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.
Steve Carver
Not listened to this myself yet but… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
Wildfire risk, muirburn and the Cairngorms Park for the protection of grouse moor owners | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland:
#ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Muirburn🔥 #Cairngorms⛰️ #SportingEstates
parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/03/22/w...
The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act is wilderness legislation as it should be—with no special provisions that chip away at the Wilderness Act or weaken the protections Wilderness and wildlife need.
Urge Congress to pass NREPA!
wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/nrepa-2025/i...
Call for submissions @springernature.com SDG programme collection on: Managing landscapes after land abandonment: afforestation, rewilding and restoration. Deadline for submissions 30 October 2026.
www.nature.com/collections/...
My letter in the Guardian countering an article by a pro-growth lobbyist from Britain Remade attacking environmental legislation
“Ecologists & conservationists would be surprised by his claim that the UK doesn’t & never will build enough to drive nature loss”
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
"I would do anything for my grandchildren"
substack.com/home/post/p-... worth a read!
New thought piece from Jess Fallon in ECOS on how ecological imtegrity underpins recovery. www.ecos.org.uk/advancing-th...
Steve Carver
Steve Carver
As rewilding initiatives grow there’s a concern some risk doing more harm than good
This collection invites insights on managing post-abandonment landscapes—afforest, rewild, restore—balancing biodiversity, climate resilience, and equity.
Having burned late into the autumn last year, NASA Firms data base (see here) shows Scotland’s grouse moor owners and managers started burning again at the start of March. At the end of this last week...
Abstract Rewilding has emerged rapidly as a response to accelerating ecological degradation, prompting the development of theory of change (ToC) models intended to support its uptake across socially a...
www.ecos.org.uk
Steve Carver
NREPA will designate 23 million acres of public lands as Wilderness.
That YouGov poll yesterday:
Britain's working age population 18-65:
🟢Green 26%
🟣Reform 21%
🔴Labour 16%
🟠Lib Dem 14%
🔵Tories 13%
Britain's retired population 65+:
🟣Reform 33%
🔵Tories 26%
🔴Labour 15%
🟠Lib Dem 14%
🟢Green 6%
Join us this Friday for the last lecture of the series. @domspracklen.bsky.social will ask: Do forests make it rain? Join online/in person (followed by a drinks reception, everyone is welcome)
Register & more info: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv...
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