Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #ecologicalrestoration, aggregated by home.social.
Hyundai Motor’s Ulsan Plant Revives Native Species in Taehwa River
Hyundai Motor and the city of Ulsan released juvenile mitten crabs and Korean bitterling into the Taehwa River…
#EuropeSays #Korea #KR #HyundaiMotor #biodiversityconservation #ecologicalrestoration #Hyundai #HyundaiMotorUlsanplant #oilybitterling #Sericinusmontela #TaehwaRiver #UlsanCity
https://www.europesays.com/korea/177507/
https://www.fogolf.com/1407424/beavers-beat-humans-to-restoring-a-closed-massachusetts-golf-course-building-a-6-to-8-foot-dam-before-crews-arrived-world-news/ Beavers beat humans to restoring a closed Massachusetts golf course, building a 6-to-8-foot dam before crews arrived | World News #BeaverDamMassachusetts #BeaversAndEcosystems #EcologicalRestoration #EnvironmentalRehabilitationMassachusetts #GolfCourseRewilding #GolfCourses #NashawannuckBrookRestoration #NatureConservationProjects #NorthamptonGolfCourseClosed #PineGroveGolfCourseRestoration #WildlifeSanctuaryNorthampton
A 300-meter-deep coal mine in Spain is now a giant lake holding 547 billion liters, and the transformation took 4 years https://www.byteseu.com/2404478/ #CoalMine #EcologicalRestoration #LakeAsPontes #NorthernSpain #Spain #tourism
A 300-meter-deep coal mine in Spain is now a giant lake holding 547 billion liters, and the transformation took 4 years
There’s a hole in the ground in northern Spain that once swallowed mining trucks whole. Today, that same…
#Spain #ES #Europe #Europa #EU #coalmine #ecologicalrestoration #LakeAsPontes #NorthernSpain #Tourism
https://www.europesays.com/spain/92459/
https://www.europesays.com/3276731/ A 300-meter-deep coal mine in Spain is now a giant lake holding 547 billion liters, and the transformation took 4 years #CoalMine #EcologicalRestoration #LakeAsPontes #NorthernSpain #spain #tourism
📰 Positive Tipping Points Show How Climate Progress Can Accelerate
🌍 Earth: Clean energy, methane cuts, and marine protection are reaching thresholds where solutions get cheaper, faster, and easier to adopt.
⚡ These self‑reinforcing shifts can cascade across global systems, from mobility to air quality to ocean recovery, increasing climate action momentum.
Example: Clean electricity is now in a "master cascade."
🌱 New Earthshot report provides a list of these high-priority solutions. (This is impressive work by the University of Exeter.)
🔗 Article: https://phys.org/news/2026-09-earthshot-science-positive-environmental-unstoppable.html
🔗 Report Access: https://greenfuturessolutions.com/news/tipping-points-report-earthshot-prize/
#Climate #ClimateAction #Sustainability
#Environment #GlobalDevelopment #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateSolutions #Environment
📰 Conservation Project Celebrates Major Wins After One Year
🌍 England: A Networks for Nature landscape-scale conservation initiative is reporting significant biodiversity gains after its first year, demonstrating rapid ecological responses when habitat is restored.
🦉 With 8,000 people involved and led by the Chester Zoo, early results include encouraging wildlife records and evidence that restored habitats are supporting a wider range of species.
📈 Nature can recover surprisingly quickly when pressure is reduced and ecological processes are allowed to function again.
#WildlifeWednesday #NatureRecovery #Biodiversity #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation
Sheinbaum’s Environmental Reform: Key Advances, Regulatory Risks https://www.byteseu.com/2370930/ #4T #ClaudiaSheinbaum #CONABIO #EcologicalRestoration #environment #EnvironmentalImpactAssessment #EnvironmentalLaw #EnvironmentalPolicy #GabrielQuadri #LGEEPA #MayaTrain #Mexico #Policy&Economy #Profepa #ProtectedNaturalAreas #Semarnat #Senate #SIGEA #StrategicEnvironmentalAssessment
In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places
Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbi…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #acaciatrees #Africanwildasses #avrahamyoffe #ecologicalrestoration #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #MohammadRezaPahlavi #NegevDesert #Persianonagers #RamonCrater #Science #wilddonkeys
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/844019/
In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places
Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity to contrib…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #acaciatrees #Africanwildasses #avrahamyoffe #CA #Canada #ecologicalrestoration #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #MohammadRezaPahlavi #NegevDesert #Persianonagers #RamonCrater #Science #wilddonkeys
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/891614/
In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places
Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity to cont…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #acaciatrees #Africanwildasses #AU #Australia #avrahamyoffe #ecologicalrestoration #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #mohammadrezapahlavi #NegevDesert #Persianonagers #RamonCrater #Science #wilddonkeys
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/887962/
https://www.europesays.com/iran/287752/ In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places #AcaciaTrees #AfricanWildAsses #AvrahamYoffe #EcologicalRestoration #Israel #IsraelNatureAndParksAuthority #MohammadRezaPahlavi #NegevDesert #PersianOnagers #RamonCrater #WildDonkeys
In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places
Donkeys are more than just packs of animals and load carriers; these herbivores have the capacity to …
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #acaciatrees #Africanwildasses #avrahamyoffe #ecologicalrestoration #IsraelNatureandParksAuthority #mohammadrezapahlavi #NegevDesert #Persianonagers #RamonCrater #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #wilddonkeys
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/767054/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/683309/ In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places #AcaciaTrees #AfricanWildAsses #AvrahamYoffe #EcologicalRestoration #Éire #IE #Ireland #IsraelNatureAndParksAuthority #MohammadRezaPahlavi #NegevDesert #PersianOnagers #RamonCrater #Science #WildDonkeys #Wildlife
https://www.europesays.com/africa/420919/ In 1982, Israel released 28 wild donkeys to its desert; 44 years later, they created an oasis in one of Earth’s most extreme places #AcaciaTrees #AfricanWildAsses #AvrahamYoffe #EcologicalRestoration #Ethiopia #IsraelNatureAndParksAuthority #MohammadRezaPahlavi #NegevDesert #PersianOnagers #RamonCrater #WildDonkeys
https://www.europesays.com/ie/682805/ A South African farmer planted trees to stop erosion in 1976; 50 years later, the land became a major forest-restoration experiment | World News #EcologicalRestoration #Éire #Environment #ForestRestoration #IE #Ireland #Science #SoilErosion #SouthAfricanFarmer #spekboom #SustainableFarming #WildlifeRecovery
https://www.europesays.com/africa/420007/ A South African farmer planted trees to stop erosion in 1976; 50 years later, the land became a major forest-restoration experiment | World News #EcologicalRestoration #ForestRestoration #SoilErosion #SouthAfricanFarmer #spekboom #SustainableFarming #WildlifeRecovery #zimbabwe
Australia brought back brush-tailed bettongs after more than a century of local extinction; the animals are now breeding and reshaping Yorke Peninsula |
A major projec…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #bilbiesandbandicoots #brush-tailedbettongs #ecologicalrestoration #MarnaBanggaraproject #Narunggapeople #predatormanagementinAustralia #Science #sustainableagricultureandconservation #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlifereintroductionSouthAustralia #YorkePeninsulaconservation
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/764072/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/678692/ Australia brought back brush-tailed bettongs after more than a century of local extinction; the animals are now breeding and reshaping Yorke Peninsula | #BilbiesAndBandicoots #BrushTailedBettongs #EcologicalRestoration #Éire #IE #Ireland #MarnaBanggaraProject #NarunggaPeople #PredatorManagementInAustralia #Science #SustainableAgricultureAndConservation #Wildlife #WildlifeReintroductionSouthAustralia #YorkePeninsulaConservation
📰 NEW SPECIES SEEN FOR FIRST TIME TODAY IN CLOUD FOREST RESERVE
🚨Ecuador: In the Maquipucuna Reserve today, a rare "Tiny Hawk" was seen for the first time. [Edit: Name Correction]
🐦⬛ The 14, 000-acre reserve has been conducting large-scale ecological restoration of former agricultural land for decades and has been seeing positive results in reforestation of native plants and native species recovery.
❗This latest positive development is most notable because I WAS THERE! I'M GOING OUT OF MY MIND! This is a pic from my camera looking through a birding telescope.
👋 From Ecuador, this is me reporting LIVE for Mastodon's #SolarpunkSunday
👉 Only on the Fediverse
More about The Reserve
https://www.maquipucuna.org/
#EcuadorDiary #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Ecuador #Environment #Biodiversity #Solarpunk
A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced
Deep in the Scottish Highlands, a process of regeneration is taking place An English businessman who bought a…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AlladaleWildernessReserve #CA #Canada #ecologicalrestoration #HIGHLANDS #Rewilding #Science #scottishhighlands #Scottishsportingestate #TreesforLife
https://www.newsbeep.com/ca/869461/
A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced
Deep in the Scottish Highlands, a process of regeneration is taking place An English…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Environment #AlladaleWildernessReserve #ecologicalrestoration #highlands #Rewilding #Science #ScottishHighlands #Scottishsportingestate #TreesforLife
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/823677/
A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced
Deep in the Scottish Highlands, a process of regeneration is taking place An English businessman w…
#NewsBeep #News #Environment #AlladaleWildernessReserve #ecologicalrestoration #environment #Highlands #Rewilding #Science #scottishhighlands #Scottishsportingestate #TreesforLife #UK #UnitedKingdom
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/747655/
https://www.europesays.com/ie/652935/ A businessman bought a 23,000-acre Scottish sporting estate and spent two decades rewilding it; one million native trees later, red squirrels have been reintroduced #AlladaleWildernessReserve #EcologicalRestoration #Éire #Environment #Highlands #IE #Ireland #Rewilding #Science #ScottishHighlands #ScottishSportingEstate #TreesForLife
📰 Coastal Marsh Restoration Fights Sea‑Level Rise
🌎 New Jersey, USA: Scientists are restoring coastal marsh habitat at Scotch Bonnet Island to help wetlands keep pace with rising seas.
🌾 The project is designed to protect marsh ecosystems that support wildlife and provide important ecological services. 32 bird species have been seen using the area for resting and fishing, including a rare American Golden-Plover.
🤝 Wetland restoration is one of the most effective nature‑based approaches for increasing coastal resilience while safeguarding biodiversity.
“I think we can get a lot of wetlands back. They’re not always on this one-way street to destruction.”
- Samantha Chapman, wetland ecologist
🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/19082026/sea-level-rise-drowns-coastal-marshes/
#SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Environment #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation #Wetlands
📰 Community Restoring Water Cycles to Prevent Wildfires
🌍 Portugal: In the fire‑scarred Cova da Beira region, the ecosystem restoration community EcoAtivo is rebuilding the land’s natural water cycles to make forests cooler, wetter, and far more fire‑resilient.
💧 Water retention structures (swales, contour‑laid biomass, ponds, and beaver‑dam analogues) slow rainfall so it sinks into the soil instead of rushing away. This regenerates the small water cycle, boosting local humidity, groundwater recharge, and drought resistance. Healthy, water‑retentive landscapes burn less readily and recover faster.
🌱 EcoAtivo pairs these structures with native fire‑resistant vegetation like holm oak, chestnut, birch, and cork oak. These “living strips” reduce fuel loads, break up fire pathways, and rebuild biodiversity after Portugal’s devastating 2025 wildfire season.
🤝 Their EU‑funded Ash2Soil program turns restoration into culture. Citizens, scientists, and artists have seasonal gatherings where they restore land, make biochar, replant native trees, and transform findings into murals, films, and shared community memory.
⭐ A new model for the future?
#SolarpunkSunday #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment
#EcologicalRestoration #ClimateAdaptation
📰 Fertilizer Imbalance Reduces Mycorrhizal Fungi
🌍 Austria: Long-term grassland plots reveal that low potassium combined with high nitrogen can *halve* the fungal partners plants rely on for nutrient uptake and drought resilience.
🍄 These fungi form vast underground networks that help crops access phosphorus and nitrogen, protect against pests, and maintain soil structure.
🌾 When fertilizer regimes weaken this symbiosis, soils lose resilience—effects that may not show up in yields immediately but erode ecosystem stability over decades.
🤝 Researchers say diversifying the fungal families used in agriculture could strengthen soil health under nutrient‑stress conditions.
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-03-year-field-fertilizer-imbalance-halve.html
#FungiFriday #SustainableAgriculture #Biodiversity #EcologicalRestoration #SoilHealth
📰 Dam Removals Spark Massive Alewife Comeback
🌎 Maine: After decades of decline, migrating alewife populations have rebounded from under 800 fish to more than 9 million thanks to sustained dam removal and river‑restoration efforts.
🐟 With seals, otters, bald eagles, ospreys, pollock, trout and other carnivores feeding on large populations, communities now celebrate annual alewife festivals, highlighting how ecological restoration can revive cultural traditions and local economies.
🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/06072026/maine-dam-removal-efforts-lead-to-fish-comeback/
#WildlifeWednesday #RiverRestoration #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #Biodiversity #Rewilding
https://www.europesays.com/uk/1152119/ In 1958, 58 feral pigs were removed from Clipperton Island, helping a seabird colony grow from 650 to more than 137,000 #BrownBoobies #clipperton #ClippertonIsland #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration #FeralPigs #LosAngelesCountyMuseum #MaskedBoobies #Science #SeabirdRecovery #SootyTerns #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildlife
In 1958, 58 feral pigs were removed from Clipperton Island, helping a seabird colony grow from 650 to more than 137,000
In 1958, Clipperton Island was a very different place from the huge seabird colony it would later become.…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #AU #Australia #BrownBoobies #clipperton #ClippertonIsland #Conservation #ecologicalrestoration #feralpigs #losangelescountymuseum #MaskedBoobies #Science #seabirdrecovery #sootyterns
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/857132/
How North Yorkshire can help turn back the clock on climate change
Back to the future – how we can progress to living within our environmental means. In North Yorkshire,…
#Climate #ClimateChange #Climate-Change #climatechange #climatechangemitigation #climatechangeresilience #ecologicalrestoration #globalwarming #NorthYorkshire
https://www.europesays.com/3196908/
📰 Megafire Could Not Kill the Fungi 🔥
🌎 Mojave Desert: The 2020 Dome Fire wiped out a million Eastern Joshua Trees, leaving a haunting landscape of charred trunks.
🍄 But underground? The mycorrhizal fungi community held strong, diverse, abundant, and even joined by fire‑loving specialists.
🌱 This resilience means restoration efforts don’t need costly soil amendments. The fungal partners are still there, ready to help new seedlings if they can survive drought and herbivores.
💪 Even in extreme disturbance, fungal networks endure, quietly anchoring ecosystem recovery.
🔗 https://phys.org/news/2026-05-megafire-joshua-trees-fungi.html
#FungiFriday #EcologicalRestoration #DesertEcology #Mycology #ClimateResilience #FireEcology
📰 Forest Restoration Efforts Help Monarchs Hold Their Ground
🌎 Mexico: New monitoring data indicate that eastern monarch butterfly populations increased for a second consecutive year in their Mexican wintering grounds.
🦋 Researchers reported larger areas of monarch-covered forest compared with the two previous years, suggesting a period of relative stability after long declines.
🔬 Habitat restoration efforts, including milkweed plantings across North America, are helping monarchs persist despite ongoing pressures.
🔗 https://e360.yale.edu/digest/monarch-butterfly-recovery
#InsectSaturday #Monarchs #HabitatRestoration #Pollinators #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration
📰 Farm Becomes Beacon Of Hope Nature Reserve
🌾 North Somerset, UK: A former dairy farm is set to transform into a climate‑resilient wetland after Avon Wildlife Trust secured funding to purchase and restore the 44‑acre site.
🦆 The new reserve will support bats, newts, kingfishers, wading birds, and internationally important waterfowl, turning a nature‑depleted landscape into a thriving wildlife haven.
🤝 Conservation leaders call the project the trust’s largest-ever initiative, emphasizing how decisive action and wetland restoration can deliver rapid biodiversity gains for wildlife, farming, and local communities.
🔗 https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cpd76vep8yqo
#WildlifeWednesday #Wetlands #Biodiversity #Conservation #Rewilding #EcologicalRestoration #SolarPunkSunday #Environment
📰 Ferret-Free Island Secures Native Wildlife Comeback
🌴 Ireland: Conservation teams achieved a world first by fully removing invasive ferrets from a remote island, a breakthrough years in the making.
🦨 With the predators gone, ground‑nesting birds and rare invertebrates are already rebounding, reclaiming habitat that had been unsafe for decades.
🔬 This success shows how targeted invasive‑species removal, combining techniques as diverse as heat-sensing devices and ferret-sniffing dogs, can rapidly restore ecological balance and unlock long-term biodiversity recovery. Farmers benefit as well.
🌏 New Zealand may try it next.
#WildlifeWednesday #Conservation #Biodiversity #EcologicalRecovery #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation
📰 Sacred Tree Helps Strengthen Both Ecosystems and Culture
🌲 Southern Brazil: The Laklãnõ/Xokleng people's Zág Institute has planted nearly 100,000 Brazilian pine seedlings across about 1,000 hectares while restoring degraded land and water sources.
🌰 The Brazilian pine is a critically endangered species whose seeds provide food and income, making restoration beneficial for both people and nature.
🤝 The effort is community-led, with Indigenous families participating in planting and stewardship while helping preserve cultural identity, language, and traditions tied to the tree.
#SolarPunkSunday #EcologicalRestoration #Conservation #EndangeredSpecies #Biodiversity #Environment
This #FirstNations horticulturist Indigenizes plant spaces in B.C.
#ShaylaChalifoux sub-consults for landscape architects on incorporating #NativePlants
Edzi'u Loverin · CBC News · Posted: Nov 14, 2025
Excerpt: "According to the province of B.C., plant biodiversity in #BritishColumbia is unmatched in Canada, with at least 2,500 native vascular plant species, in addition to thousands of lichens, mosses and fungi.
"Individuals can help support the land by planting native plants in pots on their balconies and gardens, said Chalifoux.
" 'Why would you plant a native plant here? Because host nations have a relationship with that, or this specific plant is a host plant for a larva, a native butterfly, that needs to eat only this plant to survive,' said Chalifoux.
" 'The land is hurting. One way we can help the land is by incorporating native plants.'
"Chalifoux said though things are changing, not many municipalities have policies to ensure a percentage of native plants are included in city landscaping.
"#CBCIndigenous asked the City of #Vancouver if it had any policies around the number of native plants required to be planted in urban planning.
"A City of Vancouver spokesperson said in a statement that the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation is working to increase native plants in #UrbanSpaces and considers a number of factors in planning, including maintenance, resilience, and canopy cover, and consults with local #FirstNations.
"A prime example of this is the addition of #PacificYew to the Stanley Park Restoration initiative, upon receiving feedback from local First Nations," said the statement.
"The city said it has also provided native plants for #EcologicalRestoration in Vancouver parks to non-profits and community groups that hold community planting events."
Full article:
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/indigenize-plant-spaces-in-b-c-9.6978056
#SolarPunkSunday #VancouverBC #FirstNations #GreenerCities #GardeningForPollinators #Biodiversity #Canada #RestoreNature #ContainerGardening
📰 Oystercatchers Are Rebounding
🐚 Rhode Island & Atlantic Coast: Targeted conservation, from protecting nesting sites to restoring shellfish-rich shorelines, is helping these striking black‑and‑orange shorebirds recover after years of decline.
🐦 Partnerships among scientists, volunteers, and coastal communities are boosting chick survival and strengthening resilience as rising seas reshape barrier islands. 35 coastal organizations in 16 states have joined in the effort.
🤝 Focused habitat work and long-term monitoring can turn the tide for vulnerable coastal species.
#WildlifeWednesday #WildlifeConservation
#BirdConservation #WildlifeRecovery #Biodiversity #Environment #Ecology #HabitatProtection #EcologicalRestoration
📰 Apex Predators Are Quietly Reshaping the West
🦅 Western U.S.: Bald eagles, gray wolves, condors, and black bears are back from the brink due to decades of environmental policy, habitat restoration, and public support.
🌄 Their return is restoring ecological function at landscape scale, from scavenger networks to trophic balance, even as some species adapt to more urbanized terrain.
🤝 Coexistence now depends on community‑level choices: wildlife‑friendly ranching, lead‑free hunting, habitat connectivity, and everyday tolerance that allows wide‑ranging species to move, feed, and reproduce safely.
🔗 https://ktla.com/news/nationworld/apex-predators-comeback-western-united-states/
#SolarPunkSunday
#WildlifeRecovery #ApexPredators #HabitatConnectivity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #EcologicalRestoration #Biodiversity
#RewildingEurope - Space for Wild Nature: Putting Nature Back on the Map
"Large-scale restoration of nature, based on #rewilding principles, is one of the best ways of tackling our current climate and #biodiversity emergencies. This year the #EU will take decisions that have far-reaching consequences for #Europe’s people and nature. A new set of policy papers outlines why and how European politicians should prioritise #NatureRestoration in the EU Biodiversity Strategy to 2030.
Policy papers
A new set of policy papers calls on EU politicians to prioritise nature restoration, and provides them with critical and effective new tools to do so. The publications identify priority areas for nature restoration across Europe."
Learn more:
https://rewildingeurope.com/space-for-wild-nature/
#SolarPunkSunday #Science #RewildingEurope #ClimateChange #RestoreNature #Natura2000Nodes #WildlifeCorridors #Ecosystems #NatureBasedSolutions #Peatlands #GreenSpaces #NaturalFloodplains #EcologicalRestoration #GreenCorridors
📰 Citizen Scientists Uncover 1,100+ Species in Scotland
📷 Volunteers documented glow worms, slime molds, rare lichens, and other species in West Cowal's fragile and shrinking temperate forest. This is the first comprehensive survey in ~50 years.
📱 Using mobile apps with GPS logging and AI-assisted IDs, 171 volunteers contributed over 3,400 records, creating a long‑needed baseline to guide conservation and highlight overlooked pockets of rainforest habitat.
🌧️🌳 These cool, wet Atlantic forests face pressure from invasive rhododendron and deer overgrazing. New data helps identify priority areas for protection and restoration.
#SolarPunkSunday #CitizenScience #Biodiversity #Scotland #HabitatRestoration #Environment #EcologicalRestoration
Ming-Jie Liu et al. examined the effects of seed tape sowing and various tape materials on Zostera marina L. seed germination and seedling establishment.
#EcologicalRestoration | #Nature_basedSolution | #PrecisionSeeding | #Seed_basedRestoration | #SeedRope | #SexualReproduction
📰 NC NEWS
Asheville Unveils Riverfront Redesign
🏞️ After Tropical Storm Helene buried the French Broad River parks under debris and historic floodwaters, Asheville has introduced a unified five‑mile redesign.
🌊 The plan leans into nature‑based resilience, focused on flood‑adapted public spaces, restored wetlands, and improved river access. One welcome design element is the re-establishment of native rivercane to bolster riverbanks.
🧩 The project deploys climate‑aware infrastructure to strengthen habitats, recreation, and long‑term public safety.
#AVL #Asheville #FrenchBroadRiver #ClimateResilience #UrbanPlanning #Parks #FloodAdaptation #Infrastructure #Environment #EcologicalRestoration
📰 Community-built Habitats are Helping Save a Threatened Frog
🌱 Arizona: Volunteers and agencies construct ponds to restore habitat for the endangered Chiricahua leopard frog.
🌽 These human-made water systems counter drought, disease, and habitat loss that pushed the species toward extinction.
🤝 A collaborative conservation effort showing how local action and simple infrastructure can revive vulnerable species.
🔗 https://insideclimatenews.org/news/27062026/efforts-to-save-threatened-frog-in-arizona/
#SolarPunkSunday
#WildlifeConservation #Wildlife #EcologicalRestoration #Frogs #HabitatRestoration #CommunityAction #Biodiversity #ClimateAdaptation #ClimateResilience
Kebun Hanif: where permaculture and soul meet—regenerating Earth, growing food sovereignty, and healing community 🌿💧🌳 https://agroecologymap.org/l/532 #Permaculture #Agroecology #Sustainability #FoodSovereignty #EcologicalRestoration
【🎉Latest accepted article】
Extreme mountain flattening and #UrbanExpansion jointly reshape forest pattern in the mountain excavation and city construction project
#TreeCrownSegmentation | #DeepLearning | #SatelliteImagery | #EcologicalRestoration
🌳 A new study has revealed that forest remnants are not 'islands' and efforts to retain their #biodiversity can be successful with certain interventions.
🐦⬛ Improving the surrounding landscapes with even modest increases in tree cover can dramatically increase a remnant's ability to retain bird species.
🐦 This is true even when the forest fragments themselves are small or isolated.
https://phys.org/news/2026-03-wildlife-friendly-landscapes-boost-biodiversity.html
#Conservation #ForestRestoration
#EcologicalRestoration #Environment #Wildlife #Forests
🐇 20 years plus huge rewilding effort in the Everglades continues to be successful.
🐦 In an area drained and prepped for housing, land was purchased and infrastructure that stopped the "sheet flow" hydrology was destroyed, among other efforts.
🦇 The native wild sunflowers are returning. Endangered animal populations are increasing: red-cockaded woodpecker, Florida panther, and bonneted bat (1 foot wingspan!).
#Everglades #Rewilding #Conservation #EcologicalRestoration #Biodiversity #Environment #Wildlife
WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY
📰 Large-Scale Ecological Restoration Completed
🌍 England: Volunteers, schools and local groups participated in efforts to restore the rare magnesian limestone coastal grassland ecosystem.
🐦⬛ Volunteers planted, surveyed and completed other activities “to restore grasslands, improve roosting for birds and create diverse habitats and better conditions for a range of plants and wildlife.”
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c8e8jlr20jeo
#WildlifeWednesday #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment
WILDLIFE WEDNESDAY
📰 World’s Rarest Wolf Gets Road Crossings
🚸 Safe road crossings are in the design phase for a highway that is known for the deaths of rare red wolves. This is part of a $25M grant from a US Federal Highway Administration effort, the Wildlife Crossings Pilot program.
🐺Red wolves used to roam all over the Southeastern U.S. but became extinct in the wild in 1980. Releases of captive wolves began in 1987 into North Carolina’s Alligator River Wildlife Refuge.
🚗 Once their numbers rose to about 130, they started to reduce again. One reason is that they were being hit by cars, many of which were driven by tourists going back and forth to the Outer Banks on Highway 64.
🔭 Anyone can go to the park to see the red wolves, but they typically remain hidden. At night, though, you can hear them howl.
https://www.sierraclub.org/sierra/new-road-crossings-help-save-world-s-rarest-wolf
#WildlifeWednesday #RedWolf #EcologicalRestoration #WildlifeConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #Environment
TURTLE (OR TORTOISE) TUESDAY
☀️ In the southern Sahara, where degraded, baked, crusted soil prevented any seedlings to establish, ecological restorationists dispatched 500 "ecosystem engineers."
More commonly known as African spurred tortoises, the ecotechnicians went to work digging burrows to avoid the desert heat and cold.
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🌧️ Water stayed in the soil. Plants grew. Insects and microorganisms moved in, followed by birds and small mammals.
🛰️ From space the region even looks alive.
✅ This is another example of a successful low-tech nature-focused rewilding effort. (Recall my incessant beaver updates.)
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/sahara-desert-ecosystem-restoration-tortoises/
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