We have officially completed the purchase of Warleigh Nature Reserve!! 🎉

We’re getting stuck in immediately. First up is Willow propagation and cutting access to a few areas that need work in spring.

Loads more to come but for those not familiar: https://youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE

@ProtectEarthUK #rewilding #rewetting #reforestation

Warleigh Wetlands Crowdfunder - Phil Sturgeon from Protect Earth talks about this exciting project

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I was watching a video with the smalls earlier about pond restoration. It was showing that ghost ponds and zombie ponds can be taken back from their undead state.

The project is the Norfolk Pond Project and even has a free guide (pdf) on the restoration, creationg and management of ponds.

What appears, to me, from the video is that the farmers, sorry to put blame at farming community, don't seem to be good custodians of the land they're on and fill in or mis-manage the land adjacent to the ponds.
One of the ponds has over a meter of leaf-litter sitting, anaerobically digesting, at the bottom of a pond, it's starved of light and starved of wind. Haven for midges and the like but simultaneously bad for bats and birds that feed off the insects.

#ReWilding #ReWetting #ReWildingUK #PondLife

Bringing 'ghost' and 'zombie' ponds back from the dead

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With so much awful going on it’s becoming more and more important to be out there doing good, and this Bath woodland & wetland will be the best thing my charity has ever done.

Here’s a video showing the plan: https://youtu.be/2raJT5RM6mE

Donate here: https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/reforestation-warleigh-woods-bath

#reforestation #rewilding #rewetting #ukrewilding #beavers #ClimateAction #

Warleigh Wetlands Crowdfunder - Phil Sturgeon from Protect Earth talks about this exciting project

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We’re nearly at £9,000 but this crowdfunder has started to lose steam after a lack of interest in the local press. With record rainfall and flooding across the U.K. there’s no better time than now for wetland and wet woodland creation.

Please donate whatever you can spare, and possibly even more importantly please share with a few words about why this #reforestation #rewilding & #rewetting is improtant to you. #Bath #Bristol

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/reforestation-warleigh-woods-bath

😎 💦🌳 How can we cool down landscapes? A new study simulates and quantifies various climate adaptation measures such as #afforestation, #agroforestry and #rewetting for the Elbe-Elster district as a model region. https://www.zalf.de/en/aktuelles/Pages/FPD/Die-Landschaft-kuehlen.aspx
Cooling the landscape - Study examines effects of different climate adaptation measures

Cooling the landscape - Study examines effects of different climate adaptation measures

#Ireland: Almost 20% of #farmers would look at #rewetting their farms for payments. #Sheep farmers are the most open, #dairy ones less: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/almost-20-of-farmers-would-look-at-rewetting-their-farms-821002 >> A good start: Adopting sth. new always starts slow/low. #Subsidies can help transition to more #sustainable landuse.
Almost 20% of farmers would look at rewetting their farms

Sheep farmers reported to be the most open to rewetting their farmland, while dairy farmers appear the most reluctant of any sector.

Irish Farmers Journal

Troubleshooting #methane & #peatland question: What’s the lesser evil - drained peatlands emitting CO2 or #rewetting causing CO4 emissions? Find answers in our beautifully animated new film 📽️
https://youtu.be/9fR8oxjxpTQ

Produced in coop of @succowstiftung the ELF & @unigreifswald

The role of methane in peatlands and in peatland rewetting

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#Ireland: To achieve net zero GHG #emissions, high rates of #afforestation, soil #rewetting, and #cattle destocking are needed. Technical #abatement cannot substitute these actions. #NetZero requires transforming the land sector: https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-024-01275-0 #agriculture #landuse

🌳🇬🇧 There are some huge wetland and nature recovery projects coming down the pike and one of them is even on an ex-golf course! 😍

#rewilding #rewetting #naturesrecovery

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-66247292

Six major nature recovery schemes across England unveiled

The projects aims to improve access to nature and boost wildlife habitats.

BBC News
Large-scale peatland restoration necessary for climate and biodiversity

Peatlands are the most condensed terrestrial carbon store in the world and should be rewetted regardless of to

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