Restoring Ecosystems

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Across South America, canopy bridges evolve as a lifeline for tree-dwelling wildlife Throughout the Amazon Rainforest, forest fragmentation represents an escalating and existential threat to the preservation of fauna. Driven by intensive economic development, the expansion of agribusi...

Does too high a % of ecological restoration & rewilding focus on large ground mammals? 🌰

Evidence shows how canopy bridges reconnect forest trees divided by roads, reducing #roadkill & forest fragmentation effects for arboreal species across South America

From @mongabay.com

#GenerationRestoration

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California Wolf Blazes New Trail The epic journey of Bae has been a cause for celebration and highlights the need for road safety

A wolf named Bae (BEY03F), the first in LA County in a century, has returned to Northern California, where there are more wolves and less major roads. We need safe corridors and wildlife crossings, and public support for our wild neighbors

www.sierraclub.org/sierra/calif... by @lkbotts.bsky.social

Endangered cockatoos to get new nests after West Australian bushfires Conservationists are trying to put in place a plan to rehabilitate a key nesting area for endangered black cockatoos that was ravaged by fire.

Fire is a natural part of many ecological systems, but when climate change fosters fires of unusual magnitude and intensity, human intervention is sometimes needed to repair the damage. 🌍🌰

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

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Survey shows successful reintroduction of eastern quolls to mainland Australia Once dubbed the Australian "native cat", the eastern quoll was abundant before it was completely wiped out on mainland Australia.

The eastern quoll has been reintroduced into Australia's Victoria state. 🌍🌰

www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03...

More truly groundbreaking work from the ever insightful @spun.earth

A new Love Island? Berry bloom leads to baby boom for New Zealand’s goofiest parrot A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots

A massive bloom of rimu berries fueled a mating surge among the world’s heaviest (and strangest) parrots

A detailed trail-side interpretive sign explaining the various engineering and habitat planting to control stormwater runoff from a new housing development in western New York State.

An interpretive and explanatory sign for a stormwater control project. A volunteer project for a friend.
🧪🌿🌎🪶🐡 #wildlife #scicomm #sciviz #wildlifeart #illustration #scientificillustration #natureart #visualscicomm #sciviz #scicomm #stormwater #raingardens

This “unique and crazy” prehistoric fish is the size of a door. Now thousands are being released into a remote Swedish river | Discover Wildlife The Atlantic sturgeon was driven to extinction in Europe by the middle of the 20th century. In Sweden’s Göta River, a pioneering rewilding initiative is helping this ancient fish to reclaim its ancest...

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Atlantic sturgeon were driven to extinction in Europe by mid-20th century. In Sweden’s Göta River a pioneering rewilding initiative is helping this ancient fish reclaim its ancestral home

Restoring swimways enabling fish migration is especially valuable

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#GenerationRestoration and #rewilding are gathering momentum!

Restoring key ecological functions will fuel recovery of whole ecosystems - on land, in freshwater, and in the oceans

It’s bigger than the City of London and is home to a whopping 7.5 billion residents – or more | Discover Wildlife The largest oyster reef restoration in the world is over three square miles and brings many benefits to the ecosystem

The world’s largest oyster restoration project to date in Chesapeake Bay involves partners from different US states working to restore the habitat, constructing reefs, and planting young oysters. An eye watering 7.5 billion oysters were planted across 3.75 square miles

Epic #GenerationRestoration

How can I establish contact with Dr Lily van Eeden to invite her to speak at the University of Cambridge during her visit to the UK?

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Site at heart of Wales to be rewilded in major nature scheme A major new rewilding scheme is taking shape in the heart of Wales.

Tir Natur, a Welsh charity, has purchased a 1,195-acre site in Cwm Doethïe in the Cambrian Mountains, with the goal of launching Wales’ largest ecological restoration project.

The charity plans to introduce Welsh mountain ponies and ancient breeds of pig.

www.countytimes.co.uk/news/2583259...

Interesting thread on the important launch of Tir Nature (Nature’s Land) as the 1st significant rewilding project in Wales

Take a look at their Crowdfunder page to learn about their vision & ambition to enable recovery of exhausted farmland while helping people benefit too

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This Valentine’s Day, celebrate your love for the planet 💚
Submit a nomination for the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement.
Learn more and nominate via the Tyler Prize website:
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‘We don’t have a plan’: Invasive species take hold as action lags legislation Sitka spruce, sika deer and common garden plants are all invasive species with potential to cause harm to native varieties

More excellent writing from @whittledaway.bsky.social on overwhelming pressure + inadequate response to invasive species - Sobering that non-native plants now outnumber native ones nationally!

Will bold government step up to face challenges using EU resources to become #GenerationRestoration?

A must read by @tullis.bsky.social in @thebulletin.org.
This thoughtful and comprehensive article follows the Kingdom of Fungi in “the Mountain Kingdom.”

Read here: buff.ly/ArmA5tM
See @tobykiers.bsky.social and local collaborators in the film: www.youtube.com/watch?v=maer...

After the Outbreak - bioGraphic A northern gannet colony devastated by avian influenza is slowly recovering—and so are the researchers who witnessed the virus’s wrath.

Hope, Lewis admits, is not a scientific concept. But right now, hope is what keeps her going. “I just keep thinking, ‘Next year, will breeding success be up a bit?’ And hoping that that does happen.”

www.biographic.com/after-the-ou...

How often is ‘robotic’ or ‘automated’ inserted in front of an established term, presupposing a step change improvement?

Finally, @lakedistrictnpa.bsky.social a technological solution to tackle the thorny issue of invasive gorse that finally lives up to the hype!

Next stop - Rhodendron? Knotweed?

Episode 167: Paul Lister on Rewilding Scotland's Highlands at Alladale Wilderness Reserve Paul Lister, founder of the European Nature Trust and owner of Alladale Wilderness Reserve in Scotland, has spent 20 years restoring 23,000 acres through refore

In this #podcast episode, Paul addresses population growth, meat consumption, and advocates for redirecting wealth and philanthropic investment toward nature. He shares his mission to make some noise for #nature and connect people to our wild world. buff.ly/QGUpHBV

Paul Lister is the founder of the European Nature Trust and owner of Scotland’s Alladale Wilderness Reserve, 23,000 acres with active #reforestation and #peatland restoration.

There is a simple equation for peatlands…

Conserve the best, restore the rest

We are #GenerationRestoration

Hundreds of Ponds Restored Across Iowa Bring This Endangered Fish Back, Along with 100s of Species Topeka shiners have been documented in 60% of the over 200 oxbow lakes restored across Iowa's landscape, 97% of which is privately-owned.

The headline says it all. 🌰🌍

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/hundreds-of-...

Numbers of Rare Butterfly Eggs are Best on Record After Hedges are Allowed to Grow Wild Numbers of rare butterfly eggs have skyrocketed in Wales after landowners let their hedgerows grow wild to help the Brown Hairstreak survive.

The conservation value of the Old Ways. 🌍

www.goodnewsnetwork.org/numbers-of-r...

Bermuda snail thought to be extinct now thrives after a decade’s effort Special pods at Chester zoo helped conservationists breed and release more than 100,000 greater Bermuda snails

A captive breeding and release into the wild success story. 🌰🌍

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

@spun.earth is a fascinating organisation with an enthralling mission to build our understanding of the invisible but invaluable mycelial networks of map #mycorrhizal fungal communities, advocate for their protection, and consider their role in restoration.

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