No #training needed: How #humans instinctively read #nature’s signals
People can #intuitively sense how #biodiverse a #forest is just by looking at #photos or listening to #sounds, and their gut #feelings surprisingly line up with what #scientists measure.
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2025/07/250709091655.htm
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🚜🌱 In this present time, maybe I can advocate for the #RightToRepair, & I can encourage the formation of periurban agricultural co-ops, support Indigenous land stewardship, the planting of windbreaks 🌳, supply knowledge for the growing of #polycultures 🌾, & buy from small farms 🥕. I can advocate for shared tools 🔧, long crop rotations that include perennial crops ♻️, & localized food systems 🍎, & resilient, #biodiverse farms & communities 💚🐦🐺. #ClimateAction #Agroecology #Permaculture
#Canada - Here's how you can make your #garden a safe and #biodiverse space for #urban #wildlife
by Ann Dale, Sabrina Careri, The Conversation
"Supporting biodiversity in your garden
"Together, we've created a series of free, fact-based guides to help people learn how to cultivate biodiversity and support for wildlife habitat in private gardens.
"This series currently includes four comprehensive booklets, each focusing on key aspects of biodiversity gardening:
- Yard Naturalization: A How-to Guide
- Myths & Misconceptions: Naturalized Gardens, Ticks, Mice, Rats & Other Pests
- Bird-Friendly Gardens: Supporting Bird Habitat in Every Season
- Good Garden Practices: Underrated Practices & Top Plant Picks.
"While there are plenty of great garden practices out there, these are five easy and impactful ways to boost biodiversity and cultivate a garden safe for urban wildlife, taken directly from our booklets.
"Use alternatives to pesticides
"#Pesticides in your garden can harm beneficial insects and can be detrimental to the environment, wildlife and human health. Instead of using chemical-based pesticides, try natural alternatives like #biopesticides, #HorticulturalOils and #InsecticidalSoaps that can be just as effective.
"Likewise, attracting predatory insects and wildlife into your garden who will actively feed on the harmful pest is also an effective starting point as this is a process of pest-control that occurs naturally in healthy ecosystems.
"There are also DIY pesticides, such as sea salt spray, water-vinegar mixtures and coffee grounds.
"Decomposing plant litter, like fallen dead leaves, tree bark, needles and twigs, is an important component of maintaining soil health, nutrient cycling and biodiversity.
"By choosing to leave the leaves in your garden, you will support the variety of species who overwinter in them, from #bees and #caterpillars, to #butterflies, #spiders and more.
"Prioritize #pollinator-attractive plants
"In addition to pollination, insects are beneficial for a variety of other reasons, including for pest control, seed dispersal and decomposition.
"The best way to attract insects largely depends on which insect you are trying to attract. But as a general rule, it is always a good practice to source plants locally and prioritize #NativeSpecies.
"Next best to native plants are benign ornamentals and non-natives. Cultivating a diverse range of flowers, especially native plants and herbs, promotes a resilient ecosystem. It also helps natives out-compete invasive species and to reverse the downward trends of mass species decline.
"Make your garden safe for birds
"#Birds contribute to healthy ecosystems: they pollinate plants, disperse seeds and prey on insects. Unfortunately, North American bird populations are experiencing a rapid decline due to habitat loss, degradation and other global pressures.
"Adopting bird-safe gardening practices offers a powerful way to combat these threats and support biodiversity conservation on a local scale. Beyond core habitat elements, additional practices can enhance the garden's appeal to birds.
"Organic gardening without pesticides or herbicides, keeping cats indoors, removing potential entanglement hazards and using bird-collision prevention markers on reflective surfaces can not only attract birds, but also ensure their safety as well.
"Advocate for biodiversity
"Although there's been a growing movement toward more biodiversity-supporting practices, outdated municipal bylaws and enforcement policies continue to limit the potential of habitat gardens.
"These disputes over the scope and application of bylaws have brought attention to various legal contradictions and outcomes that negatively impact progress on biodiversity recovery, all the while undermining and negating related environmental objectives on private land.
"By advocating and encouraging your municipal leaders to adopt science-based biodiversity-supportive bylaws, you help to establish the legal frameworks and political agendas that directly impact long-term ecological health and promote sustainable development and the regeneration of biodiversity."
Read more:
https://phys.org/news/2025-08-garden-safe-biodiverse-space-urban.html
#UrbanGardening #Gardening #Biodiversity #SolarPunkSunday #GardeningForPollinators #GardeningForButterflies
Prey Land is the largest and most significant lowland rainforest in the country. Because of its rich biodiversity, the Cambodian government designated it a protected area in 2016. However, concessions for agriculture and industry are still being granted. Support the people’s call to enforce environmental laws.
“In the fall of 2024, Washington's outgoing Commissioner of #PublicLands Hillary Franz rushed dozens of destructive #timber sales through the approval process and sold them to timber companies. These timber sales target some of #WashingtonState's oldest, most #biodiverse and carbon dense lowland legacy forests...”
If able, help save #WA Legacy #Forests with a #GoFundMe #donation, and/or show up @ 3/24 #ClarkCounty court hearing on #Dabbler #TimberSale
#Trees 🌲❤️
Our coastal temperate #rainforests on Vancouver Island are super lush with so much #biodiversity. They are worth conserving & protecting. These forests are also full of medicines, some yet to be discovered.
#moss #forests #VancouverIsland #VanIsle #PacificNorthwest #Cascadia #PNW #nature #wilderness #hiking #StopDeforestation #StopEcocide #ProtectForests #Trees #Ecological #ecosystems #Environmentalist #Green #AbundantLife #Biodiverse #NatureConservation #DefendNature #WildFirst #NatureFirst #Cowichan
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Scientific Frontline
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