and Protected, Elephants, Dies at 83

Very sad to learn of Iain's passing. But what a legacy he leaves!

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/09/w...

Poster for the How to Find Your Purpose talk, showing my ugly mug and Rutger's more pleasing visage.

On January 14, I'll be interviewing the extraordinary @rutgerbregman.com in London. Tickets will go fast, so get yours while you can. howtoacademy.com/events/rutge...

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It's such a bizarre framing. Labour MPs think taking 450k kids out of poverty is putting the country first! That's why they wanted it to happen! It's not because they personally benefit.

New Study Evaluates Tools Empowering Private Sector to Disclose and Act on Biodiversity Impacts | Key Biodiversity Areas | Key Biodiversity Areas Key Biodiversity Areas

🌍 How well does the private sector know its impact on nature?

New research reveals only a few tools can map risks to species & ecosystems in detail. Dive into the future of #BiodiversityDisclosure & why stronger, clearer tools are critical for conserving our planet’s biodiversity.

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Nigel Farage has spent £1m taking out adverts in the papers to distract from the Nathan Gill Russian bribe scandal.

We can't let him buy himself out of this. We need an investigation into Russian influence in our politics.

Hugely disappointing, with world now on track to yet more heating & chaos, & poorest hit first & hardest. This process needs radically rethinking - meantime it’s vital that the Brazil-led coalition of the willing urgently delivers on plans to leave fossil fuels in the ground #COP30

And only one vague mention of #rainforests despite being held in the Amazon! #CoP30

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Researchers find evidence of elephant poaching in remote Bangladesh forest Communities living around a remote, mountainous forest in southeastern Bangladesh, close to Myanmar, have reported cross-border incidents of elephant poaching for years but there was no confirmed…

Communities living around a mountainous forest in southeastern Bangladesh, close to Myanmar, have reported cross-border incidents of elephant poaching for years but there was no confirmed evidence. A new study has now documented the first known physical signs of elephant poaching in the forest.

Dark forces are preventing us fighting the climate crisis – by taking knowledge hostage | George Monbiot The fundamental problem is this: that most of the means of communication are owned or influenced by the very rich, says Guardian columnist George Monbiot

Climate breakdown is driven by a storm of lies. This lying is systemic, funded and coordinated, and operates across almost all media, old and new.
This week's column argues that we cannot fight the climate crisis without also fighting the epistemic crisis.
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