Liam McAleese

St George and the dragon

Graphic showing that half of England is owned by 25,000 landowners - less than one per cent of its population.

Cover of my book Who Owns England? (2019)

Happy St George's Day.

A reminder that half of England is owned by less than 1% of the population. Some of these aristocratic landowners have inherited land since the Norman Conquest.

England needs land reform and a strong Community Right to Buy!

whoownsengland.org

This is how you do it Defra, Natural England, @tonyjuniper.bsky.social @roseoneill.bsky.social. Vision.

"Social media today isn't a free exchange of ideas. It is a polluted space where outrage and clicks outweigh the truth..."

Our CEO, @imranahmed.bsky.social, spoke at the @caadcoalition.bsky.social‬
Climate Information Integrity Summit about online climate misinfo & how it delays climate action 👇

WEL is looking for 2 new Trustees!

If you have skills in finance, fundraising, Welsh language, or equality, diversity and inclusion and want to improve the environment, we want to hear from you.

Deadline: 22nd April

More info here: waleslink.org/recruitment/

Great news that DEFRA might finally open up data on soils in England. It sounds niche but it's super-important for everything from restoring peat bogs to protecting most fertile agricultural land.

I first wrote to DEFRA about doing this in *2016*... 😮‍💨

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This is a great role - please take a look and circulate!

FIRNS is currently open for applications. A launch webinar will be held on Monday 17th of February 2025. @naturescot.bsky.social and Heritage Fund supported. www.nature.scot/funding-and-...

This is a great role - please take a look and circulate!

Great result Rose.

Great to be at @coastalfutures.bsky.social today - lots of energy and determination to accelerate nature recovery at sea

This is an important role and great opportunity to support investment in Scotland

Please contact your MP to urge them to support the #CANBill tomorrow. Even at this late hour - there’s still time to make a difference 🐝🦋🐟

Stunning day in the Lakes today

Hello Bluesky folks. I've transferred from X. I'm the Director of Landscape Recovery at the Wildlife Trusts and fascinated by the interaction between politics and nature's recovery. Want to see a cleaner, greener and more peaceful world. So do follow, Rob.

The Oxford Real Farming Conference is always a great way to start the year. My colleague Will Steadman is Charing the session below. Hope to see you there if you’re at the conference.

Two great job opportunities 👇

Current vacancies and opportunities Find out about our current vacancies and other opportunities to work with Esmée on this page. This includes open tenders for work we are commissioning, or similar opportunities through Funding Plus.

And we are also recruiting for two new roles…

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Here’s to the next 75 years - with a birthday present of reform, new powers and proper resource!

Planning isn't a "chokehold" on growth. It's there to ensure sustainable growth.

Bats didn't hold up HS2. Politics & mismanagement did.

Sad to see the Prime Minister's caricature of regulators as blockers. It'd be utter short-termism to ditch planning rules for a quick economic hit.

I’ve emailed my MP.

Proud to see @oceanauk.bsky.social @oceana.bsky.social @bluemarinef.bsky.social @inkacresswell.bsky.social & other marine experts join forces to calm on the UK Government to ban bottom trawling in Marine Protected Areas.

#OurOceans #WorldFisheriesDay

Plant nerd help required

I need to chart a number of common and rarer UK grassland species in the U.K. with their growth time to setting seed

I guess from spring or after a grazing event

To show what thrives with different recovery/rest periods

Looks to me like you are walking in the Lakes!

So, what do we really want from food? Latest findings from The Food Conversation

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The False Economy of Big Food And the case for a new food economy

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Nice to see some farming friends on the train down to London for today’s protest.

Then to hear from citizens at the @ffc-commission.bsky.social Food Summit today.

Both want reform of a broken food system that is costing us all £268 billion every year and harming people and planet

The very first National Parks were created under the post-war Labour government - we need this government to reform them and resource them properly!

Citizens & farmers want to fix our food FFCC’s Dr Charlie Taverner explains why farmers’ protests in Westminster reflect deeper problems in the UK’s food system

New blog: Citizens & farmers want to fix our food
With thousands of farmers descending on Westminster tomorrow to march in protest, FFCC’s Dr Charlie Taverner explains why their concerns reflect deeper problems in the UK’s food system – and reflects our latest report ‘The False Economy of Big Food’.