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Dr. Helen Kopnina @helenkopnina.bsky.social · Mar 6
See our response letter below this Science article Time to fix the biodiversity leak | Science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... thanks to @ianconvery.bsky.social for leading this effort!
Time to fix the biodiversity leak
The risk that locally successful nature conservation may be shifting problems elsewhere can no longer be ignored
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Feb 12
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9.1K views · 159 reactions | European Action Wolves | 🇬🇧 693 scientists and 18 countries unite to sound the alarm! On March 6, Europe may make an ecological mistake: downgrading the grey wolf. A firs...
🇬🇧 693 scientists and 18 countries unite to sound the alarm! On March 6, Europe may make an ecological mistake: downgrading the grey wolf. A first in 50...
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Feb 7
I agree to some extent Peter. My concern is that it sets the bar too low for rewilding in the UK. I accept that rewilding exists on a continuum and we should look to be encouraging/open but livestock/meat production is a red line for me. Anyway…a pint at some point to discuss.

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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Feb 7
Hi Peter, yes I think it is recent. I think they’re doing a good job with restoring the site, but perhaps use regenerative farming or similar? Rewilding seems to be a marketing tool. As Tony Sinclair would say, if rewilding is everything then it is nothing.

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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Feb 7
Yes it does.

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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Feb 7
The air is cool and quiet in the mornings on the Knepp estate in Sussex, England — quiet, that is, except for the lilt of birdsong and the rumbling beat of hooves, as cattle are loaded onto a truck to take them to the abattoir…Agricultural rewilding is an oxymoron.

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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Jan 7
Our recent Ambio paper on integrating coexistence and rewilding - Sally Hawkins @landethics.bsky.social
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Rewilding’s social–ecological aims: Integrating coexistence into a rewilding continuum - Ambio
This paper presents results from a grounded theory study of rewilding aims, addressing calls for broad scale studies of rewilding to contribute to the development of guidelines. The grounded theory dr...
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · Jan 6
Entirely what you'd expect from the NFU but are there other, genuine, conservation issues to consider before more WTE translocations in England & Wales?

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Predictable backlash from NFU to proposed releases of White-tailed Eagles
Last week I wrote a blog about three separate proposals to release White-tailed Eagles in Cumbria, Wales, Severn Estuary and Exmoor National Park in a strategic attempt to bolster and connect the c…
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Lori Lawson Handley @lorihandley.bsky.social · Jan 2
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Raptor Persecution UK @raptorpersuk.bsky.social · Jan 2
Three different project teams looking to release White-tailed Eagles in these areas. If you're local, or a visitor, pls take a few minutes to share your views via the project survey forms (links in blog).

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Public views wanted on plans to release White-tailed eagles in Cumbria, Wales, Severn Estuary & Exmoor
Various separate projects are gaining traction to release White-tailed Eagles (WTE) in Cumbria, Wales, Severn Estuary, and Exmoor National Park in a strategic attempt to bolster and connect the cur…
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Nov 27
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Overruling science is a cause for concern for both wolves and EU decision-making
Could a fear of predators, an innate need for human control and a demand to do as one wishes be behind the wolf's reduced protection?
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Nov 19
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Sustainable cycling scheme aims to coax Carlisle United fans onto two wheels - Business Crack
Carlisle United and the University of Cumbria are collaborating to see if the introduction of secure cycle parking and bike maintenance facilities would encourage more people to ride to Brunton Park o...
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Nov 19

This @IUCN_CEM webinar tmw might be of interest to rewilding colleagues - you can sign up here:
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Ian Convery @ianconvery.bsky.social · Nov 15
Hello BlueSky, let’s start with pine marten www.itv.com/watch/news/p...
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