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AndyWhile we desperately need to reduce deer numbers to reduce <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23Overgrazing" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Overgrazing</a>, if lynx are in the ‘too difficult’ box, wolves are never going to happen. <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23reintroduction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reintroduction</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://bsky.app/search?q=%23biodiversity" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/feb/17/wolves-reintroduction-to-highlands-could-help-native-woodlands-to-recover-says-study?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Reintroducing wolves to Highla...</a>

NIOO-KNAWNew publication: <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/Grazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grazing</a> intensity by <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/sheep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sheep</a> affects spatial diversity in botanical composition of Inner Mongolian <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/grassland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grassland</a>. <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/sustainablelanduse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sustainablelanduse</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/grasslanddegradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grasslanddegradation</a> <a href="https://social.edu.nl/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overgrazing</a> <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109311" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2024.109311</a>

BellingenNSWPrivate landholders control 60% of the Australian continent. Many of Australia’s ecosystems are severely degraded. Only 22% of Australia’s landmass is currently protected."About 60% of the continent is owned or managed privately – and 70% to 90% of inadequately protected wildlife is found mostly on such land, which includes farms, pastoral leases and mines.""Through what legal mechanism can private landholders be engaged in biodiversity conservation? A conservation covenant is a legally binding commitment landholders make to restrict how their property is used.""Existing covenants are generally used to protect high-value conservation land where ecosystems are healthy. Rarely are they used on degraded land needing restoration, such as overgrazed paddocks or former mining." >> <a href="https://theconversation.com/private-landholders-control-60-of-the-australian-continent-so-lets-get-them-involved-in-nature-protection-217450" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theconversation.com/private-landholders-control-60-of-the-australian-continent-so-lets-get-them-involved-in-nature-protection-217450</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/PrivateLandholders" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PrivateLandholders</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/degradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#degradation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/mining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mining</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overgrazing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/ConservationCovenant" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ConservationCovenant</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NaturePositive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NaturePositive</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/30x30" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#30x30</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/wildlife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wildlife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/koalas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#koalas</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Refuges" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Refuges</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/NatureRepair" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NatureRepair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#restoration</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a>

DoomsdaysCWEstimated 2 billion tons of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sand</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dust</a> are entering the atmosphere per year: ‘We are in a vicious circle’Story by Jeremiah Budin, December 11, 2023"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> and human activity have ripple effects everywhere that plants grow, and one of those effects is that there is less land for plants to grow than ever before."According to the United Nations, the world is losing around 386,000 square miles (by some estimates, more than Texas and New Mexico combined) of productive land per year to sand and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DustStorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DustStorms</a> — the result of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/HumanActivity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HumanActivity</a>, as Reuters reports. What is happening?"The United Nations Convention to Combat <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Desertification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Desertification</a> (<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UNCCD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#UNCCD</a>) recently issued a report that called attention to the issue of land loss due to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SandStorms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SandStorms</a>, which have hit large areas of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Africa</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Asia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Asia</a>. According to the report, at least 25% of the storms could be attributed to human activity, such as <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overmining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overmining</a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overgrazing</a>. Why is this concerning?"According to the UNCCD report, 'with impacts far beyond the source regions, an estimated 2 billion tons of sand and dust now enters the atmosphere every year, an amount equal in weight to 350 Great Pyramids of Giza.' And while sand storms are common in many regions, this new frequency and intensity are not.“'We are in a vicious circle, where <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandDegradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandDegradation</a> is fueling <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> and climate change is exacerbating land loss in the world,' Ibrahim Thiaw, UNCCD executive secretary, told Reuters."Thiaw went on to explain that as the sand storms continue to make an increasing amount of land unfarmable, it affects people’s ability to get food in some of the world’s most vulnerable countries. “'It goes well beyond individuals,' he said. 'It is affecting the entire community.'What can be done about it?"The UNCCD had several recommendations for steps that could be taken to prevent further land loss. For one, it said that funding needs to be increased to tackle the problem, which has drawn less attention so far than other issues caused by human-driven pollution."Also, new incentives are needed for the private sector to take responsibility for the land that it destroys. "As Thiaw told Reuters, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#China</a> has been successful at combating desertification and controlling dust, by employing a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LandManagement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandManagement</a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/restoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#restoration</a>, and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reforestation</a> program." Source: <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/estimated-2-billion-tons-of-sand-and-dust-are-entering-the-atmosphere-per-year-we-are-in-a-vicious-circle/ar-AA1lgYPT?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=04c6b54204964fc2c9a42f16ffd64d9a&ei=8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.msn.com/en-us/weather/topstories/estimated-2-billion-tons-of-sand-and-dust-are-entering-the-atmosphere-per-year-we-are-in-a-vicious-circle/ar-AA1lgYPT?rc=1&ocid=winp1taskbar&cvid=04c6b54204964fc2c9a42f16ffd64d9a&ei=8</a>

Arthur Hau, PhD🐶🐱🌱🎵🦣People who only talk about <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/CO2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CO2</a> are totally distracted. The current food inflation or even food crisis is a result of both climate change and land degradation. <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/LandDegradation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandDegradation</a> is caused by deforestation, <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overgrazing</a> and <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/tillage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tillage</a>. <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deforestation</a> affects both local and global climate. It also leads to soil erosion. As farmland gets abandoned and overgrazing continues, desertification is unavoidable and local and global <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> will worsen. It is a vicious cycle. <a href="https://inweh.unu.edu/world-loses-trillions-of-dollars-worth-of-natures-benefits-each-year-due-to-land-degradation/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://inweh.unu.edu/world-loses-trillions-of-dollars-worth-of-natures-benefits-each-year-due-to-land-degradation/</a>

DoomsdaysCW<a href="https://mstdn.social/@kevinrns" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@kevinrns</a> Your interesting choice of words (Sahara-fication rather than Desertification) prompted me to do some research...What Really Turned the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SaharaDesert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SaharaDesert</a> From a Green Oasis Into a Wasteland?10,000 years ago, this iconic desert was unrecognizable. A new hypothesis suggests that humans may have tipped the balanceby Lorraine Boissoneault March 24, 2017 Excerpt: "'By overgrazing the grasses, they were reducing the amount of atmospheric moisture—plants give off moisture, which produces clouds—and enhancing albedo,' Wright said. He suggests this may have triggered the end of the humid period more abruptly than can be explained by the orbital changes. These nomadic humans also may have used fire as a land management tool, which would have exacerbated the speed at which the desert took hold."It’s important to note that the green Sahara always would’ve turned back into a desert even without humans doing anything—that’s just how Earth’s orbit works, says geologist Jessica Tierney, an associate professor of geoscience at the University of Arizona. Moreover, according to Tierney, we don’t necessarily need humans to explain the abruptness of the transition from green to desert."Instead, the culprits might be regular old vegetation feedbacks and changes in the amount of dust. 'At first you have this slow change in the Earth’s orbit,' Tierney explains. 'As that’s happening, the West African monsoon is going to get a little bit weaker. Slowly you’ll degrade the landscape, switching from desert to vegetation. And then at some point you pass the tipping point where change accelerates.'"Tierney adds that it’s hard to know what triggered the cascade in the system, because everything is so closely intertwined. During the last humid period, the Sahara was filled with hunter-gatherers. As the orbit slowly changed and less rain fell, humans would have needed to domesticate animals, like cattle and goats, for sustenance. 'It could be the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climate</a> was pushing people to herd cattle, or the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overgrazing</a> practices accelerated denudation [of foliage],' Tierney says. "Which came first? It’s hard to say with evidence we have now. “The question is: How do we test this hypothesis?” she says. 'How do we isolate the climatically driven changes from the role of humans? It’s a bit of a chicken and an egg problem.' Wright, too, cautions that right now we have evidence only for correlation, not causation."But Tierney is also intrigued by Wright’s research, and agrees with him that much more research needs to be done to answer these questions."Full article: <a href="https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-really-turned-sahara-desert-green-oasis-wasteland-180962668/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/what-really-turned-sahara-desert-green-oasis-wasteland-180962668/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ClimateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ClimateChange</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#History</a>

John DalI've been visiting some beech woods on a Northumberland moor for over 12 years, I've never seen a seedling tree. There are no young trees, it's dying. The land is now up for sale and there have been no sheep this year - all of a sudden the place is awash with beech & rowan seedlings. 1/2 <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Overgrazing</a>

NSW.BiodiversityThe Great Barrier <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Reef" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Reef</a> and <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#farming</a> practices Investments go “into repairing land catchments, such as revegetation, grazing management of <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cattle</a>, and structural works to stabilise gullies and riverbanks. "<a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Funding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Funding</a> needs to go towards tackling the biggest polluting gullies and streambanks, and projects need to have strong measurable <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pollution</a> reduction targets to ensure a high level of accountability and transparency” <a href="https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/remember-that-record-funding-for-the-great-barrier-reef/102252268" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-04-22/remember-that-record-funding-for-the-great-barrier-reef/102252268</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Climate</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/FossilFuels" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FossilFuels</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Farming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Farming</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Farmers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Farmers</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Deforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deforestation</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Graziers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Graziers</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Cattle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cattle</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Overgrazing</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Gullies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gullies</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Erosion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Erosion</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Corals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Corals</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/LandBased" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LandBased</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Pollution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pollution</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/Runoff" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Runoff</a> <a href="https://theblower.au/tags/GBR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GBR</a>

kasilasChallenge to Irish apartment plan referred to European courts <a href="https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41101234.html" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/courtandcrime/arid-41101234.html</a> << at least the tree angle is interesting. Ireland has the lowest amount of trees cover in the whole EU and virtually no enforced protection of trees. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Overgrazing</a> , as always in Ireland, also playing a part.It is yet another area of <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#ecology</a> that Ireland doesn't do enough to reach the minimal levels of other <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EU</a> states.

Cornelius TraasThis amazing journalist, who is announcing his retirement, at 90 years of age, has written another column which is making me tearful. The fantastic <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MichaelViney" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#MichaelViney</a>. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Machair" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Machair</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dunes" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#dunes</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#overgrazing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/journalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#journalism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/nature" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#nature</a> <a href="https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2023/02/04/michael-vineys-final-another-life-column-more-than-60-years-after-the-first/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.irishtimes.com/environment/2023/02/04/michael-vineys-final-another-life-column-more-than-60-years-after-the-first/</a>

Scientific FrontlineIt’s well understood that <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overgrazing</a> by <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/herbivores" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#herbivores</a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/kangaroos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kangaroos</a> can change <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> dramatically, but the impact excessive grazing has on the cover of dead vegetation – and cascading effects on small <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/vertebrates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vertebrates</a> like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lizards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lizards</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/desert" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#desert</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/frogs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frogs</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dunnarts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dunnarts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Conservation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EarthScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EarthScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Environmental" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Environmental</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sflorg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sflorg</a> <a href="https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/con01302301.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.sflorg.com/2023/01/con01302301.html</a>

Rachel SiegelBringing <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/beavers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beavers</a> back to <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/colorado" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#colorado</a> "In the time of Enos Mills, and until relatively recently, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/beaver" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beaver</a> were abundant in the Estes Valley, Tahosa Valley, and in many parts of North America. Locally, there were beaver dams and lodges at Lily Lake and along Fish Creek. There were also beaver colonies in Rocky Mountain National Park (RMNP), creating and maintaining habitat for many other species. A good example of a thriving beaver colony can be seen from Fish Creek Road, west of the intersection with Rockwood Lane. But now, beaver are rare in this area. What happened? Outside RMNP, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/trapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trapping</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/grazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grazing</a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/logging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#logging</a>, and human settlement took its toll on beaver populations. Inside RMNP, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#overgrazing</a> by ungulates like elk, and now moose, eliminated willow habitat beavers depended on and turned the marshes into dry meadow."<a href="https://www.estesparknews.com/estes_park_news/article_4f458d40-9cd0-11ed-aa4b-cbcb61b400a1.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.estesparknews.com/estes_park_news/article_4f458d40-9cd0-11ed-aa4b-cbcb61b400a1.html</a><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/beaverrestoration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#beaverrestoration</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/habitat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#habitat</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/ecosystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecosystems</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conservation</a>(more)

kasilasWildlife group wants all deer removed from Phoenix Park <a href="https://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/wildlife-group-wants-all-deer-removed-from-phoenix-park/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no">https://www.fm104.ie/news/fm104-news/wildlife-group-wants-all-deer-removed-from-phoenix-park/</a> << I am always amazed how little life there is in Phoenix Park. The reason for this lack of biodiversity is the same as nearly everywhere in Ireland: overgrazing.We have no top predators (we killed them all), so either we bring them back, do their job, or accept Ireland as a biodiversity wasteland.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Ireland" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Ireland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#overgrazing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/biodiversity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#biodiversity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dublin" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#dublin</a>

John DalA stretch of Alder woodland by a burn in Northumberland. These trees usually live for less than 100 years, but they have been used by farmers until fairly recently - coppiced or pollarded for charcoal and winter fodder, so some are MUCH older than that. Overgrazing (sheep + deer) means that there is NO regeneration happening, so this type of woodland - a feature of Northumberland - will soon be gone. <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tree</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Woodland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Woodland</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Wild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wild</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Overgrazing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Overgrazing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Deer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deer</a> <a href="https://mastodon.green/tags/Sheep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Sheep</a>

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