Wildlands, Woodlands, Farmlands & Communities’ Post

This doesn't seem to be a very good idea that might have downstream implications that could be lead to a domino effect: man destroys forests, threatening and killing off the caribou population...so man has the bright idea to try and fix things by destroying again, this time by killing wolves...but then what is thrown out of whack by the lowered wolf population?....are the moose and deer populations going to skyrocket?...do we then keep altering/killing animals to try and fix what we ourselves messed up in the first place? 🙄 This is why we can't have nice things like the Earth. #earthday #earthdaypost #motherearth #logging #recycle #compost #reuse "There is little disagreement about the root cause of the caribou’s plight. Logging of old growth forests has cut away at habitat preferred by southern mountain caribou—a type of woodland caribou (Rangifer tarandus caribou) that occupies swaths of south and central British Columbia and Alberta and, until recently, parts of northern Idaho and Washington state. The shrubs that grow back in these logged mountainous areas attract moose and deer, which in turn draw more wolves. The numbers of southern mountain caribou in North America have dwindled from roughly 10,000 animals in 1991 to a little more than 4700 in 2023. Fifteen of 41 herds have either vanished or are so small that scientists don’t think they will last for long." https://lnkd.in/gGZWqmaw

After facing range decline, the Australian brush-turkey is actively recolonising urban areas in Australia, including large cities such as Brisbane and Sydney. A new article published in Wildlife Research has chronicled the decline, fall and rise of this Aussie icon. Researchers from University of Sydney found that the bird’s geographical range has shifted over the last century. "They got as far south as the border with Victoria and as far west as Dubbo, maybe even further," said the study's lead author Matthew Hall in an interview with the ABC. "They've actually disappeared from a lot of those places now." But in the last few decades they have become a much more common sight in many urban areas. "They'll eat almost anything they come across," Hall said. "So they've taken really well to scavenging off any food they can find in the city. They've also learned to build their nest out of somewhat sub-optimal materials." This study highlights that species which were locally extinct from urban areas, and thought to be unlikely candidates for recolonisation, can successfully occupy human modified habitats. Successful expansion is likely to be associated with key behavioural traits, urban greening, and legal protection from human persecution. "They're actually a fantastic success story of a pretty unique native species that's come back from possibly the brink of extinction and is now thriving in one of the most hostile environments we can make for them." #WildlifeResearch #ThreatenedSpecies #CitizenScience #OpenAccess https://lnkd.in/gKHbwDsn

(AL) The Kilcoole Little Tern colony is by far the largest Little Tern colony in Ireland, having grown from fewer than 20 nesting pairs in the 1980s to 274 pairs in 2024! But what is behind the success of this project? And what have we learned about this species, and conservation in general, over the decades? Find out in this Q and A with Manager of the Kilcoole Little Tern Project, Brian Burke! https://lnkd.in/eapMFQah

#wildlifewednesday time🐾🌿👏 In the UK, Summer has arrived and we have recently seen the fledging activities of various bird species over the past few weeks🐦. One particularly thrilling fledging event occurred at the remarkable Knepp Estate👀😬. The White stork chicks from several nests have successfully fledged the nest👏. and now there is just one left to go. Four chicks have started to make moves away from the nest, but still not fully fledged 🙏 its only a matter of days now. Since the first birds came to Knepp from Poland in 2016, things have gone from strength to strength for the storks💪 This continues the incredible story of the hard work and dedication from the team at Knepp Estate and The White Stork Project, with the aim being to re-establish a wild, breeding population of white storks in the UK. And what a start they are off to🙌🙌🙌 If you want to keep up to date and see the moment the storks take off from the nest, then you can do so below with a live camera feed 🎥 These young storks, part of the next generation which will hopefully breed in the UK in the future when they around 4 or 5 years old, but will soon join the adults migrating to parts of Europe and Northen Africa 🌍 Another huge win and success story for Rewilding and Conservation in the UK😃 https://lnkd.in/etzRw_Wi #wildlifewednesday #wildlife #nature #rewilding #conservation #whitestorks #speciesreintroduction

Read about the case of coexistence with deer in the Danube Delta! Several groups of red and fallow deer have been released in the Ukrainian part of the cross-border Danube Delta rewilding landscape in recent years and are now thriving. With water levels in the delta higher than the normal in the spring of this year, many deer moved to higher ground in search of food. And that quest led them to people’s gardens filled with fruit trees, located on islands close to the city of Vylkove. Deer are creating challenges for local residents. The Rewilding Ukraine team and community of Vylkove jointly agreed on a simple coexistence win-win solution: protective fencing. With proactive measures like protective fencing, Rewilding Ukraine is helping communities embrace the return of these animals while safeguarding local livelihoods. A powerful example of how open dialogue and close collaboration between rewilding teams and local communities can create landscapes where both people and wildlife thrive together. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/dNgWwYte #rewilding #biodiversity #nature #deer Rewilding Europe Endangered Landscapes & Seascapes Programme

🌳🌱 🌲 Planting native British trees across the UK; Wych Elm Average Lifespan: 400 years A large deciduous tree native to the UK and parts of Europe, the Wych Elm typically reaches heights of 30 meters. It has broad, rough, dark green leaves that are uneven at the base and serrated along the edges. The bark is dark brown and deeply fissured, providing a distinctive texture. Wych Elm trees are a host plant for a variety of moths, including the White-letter Hairstreak butterfly. The seeds of Wych Elm trees, known as samaras, are a food source for a variety of wildlife, including birds like finches and mammals such as squirrels. Wych Elm trees provide shelter and nesting sites for numerous bird species and are important for maintaining local ecosystems. 🌳 Find out more about how we are helping British ex-servicemen by planting British native trees across the UK: 👉https://lnkd.in/eGiEyksT 🌲 #FleetmaxxSolutions #CarmaPartnership #GreenTaskForce #TreePlanting #SupportVeterans #EnvironmentalImpact #SustainableFuture #NativeTrees #CombatClimateChange #NatureBasedTherapy #VeteranSupport #GreenInitiatives #PlantATree #GreenerFuture #ClimateAction #CorporateResponsibility #EcoFriendly #BCorporation #SocialImpact #FleetmaxxCares #Carma #GreenTaskForce #PattFoundation

🦭 2024 Wadden Sea Harbour Seal Survey Highlights Long-term Decline 🦭 The 2024 annual harbour seal survey across the Wadden Sea gives us important insights and shows a decline in pup numbers and a complex population trend overall. While adult seal counts during the August moult rose by 5%, long-term numbers remain lower than a decade ago, reflecting possible ecological challenges. Report Highlights: 📉 Pup Numbers: 8,230 in 2024 (-12% from 2023)  - Largest decrease in Schleswig-Holstein (-19%)  - Only Denmark saw an increase (+14%)  📊 Total Seals During Moult: 23,772 (+5%) Dr. Anders Galatius of Aarhus University emphasises the importance of understanding survival and behaviour patterns in addressing these changes. As top marine predators, harbour seals play a crucial role in the Wadden Sea’s ecosystem, and their conservation under the Wadden Sea Seal Agreement (WSSA) remains vital. A recent workshop explored new ways of gathering data, with a focus on rehabilitated seals, to improve conservation approaches. 🌍 Thanks to the dedicated efforts of the Trilateral Expert Group on Marine Mammals, we continue to learn more about protecting this charismatic species. 👉 https://lnkd.in/eb9er8Jg #HarbourSeals #WaddenSea #MarineMammalConservation #Biodiversity #WildlifeResearch

𝗪𝗘𝗕𝗜𝗡𝗔𝗥 Mon 19 August 10:30am Wallaby illegal releases – do they stay put and why do people release them?  Illegal releases (translocation) of introduced species around New Zealand is an ongoing problem because it can lead to an expansion of current distributions and to increases in the impact a species might have on conservation and production values. Translocations become especially problematical when a programme has been established to eradicate a species because illegal releases are difficult to locate and eliminate. Translocations can also shift funding away from core programme activities to “fighting fires”. Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research in partnership with MPI (National Wallaby Eradication programme – Tipu Mātoro) looked at whether wallabies translocated to areas with no wallabies stayed at the release site or moved (i.e. is it worth investing resources into searching for them?). Concurrently, another project surveyed a range of people to identify what their motivations might be to illegally release wallabies (do they care more about establishing a hunting resource close to home than they do about the environment?).  REGISTER» https://buff.ly/3Yoeq1K

Eyes glinting in the darkness... These two intrepid males were snapped by a camera trap in Mozambique’s Zinave National Park, when teams from Peace Parks Foundation and the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Carnivore Conservation Programme summoned them using bait and prey calls. On this particular night, the moonlight made these boys particularly cautious, but their curiosity got the better of them! Sightings such as these show that lions have been making their way naturally into Zinave from other parts of the Great Limpopo transboundary landscape. Pin-pointing their location, with the help of a camera network, allows teams to dart and collar as many lions as possible, and improve the scope for monitoring. Learning more about their movements and population size helps the team to understand how to better protect them.   Excitingly, lions have joined rhino, leopard, buffalo and elephant to raise Zinave’s status to Mozambique’s first Big Five national park. This impressive success reflects dedicated conservation efforts by Peace Parks and Mozambique’s Administração Nacional das Áreas de Conservação, who have been jointly protecting, restoring and developing the park these past eight years. We look forward to many more glimpses of these magnificent creatures, and signs that they are thriving in Zinave! #NatureWithoutBorders #ZinaveWildlife #ConservationSuccess #NatureWithoutBorders #Lions #CameraTrap #WildlifeMonitoring #Rewilding #ZinaveNationalPark #ANAC #ConservationatScale #EcosystemRestoration #Predators #Carnivores #CarnivoreConservationProgramme #EWT   

"Bison are ecosystem engineers: they strip bark from trees which creates standing deadwood that supports insects, birds and bats, and their dust-bathing forms patches where burrowing insects thrive. Their trampling of vegetation is also beneficial, creating light and space for wildflowers. Bison help sequester carbon as well: a study in the Southern Carpathian mountains in Romania, where a herd of 170 bison have been reintroduced since 2014, has found that the animals’ impact has helped capture approximately an additional 54,000 tonnes of carbon a year, nearly 10 times more than without the bison." https://lnkd.in/em8NDfCM #Biodiversity