Steve Carver
@landethics.bsky.social
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Wildernista. Rewilding. Geographer. GIS. Old motorbikes. Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science, School of Geography @universityofleeds.bsky.social Co-Chair or IUCM CEM Rewilding Thematic Group.

Environmental science 58%
Geography 16%
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Intensive work since June editing 'The Illustrated History of Chapel Allerton', written by my friend Steve Burt.
SO many illustrations, historic & contemporary, inc a selection of ace drone shots by a kind octogenarian.

More info & reserve your copy/ies:
leedscivictrust.org.uk/chapel-aller...

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IUCN Guidelines for Rewilding “book launch” and Q&A today with Ian Convery, Krista Lyons, Rene Byers and Jess Fallon portals.iucn.org/library/node... huge thanks to Angela Andrade and all in IUCN CEM.

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This week’s wild picture…

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Because land is wealth is power

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Great piece from @marthagill.bsky.social on the state of Britain’s National Parks. Shocked highest levels of sewage discharge are on Dartmoor. Good account of historical reasons park authorities have such limited powers to manage greatest threats to park ecologies.

observer.co.uk/news/columni...
In our national parks sewage flows while the funds for co...
Underfunded, over-farmed and politically sidelined, Britain’s most treasured landscapes need more than protection
observer.co.uk
activist360.bsky.social
Historic move: California will join the International Union for Conservation of Nature, the first U.S. state to do so. A bold stand for global climate leadership, biodiversity, and 30×30 conservation goals.

youtu.be/9BaVXf6r_Bg #ClimateAction #IUCN #Sustainability #Biodiversity #Activist360
California Seeks to Join International Union for Conservation of Nature
YouTube video by California Governor Gavin Newsom
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Today IUCN has officially declared the Slender-billed Curlew extinct, marking the first known global extinction of a formerly widespread migratory bird species whose range included mainland Europe, North Africa, and West Asia.

Read more here ⬇️
www.unep-aewa.org/fr/node/6632

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The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species has just been updated and now includes assessments of 1,266 species of sharks, rays, and chimaeras.

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We’re running live now!

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First day at IUCN World Conservation Congress. Launching our Guidelines for Rewilding at 1630!

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Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’, say environmentalists

Pleased to have signed @campaign4parks.bsky.social's letter urging Ministers to drop plans to remove the Protected Landscapes Duty on public bodies 1/

www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Plans to weaken protections for national parks will have ‘disastrous consequences’ say green groups
Exclusive: Letter from 170-plus organisations calls on government to drop proposed changes to planning law
www.theguardian.com

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Also in Interia Zielona, Poland.
zielona.interia.pl/wiadomosci/s...
"Europe is losing 600 green pitches a day. Poland among the infamous leaders"

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I've emailed him. Enjoy your trip.

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He was a good cricketer

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@andreasheinem.bsky.social Hi Andreas... I've just been reading the Heather Trust "Heather Futures" report. I have questions.