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landethics.bsky.social
Steve Carver
@landethics.bsky.social
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Wildernista. Rewilding. Geographer. GIS. Old motorbikes.
Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science, School of Geography @universityofleeds.bsky.social Co-Chair or IUCM CEM Rewilding Thematic Group.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19h
@moorlandassoc.bsky.social I notice you blocked me on facebook for a similar post. Why I wonder?
landethics.bsky.social Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 3d
I thought you might be interested in this as is relevant to objection to aims of NR3 - Nature Recovery Trees and Scrub. As you say it depends on location in respect to sensitive GNB areas, but as these maps/conclusions demonstrate native woodland regeneration and GNBs need not be mutually exclsuive.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 2d
Looks like it's been up a chimney!

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Miles King @milesking.bsky.social · 2d
Release the Beavers www.gov.uk/government/n...
Beavers to be released in South West England in coming weeks
Natural England has approved the release of beavers at two projects in South West England.
www.gov.uk

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 3d
I thought you might be interested in this as is relevant to objection to aims of NR3 - Nature Recovery Trees and Scrub. As you say it depends on location in respect to sensitive GNB areas, but as these maps/conclusions demonstrate native woodland regeneration and GNBs need not be mutually exclsuive.

Reposted by Steve Carver

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John Cheall @jcheall.bsky.social · 4d
A couple more new pieces in progress. #painting #acrylic #art

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Mongabay @mongabay.com · 7d
Australia’s land-use change is steadily shrinking and fragmenting native habitat, especially along the east coast and in the north.

Even where land isn’t fully cleared, fragmentation leaves wildlife more vulnerable to fire, heat and collapse — outpacing conservation efforts.
Australia’s land-use squeeze
Mongabay recently launched the Australian Biodiversity Special Reporting Project, which will produce sustained, high-quality journalism on Australia’s unique wildlife, ecosystems, and the threats…
news.mongabay.com

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 7d
And relevance!

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 10d
Hi Tom… it was very tongue in cheek post …I will have zero to do with Reform. Wouldn’t touch em with a barge pole as sh1t sticks!

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 10d
What??? I could advise #Reform too, but it wouldn't be on their nature policies but on the nature of their policies. eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
Reform UK enlists Boris Johnson ally to write party nature policies
Exclusive: Ben Goldsmith will work on issues including fishing and green belt preservation to attract green Tories
eur03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11d
…and if curlew ate grouse…?

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11d
Me too… is like Baldrick’s poem “The German Guns” some days. 🙄

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11d
Exactly! The Land-Wealth-Power Nexus

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11d
Me too...

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11d
ecohustler.com/nature/a-tal...?
A tale of two species
Why is the reintroduction of a native keystone species not permitted in England, but millions of non-native birds can be released with impunity?
ecohustler.com

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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 11d
New book on rewilding!

A curated collection of 27 articles published in British Wildlife over the last 5 yrs

So, accessible & nicely produced for a broad readership

And I’m one of the authors. Cheap at the price (£16.99)!
www.britishwildlife.com/wilding/
wilding - British Wildlife
Wilding for Conservation: An Exploration of Rewilding in Britain The complete collection of articles from British WIldlife‘s acclaimed Wilding for Conservation series – an unflinching appraisal of the...
www.britishwildlife.com

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 15d
Funny… I’ve *never* done this.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 15d
Plastic auroch

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 17d
I did read it. As soon as you posted it. It says "an exhaustive database of European ecological restoration initiatives". Isn't that a claim to being comprehensive? Just trying to understand what it gives us.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 17d
Out of how many surveys sent? How did you sample? Is it really "exhaustive"?

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 17d
Just 3 in the UK?

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 17d
"The takeaway from our Norwegian colleagues is clear. We cannot turn back the clock to a time before human influence. "Rewilding" in the sense of abandoning management often leads to the loss of vulnerable species and the overgrowth of cherished landscapes."
Clear misunderstanding of rewilding.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 17d
Think you mean "trash" campers. Genuine wild campers follow the LNT principles lnt.org/why/7-princi...
7 Principles - Leave No Trace
The 7 Principles The 7 Principles of Leave No Trace provide an easily understood framework of minimum impact practices for anyone visiting the outdoors. The Principles can be applied anywhere — from r...
lnt.org

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 17d
So much to unpick in this “info”graphic I really don’t know where to start…

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Rachael Unsworth @leedstours.bsky.social · 18d
Eventbrite research www.eventbrite.com/social-study...:
79% of participants say it's important that events feel spontaneous or unpredictable
44% say spontaneity helps them feel more present ...

My tours are researched & planned but free-flowing & unique to the occasion & participants.
A group of UKREiiF delegates on a walk in Leeds city centre on a sunny morning in May 2025. Leeds Town Hall in the background. The topic - specially for this occasion: "Connecting real estate investment to the wider urban agenda". No property is an island.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 18d
...and today's #Greenland paper
Mikkelsen, N., Carver, S., Woodward, J. and Christiansen, H.H., 2001. Periglacial processes in the Mestersvig region, central East Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 189, pp.115-121. doi.org/10.34194/ggu... geusjournals.org/index.php/gg...

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 18d
Looks like the immediate threat has passed but here's today's #Greenland photo... Steve, Ella and Jan on Summit of Dunottar 1700m, Stauning Alps, NE Greenland, August 1989.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 18d
As I’ve oft pointed out much to their chagrin.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19d
...and today's #Greenland paper
Woodward, J., Carver, S., Kunzendorf, H. and Bennike, O., 2002. Observations of surge periodicity in East Greenland using molybdenum records from marine sediment cores.
doi.org/10.1144/GSL....

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19d
Today's #Greenland picture... icesheet at Kangerlussuaq, 2012

Reposted by Yadvinder Malhi, Mathias Disney, Steve Carver

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Tony Juniper @tonyjuniper.bsky.social · 20d
An across-government technical assessment published today recognises that "nature is the foundation of national security" and that "every critical ecosystem is on a pathway to collapse". A rational response to this would be to get very serious about nature recovery.
www.gov.uk/government/p...
Nature security assessment on global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
This strategic assessment explores how global biodiversity loss and the collapse of critical ecosystems could affect the UK’s resilience, security and prosperity.
www.gov.uk