Ani
@aninewforest.bsky.social
55-year-old disabled former journalist and environmental campaigner [insert verb depending on my state of health] among the ancient flora and fauna in the New Forest, U.K.
🌿🐎🐿️🦉🌳
(Banner photo:
https://treesforlife.org.uk "Alder")
🌿🐎🐿️🦉🌳
(Banner photo:
https://treesforlife.org.uk "Alder")
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Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
Living alongside nature: humans must get better at it
The first of two articles inspired by COP30 explores some problems and the need to seek inclusive and nature-aligned solutions.
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 28, 2025 at 6:47 AM
Rachel Reeves was frustrated that a Sussex development was delayed by “… some snails … a protected species or something, that are microscopic; you can’t even see them…”
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
The snail in question is one of Britain’s rarest and most endangered freshwater species, the lesser whirlpool ramshorn.
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Thatcher's policy from 1989 to privatise water has massive consequences today in 2025.
November 7, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Thatcher's policy from 1989 to privatise water has massive consequences today in 2025.
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Just tumbled into a feel-good, and sometimes funny, site about helping to make the world a better place. Ethics, win-win theory, short games, creativity and a lot more.
Nothing to buy, no registration, and (thank you!) no ads.
Think you're a Non-Zero Hero? Check it out.
nonzerosum.games
Nothing to buy, no registration, and (thank you!) no ads.
Think you're a Non-Zero Hero? Check it out.
nonzerosum.games
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~ a world-help site ~
nonzerosum.games
November 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
Just tumbled into a feel-good, and sometimes funny, site about helping to make the world a better place. Ethics, win-win theory, short games, creativity and a lot more.
Nothing to buy, no registration, and (thank you!) no ads.
Think you're a Non-Zero Hero? Check it out.
nonzerosum.games
Nothing to buy, no registration, and (thank you!) no ads.
Think you're a Non-Zero Hero? Check it out.
nonzerosum.games
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In Europe, a division is emerging: the south and south east grow drier, including parts of the UK. Meanwhile, the North and North East, including parts of the UK, are growing wetter:
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November 29, 2025 at 7:18 AM
In Europe, a division is emerging: the south and south east grow drier, including parts of the UK. Meanwhile, the North and North East, including parts of the UK, are growing wetter:
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Free talk (donations accepted) by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland about a fascinating family of plants.
Club mosses date back 360 million years to the carboniferous, when they dominated the earth as tree-like goliaths.
Club mosses date back 360 million years to the carboniferous, when they dominated the earth as tree-like goliaths.
We've had nearly 300 bookings for our talk on the Clubmosses of Britain and Ireland by Fred Rumsey next Tuesday evening (2nd December) and there's still places left!
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
Book now for free (though donations towards our work are appreciated): share.google/lQL6JQ7E9SEQ...
November 29, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Free talk (donations accepted) by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland about a fascinating family of plants.
Club mosses date back 360 million years to the carboniferous, when they dominated the earth as tree-like goliaths.
Club mosses date back 360 million years to the carboniferous, when they dominated the earth as tree-like goliaths.
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I’ve just emailed my MP about 🇬🇧Government’s new strategy on animal testing & the urgent need for Herbie’s Law.
Join me in calling for a future built on human-specific science & stronger protections for animals in research.
See how you can help here:
secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/181459/...
Join me in calling for a future built on human-specific science & stronger protections for animals in research.
See how you can help here:
secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/181459/...
We need more MPs to stand up for human-specific science. Ask yours to back the change.
I’ve just emailed my MP about the Government’s new strategy on animal testing and the urgent need for Herbie’s Law.
Join me in calling for a future built on human-specific science and stronger protec...
secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org
November 29, 2025 at 4:32 AM
I’ve just emailed my MP about 🇬🇧Government’s new strategy on animal testing & the urgent need for Herbie’s Law.
Join me in calling for a future built on human-specific science & stronger protections for animals in research.
See how you can help here:
secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/181459/...
Join me in calling for a future built on human-specific science & stronger protections for animals in research.
See how you can help here:
secure.animalfreeresearchuk.org/page/181459/...
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Animals are not objects; they are sentient individuals who think, feel, and experience the world in their own ways. 🐥
Recognising their sentience means treating them not as things to use, but as lives that matter. 🙏
#animals #animallover #veganshare #veganism #vegan
Recognising their sentience means treating them not as things to use, but as lives that matter. 🙏
#animals #animallover #veganshare #veganism #vegan
November 28, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Animals are not objects; they are sentient individuals who think, feel, and experience the world in their own ways. 🐥
Recognising their sentience means treating them not as things to use, but as lives that matter. 🙏
#animals #animallover #veganshare #veganism #vegan
Recognising their sentience means treating them not as things to use, but as lives that matter. 🙏
#animals #animallover #veganshare #veganism #vegan
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Astonishingly, sea ice still hasn't started to reform over the Barents Sea area yet of the #Arctic. This includes record low conditions around Svalbard as well. It's been a very bad few months across the region.
Check out more graphics here: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Check out more graphics here: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
November 29, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Astonishingly, sea ice still hasn't started to reform over the Barents Sea area yet of the #Arctic. This includes record low conditions around Svalbard as well. It's been a very bad few months across the region.
Check out more graphics here: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Check out more graphics here: zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-i...
Scam alert!
This user, Nataliya, poses as the director of an orphanage in Kherson for Ukrainian children.
OK, so far so good.
But then she asks for your help in securing $200 million for which you'd be paid $10 million. 😆
This user, Nataliya, poses as the director of an orphanage in Kherson for Ukrainian children.
OK, so far so good.
But then she asks for your help in securing $200 million for which you'd be paid $10 million. 😆
November 28, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Scam alert!
This user, Nataliya, poses as the director of an orphanage in Kherson for Ukrainian children.
OK, so far so good.
But then she asks for your help in securing $200 million for which you'd be paid $10 million. 😆
This user, Nataliya, poses as the director of an orphanage in Kherson for Ukrainian children.
OK, so far so good.
But then she asks for your help in securing $200 million for which you'd be paid $10 million. 😆
November 28, 2025 at 12:55 PM
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2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
November 10, 2025 at 6:00 AM
2,000 crimes against wildlife were reported last year, with just 2% of these leading to convictions (exc fisheries) ⚖️
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
We need wildlife crime to be notifiable to the Home Office, to aid police response & ensure justice for nature 👮♀️
Read more 👇
www.wcl.org.uk/wildlife-cri...
Doing some holiday shopping this Black Friday?
Do you want to help rescue British wildlife at the same time?
wildlifeaid.org.uk/shop/
Do you want to help rescue British wildlife at the same time?
wildlifeaid.org.uk/shop/
November 28, 2025 at 12:32 PM
Doing some holiday shopping this Black Friday?
Do you want to help rescue British wildlife at the same time?
wildlifeaid.org.uk/shop/
Do you want to help rescue British wildlife at the same time?
wildlifeaid.org.uk/shop/
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So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
November 27, 2025 at 11:06 AM
So many existing oil + gas licenses, pipelines, wells are sited in Marine 'Protected' Areas, as shown on our Watershed Pollution Map. The pollution risks + risks to wildlife if existing licences are expanded are likely to be huge:
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
share.google/dZfNuOIn5LOu...
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Related: Bottom trawling in protected waters? What does 'protected' mean today again?
November 27, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Related: Bottom trawling in protected waters? What does 'protected' mean today again?
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Queen #wasps keep waking up inside the house, due to wildly fluctuating outside temperature. I catch them in jars and transfer them to "the bird food room", which is brick-built and attached to the house (lots of boxes/shelves). Should stay safely cool all winter.
November 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Queen #wasps keep waking up inside the house, due to wildly fluctuating outside temperature. I catch them in jars and transfer them to "the bird food room", which is brick-built and attached to the house (lots of boxes/shelves). Should stay safely cool all winter.
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The downfall of a banking climate coalition raises urgent questions about financing the green transition.
Green capital - don't bank on it!
Global banking climate group to stop operations after member exodus.
theecologist.org
November 28, 2025 at 9:20 AM
The downfall of a banking climate coalition raises urgent questions about financing the green transition.
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November 28, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Please chip in a few pounds to help them reach their goal: www.gofundme.com/f/86d4mk-hel...
November 27, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Please chip in a few pounds to help them reach their goal: www.gofundme.com/f/86d4mk-hel...
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In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
In today's Budget, the Chancellor spoke about building the economy “brick by brick” but left out the very foundation that underpins it all: nature.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
The same Government that promised to restore our natural world appears instead to have wiped it from their agenda.
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There were zero plans to invest in our natural capital - despite the fact it would add billions to our economy, create jobs & benefit the whole of society in countless ways.
Ignoring nature is short-sighted.
You cannot build a stable future on a collapsing natural foundation.
Ignoring nature is short-sighted.
You cannot build a stable future on a collapsing natural foundation.
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
There were zero plans to invest in our natural capital - despite the fact it would add billions to our economy, create jobs & benefit the whole of society in countless ways.
Ignoring nature is short-sighted.
You cannot build a stable future on a collapsing natural foundation.
Ignoring nature is short-sighted.
You cannot build a stable future on a collapsing natural foundation.
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Today fell short, but the Government can still choose to prove its promises on nature weren’t empty.
That means ambitious, concrete and funded action that urgently puts our precious wildlife and habitats on a clear path to recovery.
It’s time to deliver. ⏰
That means ambitious, concrete and funded action that urgently puts our precious wildlife and habitats on a clear path to recovery.
It’s time to deliver. ⏰
November 26, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Today fell short, but the Government can still choose to prove its promises on nature weren’t empty.
That means ambitious, concrete and funded action that urgently puts our precious wildlife and habitats on a clear path to recovery.
It’s time to deliver. ⏰
That means ambitious, concrete and funded action that urgently puts our precious wildlife and habitats on a clear path to recovery.
It’s time to deliver. ⏰
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#VinnieJonesNoHoot😂
#VinnieJones' plans for country shooting retreat scuppered by barn owl experts.
Hopes to transform farm buildings at his West Sussex estate into accommodation for shooting events, but wildlife officials say it could harm barn owls 😍😍
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...
#VinnieJones' plans for country shooting retreat scuppered by barn owl experts.
Hopes to transform farm buildings at his West Sussex estate into accommodation for shooting events, but wildlife officials say it could harm barn owls 😍😍
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...
Vinnie Jones' plans for a country shooting retreat scuppered by barn owl experts
The actor and former Premier League star hopes to transform farm buildings at his West Sussex estate into accommodation for shooting events, but wildlife officials say it could harm barn owls
www.mirror.co.uk
November 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
#VinnieJonesNoHoot😂
#VinnieJones' plans for country shooting retreat scuppered by barn owl experts.
Hopes to transform farm buildings at his West Sussex estate into accommodation for shooting events, but wildlife officials say it could harm barn owls 😍😍
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...
#VinnieJones' plans for country shooting retreat scuppered by barn owl experts.
Hopes to transform farm buildings at his West Sussex estate into accommodation for shooting events, but wildlife officials say it could harm barn owls 😍😍
www.mirror.co.uk/sport/footba...
Irrigation efficiency- making sure water reaches crop roots directly- could save about 137 bil. m³ of freshwater every year, enough for >100 mil people in the stressed, dry-basin areas of Northern India, Central America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
www.earth.com/news/how-ear...
www.earth.com/news/how-ear...
How Earth loses 324 billion cubic meters of freshwater yearly
a new report from the World Bank finds that Earth is losing roughly 324 billion cubic meters of freshwater annually.
www.earth.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Irrigation efficiency- making sure water reaches crop roots directly- could save about 137 bil. m³ of freshwater every year, enough for >100 mil people in the stressed, dry-basin areas of Northern India, Central America, Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
www.earth.com/news/how-ear...
www.earth.com/news/how-ear...
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Wilcox today in the Sydney Morning Herald. No one encapsulates important issues like Cathy Wilcox. This is extremely powerful and extremely relevant.
November 26, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Wilcox today in the Sydney Morning Herald. No one encapsulates important issues like Cathy Wilcox. This is extremely powerful and extremely relevant.
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November 20, 2025 at 3:02 PM