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🐺 Happy International #Wolf Day! Today we celebrate these incredible creatures and our progress towards peaceful coexistence. 💚 🤝 Across Europe, innovative initiatives are proving that living in harmony with wolves is not just a dream, but a reality. 🚧 In Flanders, Belgium, the Wolf Fencing Team, founded in February 2019 by our partners Natuurpunt and Natagora and by WWF, is leading the way by better protecting livestock with effective fencing solutions. 🐾 In the Netherlands, the use of guard dogs has shown remarkable success in protecting farmed animals from wolf encounters. 🐶 As in Portugal, an initiative enabling local shepherds to work with guard dogs has become a shining example of how community and conservation can work hand in hand. These success stories show that coexistence is possible and beneficial for both wildlife and human communities. By investing in prevention and innovative solutions, we can protect our keystone species and preserve the delicate balance of our ecosystems. 📢 Let's continue to support these initiatives and work towards a future where wolves and people thrive together. 📝 Do you want to help? You can sign this petition against the lowering of the protection status of the wolf in the EU: https://lnkd.in/eCiKyas4 #SavetheWolf

Excellent news though I do take issue with the idea that these beautiful lizards are 'common' they are anything but a true wonder of nature. Even in 1912 these lizards were not common throughout England - the majority of which has no lizards. They are widespread and can be locally abundant but are still cannot be considered as common in the status sense. Nor are they dull - a host of colours and patterns exist throughout their range with many colour morphs across their range. They have essentially anti freeze in their blood to prevent succumbing to ice and frost, they live in the coldest place in the Northern Hemisphere and to me are an ideal candidate as a bio indicator species for nature recovery in England. From rewilding to Biodiversity Net Gain this species will feature as they spread out from their countryside refuges - as the anthills, grass tussocks, bramble edges, woodland edges arise from nature recovery so will the numbers of lizards - recording them on the ground will provide the evidence as to whether the action is working over the next 30 to 40years. Report sightings via the Record Pool www.recordpool.org.uk

This should be quite an interesting talk.

👏🏻 Rewarding Ranchers 👏🏻 The Migratory Big Game Initiative allows landowners to stack Farm Bill payments from BOTH the Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Farm Service Agency. It also offers a new incentive for producers in Wyoming, Idaho, and Montana: a habitat lease that provides annual payments for landowners who maintain intact rangelands for migrating wildlife. The USDA is providing a package of investments in key conservation programs, which includes funding to support increased staffing capacity and the deployment of streamlined program application processes for agricultural producers and landowners. Learn more about these incentives and the Migratory Big Game Initiative here: https://buff.ly/3lpnLVW

We believe that our greatest impact is through our work with clients. Our goal is to help our clients understand a rapidly changing world and equip them with the data and insights needed to drive better decisions toward a sustainable future. Over the years, we worked with NGOs such as WWF, to conduct studies on species such as tigers, elephants, rhinos, parrots, pangolins, and many more, to reduce illegal and unsustainable wildlife trade. In these studies, we found overwhelming public support for stricter measures on wildlife trade, for example, 85 percent of people across five countries support efforts to close all high-risk markets selling wild animals. Hear what Jan Vertefeuille, Senior Advisor for Advocacy at WWF had to say about our collaborative efforts below, and learn more about our client work in our 2023 Impact Report: https://lnkd.in/e8Xim6Cg

Join us at Bioneers TOMORROW Saturday March 30th for our session on safeguarding wildlife and wild places, and learn how you can be more involved in this critically important work! We share our planet with many other animals, including some especially beautiful and captivating wildlife species, and tragically, our own species is taking up more and more space and consuming an ever-increasing share of the biosphere’s resources, so many wild animals are facing unprecedented challenges. Hear from Paul Thompson, Neal Sharma, Zoliswa Nhleko, and Rae Wynn-Grant about the difficult and fascinating job of protecting these incredible creatures at Coexistence with Wild Animals. https://hubs.ly/Q02rbzmD0

Preserving our expansive beautiful land is what makes our state great. It’s a fine balance of development and ecological control and preservation that will enable true prosperity for all.

Brilliant example of how corporates can benefit from nature, and nature can benefit from corporates!!! #corporate #business #nature #climate #wellbeing

🎥 Witness the return of an iconic species in Sweden's rivers! 🌊🐟 For the first time, the critically endangered Atlantic sturgeon has been reintroduced in Sweden. The release in the #GötaRiver marked a crucial step in bringing back this iconic species after a century of absence. Supported by our European Wildlife Comeback Fund, the "Return of the Sturgeon" initiative released 100 juvenile sturgeon, taking the first step toward restoring healthy, self-sustaining populations in their native habitats. This reintroduction is a collaboration between Swedish and German partners, working together to boost biodiversity and strengthen the resilience of freshwater ecosystems.💧💪 #AtlanticSturgeon are vital to river ecosystems. By disturbing riverbeds, they enhance oxygen levels and create spawning areas for other fish. They also help manage invasive species, supporting the overall health of the aquatic food web. Watch the video to follow their journey and learn why these efforts are so important 👉  https://lnkd.in/eNkQUUPN 🎥 Jon A. Juárez #EuropeanWildlifeComebackFund #BiodiversityMatters #EcosystemRestoration #Reintroduction

Douglas W. Tallamy’s first book, Bringing Nature Home, awakened thousands of readers to an urgent situation: wildlife populations are in decline because the native plants they depend on are fast disappearing. His solution? Plant more natives. In this new book, Tallamy takes the next step and outlines his vision for a grassroots approach to conservation. Nature’s Best Hope shows how homeowners everywhere can turn their yards into conservation corridors that provide wildlife habitats. 🐦🏡 https://lnkd.in/gGgqAvVM