Prof. Jens-Christian Svenning's inspiring talk held 2 weeks ago for Naturnahe Weidelandschaften e.V. is online now. No one else can argue as clearly & precisely for integrating grazers into modern conservaton. Great thanks to you, Jens! @jcsvenning.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=pqHS...

Während die Kulturheide blüht, hier Calluna vulgaris in einem Grasland neben Thymus pulegioides und Polygala vulgaris 🌸

Sphagnum fallax in a mesotrophic sloping fen in central Germany 🌿

Here, have some birds perched on appropriate/delightful signage. You're welcome. 🧵 ⤵️ 1. Black Vulture (Coragyps atratus) by tysmith on iNaturalist

This!! 'The land still remembers'

Und bei uns knallen sie immer noch Wölfe und Bären ab, weil man nicht bereit ist, sich über eine friedliche Koexistenz Gedanken zu machen. 😞

Good morning & hope you've had your breakfast! Here's a 'splat of blues' in Hungary, taken by @fishtwitcher.bsky.social Life isn't all pretty flowers & fluttering wings of beauty! Butterflies imbibe essential minerals from mud, dung, and decomposing organic matter. #Leptember

Es wundert mich, wie sich so viele Menschen, die sich mit der Natur beschäftigen, eine wilde Natur ohne Großherbivoren vorstellen können. Sie waren immer hier. Blickfang: Wasserbüffel im Kragelund Mose

Schöne Carex aus dem Urlaub in Dänemark im Juli

🎯 Sogenannter Prozessschutz oder Wildnis macht keinen Sinn, solange wir die natürlichen Prozesse nicht erst wiederherstellen: natürliche Hydrologie und Beweidungsregime.

Sheep have a narrow muzzle width allowing them to be more selective, which in turn may negatively affect plant diversity. Here more to horses and cattle eating Rubus: doi.org/10.1111/mec.... - the key is year-round or dormant season grazing!

Neugierrig mehr über den deutschen Diskurs zu großen Pflanzenfressern zu lernen!

Seekuh, die: Glückliches Haustier, das ungehindert in der Landschaft ans Wasser darf, um sich das Euter zu kühlen. Gesehen an der Bistritz bei Kreuzburg.

Spending time with rewilded herbivores is humbling. Every week reveals new items on the menu. New leaves of invasive Rosa rugosa are eaten, despite thorns and seemingly being out of reach #rewilding #invasive #herbivory

I love it. Great river access for wildlife. One day we'll get some elephants in there too.

Den danske journaliststand er simpelthen debil. Jeg bliver ringet op hver dag af tæt på retarderede journalister, der lige vil "høre noget om snudebiller eller ulve fra en ekspert". Og efter 10 år blander TV2 Nyhederne stadig Molslab og Naturstyrelsen sammen. Jamen, for helvede. Fåk jer. #dkmedier

Tausende Menschen versammeln sich aktuell vor dem Hauptbahnhof in #Hamburg zur Demo für Demokratie und gegen Rechtsextremismus #HH1601

Furthermore - the idea of a correct natural state falls apart as climate change takes hold This is why we discuss ecological complexity as an aim for restoration rather than target communities doi.org/10.1111/ecog...

Alt vi ønsker os til Jul er en bruusende flod💦 I 100 år har Gudenåen været spærret ved Tange af en dæmning og en kunstig sø. Vi håber @jeppebruus.bsky.social har modet til at slippe Gudenåen fri, til gavn for livet både under og over vandoverfladen. Det kan blive så godt🙏 #vildgudenå #dkpol

Zitat des Tages von @ddejrnaes.bsky.social 🍂 "In unserem Streben nach Kontrolle haben wir die Kontrolle über den Verlust der Artenvielfalt verloren..." (hoffentlich vernünftig übersetzt…)

Man kann es nicht oft genug sagen: geschlossener (Buchen)-wald ist kein geeignetes Leitbild zum Erhalt der mitteleuropäischen Biodiversität Orginal Paper von u.a. @elenapearce.bsky.social @jcsvenning.bsky.social Link zum original Paper www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The Mols Laboratory, Denmark, in 2024. This is what trophic #rewilding with horses and cattle can do to #grassland vegetation. Not only does winter grazing promote flowers, the structural variation due to dung, trampling, grazing, browsing is huge! #biodiversity

This is why Danish nature needs fencing. All the red deer are eating crops in the fields. EVERY NIGHT. While their grazing and browsing effects are badly needed in the natural areas. #rewilding

Where are all the billionairs longing to reverse the biodiversity crisis in Europa and make a long-lasting impact on the world? There are god damn elephants for free😮. As we speak, there is not a single terrestrial ecosystem in Europe that isn't lacking elephants...get them while you can.

Visited #RandersRegnskov today with my son. We noticed the Spotted hyenas sported a winter coat. A reminder that these predators are well adapted to colder climates. We may think of them as African today, but Spotted hyena #Crocutacrocuta roamed western Europe until 12000 years ago #reintroduction ?

Europe: Don’t shoot your elephants!!! Also Europe: We need to shoot our wolves. www.bbc.com/news/world-6... (from April)

As expected, the downlisting of the #wolf Canis lupus at the Bern Convention Standing Committee was approved. A thread on some ins and outs. 1/ ec.europa.eu/commission/p...

Waldplantagen retten die Biodiversität nicht

Kan i høre blomsterne #dkpol? Vilde heste græsser i bund i løbet af vinteren og giver til sommer de små blomster plads - en konkurrencefordel de gennem millioner af år har udviklet i sammenspil med store planteædere. Det er dét 2/3 dele af blomsterne i #dknatur skriger efter.

Rewilding er ikke et eksperiment, som visse kritikere ønsker at kalde det. Det er faktisk bare at lade dyrene leve, som de gjorde før vi gjorde dem alle til slaver.

Læs vores kronik i @altingetdk.bsky.social: Biodiversitetstabet kun kan vendes ved at kombinere mere effektiv beskyttelse m genopretning af store #planteædere, #hydrologi & kystdynamik www.altinget.dk/miljoe/artik... (m Camilla Fløjgaard, @r-ejrnaes.bsky.social & @hhbruun.bsky.social) 🍃 🐎 💦#dkpol

Særudgave af ‘Budskab’🎧 denne uge - Om journalister, meningsdannere og kommunikatørernes store SoMe-dilemma: Bluesky vs. X?

The Royal Shaving Brush aka Fireball Lily is one of the first flowers to blossom after the first rains. Seen in Kafue NP a few days ago.

Not a recent photograph, but one of the best I have ever seen to show how massively water buffalo promotes amphibians. And of course flies, beetles & other insects they eat which in turn also promote birds, bats, reptiles, fishes, spiders ... www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/arti...

Celebrating bramble’s vital role in natural ecosystems! While many conservationists advocate managing bramble, it is embraced as a cornerstone of the ecosystem at the Mols Laboratory. White blossoms with nectar and pollen in summer, green leaves for rewilded horses and cattle in winter. #rewilding

Don't mind at all. Calluna vulgaris in a natural ecosystem with horses and cattle.

Abgesehen davon sind Schafe im Naturschutz ohnehin eher kontraproduktiv, teilweise sogar desaströs.

There I must disagree. Die Rückkehr des Wolfes kann kein Problem für den Naturschutz sein, es ist eine der positivsten Geschichten. Vielleicht müssen wir im Naturschutz von Schafen zu größeren Tieren übergehen?

species impacted wetland function? Could proxy Asian water buffalo, (Bubalus bubalis), be utilized to help maintain invasive/dominant vegetation? Or...for the extreme rewilders...can modern hippos be trialed in a Southern European wetland? (Hippos are VERY dangerous, - anyone for a swim?)

Und hier Wollschweine im Naturgebiet Kragelund Mose in DK 🔉

Können wir bitte aufhören den Einfluss einer einheimischen Art auf die Landschaft in Naturschutzgebieten als „Wildschweinschäden“ zu bezeichnen? Hier ein Warzenschwein in Sambia. Diese Störungen sind keine Schäden.

Face it and fence it! It's time we face it: Large mammals are incompatible with farming, forestry and traffic. There is no way we humans are going to accept natural densities of restored faunas of large herbivores in unfenced landscapes. Only inside fenced reserves. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

Jeg har skrevet dagens Kronik i Politiken med @kenbuk.bsky.social: ”Vi skal gøre mindre for at redde naturen.” Desværre bag betalingsmur, så herunder et par citater. Titelbilledet er uheldigt og et godt billede på hvor naturfremmede vi er i DK. Her et bud på et bedre politiken.dk/debat/kronik...

Our new study highlights the challenges in land-sharing between production and biodiversity - and suggests minimum criteria for conservation grazing ⬇️⬇️

Her er hvad Den grønne Træpart vil "give os" på knap 10% af Danmarks landareal. Vi ser en ca. tyveårig skovrejsning på fhv. landbrugsjord efter første runde af tynding #træplantning #grøntrepart

Where did our lost rhinos roam? Distribution charts based on bone finds (individual dots) and habitat suitability for the four fluffy rhinos of late Pleistocene. These are of course approximate and might not include all obscure finds. #Sciart

Kontroverser in DE als in DK glaube ich, aber: rein mit Rindern, Pferden, Wasserbüffeln und Bisons in die Naturschutzgebiete, raus mit Schafen. Hier unten noch ein Argument dafür.

Was pleased to see @jcsvenning.bsky.social giving a talk here in Göttingen & to hear that rewilding is becoming mainstream in Denmark. It will be a way to catch up for 🇩🇪, where destructive mowing bars & sheep are still main tools in conservation. Thanks to @kampjohannes.bsky.social for organising.

1999: OECD criticized Denmark for having no National Parks 2007: Parliament passes law for National Parks with NO PROTECTION 😒 2020: Political agreement on 15 Nature National Parks on 0,6 % of territory 2024: Still awaiting first properly protected area in Denmark State-led greenwashing.

Also contemplate the popular claim that biodiversity is our life insurance policy - for example by guessing the number of humans to be sustained in either landscape.