Oliver Newham and Jacques Villemot standing at Rewilding Britain's stand at the Green Party Conference holding signs supporting rewilding by 2030. Posters feature wildlife and conservation messages.

We’ve arrived at the Green Party Conference 👊

Ready for a busy few days of championing the power of rewilding and co-hosting our fringe event with @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social and @cprecountryside.bsky.social, and our panel Tir Natur, @oceanauk.bsky.social, @mcsuk.bsky.social and Nattergal.

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We're rewilding party conferences 🌱

First stop, Lib Dems - where we talked rewilding benefits with MPs, co-hosted a Roam, Rewild, Restore event with the Green Lib Dems and @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social  @righttoroam.bsky.social @campaign4parks.bsky.social and ran a beach clean with @mcsuk.bsky.social 🐚

Underwater photo of a scuba diver looking at marine life on the seabed. A "30 Years of COAST" logo with a pink coral design is visible in the top left corner. Photo credit: Howard Wood/COAST

Happy 30th, @arrancoast.bsky.social! 🌊

For three decades, this community-led marine conservation charity has been leading the charge for healthier seas – protecting and restoring Scotland’s marine life, while bringing people together to explore and celebrate Arran’s rich marine heritage.

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🚨 UK Govt will propose bottom trawling bans in English offshore protected areas at #UNOC today!

🌊 Many could be FULL bans over the WHOLE area. 🎉

If implemented, this could protect an area of seabed DOUBLE the size of all England’s national parks combined! 🪸 Stay tuned for updates as they come.

Screenshot of a Guardian news story overlayed on a background photo of the sea. The news story is titled: UK MPs call for ban on bottom trawling in protected marine areas'.

We’re thrilled to see the @commonseac.parliament.uk report featured today on The Guardian, calling for urgent action to protect UK seas. It contains many bold and vital steps that we champion in our Wilder Seas report, launched yesterday in collaboration with @mcsuk.bsky.social.

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Wilder Seas: eight steps to restore our ocean 🌊

Our seas are struggling – and so are the coastal communities that depend on them. But there’s hope. Our new Wilder Seas report, produced with the @mcsuk.bsky.social, lays out a powerful blueprint for restoring marine ecosystems.

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This is a WEL statement next to a photo of a chaffinch (a beautiful small songbird, with rusty orange on its front, and black, white and grey feathers for its wings), beak open as though it's speaking the statement itself, although is probably just a lovely song. It's perched on an old fence post, against a fuzzy background of trees. You can learn more about chaffinches and hear their song here: https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/chaffinch The text of the statement itself says: Wales Environment Link welcomes the Environment (Principles, Governance, and Biodiversity Targets) Bill and urges for stronger protections for nature This Bill is a crucial chance for the Welsh Government to respond to findings in recent reports by the Senedd and Audit Wales, which highlighted that the nature emergency hasn’t been enough of a priority for Wales. They must catch up to England and Scotland and deliver action for the environment in Wales. For this Bill to deliver its full potential, it must: Clearly enshrine environmental principles and a duty of integration of environmental protection in law, recognising biodiversity as the foundation of a healthy, sustainable planet Establish a genuinely independent governance body, with the authority and resources it needs to fulfil its remit Introduce a robust and ambitious targets framework that drives immediate action for nature

We're pleased to see Welsh Gov finally introduce the Environment (Principles, Governance & Biodiversity Targets) Bill to the Senedd today. Bring on a Nature Positive Wales! business.senedd.wales/mgIssueHisto...

Here's our response, below + in more detail here: waleslink.org/wp-content/u...

Underwater Sussex Bay

📢 Amazing job alert! 🌿🐬 🐟

We are looking for a participation lead - to lead engagement for this inspiring community-born, nature-first project of hope, driving ecological restoration along the coastline.

Sussex Bay is about nature and people

Great role, closes 20 Feb 25:https://lnkd.in/ewxKfjDc

A very interesting and heartening intervention, now we need urgent action to address the barriers to community led rewilding, and whole site protection for our MPAs.

Humpback whale comes to the surface for air. Image credits: Tomas Kotouc / Wildscreen.

Great to hear Minister Emma Hardy present the UK Government's ambition for our seas at the Ocean and Coastal Futures Conference this morning.

It was heartening to see the vital role of MPAs in tackling the biodiversity and climate crises recognised.

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Thanks for checking out our 1st post on BlueSky
Recovering our seas and marine biodiversity simply means removing the worst activities that impact our seas. That's what we have been doing on the Isle of Arran for 30 years. Taking ACTION to recover our seas one step at a time.

It was a great opportunity to present the key barriers to community-led marine rewilding in the country and gather political support to address this very solvable issue.
Fantastic to team up with Dorset Coast Forum' Sara Parker and the National Trust's David Brown for this.

Ten essential changes to scale up marine rewilding Discover 10 essential actions for the new government to support bold marine rewilding policies and restore Britain's marine ecosystems.

Last Friday, we took our Rewilding Manifesto to Dorset's Studland Bay to explore with MP Neil Duncan-Jordan how he can support rewilding in the area.

🐬Here's a quick reminder of our top 10 marine asks: www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/blog/10-esse...

Underwater image of two orange and red starfish

🚨🚨 BREAKING: Only 44% of key habitats & species within UK marine protected areas are in favourable condition. 😠

Time to get a move on & properly protect our ocean havens. We can start by kicking #BigOil & destructive bottom trawlers out of protected waters. 🚫

Arctic deep sea mining plans stopped in Norway - Greenpeace Sweden Oslo, Norway, 1 December – After more than a year of massive pressure from activists, scientists and the international community, the Norwegian government has agreed to stop the first licensing&...

We stopped deep sea mining in the Arctic (for now at least)!

Celebrate those victories when we get them.

www.greenpeace.org/sweden/press...

Echec du traité sur la pollution plastique : les pays producteurs de pétrole ont eu raison de l’ambition portée par une majorité d’Etats Les pays réunis en Corée du Sud se sont quittés dimanche sans trouver d’accord, en raison de l’obstruction d’un petit groupe d’Etats opposés à l’objectif de réduire la production. Les négociations doi...

La pollution plastique est un désastre écologique et sanitaire.

L'échec du traité mondial contraignant concernant la pollution plastique est une trahison envers les générations futures. Il faut s’affranchir des lobbies pétroliers et agir urgemment.

“I left COP29 with hope in my heart” Pippa Heylings reports from the global climate summit in Baku

🌏 @pippaheylings.bsky.social: “I had the honour of presenting the Climate and Nature Bill at #COP29. If passed, the #CANBill will enshrine in law a duty for the UK to have a joined-up strategy for achieving our climate and nature targets.”

South of Scotland Golden eagle project plans England expansion A conservation project is looking to build on its success by taking the birds into England and Wales.

Some positive #rewilding news!

After the success of the South of Scotland Golden Eagle project, where birds have been translocated from the Highlands to the Borders, the next phase is set to reintroduce them to England & Wales.

Reintroductions done right. 🙌

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

A striking Puffin stands out against a deep blue backdrop, its bold black and white plumage sharply defined. Its vibrant orange beak, adorned with grooves, holds a cluster of glistening silver fish, their tiny eyes wide and scales catching the light. The Puffin’s round, expressive eye, ringed with orange, seems to look thoughtfully into the distance, as if contemplating its next flight over the open sea. This captivating moment showcases the bird’s expert fishing skills and the richness of its coastal habitat.

Puffins, Kittiwakes, Razorbills—the UK’s decision to end sandeel fishing was a hard-won lifeline for our struggling seabirds.

The EU’s move to challenge it risks undoing that progress. 🚨

We urge the Commission to support, not undermine, this key step for marine biodiversity.