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Tom Pratt
@mrtompratt.bsky.social
Chair - Yorkshire Dales Millennium Trust
www.YDMT.org
Interested in:
- Trees 🌳
- Environmentalism 🌍
- Regenerative farming 👨‍🌾
- Rewilding 🦫

All views my own - Based in Yorkshire, UK 💚
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Around the world, 10 cows, 47 pigs, and 2,400 chickens get killed for meat every second
December 6, 2024 at 2:15 PM
December 1, 2024 at 8:18 PM
Tree of the day (plus some winter sunshine)

#trees #treeoftheday #silverbirch #bluesky
November 30, 2024 at 8:40 PM
Great article on the River Ribble and the work of The River Ribble Trust

ribbletrust.org.uk

#rivers #conservation #riverribble
November 30, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Tree of the day - a bit of a moody one from the French Alps

#treeoftheday #trees #alps #france
November 29, 2024 at 9:11 AM
Fantastic list of biology-related starter packs from @blahttodea.bsky.social 👇

#scisky #biology #biosky #metapack
hey everyone! i made a list of some useful starter packs (primarily biology/earth sciences with a few bonus things thrown in) to share with friends who have joined bsky in the last week and thought it may be useful for some people here too! 🌍🧪 #SciSky #BioSky docs.google.com/document/d/1...
Starter packs
BIOLOGY Ecology Macroecology https://go.bsky.app/GBn9pNZ Global ecology https://go.bsky.app/V6tN4cv Trait based ecology and evolution https://go.bsky.app/PThMXeX Invasion biology https://go.b...
docs.google.com
November 29, 2024 at 9:08 AM
Shout out to @restorehabitatuk.bsky.social who’ve just joined. Ccheck them out 👇
🌿 Protecting the UK’s Birds and Wildlife 🌿
We’re dedicated to creating safe havens for goldfinches and other small birds that bring life and color to our countryside. Through conservation efforts, we’re restoring wildflower meadows and enhancing habitats where these birds can thrive.

#conservation
November 28, 2024 at 1:55 PM
November 28, 2024 at 11:36 AM
November 27, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

#booksky
#books
#bookchallenge

Day 1
November 26, 2024 at 8:22 PM
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November 26, 2024 at 6:11 PM
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🌆 The Intercity Network is SO CLOSE!

📍63 of the 70 cities connected
📍94% of routes in the intercity network reviewed
📍76% of routes verified with 3 or more positive reviews!

🟣 Purple routes = done!
🟢 Green routes need you!

buildstories.slowways.org/the-intercity-network-is-so-close/
November 26, 2024 at 11:58 AM
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"National Parks are for people of every class & kind, from every part of the country" - John Dower, 1949

This vision for #NationalParks still resonates with us today & yet we still have a long way to go

We're looking for 2 Trustees to support our work 👇
www.cnp.org.uk/blog/for-a-w...
For a wilder future, National Parks must represent us all
Chief Executive Dr Rose O’Neill reflects on what an increasingly diverse and modern nation needs from National Parks, and how we need to change to deliver it.
www.cnp.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 11:14 AM
Exactly this! If you’re worried about the climate, find some people to work with. Start something new or add your momentum to an existing project. Individual actions are important but collective effort is powerful, rewarding and full of hope💚

#climate #collectivepower
When people ask me: "What can I do as an individual about the climate?" I reply: "Don’t be an individual - work together with others."

Why you should prepare for #climate disasters with your neighbours - an interview with @euronews.com
Why you should prepare for climate disasters with your neighbours
Unsure what you can do about the climate crisis? Community action is key, says the Climate Majority Project.
buff.ly
November 26, 2024 at 10:14 AM
November 26, 2024 at 8:20 AM
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Redwings, goldcrests, maybe a waxwing or few. There are gems in them there bare trees and fields this winter.

www.ywt.org.uk/blog/yorkshi...
Winter flocks to Yorkshire’s countrysides | Yorkshire Wildlife Trust
Take a walk around winter fields or upland fringes, anywhere with a profusion of berries, and there’s a good chance you’ll see flocks of wintering birds darting in tiny shoals between bushes and trees...
www.ywt.org.uk
November 26, 2024 at 8:08 AM
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Please help the Bylines Network get over 50K!

Follow @bylinesnetwork.bsky.social

… and share. Thank you. 🙏🏻
November 25, 2024 at 3:23 PM
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A $375M #Indigenous led #conservation deal was just signed in the Northwest Territories of #Canada. The agreement uses a Wall Street-inspired approach to conservation #finance, with 380,000 km2 of #land and #water in its scope

thenarwhal.ca/nwt-pfp-agre...

#indigenouspeople #naturepositive #nature
$375-million Indigenous-led conservation deal signed in N.W.T. | The Narwhal
Nearly 380,000 square kilometres of lands and inland waters in the Northwest Territories could be protected by the agreement
thenarwhal.ca
November 25, 2024 at 4:41 PM
Tree of the day

#treeoftheday #trees
November 25, 2024 at 5:32 PM
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Healthy peatlands are one of our best climate heroes, storing carbon for thousands of years. Healthy peatlands are gloriously mucky. Drained peatlands might grow food for some time but are a massive source of greenhouse gas emissions. Keep bogs wet - please share!
November 24, 2024 at 9:50 PM
During National Tree Week every donation you make to the YDMT Save our Small Woodlands campaign could be doubled, giving our native trees, plants and wildlife across the Yorkshire Dales the best chance to thrive.

donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
November 25, 2024 at 8:55 AM
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This new study suggests that high-quality old grassland may be particularly good at supporting pollinators because diverse food sources provided by such grassland provide additional health benefits.

besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
| Pornon et al. @funecology.bsky.social
Species‐rich old grasslands have beneficial effects on the health and gut microbiome of bumblebees
Read the free Plain Language Summary for this article on the Journal blog.
besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:20 AM
Tree(s) of the day with a touch of crown shyness 🌳☺️

#tree #treeoftheday #crownshyness
November 24, 2024 at 7:56 PM