10 years after they were designated, Scotland's marine protected areas remain largely unprotected. Join me in telling @MairiMcAllan to end the delays and take this crucial step in helping our seas recover. scotlink.org/action#OceanRecoveryNow
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“There are a number of people living in [Skye] who would happily spend all their days campaigning to save a particular animal or plant, but are less inclined to stand up for people’s needs – a view … will enhance a house’s price more than a housing scheme.”
Here’s a snapshot👇
“There are a number of people living in [Skye] who would happily spend all their days campaigning to save a particular animal or plant, but are less inclined to stand up for people’s needs – a view … will enhance a house’s price more than a housing scheme.” https://t.co/TcnJLe2vzC
Echoes of the Post Office in Sheffield Tree Scandal: a public authority misleads courts, who credulously accept what the authority tells them & grant injunctions to jail & bankrupt ordinary citizens desperately trying to do what is right & prevent unnecessary destruction of trees
🌊 Exciting News 🚫 Industrial sandeel fishing is now BANNED in Scottish waters.
Less can be more. 🙂 Sandeels are a fundamental part of the marine food chain and protecting them will support recovery of the wider marine ecosystem.
Find out more at: blogs.gov.scot/marine-scotlan….
In 1918 soldiers returning from WW1 demanded transformative change through land reform - and they got it. We've waited awhile but now we are about to do it again. Exciting times.
scotsman.com/news/environme…
Analysis reveals 80% of North Sea oil is exported - another nail in coffin of Govt claim that “maxing out” North Sea oil will improve UK energy security. Real energy security = renewables + efficiency + storage + interconnectors. It’s not rocket science theguardian.com/business/2024/…
Another remarkable, bold environmental decision by French government: suspension of almost all commercial fishing in Bay of Biscay for a month to prevent harm to dolphins.
Astonishing.
Meanwhile UK gov is likely to miss 36 of 40 binding targets on nature.
bbc.co.uk/news/world-eur….
If you’re looking for a fresh start in 2024, it could be working for us!
We have vacancies in our Ranger (Boat) and Information Services teams, both closing 9am on January 3rd. 🧵
“There is… unquestionable public interest in who really owns land and property” & “as much of that information as possible should be public by default”
Great to hear @michaelgove say this in new consultation on revealing who owns land held in trusts: gov.uk/government/con…
In this series of tender meditations, “Ten Love Letters to the Earth,” Vietnamese Buddhist monk and Zen master Thich Nhat Hanh invites us to be truly present with the Earth, our Mother. emergencemagazine.org/essay/ten-love… via @emergence_zine
Like rainforests, kelp forests act as lungs for the ocean, absorbing CO₂ and releasing oxygen. However, they're under threat from overfishing, pollution, and changing ocean temperatures. A UNEP report from earlier this year provides restoration guidance.
The gavel has dropped and the text has been finalized.
#COP28 is over.
We’ll be honest: COP28 was a mixed bag. There are pieces worth celebrating, thanks to the exhaustive work of small island countries & other climate champions — but it’s far from the ambition we need.
Interested in an adventure internship? The Adventure Travel Trade Association (ATTA) are looking for interns for the ATTA & the Adventure Travel Conservation Fund & the Adventure Travel Guide Standard for 2024!
#adventuretravelbit.ly/3RA0P3t
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3K Followers 2K FollowingUllapool Sea Savers are a group of kids in the Highlands of Scotland who love and want to protect the marine environment & wildlife we are lucky to live by #USS
12K Followers 9K FollowingGrey & Common seals are found in Scotland approx 90% UK total. As top-end predators, they are ecosystem indicators. Aim: Highlighting issues #PlanetBEFOREProfit
378K Followers 287K FollowingMost Relevant Daily News: Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Nature. Director Klima 2020, former Assistant Executive Director UNEP. Contact: [email protected]
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35K Followers 498 FollowingMonthly columnist in The Scots Magazine. Author of 22 books. Speaker and lecturer. Honorary Fellow of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society.
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44K Followers 8K FollowingMainly the hills and mountains of Scotland, walking and hiking up the Corbetts and Munros(Scottish hills and mountains).Mountineering every now and again....
3K Followers 695 FollowingStravaiging & posting about Scotland's great outdoors & other stuff .. inc life in the #Cairngorms & surviving viral @encephalitis
Director @Mountain_Scot vmo
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11K Followers 745 FollowingHuman ecologist & Quaker, I share on justice, environment, nonviolence & spirituality. Books include Soil and Soul, Poacher's Pilgrimage & Riders on the Storm.
234 Followers 176 FollowingCelebrating Loch Linnhe's natural beauty and protecting this beautiful loch against inappropriate industrial scale developments on its waters and shores
2K Followers 2K FollowingDedicated to the understanding, welfare and protection of #cetaceans in #Scotland and the marine environment in which they live. #whales #conservation #research
3K Followers 391 FollowingVoluntary partnership of organisations who want to see Scotland's rainforest thrive.
#SavingScotlandsRainforest
#Scotlandsrainforest
12K Followers 9K FollowingGrey & Common seals are found in Scotland approx 90% UK total. As top-end predators, they are ecosystem indicators. Aim: Highlighting issues #PlanetBEFOREProfit
3K Followers 2K FollowingUllapool Sea Savers are a group of kids in the Highlands of Scotland who love and want to protect the marine environment & wildlife we are lucky to live by #USS
20K Followers 10K FollowingBarrister. Columnist for Perspective and City AM. Rep @AgentSophieL and Wendy Wolfson. New book “Overruled" https://t.co/hvdIHcPHDQ
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275 Followers 267 FollowingNext Tourism Generation Skills Alliance & PANTOUR | sharing content on 📲 digital, ♻️ green and 👫 social skills for a futureproof tourism industry.
990 Followers 1K FollowingWork in & study outdoor & informal education for minority langs. Interested in Gàidhealtachd social past, present and future. Beurla agus Gàidhlig.
1K Followers 350 FollowingTHE WORLD FEDERATION OF TOURIST GUIDE ASSOCIATIONS is a not for profit, non political organisation for #TouristGuide Association.
#TourGuide🌍
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7K Followers 2K FollowingTRANSFORM: Environment, Economy, Society. The magazine for IEMA members and environment & sustainability professionals around the globe. Published by @iemanet.
7K Followers 2K FollowingPromoting Social Responsibility & Sustainability at the University of Edinburgh 🌍
Ranked 3rd in the UK for Sustainability 2024 (QS) 🏆
5K Followers 2K FollowingEducational charity aiming to get more students leading on sustainability, change the education system and make sustainability more inclusive.
3K Followers 2K FollowingThe Green Gown Awards recognise the exceptional sustainability initiatives being undertaken by universities and colleges across the world.
6K Followers 4K FollowingWe lead and empower Higher and Further Education to make sustainability 'just good business'. Delivering @EAUCScotland, @greengowns & Sustainability Exchange.
126 Followers 266 Followingcyclist, commuter, allotment practitioner, ecologist, sea kayaker, slow movement supporter, trying to have less stuff whilst living an active life
791 Followers 500 FollowingFor the planet, ocean, and the millions of people who depend upon it to eat and to live, we must end the harm caused by bottom trawling now
2K Followers 699 FollowingVisit our Centres to learn Transcendental Meditation: a natural & effortless technique to improve brain functioning, health and achieve your full potential.
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195 Followers 127 FollowingPathways is the voice of outdoor education in Ontario. Published by the Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario, COEO. A quarterly journal, established in 1989.
378K Followers 287K FollowingMost Relevant Daily News: Climate Change, Renewable Energy & Nature. Director Klima 2020, former Assistant Executive Director UNEP. Contact: [email protected]
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