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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
3 days ago
Restoring Hardknott Forest Winter 2026 Newsletter out now: peat restoration, carcass ecology, new staff start with us, extra volunteering dates, farmer points at a post.
mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
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Guy Shrubsole
about 2 months ago
Today the Government announced they will publish a new Trees Action Plan in 2026. Here's what I think a Trees Action Plan needs to do to meet nature targets, restore rainforests and 'ghost woods', & support the natural regeneration of trees & scrub:
lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/25/a...
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A new Trees Action Plan for England is in the works. Here’s what I think it should focus on
This is a post by Guy Shrubsole. Photo: Sticta sylvatica, a temperate rainforest lichen, taken by the author near Colliford Reservoir, Bodmin Moor, Cornwall. Recently I was contacted by DEFRA, who …
https://lostrainforestsofbritain.org/2025/11/25/a-new-trees-action-plan-for-england-is-in-the-works-heres-what-i-think-it-should-focus-on/
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
about 2 months ago
It's
#NationalTreeWeek
and yesterday we planted 800 trees along the edges of a newly rebuilt bridleway. It'll stablise the work and create a lovely mixed corridor of woodland in years to come. Oak, aspen, alder and grey willow pegs went in.
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Carly Reddington
2 months ago
📣 Check out the new FAO report on
#Climate
and ecosystem service benefits of forests and trees for agriculture: 🔗
www.fao.org/newsroom/det...
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openknowledge.fao.org/items/f72aff...
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Protecting and restoring forests boosts farming and food security. New
@fao.org
report presented at COP30 brings together recent research including work from
@drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
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Protecting and restoring forests can boost farming and food security. It isn't farming or forests but farming and forests. New report from
@fao.org
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Prof Richard Betts
2 months ago
If you’re at COP30 please join us to discuss what the world would be like without forests! UK pavilion Thursday 16:30 - 18:00 including food and drink after 😃
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A new map shows how tropical deforestation causes local climate warming. Highlights the important local benefits of preserving tropical forest
@drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
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Local warming from tropical deforestation
Local warming from tropical deforestation web visualisation
https://cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
3 months ago
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Carly Reddington
3 months ago
🌍 New Toolkit Alert! Tropical
#deforestation
is heating up local climates - with serious risks for
#health
, agriculture, and climate resilience 🌳🌡️ 🔗
cemac.github.io/deforest-web/map.html
@envleeds.bsky.social
@priestleycentre.bsky.social
@metoffice.gov.uk
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Lovely autumn colours for our visitors from
@envleeds.bsky.social
seeing our nature recovery work at
@hardknottforest.bsky.social
and Nature Rich Miterdale delivered with our partners
@forestryengland.bsky.social
@nationaltrust.org.uk
and funded by
@heritagefunduk.bsky.social
3 months ago
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Julia Koricheva
3 months ago
Another nice output from TreE_PlaNat project
@uktreescapes.bsky.social
: a video on integrating natural processes into woodland creation has just been released
www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2...
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Integrating natural processes into woodland creation
YouTube video by TreE PlaNat
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0N2PBJM0dQ
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British Birds
4 months ago
Ticks are more likely to carry the bacteria that cause Lyme disease in areas where Common Pheasants Phasianus colchicus are released, according to new research. Read more:
britishbirds.co.uk/journal/arti...
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
4 months ago
The tour continues...what a busy & chatty morning we had at West Cumbria Volunteering Fair. Jack's addition of a microscope to examine lichens was a winner. We nearly ran out of leaflets!
@reachvolunteering.org.uk
@cumbriacvs.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
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Woodland Trust Scotland
4 months ago
Last week we celebrated 10 Years of
#TheGreatTrossachsForest
National Nature Reserve with partners at
#GlenFinglas
. It's 20 years since the partnership began. We've achieved ✅Over 3,000 hectares of new woodland created ✅432 hectares of peatland restored ✅70% increase in black grouse lekking 1/4...
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Cat Scott
4 months ago
It was an honour to be at the launch of the Ingleborough NNR into the King's Series of NNRs earlier this month - check out the blog below for more on what the
#WildIngleborough
partnership has achieved since forming in 2021 🌳🦋🐦
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The Amazon forest plays a critical role in the water cycle. A new study shows recent deforestation has caused reduced dry season rainfall across the southern Amazon. New story from
@mongabay.com
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More deforestation leads to a drier dry season, Amazon study finds
In Brazil’s southern Amazonian region, where the notorious “arc of deforestation” has been expanding since the 1970s, forest loss is reshaping the region’s atmospheric water cycle. As the Amazon Rainf...
https://news.mongabay.com/2025/09/more-deforestation-leads-to-a-drier-dry-season-amazon-study-finds/
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
4 months ago
As usual all our volunteer days filled up quickly, but a space has just opened up for this one. We can make another space available if anyone wants to bring a friend along. Please share.
@envleeds.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
@cumbriacvs.bsky.social
www.trybooking.com/uk/FDWV
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Restoring Hardknott Forest Volunteer Day: 21st October, 2025
Join us on a volunteer day to help maintain & remove tree tubes, remove non-native conifers, plant trees and wildflowers and allow the natural...
https://www.trybooking.com/uk/FDWV
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
4 months ago
Find us, and loads of other groups advertising volunteering opportunities in Whitehaven on Thursday.
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
#whitehaven
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
4 months ago
Our volunteering restarts on Sunday. As well as the essential job of removing non-native trees, we've loads of wildflowers & native trees to plant. Top vol Ade has been growing aspen, birch & oak for us & we have 1000's of wildflowers from
@wildhaweswater.bsky.social
@cumbriawildlife.bsky.social
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RSPB
5 months ago
GOOD NEWS: the peat burning ban is being extended in the English uplands. 👏 Peatlands lock up carbon, protect water & support rare wildlife. We hope today's announcement signals a move to end this damaging practice for good, and thank our supporters for helping make it happen.
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Ingleborough National Nature Reserve expanded - great news for the UK's best limestone habitats and wildlife. Research and monitoring by
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Ingleborough National Nature Reserve to be extended
The extension will offer greater protection to the rare species found in the Dales upland landscape.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cre5dpglz4zo
5 months ago
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Carly Reddington
5 months ago
🌍 Our new study in
@natclimate.nature.com
shows tropical
#deforestation
may cause ~28,000 heat-related deaths/year. 🌳🌡️💻🛰️ Using satellite data & mortality models we quantified the impact of deforestation-driven local warming on human health in the tropics. 🔗
doi.org/10.1038/s415...
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New study led by
@drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
tracks climate heating and human health impacts of tropical deforestation
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Tropical deforestation is associated with considerable heat-related mortality - Nature Climate Change
The authors assess the impacts of tropical deforestation and its subsequent local warming on human heat-related mortality. They estimate that deforestation-related warming (+0.27 °C) is associated wit...
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02411-0#:~:text=In%20regions%20of%20forest%20loss,the%20context%20of%20climate%20change
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Tropical deforestation is a major public health issue. New study led by
@drcarlyreddington.bsky.social
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@jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/deforestation-has-killed-half-a-million-people-in-past-20-years-study-finds
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Damian Carrington
5 months ago
Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
#climatecrisis
Story by
@jonathan-watts.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Deforestation has killed half a million people in past 20 years, study finds
Localised rises in temperature caused by land clearance cause 28,330 heat-related deaths a year, researchers find
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/27/deforestation-has-killed-half-a-million-people-in-past-20-years-study-finds
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Damian Carrington
5 months ago
Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure - Suspension of soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction Story by
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Brazil authorities suspend key Amazon rainforest protection measure
Suspension of Soy moratorium could open up area of rainforest the size of Portugal to destruction
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/aug/21/brazil-authorities-suspend-key-amazon-rainforest-protection-measure
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
5 months ago
As seen at Gosforth Show last weekend, come & find our very educational & slightly interactive stall at the
#krankenhaus
festival this weekend. Difficult questions welcome!
@showcasecumbria.bsky.social
@forestryengland.bsky.social
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Great to host the
#CSSPBrazil
meeting at the
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
Celebrating 10 years of Brazil - UK collaboration on climate science.
#WCSSP
#ISPF
@metoffice.gov.uk
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7 months ago
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Faculty of Environment, University of Leeds
9 months ago
Research led by Dr Lawrence Jackson and Professor Cathryn Birch in collaboration with
@ukceh.bsky.social
reveals potential for improved humid heat early warning systems to help vulnerable people prepare for dangerous humid heatwaves.
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Rainfall triggers extreme humid heat in tropics and subtropics
Scientists believe they have found a way to improve warning systems for vulnerable communities threatened by humid heatwaves, which are on the rise due to climate change and can damage human health.
https://environment.leeds.ac.uk/news/article/5947/rainfall-triggers-extreme-humid-heat-in-tropics-and-subtropics
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
9 months ago
As annoying as it was to find an abandoned camp site & litter at Hardknott, it's worth contrasting it with how quickly our dedicated volunteers & staff got rid of it. We're now back to finding only vintage litter, such as this rusting beer can & stubby beer bottle.
@keepbritaintidy.bsky.social
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World Land Trust
10 months ago
Our spring appeal is here! We urgently need your help to save one of the world’s most threatened cloud forests.
www.worldlandtrust.org/news/2025/03...
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@worldlandtrust.org
protect cloud forests in Honduras, crucial for amazing wildlife and clean water for surrounding communities:
www.worldlandtrust.org/appeals/save...
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Save The Cloud Forests of Honduras
WLT need your help to raise £443,540 - Donations will help our partner AESMO save 225 acres of precious cloud forest before it is too late...
https://www.worldlandtrust.org/appeals/save-the-cloud-forests-of-honduras/
9 months ago
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Woodland Trust Scotland
9 months ago
Walking this weekend? Our recently revamped Visitor Gateway at
#GlenFinglas
in the
#Trossachs
is now open 10am to 4pm, every day. There's plenty of parking, 10 waymarked trails, friendly volunteers to give advice & a loo with a spectacular view 😆! Visit Glen Finglas 👉
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
9 months ago
We're so close to our £1000 target to start funding the tools and equipment we need for our new
#tree
nursery. Donations and shares gratefully received. Many thanks.
@envleeds.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
@domspracklen.bsky.social
gofund.me/ddccc2ea
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Can you help us build a community nursery to grow rare wildfl… Restoring Hardknott Forest needs your support for Support our wildflower and tree nursery in the Duddon Valley
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Evan Frost
10 months ago
"Protecting mature & old-growth forests from commercial timber harvest, while allowing mature forests to grow into old-growth, could increase accumulated forest carbon stocks by 10.8B Mg this century, comparable to 8 yrs of fossil fuel emissions in the US." 🌏
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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How much more carbon could be protected in mature and old-growth forests of the United States?
Mature and old-growth (MOG) forests are superior to younger forests for mitigating the climate and biodiversity crises. MOG forests store far more car…
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S000632072500151X
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
10 months ago
Our friends at Nature Rich Miterdale need some help this Friday. If you fancy a healthy combo of practical conservation tasks, stunning views & occasional lounging in the sun, use the link below to book. Pls share.
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
@envleeds.bsky.social
www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...
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Guy Shrubsole
10 months ago
3 years ago, when I wrote The Lost Rainforests of Britain, I talked about the importance of expanding fragments of temperate rainforest like Wistman's Wood Well now the Duchy of Cornwall is actually doing it. (And through natural regeneration, not just planting!)
duchyofcornwall.org/article/firs...
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First ‘Wistman’s Wood’ trees planted as part of efforts to double size of ancient temperate rainforest
https://duchyofcornwall.org/article/first-wistmans-wood-trees-planted-as-part-of-efforts-to-double-size-of-ancient-temperate-rainforest/
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Rewilding Britain
10 months ago
We’re thrilled to see the UK Government’s new proposal to ban heather burning on peatland, protecting our air, water and wildlife.
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Juliano Sarmento Cabral
11 months ago
Call for applicants: fully-funded ISPF British Council Workshop on Future range of Amazonian Biodiversity, 27/7-2/8 in Manaus. We will train UK- and Brazil-based ecologists and conservationists on mechanistic range models and on Amazonian ecosystems. Details:
shorturl.at/hIa7Z
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ISPF UK-Amazonia Workshop Future range of Amazonian Biodiversity - University of Birmingham
Call for participants in a fully funded workshop on modelling Amazonian biodiversity
https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/collaborate/global-engagement/brazil-institute/ispf-uk-amazonia-workshop-future-range-of-amazonian-biodiversity
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
10 months ago
Emerging hairy wood ants. A healthy, functioning woodland should have literally millions of these! They are a key part of many food chains. Their nests can be up to 2m high with 250,000 ants in the colony.
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University of Leeds
11 months ago
A new Leeds study has shown that reintroducing wolves to the Scottish Highlands could help address the climate emergency 🐺 This reintroduction could lead to an expansion of native woodland, which could take in and store one million tonnes of CO2 annually 🌳 Read the full story 👇
bit.ly/4hFeNvM
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
12 months ago
Thanks to the local Youth Hostel staff who spent another volunteer day with us planting trees and sharing cheesecake. Trees: hazel alder, hawthorn & blackthorn. Cheesecake: lemon & blueberry.
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Support our community wildflower and tree nursery and you could be one of our first supporters!
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12 months ago
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
12 months ago
Hi everyone. We're currently at £230 of our £1000 target for the tree nursery. Thanks to all who have donated, it would be great if we could get to £500 by the end of the week. Anything you can afford is a big help. Thanks.
@envleeds.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
gofund.me/9671d159
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Donate to Support our wildflower and tree nursery in the Duddon Valley, organized by Restoring Hardknott Forest
Can you help us build a community nursery to grow rare wildfl… Restoring Hardknott Forest needs your support for Support our wildflower and tree nursery in the Duddon Valley
https://gofund.me/9671d159
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
12 months ago
Perfect conditions for
#treeplanting
high up in Hardknott Forest yesterday. 350 aspen, small leaved lime and thorn were planted by our volunteers. We put the aspen & lime in reused tubes collected last year.
@earth-science.bsky.social
@wtscotsocial.bsky.social
@leedsleaf.bsky.social
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Reading the Restoring Hardknott Forest newsletter with a cuppa
@yorkshiretea.bsky.social
: the perfect way to spend a lazy Saturday morning
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Restoring Hardknott Forest 🌎
about 1 year ago
Restoring Hardknott Forest Winter 2025 Newsletter out today. New volunteer dates and events 🐦⬛, latest on our tree nursery 🌱, documentary filming news 🎥 & a freaky natural phenomenon 😲.
mailchi.mp/leeds.ac.uk/...
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John Marsham
about 1 year ago
Exciting opportunity for anyone wanting to work on convection and climate change for Africa.
yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/und...
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Understanding climate change in African rainfall via a new generation of high-resolution models - Yorkshire Environmental Sciences • Doctoral Training Network
Africa’s rapidly growing population includes many of the people who are most vulnerable to climate change. Climate projections for Africa, and in fact elsewhere in the tropics, are highly uncertain an...
https://yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/understanding-climate-change-in-african-rainfall-via-a-new-generation-of-high-resolution-models/
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Guy Shrubsole
about 1 year ago
“The UK has more potential for temperate rainforest restoration than anywhere else in the world… UK rainforests are resilient to low & medium amounts of future warming” But rapid climate action needed to save other temp rainforests Ace new research by Leeds Uni:
www.leeds.ac.uk/research-32/...
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Climate change threatens rare temperate rainforests
Up to two thirds of the world’s temperate rainforests could fall victim to climate change by the year 2100 according to a new study by researchers at the University of Leeds.
https://www.leeds.ac.uk/research-32/news/article/5689/climate-change-threatens-rare-temperate-rainforests
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