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Sam Osborne
Advocating for all herbivores and megaherbivores, forest structures, vegetation structures, fast-track structural renovations, restoring ungulate migrations throughout all of Europe and beyond.
Advocating for all herbivores and megaherbivores, forest structures, vegetation structures, fast-track structural renovations, restoring ungulate migrations throughout all of Europe and beyond.
Livestock farmers and pastoralists are probably the most qualified people to assist with increasing wild herbivore populations and for managing their migrations and access to vegetation in and around human infrastructure.
The two initiatives would ideally work in tandem.
The two initiatives would ideally work in tandem.
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Livestock farmers and pastoralists are probably the most qualified people to assist with increasing wild herbivore populations and for managing their migrations and access to vegetation in and around human infrastructure.
The two initiatives would ideally work in tandem.
The two initiatives would ideally work in tandem.
Taking livestock of all kinds out into non-livestock land is the first step in restoring active herbivory and providing the vegetation structures that wildlife favour.
Carrying out supervised migrations is also the best way for society to re-learn how to live side by side with large herbivores.
Carrying out supervised migrations is also the best way for society to re-learn how to live side by side with large herbivores.
November 27, 2025 at 5:58 AM
Taking livestock of all kinds out into non-livestock land is the first step in restoring active herbivory and providing the vegetation structures that wildlife favour.
Carrying out supervised migrations is also the best way for society to re-learn how to live side by side with large herbivores.
Carrying out supervised migrations is also the best way for society to re-learn how to live side by side with large herbivores.
For me the two top priorities are to put herbivores back on our landscapes and to restore as many migrations as possible, but the biggest problem is that with mankind being hardwired to remove/predate herbivores this creates fierce resistance, e.g. the Eat-Lancets and Monbiots of this world.
November 26, 2025 at 9:02 PM
For me the two top priorities are to put herbivores back on our landscapes and to restore as many migrations as possible, but the biggest problem is that with mankind being hardwired to remove/predate herbivores this creates fierce resistance, e.g. the Eat-Lancets and Monbiots of this world.
A MASSIVE THANKS, Cat, for posting this.
It's the core of my research, so heaps of comments, but where best to start?
We could talk herbivores, vegetation structures, habitat quality, migrations, humans as predators versus humans as pseudo-herbivore but with highly predatory behaviours, etc, etc.
It's the core of my research, so heaps of comments, but where best to start?
We could talk herbivores, vegetation structures, habitat quality, migrations, humans as predators versus humans as pseudo-herbivore but with highly predatory behaviours, etc, etc.
November 26, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A MASSIVE THANKS, Cat, for posting this.
It's the core of my research, so heaps of comments, but where best to start?
We could talk herbivores, vegetation structures, habitat quality, migrations, humans as predators versus humans as pseudo-herbivore but with highly predatory behaviours, etc, etc.
It's the core of my research, so heaps of comments, but where best to start?
We could talk herbivores, vegetation structures, habitat quality, migrations, humans as predators versus humans as pseudo-herbivore but with highly predatory behaviours, etc, etc.
India's Open Natural Ecosystems.
With-
Dr Abi Tamim Vanak.
Ms. Anuja Malhotra.
Ms. Bhargavi Rao.
Dr Jayashree Ratnam.
Dr Mahesh Sankaran.
Mr Sandip Virmani.
Dr MD Madhusudan.
Mr Pradeep Koulgi.
Mr Chintan Sheth.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_R...
With-
Dr Abi Tamim Vanak.
Ms. Anuja Malhotra.
Ms. Bhargavi Rao.
Dr Jayashree Ratnam.
Dr Mahesh Sankaran.
Mr Sandip Virmani.
Dr MD Madhusudan.
Mr Pradeep Koulgi.
Mr Chintan Sheth.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_R...
Understanding India's Open Natural Ecosystems
YouTube video by M D Madhusudan
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November 25, 2025 at 11:29 AM
India's Open Natural Ecosystems.
With-
Dr Abi Tamim Vanak.
Ms. Anuja Malhotra.
Ms. Bhargavi Rao.
Dr Jayashree Ratnam.
Dr Mahesh Sankaran.
Mr Sandip Virmani.
Dr MD Madhusudan.
Mr Pradeep Koulgi.
Mr Chintan Sheth.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_R...
With-
Dr Abi Tamim Vanak.
Ms. Anuja Malhotra.
Ms. Bhargavi Rao.
Dr Jayashree Ratnam.
Dr Mahesh Sankaran.
Mr Sandip Virmani.
Dr MD Madhusudan.
Mr Pradeep Koulgi.
Mr Chintan Sheth.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=5M_R...
Hopefully yes, but only if I can find someone who's interested in leading them.
The living forest was intended for festival that ended up being cancelled, so as yet they're both dormant, just like many woodlands and forests.
The living forest was intended for festival that ended up being cancelled, so as yet they're both dormant, just like many woodlands and forests.
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
Hopefully yes, but only if I can find someone who's interested in leading them.
The living forest was intended for festival that ended up being cancelled, so as yet they're both dormant, just like many woodlands and forests.
The living forest was intended for festival that ended up being cancelled, so as yet they're both dormant, just like many woodlands and forests.
Great idea.
I've been looking at performance art crossed with community dance projects for kids and adults to convey different parts of ecology.
One's called "The living forest" and another looks at herbivores and predators, but as yet its untitled.
I've been looking at performance art crossed with community dance projects for kids and adults to convey different parts of ecology.
One's called "The living forest" and another looks at herbivores and predators, but as yet its untitled.
November 20, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Great idea.
I've been looking at performance art crossed with community dance projects for kids and adults to convey different parts of ecology.
One's called "The living forest" and another looks at herbivores and predators, but as yet its untitled.
I've been looking at performance art crossed with community dance projects for kids and adults to convey different parts of ecology.
One's called "The living forest" and another looks at herbivores and predators, but as yet its untitled.
The added bonus is that you get a migration too.
It's time for herbivores to be given back control of vegetation and for man to accept that he's a total novice and he still has so much to learn.
It's time for herbivores to be given back control of vegetation and for man to accept that he's a total novice and he still has so much to learn.
November 20, 2025 at 4:13 AM
The added bonus is that you get a migration too.
It's time for herbivores to be given back control of vegetation and for man to accept that he's a total novice and he still has so much to learn.
It's time for herbivores to be given back control of vegetation and for man to accept that he's a total novice and he still has so much to learn.
We can reverse-engineer most vegetation structures with the herbivores we have available and with European veg structures being in such a dire condition, and with the 2026 growing season being only 4 months away, every day not spent planning structural research projects is a day wasted.
November 20, 2025 at 4:04 AM
We can reverse-engineer most vegetation structures with the herbivores we have available and with European veg structures being in such a dire condition, and with the 2026 growing season being only 4 months away, every day not spent planning structural research projects is a day wasted.
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En este nuevo estudio, el equipo científico ha comparado la capacidad de tres especies de aves acuáticas para trasladar plásticos desde los vertederos hasta espacios naturales de la Bahía de Cádiz.
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Spatiotemporal differences in plastic biovectoring among three sympatric waterbirds
Abiotic vectors of plastic and their impact in natural areas have been extensively studied, whereas biotic vectors have received less attention. Recen…
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November 12, 2025 at 1:28 PM
En este nuevo estudio, el equipo científico ha comparado la capacidad de tres especies de aves acuáticas para trasladar plásticos desde los vertederos hasta espacios naturales de la Bahía de Cádiz.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Livestock land is the only land that carries herbivores these days, because in most other places herbivores are greatly under-represented.
The data that's used to demonise livestock shows this quite clearly, but the common evaluation of that data is very questionable and misleading.
The data that's used to demonise livestock shows this quite clearly, but the common evaluation of that data is very questionable and misleading.
November 13, 2025 at 8:29 AM
Livestock land is the only land that carries herbivores these days, because in most other places herbivores are greatly under-represented.
The data that's used to demonise livestock shows this quite clearly, but the common evaluation of that data is very questionable and misleading.
The data that's used to demonise livestock shows this quite clearly, but the common evaluation of that data is very questionable and misleading.
Reposted by EcosystemEngineer
doi.org/10.1093/af/vfae051, que salió hace pocos meses, caracteriza las diferentes tipologías ganaderas según su impacto ambiental. Unas tienen efectos netamente positivos, otras netamente negativos. La vida real es una compleja mezcla de tipologías pero se necesita herbivoría.
Vast extension but positive outcomes, reduced but negative: complexity and nuances in evaluating land use by livestock and crops
Amidst the deep environmental crisis humanity finds itself in, land use change is currently identified as the largest impactor on biodiversity and ecosyste
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September 18, 2025 at 8:12 PM
doi.org/10.1093/af/vfae051, que salió hace pocos meses, caracteriza las diferentes tipologías ganaderas según su impacto ambiental. Unas tienen efectos netamente positivos, otras netamente negativos. La vida real es una compleja mezcla de tipologías pero se necesita herbivoría.
Try forest grazing, it improves forest structure, wildlife and the soils.
November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Try forest grazing, it improves forest structure, wildlife and the soils.