Orsi Nyárai
@orsinyarai.bsky.social
Agriculture NbS & Policy Advocacy Officer at IUCN 🌍 | Passionate about the environment, soils, gardens, books, and finding solutions. 🦉
#Agriculture #FoodSystems #Soil #NbS #Policy
🇭🇺🇪🇺 living in 🇨🇭 | EMP B26, Lund University 🇸🇪
#Agriculture #FoodSystems #Soil #NbS #Policy
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Orsi Nyárai
@orsinyarai.bsky.social
· Nov 11
I've created this Starter Pack to help those with an interest in all things #soil find inspiring people, organisations, and platforms that regularly post content on #SoilScience, #SoilManagement, and #SoilGovernance. 🌱🧑🏻🌾🌾
Let me know if you wish to be added.
go.bsky.app/HADDT8P
Let me know if you wish to be added.
go.bsky.app/HADDT8P
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This Friday! Join experts for "Free Food for All? Rethinking Food as a Commons." How would treating food as a public good reshape sustainability & democracy?
🗓️ 28 Nov, 17:00 CET 📍 PBLabs, ETH Zürich / Livestream 🔗 Register: www.formape.com/f/jbciq
🗓️ 28 Nov, 17:00 CET 📍 PBLabs, ETH Zürich / Livestream 🔗 Register: www.formape.com/f/jbciq
November 25, 2025 at 9:12 AM
This Friday! Join experts for "Free Food for All? Rethinking Food as a Commons." How would treating food as a public good reshape sustainability & democracy?
🗓️ 28 Nov, 17:00 CET 📍 PBLabs, ETH Zürich / Livestream 🔗 Register: www.formape.com/f/jbciq
🗓️ 28 Nov, 17:00 CET 📍 PBLabs, ETH Zürich / Livestream 🔗 Register: www.formape.com/f/jbciq
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🚨The global rise of #UltraProcessedFoods isn’t accidental – it’s powered by a corporate playbook.
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 PM
🚨The global rise of #UltraProcessedFoods isn’t accidental – it’s powered by a corporate playbook.
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
⚕️A must-read @thelancet.com paper maps how junk food giants block regulation, control narratives & reshape food policy in their favour. And what we can do about it👇
👉 www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...
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🌍 Food systems drive the #climatecrisis – yet remain a blind spot in too many climate plans.
A new #COP30 assessment shows 93% of updated NDCs now mention food/agriculture. 📈 Progress? Yes.
But only 1 in 3 mention diets, #agroecology or food consumption. We need real transformation.
A new #COP30 assessment shows 93% of updated NDCs now mention food/agriculture. 📈 Progress? Yes.
But only 1 in 3 mention diets, #agroecology or food consumption. We need real transformation.
Food Forward NDCs: An assessment of Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) 3.0 for agriculture and food systems transformation - Climate Focus
Accounting for a third of global greenhouse gas emissions, food systems must be transformed to achieve the Paris Agreement goals. Governments must rapidly slash emissions from food systems and boost t...
climatefocus.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
🌍 Food systems drive the #climatecrisis – yet remain a blind spot in too many climate plans.
A new #COP30 assessment shows 93% of updated NDCs now mention food/agriculture. 📈 Progress? Yes.
But only 1 in 3 mention diets, #agroecology or food consumption. We need real transformation.
A new #COP30 assessment shows 93% of updated NDCs now mention food/agriculture. 📈 Progress? Yes.
But only 1 in 3 mention diets, #agroecology or food consumption. We need real transformation.
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🌍 New #LandGap report at #COP30 is damning: Govts are banking on 1BN ha of land (the size of 🇦🇺) for carbon removals – instead of cutting emissions or protecting forests.
That land doesn’t exist without displacing Indigenous Peoples, small farmers & forests.
👉 landgap.org/2025/report
That land doesn’t exist without displacing Indigenous Peoples, small farmers & forests.
👉 landgap.org/2025/report
November 14, 2025 at 4:00 PM
🌍 New #LandGap report at #COP30 is damning: Govts are banking on 1BN ha of land (the size of 🇦🇺) for carbon removals – instead of cutting emissions or protecting forests.
That land doesn’t exist without displacing Indigenous Peoples, small farmers & forests.
👉 landgap.org/2025/report
That land doesn’t exist without displacing Indigenous Peoples, small farmers & forests.
👉 landgap.org/2025/report
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1/3 of greenhouse gases come from food. Yet climate solutions often ignore food policy. The new Food Systems NDC Scorecard evaluates how national climate plans incorporate food systems as a diagnostic tool & a roadmap for policy improvement. #COP30
earth.org/why-cop30s-s...
@earthorg.bsky.social
earth.org/why-cop30s-s...
@earthorg.bsky.social
Why COP30's Success Depends on Food System Action
With COP30 underway in Brazil, integrating food systems into countries’ climate plans represents a critical opportunity for raising ambition.
earth.org
November 13, 2025 at 1:36 AM
1/3 of greenhouse gases come from food. Yet climate solutions often ignore food policy. The new Food Systems NDC Scorecard evaluates how national climate plans incorporate food systems as a diagnostic tool & a roadmap for policy improvement. #COP30
earth.org/why-cop30s-s...
@earthorg.bsky.social
earth.org/why-cop30s-s...
@earthorg.bsky.social
I've just come across this 2017 essay by Benjamin Kunkel in the London Review of Books and it blew my mind in many ways.. Highly recommend it.
#anthropocene #capitalocene #ecosocialism
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
@lrb.co.uk @kunktation.bsky.social
#anthropocene #capitalocene #ecosocialism
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
@lrb.co.uk @kunktation.bsky.social
Benjamin Kunkel · The Capitalocene: The Anthropocene
The terminological dispute – Anthropocene or Capitalocene? – may not be so important. What does matter is which...
www.lrb.co.uk
November 12, 2025 at 9:16 PM
I've just come across this 2017 essay by Benjamin Kunkel in the London Review of Books and it blew my mind in many ways.. Highly recommend it.
#anthropocene #capitalocene #ecosocialism
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
@lrb.co.uk @kunktation.bsky.social
#anthropocene #capitalocene #ecosocialism
www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v3...
@lrb.co.uk @kunktation.bsky.social
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Great article by @jonhenley.bsky.social and Alessandro Gandolfi. A clear look at how the Netherlands is not only defending against rising seas, but also learning to live with the water — from floating homes to adaptive design.
#climatechange #adaptation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#climatechange #adaptation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Living with the water: the Netherlands’ floating futures – photo essay
Photographer Alessandro Gandolfi’s latest project looks at how sustainable floating neighbourhoods offer a way forward as the sea rises
www.theguardian.com
November 11, 2025 at 10:39 AM
Great article by @jonhenley.bsky.social and Alessandro Gandolfi. A clear look at how the Netherlands is not only defending against rising seas, but also learning to live with the water — from floating homes to adaptive design.
#climatechange #adaptation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
#climatechange #adaptation
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
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Across the world, cities are turning urban spaces into food gardens, teaching resilience & cutting food waste.
Explore how cities are building a sustainable future: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/cape-town-local-communities-are-advancing-urban-restoration
Explore how cities are building a sustainable future: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/cape-town-local-communities-are-advancing-urban-restoration
November 9, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Across the world, cities are turning urban spaces into food gardens, teaching resilience & cutting food waste.
Explore how cities are building a sustainable future: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/cape-town-local-communities-are-advancing-urban-restoration
Explore how cities are building a sustainable future: https://www.unep.org/news-and-stories/story/cape-town-local-communities-are-advancing-urban-restoration
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What are the best books on agrarianism, techno-scepticism, creation care, and rurality?
I give my opinions here:
overthefield.substack.com/p/books-from...
I give my opinions here:
overthefield.substack.com/p/books-from...
Books From My Shelves
A Curated Agrarian Reading List
overthefield.substack.com
August 20, 2025 at 11:21 AM
What are the best books on agrarianism, techno-scepticism, creation care, and rurality?
I give my opinions here:
overthefield.substack.com/p/books-from...
I give my opinions here:
overthefield.substack.com/p/books-from...
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Farmers play far more than just a food-producing role—they shape landscapes, cultures, and communities. A new study in 'Agriculture and Human Values' explores how farmers see their future roles in balancing social, economic, and environmental goals. bit.ly/47LQlpT @bartoszbartk.com #farmsky
October 31, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Farmers play far more than just a food-producing role—they shape landscapes, cultures, and communities. A new study in 'Agriculture and Human Values' explores how farmers see their future roles in balancing social, economic, and environmental goals. bit.ly/47LQlpT @bartoszbartk.com #farmsky
"The agrarian localist future, along with its attendant cultural habits and political and community structures, are systems we ought to be creating now—collapse or no collapse—simply because they are the most convivial and sustainable way of living on this earth and are the right things to do." 💚
Finding Lights in a Dark Age by @chrissmaje.bsky.social is 'a guidebook (or a guiding light) to navigate the “dark ages” ahead and to journey toward localist agrarian flourishing'
#BookSky
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/11/buil...
#BookSky
www.frontporchrepublic.com/2025/11/buil...
Building an Agrarian Localist Present: A Review of Finding Lights in a Dark Age - Front Porch Republic
A vision of the future.
www.frontporchrepublic.com
November 8, 2025 at 10:54 PM
"The agrarian localist future, along with its attendant cultural habits and political and community structures, are systems we ought to be creating now—collapse or no collapse—simply because they are the most convivial and sustainable way of living on this earth and are the right things to do." 💚
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European countries want Brazil to increase forest conservation (it certainly can). But some of the world's best opportunities to spare & restore carbon in native forests—while displacing the least food production—actually lie in Europe. Our analysis shows this: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
November 5, 2025 at 5:02 PM
European countries want Brazil to increase forest conservation (it certainly can). But some of the world's best opportunities to spare & restore carbon in native forests—while displacing the least food production—actually lie in Europe. Our analysis shows this: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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🚨A new UN report warns that global climate pledges are still far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
This leaves the world on course for a catastrophic 2.5°C of warming.
World leaders must scale up ambition and act with urgency.
Our statement:
This leaves the world on course for a catastrophic 2.5°C of warming.
World leaders must scale up ambition and act with urgency.
Our statement:
UN Report Warns of Climate Failure, 350.org Calls on Leaders to Act at COP30: “All Eyes on Belém”
Belém, Brazil – A new UN Environment Programme (UNEP) report warns that global climate pledges are still far off track...
350.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
🚨A new UN report warns that global climate pledges are still far off track to meet the goals of the Paris Agreement.
This leaves the world on course for a catastrophic 2.5°C of warming.
World leaders must scale up ambition and act with urgency.
Our statement:
This leaves the world on course for a catastrophic 2.5°C of warming.
World leaders must scale up ambition and act with urgency.
Our statement:
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Why does family farming matter beyond food, and how can we help?
Strong partnerships with family farmers can scale up agroecology, boost climate resilience, and drive sustainable food system transformation toward the SDGs.
Read more: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qcAN5L
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
Strong partnerships with family farmers can scale up agroecology, boost climate resilience, and drive sustainable food system transformation toward the SDGs.
Read more: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qcAN5L
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
October 16, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Why does family farming matter beyond food, and how can we help?
Strong partnerships with family farmers can scale up agroecology, boost climate resilience, and drive sustainable food system transformation toward the SDGs.
Read more: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qcAN5L
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
Strong partnerships with family farmers can scale up agroecology, boost climate resilience, and drive sustainable food system transformation toward the SDGs.
Read more: 🔗 https://bit.ly/4qcAN5L
#Trees4Resilience #WorldFoodDay
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🥣 Brazil’s recipe to end hunger is shockingly simple – and it works.
👧🏽 Universal school meals
💸 Cash transfers + minimum wage
🌾 Buying from family farmers
🍲 Community kitchens
📜 The right to food in law
🌱 Support for agroecological farmers
ipes-food.org/brazil-beats...
#WorldFoodDay
👧🏽 Universal school meals
💸 Cash transfers + minimum wage
🌾 Buying from family farmers
🍲 Community kitchens
📜 The right to food in law
🌱 Support for agroecological farmers
ipes-food.org/brazil-beats...
#WorldFoodDay
October 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
🥣 Brazil’s recipe to end hunger is shockingly simple – and it works.
👧🏽 Universal school meals
💸 Cash transfers + minimum wage
🌾 Buying from family farmers
🍲 Community kitchens
📜 The right to food in law
🌱 Support for agroecological farmers
ipes-food.org/brazil-beats...
#WorldFoodDay
👧🏽 Universal school meals
💸 Cash transfers + minimum wage
🌾 Buying from family farmers
🍲 Community kitchens
📜 The right to food in law
🌱 Support for agroecological farmers
ipes-food.org/brazil-beats...
#WorldFoodDay
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Great to enjoy a farm visit 🪱 organised by Évora University to see soil-centric approaches in practice on-farm, as part of the Soils for Europe Think Tank sessions – and work alongside Detlef Gerdts, Eric Struyf and @orsinyarai.bsky.social 🤝
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
October 16, 2025 at 11:22 AM
Great to enjoy a farm visit 🪱 organised by Évora University to see soil-centric approaches in practice on-farm, as part of the Soils for Europe Think Tank sessions – and work alongside Detlef Gerdts, Eric Struyf and @orsinyarai.bsky.social 🤝
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
#SOLOMeetsEvora #EUSOLO #Evora #HorizonEurope
Bom dia, Évora! 🇵🇹
October 15, 2025 at 6:44 AM
Bom dia, Évora! 🇵🇹
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Looking for reading recommendations this #BlackHistoryMonth?
Explore our list of 19 exceptional books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by the LSE community.
Explore our list of 19 exceptional books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by the LSE community.
Nineteen must-read books for Black History Month - LSE Review of Books
For UK Black History Month, we've compiled a list of 19 books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by LSE staff.
blogs.lse.ac.uk
October 14, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Looking for reading recommendations this #BlackHistoryMonth?
Explore our list of 19 exceptional books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by the LSE community.
Explore our list of 19 exceptional books by Black authors and books about Black history, culture and experience, recommended by the LSE community.
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#Soils teem with vital but underexplored #biodiversity that supports #foodsecurity and #ecosystemhealth 🌍
New Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory aims to monitor and protect worldwide. #SoilBiodiversity #SoilHealth #CBD #Ecosystems
Full paper: www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
New Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory aims to monitor and protect worldwide. #SoilBiodiversity #SoilHealth #CBD #Ecosystems
Full paper: www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
October 14, 2025 at 5:07 AM
#Soils teem with vital but underexplored #biodiversity that supports #foodsecurity and #ecosystemhealth 🌍
New Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory aims to monitor and protect worldwide. #SoilBiodiversity #SoilHealth #CBD #Ecosystems
Full paper: www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
New Global Soil Biodiversity Observatory aims to monitor and protect worldwide. #SoilBiodiversity #SoilHealth #CBD #Ecosystems
Full paper: www.soil-organisms.org/index.php/SO...
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🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Nearly one-third of fungi on IUCN Red List are threatened with extinction
The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) recently updated its Red List of Threatened Species to include an additional 482 fungi, bringing the total to roughly 1,300 species of…
news.mongabay.com
October 8, 2025 at 8:01 AM
🍄 Of the roughly 1,300 species of fungi on the IUCN Red List, more than 400 are at risk of extinction. Threats include agricultural expansion, climate change and deforestation.
Read more from @mongabay.com :
Read more from @mongabay.com :
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The EU must turn the #CAP into a #climate tool 🌾
It is time for European agriculture to cut emissions and help reach climate neutrality by 2050 🌱
Read our latest report with @ecologic.eu to find out how ⬇️
It is time for European agriculture to cut emissions and help reach climate neutrality by 2050 🌱
Read our latest report with @ecologic.eu to find out how ⬇️
Leveraging the common agricultural policy to accelerate livestock emission reductions - IEEP AISBL
The next CAP can unlock low-emission farming by scaling up innovation, farmer networks, and targeted incentives for sustainable livestock.
ieep.eu
October 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
The EU must turn the #CAP into a #climate tool 🌾
It is time for European agriculture to cut emissions and help reach climate neutrality by 2050 🌱
Read our latest report with @ecologic.eu to find out how ⬇️
It is time for European agriculture to cut emissions and help reach climate neutrality by 2050 🌱
Read our latest report with @ecologic.eu to find out how ⬇️
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🚩RISING UP TOGETHER – a webinar on uniting climate & #FoodSovereignty movements ahead of COP30.
Hear from social movement leaders from Nyéléni 2025 & the People’s Summit Towards #COP30.
🗓️ 9 Oct
🔗 REGISTER NOW : us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#JustTransitionRising #ClimateJustice #DrawTheLine
Hear from social movement leaders from Nyéléni 2025 & the People’s Summit Towards #COP30.
🗓️ 9 Oct
🔗 REGISTER NOW : us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#JustTransitionRising #ClimateJustice #DrawTheLine
October 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
🚩RISING UP TOGETHER – a webinar on uniting climate & #FoodSovereignty movements ahead of COP30.
Hear from social movement leaders from Nyéléni 2025 & the People’s Summit Towards #COP30.
🗓️ 9 Oct
🔗 REGISTER NOW : us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#JustTransitionRising #ClimateJustice #DrawTheLine
Hear from social movement leaders from Nyéléni 2025 & the People’s Summit Towards #COP30.
🗓️ 9 Oct
🔗 REGISTER NOW : us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
#JustTransitionRising #ClimateJustice #DrawTheLine
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Indigenous Peoples and local communities play a critical role in mapping and monitoring the state of biodiversity in their lands and territories. 🌎🔍🌿
Hear stories of the work by the Ogeik people in Kenya👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsq...
#IndigenousPeoples #mapping #localcommunities
Hear stories of the work by the Ogeik people in Kenya👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsq...
#IndigenousPeoples #mapping #localcommunities
October 3, 2025 at 11:21 AM
Indigenous Peoples and local communities play a critical role in mapping and monitoring the state of biodiversity in their lands and territories. 🌎🔍🌿
Hear stories of the work by the Ogeik people in Kenya👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsq...
#IndigenousPeoples #mapping #localcommunities
Hear stories of the work by the Ogeik people in Kenya👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmsq...
#IndigenousPeoples #mapping #localcommunities
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🌍 Out today in 'Nature Reviews Biodiversity': We explore landscape multifunctionality as a way to address biodiversity loss, climate change & food insecurity together. Instead of siloed fixes, multifunctional land-use integrates restoration, production & well-being.
🔗 rdcu.be/eIL2g
🔗 rdcu.be/eIL2g
Addressing landscape multifunctionality in conservation and restoration
Nature Reviews Biodiversity - Multifunctional land-use systems supply multiple ecosystem services while contributing to biodiversity conservation. This Review summarizes the provision of ecosystem...
rdcu.be
September 30, 2025 at 7:06 AM
🌍 Out today in 'Nature Reviews Biodiversity': We explore landscape multifunctionality as a way to address biodiversity loss, climate change & food insecurity together. Instead of siloed fixes, multifunctional land-use integrates restoration, production & well-being.
🔗 rdcu.be/eIL2g
🔗 rdcu.be/eIL2g
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Great news! The Welsh Government is to recognise beavers as a native species and award them full legal protection. This is great news for this wonderful mammal, which can help us restore our river and freshwater habitats 💚💙💚
Read more here:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/news/beavers...
Read more here:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/news/beavers...
October 3, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Great news! The Welsh Government is to recognise beavers as a native species and award them full legal protection. This is great news for this wonderful mammal, which can help us restore our river and freshwater habitats 💚💙💚
Read more here:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/news/beavers...
Read more here:
www.northwaleswildlifetrust.org.uk/news/beavers...