Toryn Whitehead
@torynwhead.bsky.social
PhD Researcher in human-wildlife coexistence and shifting baseline syndrome @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social. Parlimentary Research Intern. Certified mediator. He/Him. Views my own. 🐗🐈🐺🇪🇪🏴
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Why are debates on lynx and wolf reintroductions so polarised?
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and WildCRU's Darragh Hare why discussions about bringing back large carnivores can be characterised by myths and wishful thinking.
👉https://bit.ly/4iI2s9D
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and WildCRU's Darragh Hare why discussions about bringing back large carnivores can be characterised by myths and wishful thinking.
👉https://bit.ly/4iI2s9D
@biology.ox.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Why are debates on lynx and wolf reintroductions so polarised?
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and WildCRU's Darragh Hare why discussions about bringing back large carnivores can be characterised by myths and wishful thinking.
👉https://bit.ly/4iI2s9D
@biology.ox.ac.uk
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and WildCRU's Darragh Hare why discussions about bringing back large carnivores can be characterised by myths and wishful thinking.
👉https://bit.ly/4iI2s9D
@biology.ox.ac.uk
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In Scotland, efforts to introduce species that have been absent for hundreds of years have led to conflict and two major schools of thought: romantic and cynical.
What are the causes and drivers of these debates?
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and Darragh Hare.
👉 tinyurl.com/mrx9zsae
What are the causes and drivers of these debates?
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and Darragh Hare.
👉 tinyurl.com/mrx9zsae
April 29, 2025 at 11:09 AM
In Scotland, efforts to introduce species that have been absent for hundreds of years have led to conflict and two major schools of thought: romantic and cynical.
What are the causes and drivers of these debates?
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and Darragh Hare.
👉 tinyurl.com/mrx9zsae
What are the causes and drivers of these debates?
Find out from @torynwhead.bsky.social and Darragh Hare.
👉 tinyurl.com/mrx9zsae
🚨 New paper! 🚨
The #lynx and #wolf have been extinct in #Scotland for over 400 years. Could divisions over their #reintroduction, linked to #rewilding, be in part the product of shifting baseline syndrome? 🐺
Check out this new paper to find out 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The #lynx and #wolf have been extinct in #Scotland for over 400 years. Could divisions over their #reintroduction, linked to #rewilding, be in part the product of shifting baseline syndrome? 🐺
Check out this new paper to find out 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
A shifting baseline theory of debates over potential lynx and wolf reintroductions to Scotland - Ambio
In Scotland, efforts to reintroduce extirpated species have been marred by guerrilla rewilding and social conflicts. We ask whether these conflicts could at least in part be the product of shifting ba...
link.springer.com
April 23, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🚨 New paper! 🚨
The #lynx and #wolf have been extinct in #Scotland for over 400 years. Could divisions over their #reintroduction, linked to #rewilding, be in part the product of shifting baseline syndrome? 🐺
Check out this new paper to find out 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The #lynx and #wolf have been extinct in #Scotland for over 400 years. Could divisions over their #reintroduction, linked to #rewilding, be in part the product of shifting baseline syndrome? 🐺
Check out this new paper to find out 👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Check out this new article on WILD #beavers in England and make sure you tune in at 11:05am to hear @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social ask an oral question to the government on this very topic 🦫🔎
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
February 27, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Check out this new article on WILD #beavers in England and make sure you tune in at 11:05am to hear @nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social ask an oral question to the government on this very topic 🦫🔎
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
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Today in #HouseofLords 11.05am have an Oral Question on licencing WILD beaver releases
@beavertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #biodiversity
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
@beavertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #biodiversity
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
✍️ We urgently need a wild beaver licencing framework
Beavers provide key ecological benefits, but government licencing delays hinder their potential for flood control and environmental restoration
By Natalie Bennett and Toryn Whitehead
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@torynwhead.bsky.social
Beavers provide key ecological benefits, but government licencing delays hinder their potential for flood control and environmental restoration
By Natalie Bennett and Toryn Whitehead
@nataliegreenpeer.bsky.social
@torynwhead.bsky.social
We urgently need a wild beaver licencing framework and national strategy in England
Beavers provide key ecological benefits, but government licencing delays hinder their potential for flood control and environmental restoration
yorkshirebylines.co.uk
February 27, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Today in #HouseofLords 11.05am have an Oral Question on licencing WILD beaver releases
@beavertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #biodiversity
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
@beavertrust.bsky.social @the-wildlifetrusts.bsky.social #biodiversity
parliamentlive.tv/Lords
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Today at #COP16, discussions on how to realise the #KunmingMontrealGBF are resumed. The framework recognises the stewardship of "Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities". But, "Who is local, and what do they know?" 👉https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10797 @ipbes.net #CBD
February 25, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Today at #COP16, discussions on how to realise the #KunmingMontrealGBF are resumed. The framework recognises the stewardship of "Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities". But, "Who is local, and what do they know?" 👉https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/pan3.10797 @ipbes.net #CBD
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If you were thinking of getting my book but just needed that little extra nudge, Waterstones is doing 25% off pre-orders at the moment!
February 22, 2025 at 5:05 PM
If you were thinking of getting my book but just needed that little extra nudge, Waterstones is doing 25% off pre-orders at the moment!
Chuffed to be able to share the first publication from my PhD! Illegal reintroductions of #lynx are irresponsible and the wrong path forward for #rewilding in #Scotland
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Illegal reintroductions of lynx are irresponsible and the wrong path forward for rewilding in Scotland - Ambio
In January 2025 four Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) were illegally released into the Cairngorms National Park in the Scottish Highlands. All four animals were subsequently captured but unfortunately one ly...
link.springer.com
February 22, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Chuffed to be able to share the first publication from my PhD! Illegal reintroductions of #lynx are irresponsible and the wrong path forward for #rewilding in #Scotland
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...