Did you see our Chief Executive @craigbennett3.bsky.social on @channel4news.bsky.social speaking about a critical risk facing nature?
UK Government promised to protect nature β but new changes to the planning system threaten to do the opposite. More > buff.ly/3jTsoyL
22.05.2025 19:01 β π 19 π 7 π¬ 0 π 0
Pope Francis: outsider whose reforming mission made him an ally of progressives
The pontiff took on church traditionalists and rightwing populism, making powerful enemies on the way
I'm not religious, but I recognise & respect how important faith is for billions of people
With #LaudatoSi, #PopeFrancis offered a powerful analysis of the linkages between social & environmental justice, and a much needed call for action
#RIPPopeFrancis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
21.04.2025 12:45 β π 25 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
Pope Francis: outsider whose reforming mission made him an ally of progressives
The pontiff took on church traditionalists and rightwing populism, making powerful enemies on the way
I'm not religious, but I recognise & respect how important faith is for billions of people
With #LaudatoSi, #PopeFrancis offered a powerful analysis of the linkages between social & environmental justice, and a much needed call for action
#RIPPopeFrancis
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
21.04.2025 12:45 β π 25 π 6 π¬ 1 π 0
π³ We have to get this right. Nature should never be an after thought.
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We agree with @craigbennett3.bsky.social, CEO of @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social:
β βThis is the biggest dismantling of nature protections weβve seen in decades. We need to take the time to get the Planning Bill right.β
09.04.2025 18:29 β π 7 π 4 π¬ 1 π 0
βA symbol of hopeβ: environmentalists choose their favourite invertebrates
Politicians, campaigners and charity workers make the case for their top picks, from bumblebees to blue beetles
@theguardian.com is running Invertebrate of the Year , with voting opening soonπ¦
But what are the choices of leading nature voices?
From grasshoppers to bumblebees, find out what @craigbennett3.bsky.social, @carolinelucas.bsky.social & more have gone forπ
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
28.03.2025 09:38 β π 10 π 3 π¬ 0 π 1
Yet again, #DowningSt shows itself to be trapped in a misinformation and disinformation bubble when it comes to nature laws.
Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!
14.03.2025 11:57 β π 84 π 42 π¬ 3 π 2
Yet again, #DowningSt shows itself to be trapped in a misinformation and disinformation bubble when it comes to nature laws.
Meanwhile, the PM seems to have very little to say about housebuilders that are sitting on 100ks of granted planning permissions, but not actually building houses!
14.03.2025 11:57 β π 84 π 42 π¬ 3 π 2
Microplastics hinder plant photosynthesis, study finds, threatening millions with starvation
Researchers say problem could increase number of people at risk of starvation by 400m in next two decades
Analysis estimates that 4% - 14% of the worldβs staple crops of wheat, rice & maize is being lost due to impact of microplastics
Crop losses could be of a similar scale to those caused by the climate crisis in recent decades
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
11.03.2025 07:02 β π 226 π 118 π¬ 6 π 10
Today - 01/03/2025 - BBC Sounds
Including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
Thanks @bbcradio4.bsky.social Today Programme for inviting me to talk Who Owns the Clyde podcast #RiverRights & our petition to grant River Clyde rights of personood with @craigbennett3.bsky.social we're on at 8.30am www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
01.03.2025 13:35 β π 13 π 4 π¬ 0 π 1
I'll be on @bbcradio4.bsky.social #TodayProgramme just after 8.30am this morning to talk about #RightsForRivers
...perhaps mentioning #beavers once or twice too π
01.03.2025 08:21 β π 17 π 2 π¬ 2 π 1
Government Scraps Construction Project After Beavers Finish The Job Themselves
βThe beavers beat [us] to it ..."
Lovin' the story from #Czechia
"The #beavers beat [us] to it, saving us CZK 30 millionβ
βThey built the dams without any project documentation and for free."
www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/g...
09.02.2025 08:52 β π 167 π 62 π¬ 1 π 9
Tee hee this is brilliant. And this week Shropshire WT introduced beavers to Shrewsbury again π
09.02.2025 12:00 β π 17 π 7 π¬ 1 π 1
STOP Splat the Bat! Here is some (serious) international guidance I helped with, on preventing collisions of bats on roads and railways.
Step 1 . Avoid woodlands and other places with loads of bats. π¦π¦€ #HS2 #batshed @craigbennett3.bsky.social
www.eurobats.org/sites/defaul...
08.02.2025 11:14 β π 33 π 12 π¬ 1 π 1
Government Scraps Construction Project After Beavers Finish The Job Themselves
βThe beavers beat [us] to it ..."
Lovin' the story from #Czechia
"The #beavers beat [us] to it, saving us CZK 30 millionβ
βThey built the dams without any project documentation and for free."
www.thedodo.com/daily-dodo/g...
09.02.2025 08:52 β π 167 π 62 π¬ 1 π 9
Today - 31/01/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
ICYMI - here's a link to my interview on @bbcradio4.bsky.social #Today this morning about #bats, #newts and #Brexit
(At 6.53am, or 53mins 23secs)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
31.01.2025 17:00 β π 17 π 6 π¬ 3 π 1
Many thanks Celia!
31.01.2025 17:31 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0
Today - 31/01/2025 - BBC Sounds
News and current affairs, including Sports Desk, Weather and Thought for the Day.
ICYMI - here's a link to my interview on @bbcradio4.bsky.social #Today this morning about #bats, #newts and #Brexit
(At 6.53am, or 53mins 23secs)
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
31.01.2025 17:00 β π 17 π 6 π¬ 3 π 1
Quite right. Important thread from @leeinthelakes.bsky.social π
26.01.2025 10:10 β π 11 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
A tale of two headlines based on the same press release.
The reality, of course, is that the National Trustβs nature restoration efforts will bolster good farming, by βimproving the health of enough soil to provide habitat for 1 billion earthworms.β
10.01.2025 09:35 β π 389 π 142 π¬ 12 π 13
Yes!! Finally some good news ποΈ on #wildlife thanks to The Wildlife Trusts @craigbennett3.bsky.social
06.01.2025 21:41 β π 13 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0
Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animalβs population
Five entire families can be killed, totalling 30 wolves, in move campaigners say is illegal under EU law
I believe that one of the hallmarks of human progress is learning to co-exist with other species that our ancestors once feared
And sadly, it often feels like we still live in the Dark Ages...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
01.01.2025 11:02 β π 20 π 3 π¬ 0 π 3
Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approval will end, vows Defra
Planned legal changes will see three neonicotinoid pesticides completely banned from any future use.
Good to see. And as @craigbennett3.bsky.social says here "there is no place in British agriculture for toxic bee-killing pesticides". And no emergency authorisation should be made in January.
BBC News - Bee-harming pesticides' emergency approvals to end
www.bbc.com/news/article...
21.12.2024 08:33 β π 73 π 25 π¬ 4 π 2
Who really cares for the British countryside? Not landowners, says green campaignerβs new book
In The Lie of the Land, Guy Shrubsole argues for expanding public ownership of the land.
"The Lie of the Land should be read by anyone with an interest in Britainβs rural environment... powerfully argued & supported by such detailed research"
Delighted to get this lovely book review from Prof Christopher Rodgers at Newcastle University:
theconversation.com/who-really-c...
12.12.2024 16:54 β π 145 π 42 π¬ 4 π 4
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Professor of Energy & Climate Change at Universities of Manchester & Uppsala.
Translating climate science, through carbon budgets, into policy goals & mitigation options.
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A partnership of the designated landscapes in Wales: three National Parks and five National Landscapes who are working together to address key shared challenges, including action on the climate change and nature emergencies.
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Earth Observation consultant in the UK, but strong links to EU and Copernicus for land monitoring. Director and consultant at Specto Natura (http://www.specto-natura.co.uk/).
PhD candidate at Deakin University | Seagrass social-ecological systems | Restoration |
Research, Educate, Collaborate. Raise awareness on the condition and trend of nearshore seagrass ecosystems, provide an early warning of major coastal environment changes and to protect the valuable seagrass meadows along our coasts. www.seagrasswatch.org
Marine ecologist with a special interest in seagrass conservation and restoration, anthropogenic impacts, biogeochemistry and eutrophication. Post Doc at GEOMAR currently working on optimising seed-based seagrass restoration.
