#wildlifewednesday — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #wildlifewednesday, aggregated by home.social.
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A fawn sticks its tongue out at me as I catch it with its mother, eating the last of the blackberries.
#photography #nature #WildlifeWednesday #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada
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A fawn sticks its tongue out at me as I catch it with its mother, eating the last of the blackberries.
#photography #nature #WildlifeWednesday #VancouverIslandWildlife #VancouverIsland #BritishColumbia #Canada
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📰 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
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📰 Communities Defend Remaining Giant Pangolins
🌍 Kenya: Maasai communities are working to protect some of the country's last giant pangolins while addressing threats associated with harmful fencing practices.
🛡️ Community-led conservation is proving essential for safeguarding species that depend on working landscapes beyond protected areas.
🤝 Wildlife conservation succeeds best when local people are empowered to participate directly in stewardship and monitoring.
#WildlifeWednesday #Pangolins #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Wildlife
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📰 Pacific Bluefin Tuna Receive New International Safeguards
🌏 Portugal: The Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission has agreed to a new harvest strategy for Pacific bluefin tuna, providing a science-based framework for long-term recovery and sustainable management.
🐟 Strong fisheries governance can help rebuild wildlife populations while supporting coastal communities that depend on healthy oceans.
📈 Effective conservation increasingly relies on data-driven management that balances ecological recovery with sustainable use.
#WildlifeWednesday #OceanConservation #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation
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📰 Protection for the “Butterfly Forest”
🌍 Mozambique: Increased protection for Mount Mabu, often called the “butterfly forest,” is helping secure habitat for rare species and one of Africa’s most remarkable biodiversity hotspots.
🦋 Forest protection preserves not only wildlife but also watershed functions, carbon storage, and ecosystem resilience.
🤝 Safeguarding intact habitats is frequently the most cost-effective conservation strategy because it avoids the need for expensive future restoration.
🔗 https://mongabay.org/programs/reporting-desks/wildlife-desk/
#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #ForestConservation #WildlifeConservation #Environment
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📰 Biodiversity Corridor Payments Benefit Nature and Communities
🌏 Vietnam: In the Annamite Mountains, biodiversity corridor programs are boosting household incomes while helping maintain habitat connections for wildlife.
🌳 "...households living inside conservation areas often face stark financial tradeoffs associated with lost access to resources, sometimes making new designations controversial."
🤝 Incentive-based approaches (payments) can reduce pressure on ecosystems while creating lasting support for habitat protection.
#WildlifeWednesday #Biodiversity #Conservation #WildlifeConservation #Wildlife #WildlifeCorridor #Environment
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This week's #WildlifeWednesday photo is a red squirrel. I will happily spend hours watching red squirrels' antics.
#redsquirrel #nature #wildlife #wildlifephotography #scottishwildlife #ukwildlife
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"The black redstart is 13–14.5cm in length and 12–20g in weight." 😭
#photography #fotografie #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #animal #bird #redstart #hausrotschwanz #closeup
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"The black redstart is 13–14.5cm in length and 12–20g in weight." 😭
#photography #fotografie #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #animal #bird #redstart #hausrotschwanz #closeup
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"The black redstart is 13–14.5cm in length and 12–20g in weight." 😭
#photography #fotografie #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #animal #bird #redstart #hausrotschwanz #closeup
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"The black redstart is 13–14.5cm in length and 12–20g in weight." 😭
#photography #fotografie #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #animal #bird #redstart #hausrotschwanz #closeup
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"The black redstart is 13–14.5cm in length and 12–20g in weight." 😭
#photography #fotografie #nature #naturephotography #wildlife #animal #bird #redstart #hausrotschwanz #closeup