@stevetrotter1.bsky.social
Nature and its recovery, people, art, historic landscapes. Born 318ppm CO2
Also, chief executive at Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Board member: RSST, CWMET, Nature North; vice-chair North Pennines National Landscape, Great North Bog.
Also, chief executive at Cumbria Wildlife Trust, Board member: RSST, CWMET, Nature North; vice-chair North Pennines National Landscape, Great North Bog.
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🌱 How have governments and statutory agencies failed our protected sites, and what is their “golden opportunity” for recovery?
Meriel Harrison, senior policy officer at @rspb.bsky.social, breaks down the OEP's latest report on protected sites for nature in England⤵️
Meriel Harrison, senior policy officer at @rspb.bsky.social, breaks down the OEP's latest report on protected sites for nature in England⤵️
Governments have a golden opportunity to reverse neglect of UK protected nature sites
This post is by Meriel Harrison, senior policy officer at the RSPB. Earlier this month the Office for Environmental Protection (OEP) published a landmark report. It laid bare the magnitude and exte…
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December 15, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌱 How have governments and statutory agencies failed our protected sites, and what is their “golden opportunity” for recovery?
Meriel Harrison, senior policy officer at @rspb.bsky.social, breaks down the OEP's latest report on protected sites for nature in England⤵️
Meriel Harrison, senior policy officer at @rspb.bsky.social, breaks down the OEP's latest report on protected sites for nature in England⤵️
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It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 11:46 AM
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Couldn't agree more!
Governments have been shambolic in getting this done. It's been so long I've forgotten when a ban was first PROMISED... was it 2010, if not before?
The last Cumbrian peat mining site has now closed but there are still active sites in #Somerset & #DumfriesandGalloway
Governments have been shambolic in getting this done. It's been so long I've forgotten when a ban was first PROMISED... was it 2010, if not before?
The last Cumbrian peat mining site has now closed but there are still active sites in #Somerset & #DumfriesandGalloway
It's ridiculous that the Government *still* haven't banned the sale of peat.
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Peat bogs are still getting dug up and used for compost and in horticulture. Ministers say they'll ban it 'when time allows'.
Get on with it already! Sign the petition:
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 15, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Couldn't agree more!
Governments have been shambolic in getting this done. It's been so long I've forgotten when a ban was first PROMISED... was it 2010, if not before?
The last Cumbrian peat mining site has now closed but there are still active sites in #Somerset & #DumfriesandGalloway
Governments have been shambolic in getting this done. It's been so long I've forgotten when a ban was first PROMISED... was it 2010, if not before?
The last Cumbrian peat mining site has now closed but there are still active sites in #Somerset & #DumfriesandGalloway
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With its magical woodland and walks along the Kent estuary, Grubbins Wood is perfect in December – that's why it's our ✨Reserve of the Month✨
Join Scott, our Southern Reserves Officer, as he shows you around!😄
More info ⬇️
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/grubbins-wood
#Cumbria
Join Scott, our Southern Reserves Officer, as he shows you around!😄
More info ⬇️
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/grubbins-wood
#Cumbria
December 15, 2025 at 7:01 AM
With its magical woodland and walks along the Kent estuary, Grubbins Wood is perfect in December – that's why it's our ✨Reserve of the Month✨
Join Scott, our Southern Reserves Officer, as he shows you around!😄
More info ⬇️
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/grubbins-wood
#Cumbria
Join Scott, our Southern Reserves Officer, as he shows you around!😄
More info ⬇️
www.cumbriawildlifetrust.org.uk/nature-reserves/grubbins-wood
#Cumbria
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“She [Catherine Howard] was bringing forward concerns shared with government departments including the Cabinet Office and the environment department, which said the review could jeopardise trade with the EU and lead to widespread habitat destruction.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 15, 2025 at 7:28 AM
“She [Catherine Howard] was bringing forward concerns shared with government departments including the Cabinet Office and the environment department, which said the review could jeopardise trade with the EU and lead to widespread habitat destruction.” www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
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Soil health is the foundation of biodiversity, yet its degradation is an unpriced risk. NatureHelm helps translating complex data into verifiable intelligence for reporting.https://ap1.hubs.ly/y0nybn0
#SoilBiodiversity #BiodiversityData #NatureHelm
#SoilBiodiversity #BiodiversityData #NatureHelm
December 11, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Soil health is the foundation of biodiversity, yet its degradation is an unpriced risk. NatureHelm helps translating complex data into verifiable intelligence for reporting.https://ap1.hubs.ly/y0nybn0
#SoilBiodiversity #BiodiversityData #NatureHelm
#SoilBiodiversity #BiodiversityData #NatureHelm
It's time for the Gov to stop (ab)using nature as the scapegoat for its planning woes... review after review shows that Nature isn't to blame!
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Reeves’s planning overhaul stalls as senior adviser quits after four months
Exclusive: Catherine Howard’s exit comes amid disagreements at top of government about how far to push deregulation agenda
www.theguardian.com
December 14, 2025 at 10:38 PM
It's time for the Gov to stop (ab)using nature as the scapegoat for its planning woes... review after review shows that Nature isn't to blame!
Yes #SouthWalney is a fab place c/o @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
Walney is about 11 miles long & *very* narrow, so it's really easy to adapt your walk. Add in an extra day to visit
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social's #SouthWalney reserve & see if you can spot some seals! #KingCharlesIIIEnglandCoastPath #KCIIIECP #NationalTrails
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social's #SouthWalney reserve & see if you can spot some seals! #KingCharlesIIIEnglandCoastPath #KCIIIECP #NationalTrails
December 13, 2025 at 11:27 PM
Yes #SouthWalney is a fab place c/o @cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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Nature-friendly farming support—cut.
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
Labour seem determined to wreck what’s left of our natural world. So many broken promises.
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
www.wildlifetrusts.org/news/nightma....
Nightmare before Christmas: worst environmental regression in decades looms | The Wildlife Trusts
Labour’s list of broken promises mounts
www.wildlifetrusts.org
December 11, 2025 at 10:43 PM
Nature-friendly farming support—cut.
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
Biodiversity Net Gain—gutted.
Habitat protections—weakened for development.
But electoral consequences coming.
A third of voters chose candidates based on a party's environmental policies.
@craigbennett3.bsky.social
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Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
Sign the petition to end peat sales!
No more delays: Let's get peat out of gardens once and for all. The time for uncertainty has ended.
actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk
December 11, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Good morning, please can you share this petition by @peatfree.bsky.social to end peat sales - all previous petitions were for the Conservative Government, and we're now close to making this law with Labour so peat habitat can never be used again actnow.peatfreepartnership.org.uk/end-peat-sal...
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Thinking about volunteering?
Take a look at our #volunteering portal for opportunities that match your skill set & time frame & support local charitable organisations in #Cumbria
Some are in person, but some can be done online or digitally, from home!
volunteering.cumbriacvs.org.uk/index-classic
Take a look at our #volunteering portal for opportunities that match your skill set & time frame & support local charitable organisations in #Cumbria
Some are in person, but some can be done online or digitally, from home!
volunteering.cumbriacvs.org.uk/index-classic
December 10, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Thinking about volunteering?
Take a look at our #volunteering portal for opportunities that match your skill set & time frame & support local charitable organisations in #Cumbria
Some are in person, but some can be done online or digitally, from home!
volunteering.cumbriacvs.org.uk/index-classic
Take a look at our #volunteering portal for opportunities that match your skill set & time frame & support local charitable organisations in #Cumbria
Some are in person, but some can be done online or digitally, from home!
volunteering.cumbriacvs.org.uk/index-classic
The Scottish Parliament shames the English Government ... a simple, low cost but effective measure for #swifts
Well done Mark. Thank you. Swifts need all the help they can get.
I’m delighted that my amendment to give swifts a home has won through with x-party support today 🎉
Many thanks to @writerhannahbt @rspbscotland and thousands of individuals who campaigned with me 💚
Many thanks to @writerhannahbt @rspbscotland and thousands of individuals who campaigned with me 💚
December 10, 2025 at 7:51 PM
The Scottish Parliament shames the English Government ... a simple, low cost but effective measure for #swifts
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The new Global Environment Outlook lays out a simple choice for humanity: we can continue down our current path with rising climate impacts, nature loss, degraded land and polluted air - or change direction & secure a healthy planet, people and economies.
More on #GEO7: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
More on #GEO7: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
December 9, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The new Global Environment Outlook lays out a simple choice for humanity: we can continue down our current path with rising climate impacts, nature loss, degraded land and polluted air - or change direction & secure a healthy planet, people and economies.
More on #GEO7: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
More on #GEO7: www.unep.org/news-and-sto...
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Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds #Climate
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds #Climate
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Today at #UNEA7 is Multilateral Environmental Agreements Day.
Leaders and experts are highlighting how cooperation among global environmental agreements drives progress, from cleaner air to thriving ecosystems #ForPeopleForPlanet.
Watch live: https://ow.ly/sUMB50XGw6G
Leaders and experts are highlighting how cooperation among global environmental agreements drives progress, from cleaner air to thriving ecosystems #ForPeopleForPlanet.
Watch live: https://ow.ly/sUMB50XGw6G
December 10, 2025 at 6:50 AM
Today at #UNEA7 is Multilateral Environmental Agreements Day.
Leaders and experts are highlighting how cooperation among global environmental agreements drives progress, from cleaner air to thriving ecosystems #ForPeopleForPlanet.
Watch live: https://ow.ly/sUMB50XGw6G
Leaders and experts are highlighting how cooperation among global environmental agreements drives progress, from cleaner air to thriving ecosystems #ForPeopleForPlanet.
Watch live: https://ow.ly/sUMB50XGw6G
Chris is right... my favourite as I haven’t seen it before was the swimming mole on a rapidly rising tide on a Cheshire Saltmarsh.
CEO Chris' favourite wildlife programme this year was Hamza Yassin's wonderful BBC series Hidden Wild Isles (some was filmed on one of our nature reserves, & he worked with Trustee, filmmaker David Plummer too). Catch it on iPlayer 📷 Nigel Kingston
December 10, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Chris is right... my favourite as I haven’t seen it before was the swimming mole on a rapidly rising tide on a Cheshire Saltmarsh.
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Staggering statistic on the health burden of phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides & “forever chemicals" in the FOOD SYSTEM. Mad
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Synthetic chemicals in food system creating health burden of $2.2tn a year, report finds
Scientists issue urgent warning about chemicals, found to cause cancer and infertility as well as harming environment
www.theguardian.com
December 10, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Staggering statistic on the health burden of phthalates, bisphenols, pesticides & “forever chemicals" in the FOOD SYSTEM. Mad
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
$2.2 trillion is about half the annual healthcare spend of the USA
There's also a further cost of approx $640bn ecological damage
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Golden-eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on an apple tree in the village orchard.
December 9, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Golden-eye Lichen, Teloschisties chrysophthalmus, on an apple tree in the village orchard.
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📣Did you miss today's GSBI Speaks webinar?
No worries! You can find it here, along with all of our previous webinars on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuer...
No worries! You can find it here, along with all of our previous webinars on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuer...
The Ecology of Soil: From Communities to Ecosystems
YouTube video by Global Soil Biodiversity Initiative
www.youtube.com
December 9, 2025 at 8:35 PM
📣Did you miss today's GSBI Speaks webinar?
No worries! You can find it here, along with all of our previous webinars on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuer...
No worries! You can find it here, along with all of our previous webinars on our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zuer...
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Archaeology and biodiversity heading in the same direction? @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social
'Despite repeated calls for action from various sources, peatland archaeological sites continue to deteriorate; the passive strategy of preservation in situ is failing'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Holocene #peat #archaeology
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Holocene #peat #archaeology
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
Last chance to see? The ‘Crisis of Preservation’ and pathways to a sustainable future for Europe’s peatland archaeology
www.cambridge.org
December 9, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Archaeology and biodiversity heading in the same direction? @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social
Yes. @brianecambs.bsky.social Same issue on #Hadrian’sWall - evidence @vindolandatrust.bsky.social that organic artefacts are degrading & being lost as peat dries. Strong suspicions that rewetting & restoration of peat & organic soils will reduce rates of decomposition @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social
Archaeology and biodiversity heading in the same direction? @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social
'Despite repeated calls for action from various sources, peatland archaeological sites continue to deteriorate; the passive strategy of preservation in situ is failing'.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Holocene #peat #archaeology
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
#Holocene #peat #archaeology
December 9, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Yes. @brianecambs.bsky.social Same issue on #Hadrian’sWall - evidence @vindolandatrust.bsky.social that organic artefacts are degrading & being lost as peat dries. Strong suspicions that rewetting & restoration of peat & organic soils will reduce rates of decomposition @bogtrotter2024.bsky.social
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📢 The IUCN National Committee UK's Protected Areas Working Group response to yesterday's report on protected areas in England by The Office for Environmental Protection:
@ruthchambers.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @jncc-ceo.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
@ruthchambers.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @jncc-ceo.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
December 5, 2025 at 11:38 AM
📢 The IUCN National Committee UK's Protected Areas Working Group response to yesterday's report on protected areas in England by The Office for Environmental Protection:
@ruthchambers.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @jncc-ceo.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
@ruthchambers.bsky.social @jncc.bsky.social @jncc-ceo.bsky.social @naturalengland.bsky.social @tonyjuniper.bsky.social
I dont think this is reflected in the volume of plastic waste that volunteer groups collect from beaches which hasn't changed much sadly
From carrier bag charges to bans on single-use plastics, we’ve made real progress in tackling marine litter — but the problem is far from over 🌊
💙 Catherine Gemmell, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Marine Conservation Society, reflects on what must happen next to protect our seas
💙 Catherine Gemmell, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Marine Conservation Society, reflects on what must happen next to protect our seas
Where are we on ocean plastics?
Catherine Gemmell, Policy and Advocacy Manager at the Marine Conservation Society, discusses where we in the campaign against plastic pollution following progress in recent years and bans on…
www.wcl.org.uk
December 9, 2025 at 7:33 PM
I dont think this is reflected in the volume of plastic waste that volunteer groups collect from beaches which hasn't changed much sadly
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By focussing on charismatic large fauna rather than restoring ecosystem functions, there is the danger that some rewilding projects
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
Biodiversity conservation requires integration of species-centric and process-based strategies | PNAS
Conservation science and policy are geared primarily toward the preservation of species
and habitats, with priority often given to the rarest, most...
www.pnas.org
December 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
By focussing on charismatic large fauna rather than restoring ecosystem functions, there is the danger that some rewilding projects
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
are less about radical processed-based conservation
and instead are a reinvention of species-centric approaches
www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...