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  1. #WellsME - #PipingPlover #BeachWalkAndTalk

    Wednesday, June 24, 2026, 1:00pm – 3:00pm

    Reservations Required
    Cost: Free with site admission

    "Come learn about the piping plover and what makes it so special, while taking a walk on #LaudholmBeach!

    "In 1981 there were only seven pairs of piping plovers in the entire state of Maine. After decades of hard work and dedication, in 2025 there was a record 174 pairs recorded! Come learn about this federally threatened and state endangered beach-nesting shorebird and what makes it so special. Helen Manning, a Wildlife Biologist from #RachelCarsonNationalWildlifeRefuge, will lead an educational walk on the Wells Reserves Laudholm Beach to discuss the biology of the piping plover and the monitoring and management efforts that have helped this species begin to make a recovery."

    FMI and to register:
    wellsreserve.org/event/87678/p

    #RestoreNature #SpeciesRecovery #MaineEvents #LaudholmReserve #SolarPunkSunday #ObservingNature
    #Nature #SpendTimeInNature

  2. #MangroveForests are healing after decades of human destruction

    by Matt McGrath and Esme Stallard
    June 4, 2026

    "The world's coastal #mangrove forests, which protect millions of people from storms - and soak up vast amounts of planet-warming gases - are staging an unexpected comeback, scientists find.

    "For decades these swampy trees had been declining rapidly as they were cleared for fish farms and housing.

    "But a new study shows that since 2010 the world has been gaining more mangroves than it has been losing - driven by stronger #LegalProtections and increased #PublicAwareness of their importance, sparked by disasters such as the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

    "The researchers say the key factor though is the remarkable capacity of these forests to #regenerate naturally once humans stop chopping them down.

    "Mangroves are one of the world's unsung #environmental heroes.

    "Not only do they store up to five times more #CarbonDioxide than land-based forests, but their tangled roots can also slow down waves and protect coastal communities from #StormSurges and #tsunamis.

    "These same roots provide a perfect nursery for many species of fish and other #MarineLife - protecting them from predators and providing ample food.

    "These benefits, though, have come under serious threat over the past century as the rise of fish farming, agriculture and the expansion of coastal cities and towns have seen mangroves chopped down and rapidly removed.

    "From the 1980s to 2010, over 12,000 sq km (4,600 sq miles) of mangroves were cleared or destroyed across #Asia, #Africa and the #Americas - an area the size of Jamaica.

    "However, the new study shows a real reversal of that trend, particularly over the last decade. The total net losses - the forest lost and not replaced - since the 1980s have now been reduced to around 849 sq km (328 sq miles)."

    Read more:
    bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pk07n

    Archived version:
    archive.ph/EX19Y

    #SolarPunkSunday #FishNurseries #Mangroves #RestoreNature #CoastalRewilding #RestoringMangroves
    #PreserveNature #OceansAreLife

  3. Investing in nature = investing in resilience. A good theme of this years #EUGreenWeek 2026 @EU_ENV. For it to happen, the #EUBudget must be adjusted to have minimum ringfencing to #RestoreNature, for #Agri-Environment-Climate and for the #LIFE Programme to go on! @EUCommission green-week.event.europa.eu/3-4