Mark Day - Conserving & restoring nature @ speed & scale, passionate about freshwater ecosystems & grasslands.
Co-Founder of @AltynDala.bsky.social
@EarthshotPrize.bsky.social winner 2024 ‘Protect & Restore Nature’ + ‘UN World Restoration Flagship’
Restoring Ecosystems
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"Something remarkable happened in April. For the first time in history, wind and solar generated more electricity than gas across the entire planet. Not in a country. Not in a region. Globally."
Tons of great news here from Danny Kennedy (via @billmckibben.bsky.social's newsletter, which rules).
Ever heard of the “Picasso of Ponds”?
Finding & championing these unsung #rewilding heroes matters!
We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰
Good news! Ministers have finally given green light to new #NaturalHistory GCSE. We’ve campaigned so long for this! Big hats off to tireless advocate Mary Colwell 🙌 Now our young people will have a chance to get to know & love the natural world, to feel awe & wonder, & gain skills to protect it 🌷🌳🦡
Wildlife bridges are popping up everywhere, which is something to celebrate as isolated habitats are being reconnected when old and lethal barriers are bridged…
Equally good for elk & commuters & insurance brokers!
We are #GenerationRestoration 🌰
Notes from the Field — Singapore & Indonesia, May 2026
Scientists race to collect the last seeds from a critically endangered tree before it goes extinct 🌎
Source: Live Science
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Beavers relocated to the Tásmam Koyóm meadow built a 328-foot dam and a wetland that has increased water coverage by 22%
A wilder future for western lands will treat beavers not as a nuisance, as in the brutal past, but as a relative and ecosystem partner #rewilding
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David Roberts
How local heroes reforested Rio’s green heart...
A restoration project to revitalize the Atlantic forest is making the city a much more livable place in the face of increasingly frequent heatwaves.
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Shaun Hancox has created scores of ponds for rewilding projects across Britain – and he says there’s a lot more to it than digging a hole
"Rewilding is a deeper, more philosophical way of thinking about our future and about how we interact with nature"
And it's reversing damage that's been done to nature all over the world!
www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...
The Teton River must be preserved in its clean, free-flowing condition so it can continue to support abundant fish and wildlife, agriculture, and outdoor recreation opportunities for future generations. Don't rebuild the Teton Dam!
✍️ Sign your name: act.americanrivers.org/page/97895/p...
Long-awaited course to examine human effects on natural world and explore everyday ways to aid biodiversity
With a dry riverbed and no small inlets or marshy wetlands where fish can spawn and rear, spring-run Chinook salmon and steelhead disappeared from the mainstem San Joaquin River for decades.
🌾 Read how natural floodplain restoration is solving this issue: www.americanrivers.org/2026/05/how-...
Restoring Ecosystems
Restoring Ecosystems
Caroline Lucas
Seeds from the last surviving wild Dendroseris neriifolia tree are now stored in Kew Gardens' Millennium Seed Bank as researchers work to find ways to reintroduce the species into the wild.
Once-exploited environments are being brought back from the brink by rewilding — and tourism is playing a role in sustaining this ecological regeneration.
TAKE ACTION: The Teton River must be preserved in its clean, free-flowing condition so tit can continue to support abundant fish and wildlife, agriculture, and outdoor recreation opportunities for cur...
In California’s Central Valley, a river can look alive and still be starving. The San Joaquin winds through farmland and former floodplain country, but for much of the last century, it has been cut of...
“The California Department of Transportation and a big group of partners designed the wildlife bridge, which is approximately 100 feet long by 140 feet wide, to address the high rate of cars killing deer and elk on the two-lane highway.”
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One of almost 100 cameras caught the trailblazers.
