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Rob Stoneman @RobStoneman

Director of Landscape Recovery for Wildlife Trusts. Previously at Rewilding Europe and CEO of Yorks, Hants and Sheffield Wildlife Trusts. Views my own.

Joined July 2009
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To all my lovely followers - I've not posted on here for a while as this platform is now so awful. I'll not close the account (X might change) but I'm off to Bluesky. See you there: @robstoneman.bsky.social
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abi gardner (she/her)@_abigardner_
29 Oct 2024
Thanks to @RobStoneman and @CraigBennett3 for having us on their daily live update on #COP16 Women's day to share our experience of being young women in conservation and the work @GYBN_CBD does at @UNBiodiversity to ensure the convention text is inclusive.
The Wildlife Trusts@WildlifeTrusts
25 Oct 2024
✨ DAY 5 of #COP16 is here! ✨🌍 Tune in to today’s livestream straight from Colombia where we'll be marking 'women in conservation' with interviews from Sarah @iemanet, Abi and Elouise from @GYBN_UK and our very own Jamey. Watch here: wtru.st/cop16updates
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Jo Smith@JoSmithDWT
23 Oct 2024
It’s time for change; we need the grouse shooting industry to be licensed & a complete ban on peatland burning. Shoots that are not engaging in illegal activity have nothing to fear & lots to gain from this. @RobStoneman @CraigBennett3 @Debbie_Tann @KeasdenKate @RoseONei11
Helena Horton@horton_official
22 Oct 2024
More hen harriers killed in UK during 2023 than in any other year, RSPB says theguardian.com/environment/…
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The Wildlife Trusts@WildlifeTrusts
24 Oct 2024
🌍✨ DAY 4 of #COP16 is here! ✨🌍 Tune into our livestream as the action continues with key insights @RobStoneman and @CraigBennett3. The future of the natural world is being shaped —don’t miss it! 🌿 #NatureRecovery wtru.st/cop16updates
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The Wildlife Trusts@WildlifeTrusts
17 Oct 2024
🎊Exciting news! 🎊 2 new bison calves have been born in just four days apart. 🦬 The calves bring the total number of the Wilder Blean bison herd to 8 and they are now part of the UK's only wild bison rewilding project thanks @KentWildlife & @WildwoodTrust 💚
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"Reaching net zero is impossible without nature" yet the UK Government allocates £22bn to carbon capture and storage despite that it is unproven technology at scale and is considering cutting nature investment! @MaryCreagh_ @Ed_Miliband theguardian.com/environment/…

Trees and land absorbed almost no CO2 last year. Is nature’s carbon sink failing?

The sudden collapse of carbon sinks was not factored into climate models – and could rapidly accelerate global heating

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How the Netherlands transformed its rivers - and what the UK could learn inews.co.uk/news/netherlands…

How the Netherlands transformed its rivers - and what the UK could learn

Severe floods and pollution forced the Dutch government to rethink how its rivers are managed. i travels to the Netherlands to find out whether this could be a solution for Britain's beleaguered...

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Luke Steele@Lukesteele4
5 Sep 2024
The @WildlifeTrusts has acquired Skiddaw! This landscape, which is treasured by so many, will see restoration of peatlands, woodlands and more. Let there be no doubt, this is a milestone moment for nature restoration in @LakeDistrictNPA and beyond. theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…

‘A 100-year vision’: Skiddaw’s barren peak to spring to life in ambitious rewilding

More than 1,200 hectares of Cumbrian forest will be transformed into England’s highest nature reserve

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CumbriaWildlifeTrust@cumbriawildlife
5 Sep 2024
📢 INCREDIBLE news – together, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to protect 3000 acres of land for nature! Could you donate to make this epic project a reality? 👇 wtru.st/Skiddaw-Forest-X #SkiddawForest #Appeal #Donate #Cumbria #LakeDistrict
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David Oakes@David_Oakes
5 Sep 2024
It is such an exciting prospect for Cumbria and the UK. We obviously couldn’t cover it “on mic” at the time, but to get an inkling of what could happen on Skiddaw, listen to @RobStoneman here for some “ballpark landscape recovery banter”: treesacrowd.fm/rob-stoneman/

Rob Stoneman: Resurrecting Rainforests and Protecting Peat - Trees A Crowd

treesacrowd.fm
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David Oakes@David_Oakes
5 Sep 2024
I've been waiting months to say this, but: THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! THE WILDLIFE TRUSTS ARE BUYING SKIDDAW! Please help @cumbriawildlife with this most brilliant endeavour! wildlifetrusts.org/news/cumb… @WildlifeTrusts

Cumbria Wildlife Trust asks public to help buy Skiddaw Forest and create England’s highest nature...

Cumbria Wildlife Trust announces the launch of a major public appeal to help buy Skiddaw Forest, including the summit of Skiddaw.

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The Wildlife Trusts@WildlifeTrusts
3 Sep 2024
Beavers are recognised as native species in England, but are still not allowed in the wild even though they bring so many benefits to our natural world. That’s why we’re asking the UK Government to publish an ambitious reintroduction strategy! Read more 👉 wtru.st/3yYgu6k
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That this can happen on our watch is utterly disgraceful. Let asylum seekers onto the channel ferries and provide legal routes to the UK. Then process applications quickly sending those back who don't qualify. End the slaughter @YvetteCooperMP theguardian.com/uk-news/arti…

Six children among 12 dead in Channel as crowded boat ‘ripped open’

Pregnant woman among those killed in ‘horrifying’ incident as charities call on government to establish safe routes

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Oh wow - another Brexit shambles - this time over-fishing by the big trawlers smashing our seabird populations. The decline of Britain's wildlife is catastrophic - c'mon @UKLabour @MaryCreagh_ time for a massive reset to bring back our wildlife. theguardian.com/environment/…

Arctic tern and common gull join red list of UK species in crisis

Seabirds are in a precarious position as their breeding areas are threatened by climate breakdown and overfishing

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The @WildlifeTrusts launched their vision to bring back beavers today. @BBCr4today interviewed me earlier on this morning. Listen at 53.38: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0022c…
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Gorgeous video from the @WoodlandTrust on temperate rainforests. Enjoy: youtu.be/m77t7vOkbG4?feature…

Recovering the Rainforest - The Woodland Trust

Precious, beautiful, full of life and refuge for wildlife: Rainfore...

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Travel all the way back from Berlin but the final leg from KX to York is thwarted by @LNER because they can’t sort out staffing. Shite service.
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Peatlands are our super-hero habitat - stabilising climate, cleaning water, regulating flooding, wild, biodiverse and never ugly! @WildlifeTrusts @WetlandsInt @MaryCreagh_ theguardian.com/commentisfre…

Bog ugly, but totally magnificent: peatlands are finally getting the respect they deserve | Sophie...

Scotland’s Flow Country is the first peatland to become a world heritage site – reassigning nature its leading role, says author Sophie Yeo

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Jo Smith@JoSmithDWT
8 Aug 2024
Found my original @HenHarrierDay badge! Proud to have supported this from day 1 & excited to speak at Sat’s event which celebrates 10 years & aims to galvanise urgently needed action 4 wildlife! See u there?! @MarkAvery @ChrisGPackham @CraigBennett3 @DerbysWildlife
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Sort of heaven - a library dedicated just to peatlands. Niche? Maybe but wow the knowledge. It’s being populated from multiple collections by Hans Joosten.
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