Jed Soleiman
@jedsol.bsky.social
DPhil student with @naturerecovery.bsky.social at Oxford Uni. Working on soils and their ecology under potential nature recovery land uses in the UK!
Rewilding 🐾 Regen ag 👨🌾
Rewilding 🐾 Regen ag 👨🌾
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Jed Soleiman
@jedsol.bsky.social
· Apr 3
Is #RegenerativeAgriculture the solution to delivering for both food and nature?
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
A long time in the making but so excited this is now out! Fortunately a co-author on this report helping underline the importance regen ag has in the UK, especially for nature recovery and farming. Hopefully this can help affect some policy levers!
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Having had time to digest the new BNG consultation, I am *astounded* at the proposed changes to the small sites metric (SSM). If the changes are implemented, the SSM could apply to developments up to 49 dwellings/1ha - affecting a lot of developments! 1/ consult.defra.gov.uk/defra-biodiv...
consult.defra.gov.uk
June 3, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Having had time to digest the new BNG consultation, I am *astounded* at the proposed changes to the small sites metric (SSM). If the changes are implemented, the SSM could apply to developments up to 49 dwellings/1ha - affecting a lot of developments! 1/ consult.defra.gov.uk/defra-biodiv...
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Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves around the world are emptied of insects - with rising temperatures joining habitat destruction as likely causes:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Half the tree of life’: ecologists’ horror as nature reserves are emptied of insects
A new point in history has been reached, entomologists say, as climate-led species’ collapse moves up the food chain even in supposedly protected regions free of pesticides
www.theguardian.com
June 3, 2025 at 7:21 AM
Ecologists’ horror as nature reserves around the world are emptied of insects - with rising temperatures joining habitat destruction as likely causes:
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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What fungi live deep in the Earth’s grassland soils? We joined @hhwalter.bsky.social in Manu National Park in Peru to sample mycorrhizal fungi in high-altitude grasslands.
This project with Fungi Foundation explores how deep soil fungi help regulate the Earth's carbon cycle.
🌍 #BiodiversityDay
This project with Fungi Foundation explores how deep soil fungi help regulate the Earth's carbon cycle.
🌍 #BiodiversityDay
May 22, 2025 at 2:11 PM
What fungi live deep in the Earth’s grassland soils? We joined @hhwalter.bsky.social in Manu National Park in Peru to sample mycorrhizal fungi in high-altitude grasslands.
This project with Fungi Foundation explores how deep soil fungi help regulate the Earth's carbon cycle.
🌍 #BiodiversityDay
This project with Fungi Foundation explores how deep soil fungi help regulate the Earth's carbon cycle.
🌍 #BiodiversityDay
Am excited to be speaking at this online event on the 5th June discussing possible hopes to ending the UK's status as one of the world's most nature depleted nations - listen in with a free sign up at the link below for a webinar that is sure to provoke some interesting discussion!
Improving Biodiversity in the UK: What hope for ending the UK’s status as one of the world’s most nature depleted countries? | Public Policy Exchange
According to research using the Biodiversity Intactness Index (BII), the UK is within the lowest 12% of global countries and territories in terms of biodiversity intactness. According to BII, the UK h
www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk
May 20, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Am excited to be speaking at this online event on the 5th June discussing possible hopes to ending the UK's status as one of the world's most nature depleted nations - listen in with a free sign up at the link below for a webinar that is sure to provoke some interesting discussion!
It was extremely heartening to see and meet so many scientists out at Parliament today protesting to bring @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social and ensure our rapid response to the climate and nature crisis - I've contacted and green carded my MP, have you?
May 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
It was extremely heartening to see and meet so many scientists out at Parliament today protesting to bring @sciencetopolitics.bsky.social and ensure our rapid response to the climate and nature crisis - I've contacted and green carded my MP, have you?
Hopefully see you there!
Bring Science to Politics - for Climate, Nature & Our Survival
@sciencetopolitics.bsky.social
· May 9
Are you a scientist? Want evidence-based policies, for climate, Nature and, ultimately, survival?
Then join 150+ including @mikebernerslee.bsky.social to "Bring Science to Politics" on Tuesday
⁉️ Info: tinyurl.com/Scientists2025
🥼 Make sure you sign up for full details: tinyurl.com/SciParl25
Then join 150+ including @mikebernerslee.bsky.social to "Bring Science to Politics" on Tuesday
⁉️ Info: tinyurl.com/Scientists2025
🥼 Make sure you sign up for full details: tinyurl.com/SciParl25
May 12, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Hopefully see you there!
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1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
May 11, 2025 at 8:55 AM
1. This is Piles Copse, the largest remaining fragment of high-ground temperate rainforest on Dartmoor. It’s a tiny speck of green in a dismal, human-made desert. Prepare yourselves for a story of breathtaking perversity, told in this thread. (There’s a one-page version at the bottom). 🧵
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It’s official! 🎉
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will host #IPBES12, which will be held from 3 to 8 February 2026. Additional info will be communicated in the coming weeks.🌍🧪
www.ipbes.net/notification...
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will host #IPBES12, which will be held from 3 to 8 February 2026. Additional info will be communicated in the coming weeks.🌍🧪
www.ipbes.net/notification...
May 1, 2025 at 12:03 PM
It’s official! 🎉
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will host #IPBES12, which will be held from 3 to 8 February 2026. Additional info will be communicated in the coming weeks.🌍🧪
www.ipbes.net/notification...
The Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland will host #IPBES12, which will be held from 3 to 8 February 2026. Additional info will be communicated in the coming weeks.🌍🧪
www.ipbes.net/notification...
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'What’s the problem? Well, pretty much everything. These aren’t species returned from extinction.'
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️
Why ‘de-extinct’ dire wolves are a Trojan horse to hide humanity’s destruction of nature
Extinction is, for the time being, forever – and a symptom of our global economic system.
theconversation.com
April 15, 2025 at 9:22 AM
'What’s the problem? Well, pretty much everything. These aren’t species returned from extinction.'
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️
@oxfordgeography.bsky.social's Dr Richard Grenyer argues that extinction is, for the time being, a symptom of our global economic system ⬇️
Excited to share a new #paper I co-authored with colleagues Joe Boyle, Jamie Bolam, and lead author Haoran Wu at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social and @naturerecovery.bsky.social, discussing the incorporation of the complexity sciences within #conservation and #naturerecovery practices. Link below 👇
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April 30, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Excited to share a new #paper I co-authored with colleagues Joe Boyle, Jamie Bolam, and lead author Haoran Wu at @oxfordgeography.bsky.social and @naturerecovery.bsky.social, discussing the incorporation of the complexity sciences within #conservation and #naturerecovery practices. Link below 👇
A brilliant video from @naturerecovery.bsky.social for #EarthDay2025 highlighting all our work across Oxfordshire, exemplifying how NR can be done nationwide - check out the link below ⬇️
This #earthday2025 we are thrilled to share some of the #Naturerecovery projects we have been working on with local partners in #Oxfordshire youtu.be/Yy1wRYRBtto
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
@ecioxford.bsky.social @ox.ac.uk
HERO short
YouTube video by Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery
youtu.be
April 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A brilliant video from @naturerecovery.bsky.social for #EarthDay2025 highlighting all our work across Oxfordshire, exemplifying how NR can be done nationwide - check out the link below ⬇️
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A 450-yo oak is felled without permission by a Toby Carvery (don’t eat there), who falsely claimed it was "dead".
A tree alive when The Gunpowder Plot was hatched, which supports a web of 2000+ species, is in pieces.
Legal protection for heritage trees needed.
enfielddispatch.co.uk/toby-carvery...
A tree alive when The Gunpowder Plot was hatched, which supports a web of 2000+ species, is in pieces.
Legal protection for heritage trees needed.
enfielddispatch.co.uk/toby-carvery...
Toby Carvery admits felling ancient Whitewebbs oak tree
The owner of the pub chain falsely claimed the tree was dead as justification for the felling which has shocked local people and prompted outrage from conservationists across the country
enfielddispatch.co.uk
April 15, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A 450-yo oak is felled without permission by a Toby Carvery (don’t eat there), who falsely claimed it was "dead".
A tree alive when The Gunpowder Plot was hatched, which supports a web of 2000+ species, is in pieces.
Legal protection for heritage trees needed.
enfielddispatch.co.uk/toby-carvery...
A tree alive when The Gunpowder Plot was hatched, which supports a web of 2000+ species, is in pieces.
Legal protection for heritage trees needed.
enfielddispatch.co.uk/toby-carvery...
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📢 @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: MPs must pause Part III of the Planning Bill—consult widely—and align it with the spirit and substance of the Environment Act and #CANBill. Housing’s urgent—but it doesn’t need to happen at #nature’s expense. Nature isn’t a “nice to have”. It’s all we have.
April 15, 2025 at 7:06 PM
📢 @ejmilnergulland.bsky.social: MPs must pause Part III of the Planning Bill—consult widely—and align it with the spirit and substance of the Environment Act and #CANBill. Housing’s urgent—but it doesn’t need to happen at #nature’s expense. Nature isn’t a “nice to have”. It’s all we have.
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Congrats to Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery researcher, @jedsol.bsky.social for his work on this timely report. @ecioxford.bsky.social
Is #RegenerativeAgriculture the solution to delivering for both food and nature?
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
April 2, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Congrats to Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery researcher, @jedsol.bsky.social for his work on this timely report. @ecioxford.bsky.social
A long time in the making but so excited this is now out! Fortunately a co-author on this report helping underline the importance regen ag has in the UK, especially for nature recovery and farming. Hopefully this can help affect some policy levers!
Is #RegenerativeAgriculture the solution to delivering for both food and nature?
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
A new report by the British Ecological Society brings together 40 academics, practitioners and farmers across the UK to explore the evidence. 👇
https://shorturl.at/s9TM4
April 3, 2025 at 8:47 AM
A long time in the making but so excited this is now out! Fortunately a co-author on this report helping underline the importance regen ag has in the UK, especially for nature recovery and farming. Hopefully this can help affect some policy levers!
Amazing work by everyone and can't wait to see even more on day 2! #BES2024
What a great first day of #BES2024! The turn out to our talks was incredible, thank you for your feedback and questions! We learnt so much from the other sessions and talks during the day. Day two, let's go! @ymalhi.bsky.social @jedsol.bsky.social @davbauman.bsky.social @navarrosales.bsky.social
December 12, 2024 at 8:44 AM
Amazing work by everyone and can't wait to see even more on day 2! #BES2024
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We are headed to @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Annual Meeting 2024! Look out for our team of Ecosystems researchers who will be giving some fascinating talks throughout the week, starting with two talks tomorrow by Prof. Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social and Jed Soleiman @jedsol.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 1:47 PM
We are headed to @britishecolsoc.bsky.social Annual Meeting 2024! Look out for our team of Ecosystems researchers who will be giving some fascinating talks throughout the week, starting with two talks tomorrow by Prof. Yadvinder Malhi @ymalhi.bsky.social and Jed Soleiman @jedsol.bsky.social
Can't wait to be talking about this work at #BES24 next week in Liverpool! Come say hi if you're there 🍄
#Rewilding has seen success above-ground, but little attention has been paid to below-ground communities. This #worldsoilday we focus on the importance of mycorrhizal communities, through @jedsol.bsky.social research at the Knepp Wildland. @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
Revealing the compositional and functional responses of mycorrhizal fungi to rewilding at the Knepp Wildland
Using novel eDNA methods to understand if rewilding is also serving below-ground communities, focusing on 'keystone' mycorrhizal communities and their functions.
www.naturerecovery.ox.ac.uk
December 5, 2024 at 4:30 PM
Can't wait to be talking about this work at #BES24 next week in Liverpool! Come say hi if you're there 🍄
Thank you @naturerecovery.bsky.social ! It's so important we bring more focus to the soil ecosystem and help demonstrate it's so much more than just a medium - happy #WorldSoilDay ! 🪱🪲
December 5, 2024 at 3:10 PM
Thank you @naturerecovery.bsky.social ! It's so important we bring more focus to the soil ecosystem and help demonstrate it's so much more than just a medium - happy #WorldSoilDay ! 🪱🪲
Gorgeous morning in the Cotswolds doing some soil respiration at FarmED for our @naturerecovery.bsky.social project looking at energy flows between regen ag vs conventional - watch this space! #soil #naturerecovery 🪱🐛
December 4, 2024 at 8:22 AM
Gorgeous morning in the Cotswolds doing some soil respiration at FarmED for our @naturerecovery.bsky.social project looking at energy flows between regen ag vs conventional - watch this space! #soil #naturerecovery 🪱🐛
Haven't posted in a while as I've been very busy with fieldwork and soil fauna ID - thought I'd share some of my favourite pics here! Will update this thread as I find more 🪱🐛
November 20, 2024 at 2:32 PM
Haven't posted in a while as I've been very busy with fieldwork and soil fauna ID - thought I'd share some of my favourite pics here! Will update this thread as I find more 🪱🐛
We were able to see the aurora even in London last night! A spectacular show 🌅
May 11, 2024 at 6:29 AM
We were able to see the aurora even in London last night! A spectacular show 🌅
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Huge win for our seabirds!
All Scottish waters and the English North Sea are now CLOSED to industrial sandeel trawling.
That means more fish for seabird beaks.
After a quarter century of campaigning, we're delighted the UK and Scottish Governments have put these closures in place.
All Scottish waters and the English North Sea are now CLOSED to industrial sandeel trawling.
That means more fish for seabird beaks.
After a quarter century of campaigning, we're delighted the UK and Scottish Governments have put these closures in place.
March 26, 2024 at 9:57 AM
Huge win for our seabirds!
All Scottish waters and the English North Sea are now CLOSED to industrial sandeel trawling.
That means more fish for seabird beaks.
After a quarter century of campaigning, we're delighted the UK and Scottish Governments have put these closures in place.
All Scottish waters and the English North Sea are now CLOSED to industrial sandeel trawling.
That means more fish for seabird beaks.
After a quarter century of campaigning, we're delighted the UK and Scottish Governments have put these closures in place.
This was a captivating talk that I had the pleasure of hosting on Edith's work recording and visualising the behaviour and decision making of soil biodiversity - not one to miss, watch below!
Did you miss the fascinating talk on Friday from Edith Hammer on the development of 'Soil Chips' that allow for real time video capture of microbial behaviour and decision making, you can watch it here.
youtu.be/ro0rBc8pTns
youtu.be/ro0rBc8pTns
March 11, 2024 at 6:59 PM
This was a captivating talk that I had the pleasure of hosting on Edith's work recording and visualising the behaviour and decision making of soil biodiversity - not one to miss, watch below!