#restorenature — Public Fediverse posts

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

#Australia - #NationalTreeDay

Take part in Australia's largest #TreePlanting and nature care event.

#SchoolsTreeDay
Friday 24th July

National #TreeDay
Sunday 26th July

#TropicalTreeDay
Sunday 6th December

FMI:
https://nationaltreeday.org.au/

#SolarPunkSunday #AustraliaEvents #PlantATree #MoreTrees #NatureCare #RestoreNature

#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

Listen to Britain’s #DawnChorus of 1976: the dramatic loss of #birdsong in 50 years

Guardian recreates audio landscape of past filled by loud morning symphony before 73m wild birds were lost

Sandra Laville and Madeleine Finlay
Fri 3 Jul 2026

"As the symphony of birdsong known as the dawn chorus draws to its annual close at the end of June, the Guardian has recreated an audio landscape from across the past 50 years to try to portray the variety and plentitude of birdsong we have lost since tens of millions more birds were in full voice. The calls and songs of a variety of species have been isolated to build an illustration of the dawn chorus, representing a year in each decade, from now back to the abundance of the 1970s.

"In April 1976, as the dawn chorus was in full swing, Labour’s Harold Wilson resigned as prime minister and James Callaghan took his place. Today, while remarkably similar political manoeuvrings are taking place, the soundscape of the #NaturalWorld is utterly changed to one of absences, omissions and loss."

Read more:
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/03/dawn-chorus-uk-birdsong-50-years-audio-landscape

#SolarPunkSunday #DawnSong #Birds #Wildlife #Nature #HabitatLoss #NaturesSoundscapes #Biodiversity #DiversityLoss #WildlifeLoss #SaveNature #RestoreNature

RE: https://mastodon.online/@robertfinger/116803592423582602

Aber klar, Bauernverband & co machen lieber Politik gegen die EU-Verordnung zur Wiederherstellung der Natur (und andere sinnvolle Ideen wie EU Biodiversitäts- und Farm2Fork Strategie), obwohl diese dazu beitragen wird, unsere Ökosystem resilienter zu machen, durch mehr Landschaftselemente, mehr Moore, diversere Wälder und mehr Stadtgrenze! #RestoreNature #HandsOffNature #WVO #DBV

#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:
https://wellsreserve.org/event/87678/piping-plover-beach-walk-and-talk

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

RE: https://digitalcourage.social/@MerlinOfMerlinsforge/116741400312206817

Tagging for #SolarPunkSunday !

#Rewilding #RestoreNature

#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:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cn4pk07npvvo

Archived version:
https://archive.ph/EX19Y

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

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 https://green-week.event.europa.eu/3-4-june-conference_en

Right now in the AGM of one of our @NABU EU umbrella organisations in Brussels, the European Environmental Bureau @EEB: a great #NGO with committed people working to make the EU a more sustainable & fairer place. Thanks and keep going! #HandsOffNature #RestoreNature https://www.eeb.org

German EPP under #Merz just "lost", going for #Milei style deregulation & wild-west, against citizens & business interests. With i.a. #1in2out, wanting to kill #RestoreNature, etc. pp. https://albertoalemanno.substack.com/p/merz-wants-to-dismantle-the-eu-commission

I was delighted to be outside Leinster House yesterday supporting Malcolm and his cross-party colleagues bill to fund wildlife rescuers. I was even happier to see it pass in the Seanad!

Wildlife rescues do valuable work protecting our wildlife from pollution and habitat loss, and most of it is done voluntarily and with a heavy reliance on donations. Their work deserves proper funding to make sure we don’t lose it.

#RestoreNature #Ireland #Dublin #DublinCentral #WildlifeRescue

Five Years of the #RewildingNetwork: A growing movement

Five years ago, we launched a Britain-wide Rewilding Network for practitioners. Rewilding Manager, Sara King, reflects on the community’s journey – and what’s next

Author: Sara King
Published 19/03/2026

"They say the best time to plant a tree was yesterday, and the second best time is now. Five years ago we planted something new – the start of a Britain-wide practitioner community for #rewilders."

Read more:
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/blog/five-years-of-the-rewilding-network-a-growing-movement-2

#Rewilding #SolarPunkSunday #PlantATree #RewildingBritain #RestoreNature

Still quite some work for nabu in the train, now mountain break, yay ;) #RestoreNature #Resilience #Tirol

Der Deutsche Naturschutztag #DNT naht. Ich freue mich, am Mittwoch 11. März wichtige Akteure zum Thema #Wiederherstellung der Natur aka der EU #RestoreNature Verordnung zu moderieren. Mit Inputs vom @umweltministerium, dem @BfN & co. Danke fürs Organisieren BfN, BBN + @Naturschutzring! https://www.deutscher-naturschutztag.de/programm/fachprogramm/forum-v#c5572

Huge interest for environment policies at the first 2026 #BeauLieuCafé in Brussels. Organised by the Club of Rome, with @Umweltbundesamt re @DirkMessner. #EUGreenDeal #HandsOffNature #RestoreNature

#RewildingBritain - Five reasons rewilding can’t wait

What we’ve learnt on the political frontline this party conference season.

Author: Oliver Newham
Published 23/10/2025

"This autumn Rewilding Britain hit the road, taking in five party conferences in four corners of Britain – with one message: rewilding can’t wait. Policy and Advocacy Lead Oliver Newham explains why we have plenty of reasons to be hopeful."

Five key take aways:

1. People want greater access to #nature and they want it now

2. #SpeciesRecovery is leading the way

3. Food production isn’t the barrier some imagine

4. Politicians must be bolder

5. Rewilding is gaining ground

Full article:
https://www.rewildingbritain.org.uk/blog/five-reasons-rewilding-cant-wait

#SolarPunkSunday #RestoreNature #WildLife #UK

#WellsME - #Rewilding Presentation
Monday, March 23, 2026, 12:00pm – 1:00pm

Join photographer Steve Morello for a journey through the rewilding of his southern Maine property!

"For years, renown photographer Steve Morello planned on having his own personal sanctuary where he could retire and photograph in his own little space. His journey to rewild his property here in Maine was both rewarding but also a big learning experience. Join him for a conical on this journey to restore and revive what has become the teaching facility at Little River Photo in North Berwick."

Reservations Not Required
Suggested Donation: $5.00

Location:
Mather Auditorium, #WellsReserve at #Laudholm
342 Laudholm Farm Rd, Wells ME 04090

This event is handicap accessible.

FMI:
https://wellsreserve.org/event/82959/rewilding

#SolarPunkSunday #LearnAboutNature #MaineEvents #RestoreNature

Too many roads! #restorenature #wolf https://www.lesoir.be/726999/article/2026-02-05/un-loup-mortellement-fauche-en-flandre

Gute Initiative von einer Stiftung, seen @ DB: Das #RestoreNature Gesetz schützt deine Natur!

Hello Manfred Weber @EPPGroup and @vonderleyen: you should finally end your warfare against protected areas/species and start to protect & #RestoreNature. Already for our #FoodSecurity! PS same holds for national politicians Macron, Merz & co. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jan/20/biodiversity-collapse-threatens-uk-security-intelligence-chiefs-warn

Die #Energiewende haben wir zaghaft eingeleitet (auch wenn #GasReiche sie zurückdrehen will). Jetzt braucht es endlich auch die #AgrarWende und die #Verkehrswende. Danke an alle, die mit #WirHabenEsSatt @wirhabenessatt auf die Straße gegangen sind! #LessMeat #RestoreNature @Naturschutzring @NABU https://www.tagesschau.de/inland/regional/berlin/berlin-demonstration-umwelt-mercosur-100.html

Jow. Wie wärs dann endlich mal mit Natur- und Klimaschutz? Anstatt der derzeitigen Abrissbirne fürs Umweltrecht? Frage an #Merz, #Söder, #Weber und Konsorten... #NoJobsOnADeadPlanet #NoNatureNoFood #RestoreNature https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/klimawandel-treibt-schaeden-durch-naturkatastrophen-nach-oben-110.html

One of the rare Winter moments. Enjoy them while they last! #RestoreNature #ActOnClimate

Anlässlich des #EUCO Rates in Brüssel und dort dem #MFR auf der Tagesordnung (neben Hilfsgeldern Ukraine und Mercosur) durfte ich in der @FR für @NABU darauf hinweisen, dass der nächste EU-Haushalt die Umweltkrisen nicht ausreichend berücksichtigt und mehr Schein als Sein herrscht. Gerade auch das #LIFE Programm muss erhalten und ausgebaut werden! #RestoreNature https://www.fr.de/politik/flughaefen-als-klimaschutz-ngos-werfen-der-eu-greenwashing-vor-94088687.html

A funny but powerful contradiction 🌳
A truck carrying cut trees, yet the message says “Plant More Trees.” It makes us smile but also think. Let this remind us: cutting without restoring harms our future. If we must use trees, let’s replace them, protect forests, and act responsibly. The joke becomes a lesson when we choose action over words.
#PlantMoreTrees #Reforestation #ProtectOurForests #ClimateAction #GreenFuture #RestoreNature

Ausschreibung ist raus - für einen spannend-vielseitigen #Greenjob mit Sinn: für unsere #Brüsseler @NABU Arbeit suchen wir bei mir im Team eine*n EU-Naturschutzreferent*in mit Lust auf EU-Politik. #Hiring #EUGreenDeal #RestoreNature https://www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/4343784902