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SETAC @setac.bsky.social · 18d

Tomorrow is #WorldMigratoryBirdDay!

We’ve been watching the BirdCast Migration Dashboard and are amazed by the scale of nightly migrations across the continent.
Birds know no borders! Protect migratory routes. Raise awareness. Keep skies safe.
#Science #Environment #Conservation

bit.ly/4n57wap

BirdCast migration dashboard for Portland, Oregon

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Sep 14

The fact that fines are so miniscule might have something to do with that. Its much cheaper to keep being caught and pay the fines than to do the right thing.

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Una Mullally @unamullally.bsky.social · May 15

Great piece!

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Chris Packham @chrisgpackham.bsky.social · Apr 22

We all recognise smoking kills , that's why tobacco ads were banned in 2002 . Fossil fuels kill too & according to a study in BMJ , cause 5.1 million deaths per year .

Help me ban fossil fuel ads for good– sign my petition to force a Parliamentary debate govpetition.uk/700024

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Claire Laila Dines @freedomtodoubt.bsky.social · Feb 15

How the world and all of us need this story of healing the Earth!
We can do this.

Eoghan Daltun 🌍 @irishrainforest.bsky.social · Feb 15

“I have never really been the owner of these forests, nor could I be.”

The wonderfully inspiring story of a Columbian ex-rancher, who turned from destroyer of forests to their protector and restorer, establishing a 7,500-acre nature reserve teeming with life.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘I felt death in the flames’: how lighting a forest fire inspired one man to transform barren ranches into rainforest

Juan Guillermo Garcés had a brush with death while burning jungle for cattle pasture – now he runs a nature reserve in Colombia where more than 100 new species have been discovered

www.theguardian.com

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Feb 2

Beautiful documentary by @birdwatchireland.bsky.social and @npwsireland.bsky.social about an almost intact bog full of wildfe in Connemara National Park. youtu.be/OJLUUH3ZvOs?... @whittledaway.bsky.social

Wildlife on Roundstone Bog

YouTube video by BirdWatchIreland

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Jan 27

Trees and bushes along rural and main roads reduce visibility and light, affecting road safety (particularly under bad weather). But they are pretty much all widerness we have left.

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Dec 20

I'm surprised most people haven't left yet.

Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Dec 13

I've never seen a linx hunting deer or fox. Their diet is mosty based on rabbits, hares and pigeons. They are gorgeous though.

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Dec 11

"...the random spread of housing over hills and away from villages... is sundering the rural support system. When country people move beyond walking distance they are more inclined to leave the village behind and drive into town to do business." www.irishtimes.com/news/social-...

Problems of the Irish village require immediate action

Opinion: We need a reform of prevailing settlement strategy

www.irishtimes.com

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Dec 2

Hill farmers state sea eagles are killing hundreds of lambs in Scotland. Conservationists acknowledge lamb remains are common in sea eagles nests but large killings are unlikely. Lack of usual prey may also be exacerbating the problem @whittledaway.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/environment/...

‘I’m used to people thinking I’m lying’: are Scotland’s sea eagles killing hundreds of lambs?

Bringing back the long-vanished bird to the UK was hailed as a conservation triumph. Then farmers started finding the corpses of their prized livestock

www.theguardian.com

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Nov 15

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Bluesky User Counter

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Greenpeace EU @greenpeace.eu · Nov 27

The Global North’s fashion addiction is fueling an environmental disaster.

@greenpeace.es tagged 23 "recycled" garments and tracked them to 11 countries. Many end up in landfill.

On #BlackFriday, remember: if you don't need it, don't buy it!

#FastFashion #StopWasteColonialism

Greenpeace España @greenpeace.es · Nov 27

🔴 NUEVA INVESTIGACIÓN | ROPA USADA

Geolocalizamos y trackeamos 23 prendas depositadas en contenedores de varias ciudades y tiendas de Zara y Mango

👉Gran parte acabaron desechadas o quemadas en África o Asia

👉Han recorrido en total 200.000 km en 4 continentes

#BlackFriday

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John Gibbons 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇪🇺 @thinkorswim.bsky.social · Nov 26

Mary Lou was doing well until she started on about SF wanting to make fossil fuels cheaper and scrapping carbon taxes
#GE24

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Nov 26

The Scottish Rewilding Alliance.
@whittledaway.bsky.social @irishrainforest.bsky.social

👉 Watch now: www.youtube.com/watch?v=FFyp...

#RewildingNation

Why Not Scotland? | The Rewilding Nation documentary

YouTube video by The Scottish Rewilding Alliance

www.youtube.com

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Nov 20

Research needs structural funds not just grants. Otherwise, researchers' precarious conditions will continue to worsen and science will continue to suffer.

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James Green @ajamesgreen.bsky.social · Nov 18

There are far too many home truths in this "How I spend my money" by an intl PhD student living in Dublin. Especially the bit that if they'd known what they know now they wouldn't have come.

This is why I'm nearly PhD-student-less.

We really need system change

www.thejournal.ie/readme/spend...

Money Diaries: A PhD researcher on a €22K stipend living in Dublin

This week, our reader is carefully managing to live on a small stipend while studying in Dublin.

www.thejournal.ie

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EPA Ireland @epaireland.bsky.social · Jul 28

A certain bird has left our online skies. Let's use this opportunity to flag real-life birds at threat of leaving Irish skies! Puffins, Barn Owls, Kestrels & Turtle Doves are some of the 30% of Irish birds on Birdwatch Ireland's high concern list. More: http://bit.ly/44FC9eg #birds #ireland

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Tim Baxter @timinclimate.bsky.social · Nov 18

Bluesky tip for newbies: Bluesky has no real algorithm. Likes here do nothing but show the poster that you enjoyed their content.

That kindness is always going to be appreciated by creators, but if you want to help to boost something here, you have to repost it so others see it. 🙂

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Altmetric's Ghost Donut @altmetric.com · Nov 18

We strongly suggest that academic publishers and other platforms that host research rapidly implement a Share to Bluesky button for their articles. Here's how:

docs.bsky.app/docs/advance...

#AcademicSky #HigherEd #Altmetrics

Action Intent Links | Bluesky

Authors, websites, and apps can use action intent links to implement "Share on Bluesky" buttons, or similar in-app actions. Logged-in users will be directed to the corresponding action view in the Blu...

docs.bsky.app

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Nov 13

We are still failing badly at establishing new forests. And we'll continue to fail until we recognise that the foundation for forest establishment is ecology and not economy.

www.independent.ie/farming/news...

‘Even my grandchildren might not see the returns’ – why Ireland has failed to plant enough trees

A total of 446 applications have been received by the Department of Agriculture since the Native Tree Area Scheme (NTAS) was set up this year.

www.independent.ie

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Nov 14

Apart from planting more, we need to stop/reduce spraying and overgrazing.

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Debbie Szumylo @djszumylo.bsky.social · Nov 13

Saw this on X. It is helpful for newbies. From @irishrainforest.bsky.social
FYI - The tip on how to Find your friends is a pay-for service.

This document shows some tips for getting started on BlueSky.

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Pádraic Fogarty @whittledaway.bsky.social · Nov 14

French NGO Bloom tests 150 tins of tuna from 5 European countries - finds mercury in every one of them!

"the danger threshold was not set to protect human health, but solely to protect the financial interests of the tuna industry"

www.bloomassociation.org/en/mercury-c...

Bloom Association » Mercury contamination: BLOOM exposes a health scandal on an unprecedented scale

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www.bloomassociation.org

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Javier Vila @javierdevila.bsky.social · Nov 14

What's the link?

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