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Also basic confusion with early definitions of eco restoration: "Rewilding seeks to reinstate natural processes, as opposed to restoring given former ecological states, and hence promotes reorganisation and redevelopment of ecological systems under changing environmental conditions..." (Pettorelli)

This is an approach based on calling out words which, while perfectly clear in the context, have other meanings and associations in other contexts. It's an easy win, but gets academia more widely a bad name, and gives substance to claims that "woke ideology" undermines real-world effort.

To repurpose an old joke, rewilding works in practice, but doesn't work in Theory.

Blythe, sorry.

You'd think the author might have consulted one of the many academics with a practical grasp of rewilding, but apart from an truncated introductory definition from Jepson & Blyth, you'll search the refs in vain.

'Tree’s comment on the prolific breeding habits of the mink is of the type Subramaniam identifies as an attitude easily transferable to humans; the “superfertility” of the immigrant and their subsequent overconsumption of the nation’s resources is a popular antimigrant trope'

Return of the Native: Nostalgia and National Renewal in Narratives of Rewilding Rewilding is a conservation approach based on “the connections between biological and physical components of an ecosystem and the properties that emerge fr

The world's burning, biodiversity is in freefall. Yet this is what the Environmental Humanities thinks worth spending time on. Let's quibble over terminology until the ground vanishes from under our feet.

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Scientists warn of severe climate-related risks to UK economy and security Experts lay out scale of changes needed in ‘first-of-its-kind national emergency briefing’ in Westminster

Professor Kevin Anderson: “The choice is between deep, rapid and fair decarbonisation of modern society, and an organised-ish technical and social revolution; or ongoing rhetoric and delay... & a revolutionary style change that will be both chaotic and violent.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

13. Remove outdated & harmful consents.
14. Enable Natural England to regulate for effective management.

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"I'm calling for a register of ‘iconic’ trees – from the Ankerwycke Yew in Berkshire, the Major Oak in Sherwood Forest, the Fortingall Yew in Perthshire, the Crowhurst Yew..."

Must include what Spurs/M&B/Toby CarveUp has left of the #Whitewebbs Oak.

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Iconic Trees and Nature Education Bill - Parliamentary Bills - UK Parliament Current version of Iconic Trees and Nature Education Bill with latest news, sponsors, and progress through Houses

A Bill to make provision for a register of iconic trees; to make provision about the designation and protection of trees on that register; to require the Secretary of State to review the provision of nature education in England; and for connected purposes

bills.parliament.uk/bills/4045?r...

60,000 African penguins starve to death after sardine numbers collapse – study Climate crisis and overfishing contributed to loss of 95% of penguins in two breeding colonies in South Africa, research finds

Climate change and overfishing threaten African Penguins. BirdLife South Africa are fighting for this species’ future www.theguardian.com/environment/...

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🚨 The seed bank of Palestinian peasants has been destroyed by Israeli occupation forces. This occurred on 1 December during a raid on La Via Campesina's member organisation in Palestine. It’s a direct attack on food sovereignty. viacampesina.org/en/2025/12/a...

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End the Royal Mail privatisation experiment now Ofcom is consulting on stamp prices. It is time to demand that they end Royal Mail privatisation.

"We simply cannot keep raising the price of stamps to enable shareholders to extract more money from this essential service. We should keep prices down by bringing Royal Mail into public ownership, while ensuring that households have a say on the Board."
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Dead metaphors, part 307:

You don't hit a milestone, unless you are a very careless driver.

I see you're experiencing "the tension underlying all nature writing, between the intransigently non-narrative quality of field-notes and the commercial demand for more processed prose"

Steve Lovatt, spot on.

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End the Royal Mail privatisation experiment now Ofcom is consulting on stamp prices. It is time to demand that they end Royal Mail privatisation.

You have until 11:59 pm on Thursday, 4th December, to demand they take Royal Mail back into public ownership and give households a seat on the board to run it in the public interest.

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The snail farm don: is this the most brazen tax avoidance scheme of all time? The long read: Terry Ball – renowned shoe salesman, friend to former mafiosi – has resolved to spend his last years finding ways to cheat authorities he feels have cheated him. His greatest ruse? A ta...

London Centric readers had it first.

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Three more ex-pupils at school with Nigel Farage reject ‘banter’ claims Exclusive: Dulwich college contemporaries ‘rubbish’ Reform UK leader’s suggestion alleged racist taunts not intended to hurt

When they use the word "banter" to minimise or justify, they are confessing to hate speech.

“Have I said things 50 years ago that you could interpret as being banter in a playground, you could interpret in a modern light today in some sort of way? Yes.”

www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

Hydraulics. A very watery bedtime drink.

Say no to Palantir in the NHS NHS England is rolling out software to run our health records from Palantir - fight back

"We’ve set up a simple tool so you can find out if your local NHS trust has started using the software, and then send an email demanding they say no to Palantir."

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Revealed: The Online Activity of Staffordshire Council Leader Ian Cooper – HOPE not hate Reform UK’s Cllr Ian Cooper has posted dozens of racist and bigoted posts to YouTube and X/Twitter under his personal accounts. When it comes to...

"This is not the first embarrassment to stem from Reform’s Staffordshire contingent. In January, the Staffordshire County Organiser, David Hyden-Milakovic, resigned after HOPE not hate exposed his links to the neo-Nazi Patriotic Alternative group."
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Details TBD but broadly there is a good logic to this

Afaics pretty much all the good stuff is emanating from one source - DESNZ and Ed Miliband.

Look, here’s another actually good thing our benighted government has done. Like, really good

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Thames Water face collapse as crisis talks over future taking ‘longer than expected’ Debt-ridden utility company warns of ‘material uncertainty’ despite seeing profits rise to more than £400m

"Bondholders have asked for 15 years of leniency from environmental fines.

"Thames Water also revealed it had paid £57m during the 6-month period in fees for advisers on the process such as bankers, lawyers and public relations consultants."

Snouts in trough.

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Useful glimpse into how people who buy these things justify themselves. But no challenge, no consideration of how other people with 3 kids & all their kit still manage to get them to school without, & have always done, but like other road users are at greater risk because of these people's choices.