EcosystemEngineer
@ecosystemengineer.bsky.social
Sam Osborne
Advocating for all herbivores and megaherbivores, forest structures, vegetation structures, fast-track structural renovations, restoring ungulate migrations throughout all of Europe and beyond.
Advocating for all herbivores and megaherbivores, forest structures, vegetation structures, fast-track structural renovations, restoring ungulate migrations throughout all of Europe and beyond.
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It's #PalaeoPercs day! Join us at 1000 UTC to learn more about stromatolites and research opportunities in China with Viplove Rajurkar from Tongji University, China!
November 11, 2025 at 5:20 AM
It's #PalaeoPercs day! Join us at 1000 UTC to learn more about stromatolites and research opportunities in China with Viplove Rajurkar from Tongji University, China!
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🌳This #WorldEcologyDay, remember: forests are Earth's ecological backbone!
They regulate climate, purify water, house 80% of terrestrial biodiversity & sustain 1.6 billion livelihood.
Find out how we measure forest health before it's too late👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #Forestryresearch
They regulate climate, purify water, house 80% of terrestrial biodiversity & sustain 1.6 billion livelihood.
Find out how we measure forest health before it's too late👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #Forestryresearch
November 2, 2025 at 6:25 AM
🌳This #WorldEcologyDay, remember: forests are Earth's ecological backbone!
They regulate climate, purify water, house 80% of terrestrial biodiversity & sustain 1.6 billion livelihood.
Find out how we measure forest health before it's too late👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #Forestryresearch
They regulate climate, purify water, house 80% of terrestrial biodiversity & sustain 1.6 billion livelihood.
Find out how we measure forest health before it's too late👇
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#JFR #Forestryresearch
Regen ag is not a product of BigAg, it's a grass roots movement that's embarrassing a lot of so called experts.
I suggest @ipes-food.org get back in their tank and do some proper thinking.
Then maybe we might make some progress.
I suggest @ipes-food.org get back in their tank and do some proper thinking.
Then maybe we might make some progress.
As #COP30 approaches, look out for these #BigAg greenwashing terms:🧹❎
⚠️ Regenerative Agriculture
⚠️ Tropical Agriculture
⚠️ No Additional Warming
⚠️ Bioeconomy
⚠️ We Feed the World
⚠️ Efficiency Is Enough
Remember: industrial food systems drive 1/3 of global warming & 40% of petrochemicals.
⚠️ Regenerative Agriculture
⚠️ Tropical Agriculture
⚠️ No Additional Warming
⚠️ Bioeconomy
⚠️ We Feed the World
⚠️ Efficiency Is Enough
Remember: industrial food systems drive 1/3 of global warming & 40% of petrochemicals.
🔴 NEW 🔴
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
From regenerative agriculture to ‘efficiency is enough' and ‘we feed the world’ narratives - check out these 8 big greenwashing terms ahead of COP30 👇
📝 by @rachelsherrington.bsky.social & @hazelhealy.bsky.social
www.desmog.com/2025/10/26/b...
October 31, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Regen ag is not a product of BigAg, it's a grass roots movement that's embarrassing a lot of so called experts.
I suggest @ipes-food.org get back in their tank and do some proper thinking.
Then maybe we might make some progress.
I suggest @ipes-food.org get back in their tank and do some proper thinking.
Then maybe we might make some progress.
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❗️🦦 Angriff auf den Artenschutz: Kürzlich sprach #Aiwanger beim Fischereitag in Oberbayern davon, den #Fischotter Schutzstatus „wie beim Wolf“ senken zu wollen. Montag gab Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister #Rainer der bayrischen Mediengruppe auf dem Weg zum EU-Agrarrat ein ganz ähnliches Statement. 😠1/x
October 30, 2025 at 11:57 AM
❗️🦦 Angriff auf den Artenschutz: Kürzlich sprach #Aiwanger beim Fischereitag in Oberbayern davon, den #Fischotter Schutzstatus „wie beim Wolf“ senken zu wollen. Montag gab Bundeslandwirtschaftsminister #Rainer der bayrischen Mediengruppe auf dem Weg zum EU-Agrarrat ein ganz ähnliches Statement. 😠1/x
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Restoring wild rivers and wild trout youtube.com/watch?v=NH1W...
Reimagining rivers and trout fisheries: evidence-based conservation in action
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
youtube.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Restoring wild rivers and wild trout youtube.com/watch?v=NH1W...
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The EU aims to renovate millions of old buildings. But frequently the opposite happens: existing houses are demolished & replaced by new builds.
This virtually uncontrolled demolition frenzy jeopardizes Europe's renovation plans, impacting climate, nature & tenants
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
This virtually uncontrolled demolition frenzy jeopardizes Europe's renovation plans, impacting climate, nature & tenants
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
“Every minute, a building in Europe is destroyed”
EU pushes renovation, yet demolitions rise. CORRECTIV investigates missing data on torn-down buildings across Europe.
correctiv.org
October 29, 2025 at 8:45 AM
The EU aims to renovate millions of old buildings. But frequently the opposite happens: existing houses are demolished & replaced by new builds.
This virtually uncontrolled demolition frenzy jeopardizes Europe's renovation plans, impacting climate, nature & tenants
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
This virtually uncontrolled demolition frenzy jeopardizes Europe's renovation plans, impacting climate, nature & tenants
correctiv.org/en/europe/20...
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Just looked at the site full of details of large mammal migrations in Wyoming. Really interesting
The topic of migrating herbivores should be on everone's radar.
If it's not, then please watch this excellent video from Bill Sutherland and give the Wyoming Migration Initiative a follow @wyo-migrations.bsky.social
Restoring herbivore migrations will fix a whole heap of problems.
If it's not, then please watch this excellent video from Bill Sutherland and give the Wyoming Migration Initiative a follow @wyo-migrations.bsky.social
Restoring herbivore migrations will fix a whole heap of problems.
Video considering the ecology and challenges of seasonal migration, such as by Mongolian gazelles, and the similar practicalities of herders undergoing large-scale migrations with horses or other stock - learning from the expert Davaakhuu Danzannyam youtu.be/H2QqscK3ErY?...
October 28, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Just looked at the site full of details of large mammal migrations in Wyoming. Really interesting
Curdled shepherd's cheese with dried thistle flowers cooked slowly at home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzQ...
QUESO de PASTOR cuajado con la flor seca del CARDO al fuego lento del hogar
YouTube video by Eugenio Monesma - Documentales
www.youtube.com
October 27, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Curdled shepherd's cheese with dried thistle flowers cooked slowly at home
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzQ...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGzQ...
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Airborne laser scanning reveals stone walls stretching several kilometers across Europe's Karst Plateau, on the border between Slovenia and Italy, likely built over 4,000 years ago to herd and corral red deer—a legacy of coordinated hunting. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/urYx50Xir5z
October 27, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Airborne laser scanning reveals stone walls stretching several kilometers across Europe's Karst Plateau, on the border between Slovenia and Italy, likely built over 4,000 years ago to herd and corral red deer—a legacy of coordinated hunting. In PNAS: https://ow.ly/urYx50Xir5z
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New research using 46 GPS datasets from 17 wildlife species to validate our pan-Canadian connectivity model rdcu.be/eMWN5
October 27, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New research using 46 GPS datasets from 17 wildlife species to validate our pan-Canadian connectivity model rdcu.be/eMWN5
The topic of migrating herbivores should be on everone's radar.
If it's not, then please watch this excellent video from Bill Sutherland and give the Wyoming Migration Initiative a follow @wyo-migrations.bsky.social
Restoring herbivore migrations will fix a whole heap of problems.
If it's not, then please watch this excellent video from Bill Sutherland and give the Wyoming Migration Initiative a follow @wyo-migrations.bsky.social
Restoring herbivore migrations will fix a whole heap of problems.
Video considering the ecology and challenges of seasonal migration, such as by Mongolian gazelles, and the similar practicalities of herders undergoing large-scale migrations with horses or other stock - learning from the expert Davaakhuu Danzannyam youtu.be/H2QqscK3ErY?...
Migration and transhumance: the patterns of movement across landscapes
YouTube video by Bill Sutherland's Conservation Concepts
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October 27, 2025 at 5:37 PM
The topic of migrating herbivores should be on everone's radar.
If it's not, then please watch this excellent video from Bill Sutherland and give the Wyoming Migration Initiative a follow @wyo-migrations.bsky.social
Restoring herbivore migrations will fix a whole heap of problems.
If it's not, then please watch this excellent video from Bill Sutherland and give the Wyoming Migration Initiative a follow @wyo-migrations.bsky.social
Restoring herbivore migrations will fix a whole heap of problems.
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God, #waxcaps are just fabulous aren’t they?
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
October 26, 2025 at 8:49 AM
God, #waxcaps are just fabulous aren’t they?
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
And if their grasslands get damaged they are gone. Like ‘20 years for partial recovery but maybe no coming back’ gone
Makes me both full of awe (that they still exist at all, let alone in number) and so bloody scared for their future
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Thank you HN and JCS.
Next step: Elephant rewilding in temperate ecosystems; Europe & N. America.
This could initially be explored by assisting and expanding existing elephant sanctuaries: (Elephant Haven France, Pangea Trust Portugal, Elephant Sanctuary Tennessee).
Next step: Elephant rewilding in temperate ecosystems; Europe & N. America.
This could initially be explored by assisting and expanding existing elephant sanctuaries: (Elephant Haven France, Pangea Trust Portugal, Elephant Sanctuary Tennessee).
October 21, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Thank you HN and JCS.
Next step: Elephant rewilding in temperate ecosystems; Europe & N. America.
This could initially be explored by assisting and expanding existing elephant sanctuaries: (Elephant Haven France, Pangea Trust Portugal, Elephant Sanctuary Tennessee).
Next step: Elephant rewilding in temperate ecosystems; Europe & N. America.
This could initially be explored by assisting and expanding existing elephant sanctuaries: (Elephant Haven France, Pangea Trust Portugal, Elephant Sanctuary Tennessee).
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New paper - “Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain” - Fleiss - 2025 - Ecological Solutions and Evidence - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain
Natural colonisation can successfully create structurally diverse, locally adapted woodlands in Britain, but the outcomes of this process can vary considerably. Combining natural colonisation and tre....
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:45 PM
New paper - “Creating woodland through natural processes: Current understanding and knowledge gaps in Great Britain” - Fleiss - 2025 - Ecological Solutions and Evidence - besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @forestresearchuk.bsky.social
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Paper & incredible science alert: Our assistant professor @laurastidsholt.bsky.social & a passionate team @elena-tena.bsky.social @ebdonana.bsky.social found proof for greater nocturnal #bats 🦇 preying on migratory birds 🐦 AND devouring them in flight! #bioacoustics
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
October 22, 2025 at 6:21 AM
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Beaver, the engineer; a keystone species helping landscapes navigate drought.
Bear and fox tracks nearby, cows and sheep grazing around. Near Sfântu Gheorghe.
Bear and fox tracks nearby, cows and sheep grazing around. Near Sfântu Gheorghe.
October 18, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Beaver, the engineer; a keystone species helping landscapes navigate drought.
Bear and fox tracks nearby, cows and sheep grazing around. Near Sfântu Gheorghe.
Bear and fox tracks nearby, cows and sheep grazing around. Near Sfântu Gheorghe.
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🦣 New paper: Megafauna with large size & flat-footedness + less related to tropical African/Asian fauna were more likely to go extinct in recent prehistory; consistent w direct hunting including pre-sapiens human filtering👣👉 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
Phylogenetic Evidence Supports the Effect of Traits on Late‐Quaternary Megafauna Extinction in the Context of Human Activity
Aim The late-Quaternary extinctions, which affected primarily large mammals, are strongly connected to the migration of modern humans out of sub-Saharan Africa and tropical Asia (the Palaeotropics),...
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 5:22 AM
🦣 New paper: Megafauna with large size & flat-footedness + less related to tropical African/Asian fauna were more likely to go extinct in recent prehistory; consistent w direct hunting including pre-sapiens human filtering👣👉 doi.org/10.1111/geb....
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
#Megafauna #Extinction #TraitEcology #Palaeoecology
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Years of elephant movement data reveal distinct routes the animals take to access food and water, but road building and new rail lines, towns, cities and fences are increasingly cutting off their ability to move across the landscape.
Migrating elephants get room to roam via community conservation efforts
The regularly used airstrip outside the town of Archers Post, in northern Kenya, was closed after being damaged in heavy rains, so my flight landed at an even tinier dirt airstrip on the other side…
news.mongabay.com
October 15, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Years of elephant movement data reveal distinct routes the animals take to access food and water, but road building and new rail lines, towns, cities and fences are increasingly cutting off their ability to move across the landscape.
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Interesting! Modern hippos lived in Central Europe during the last ice age 🦏🦏🦣https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/pressreleases/detail/2025-10-09-hippos-lived-in-europe-in-the-last-ice-age #megafauna
October 10, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Interesting! Modern hippos lived in Central Europe during the last ice age 🦏🦏🦣https://www.uni-potsdam.de/en/pressreleases/detail/2025-10-09-hippos-lived-in-europe-in-the-last-ice-age #megafauna
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"Pleistocene and early Holocene megafaunal extinctions can stimulate us to reevaluate what is natural in the world and what sort of natures we seek to conserve or restore. If we accept the increasing evidence for a strong human role in these early extinctions, it forces a look inwards and 1/2
Megafauna and ecosystem function from the Pleistocene to the Anthropocene | PNAS
Large herbivores and carnivores (the megafauna) have been in a state of decline and
extinction since the Late Pleistocene, both on land and more re...
www.pnas.org
August 20, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Pleistocene and early Holocene megafaunal extinctions can stimulate us to reevaluate what is natural in the world and what sort of natures we seek to conserve or restore. If we accept the increasing evidence for a strong human role in these early extinctions, it forces a look inwards and 1/2
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Food production for people (food forests) can overlap with natural biodiversity.
"In Ecuador, the figure is striking: 99% of all Afro-descendant land is in biodiversity hotspots, while in Colombia almost 92% of Afro-descendant lands are in the top 5% of areas for biodiversity."
"In Ecuador, the figure is striking: 99% of all Afro-descendant land is in biodiversity hotspots, while in Colombia almost 92% of Afro-descendant lands are in the top 5% of areas for biodiversity."
Fascinating article: Afro-descendant communities manage rich food forests across 2M km² in Latin America—yet only 5% are legally recognized. These biodiverse landscapes store carbon, curb deforestation & reflect a deep legacy of resistance. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
‘Food forests are everything’: creating edible landscapes helps nature thrive in Afro-descendant lands
Agroforestry systems in Latin America practised by local communities are a boon to biodiversity, according to research
www.theguardian.com
October 6, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Food production for people (food forests) can overlap with natural biodiversity.
"In Ecuador, the figure is striking: 99% of all Afro-descendant land is in biodiversity hotspots, while in Colombia almost 92% of Afro-descendant lands are in the top 5% of areas for biodiversity."
"In Ecuador, the figure is striking: 99% of all Afro-descendant land is in biodiversity hotspots, while in Colombia almost 92% of Afro-descendant lands are in the top 5% of areas for biodiversity."
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Extinct megafauna dominated human subsistence in southern South America before 11,600 years ago
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Extinct megafauna dominated human subsistence in southern South America before 11,600 years ago
The high position of megafauna among the hunting prey of humans in South America reinforces their central role in extinctions.
www.science.org
October 2, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Extinct megafauna dominated human subsistence in southern South America before 11,600 years ago
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Science Advances
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2025! ✨🌍
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
September 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
🌍✨ Join us for #ABL2025! ✨🌍
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org
Our annual online conference is on 📅13–14 Nov and it’s completely FREE 🌐 Streamed live on YouTube, accessible worldwide
✅ Abstract submission is now closed. We’re reviewing them and will contact presenters soon
🔗 Registration open for everyone: ablaoc25.sciencesconf.org