Rob Yorke
@robyorke
environmental/rural commentator, curator, moderator, unaffiliated | sharing research with a pithy twist and pic🧪
opportunities for land practitioners to deliver nature without a prescriptive protected land designation #30by30 #OECMs #NatureRestoration
a distraction a spotted flycatcher in awe of mate's waste disposal skills #ornithology #birds
you focus, rightly and sharply, on lack of data, an assumption and perhaps an overly confident statement within the research paper
"We present convincing evidence that biodiversity offsetting, if implemented well, can be an effective tool for pollinator biodiversity conservation" besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #grassland #ecology 🧪
on landscape fire management "actively engage with complexity and uncertainty whilst highlighting areas of agreement" besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #landscape #ecology 🧪
“we found that farmers perceive having greater influence over ES that directly support farming outcomes, such as soil quality and water availability, than over ES providing indirect benefits, such as water quality and climate change mitigation”
I experienced a #farming session ‘convincingly’ full of rubbish at the @hayfestival.bsky.social – the session on AI afterwards led me to post this vlog
the joy of wildlife in wild bleak UK places – indulge me, turn the volume up, 60th #environmental #dialogue
it’s them, not me trying ‘to be right’! Perhaps focusing too much,on say, farmland specialist indicator species, misses wider non/farmed habitat restoration opportunity
'Traditional restoration often focuses on indicator species, but inclusion of all species may drive a greater ecosystem complexity' besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #nature #restoration 🧪
“The Agriculture and Food Council was initially reluctant, but concluded it had more to gain by being involved than resisting from outside” The power of ‘collective bargaining’, somewhat alien to the UK, so far helped with a grant of €1.3 billion from a GLP-1 pharmaceutical company
that was great fun testing ways to curate dynamic interactive diverse panellist/audience moderated discussions on nature restoration at the Linnean Society #environmental #dialogue
I was there too / that’s either arson or a wildfire, as the swaling season ends voluntarily 31st March or legally, 15th April nb wildfire risk is a developing issue based on various factors including dead dry winter vegetation fuel loads, tourist hotspots etc
I look forward to moderating this nature restoration Assembly next week @linneansociety.bsky.social members.linnean.org/events/699dd... #Environmental #Dialogue
“Moreover, our study was conducted in a L. chinensis-dominated meadow steppe in northern China, and the generality of these findings may depend on differences in dominant species composition and soil properties across grassland systems” getting cattle back to UK uplands is a tough gig
A bipartisan effort, as started by previous government, and yes, a start at providing the tools to best optimise use of land for more outcomes than on the horizon 10 years ago pic: farmland, Holne - top of the pole, sea level / farmers aloft hand, depth of peat disappeared since 1968
yes, though fenced off bit also grassy and trees doing better (see my own woodland robyorke.co.uk/2018/04/natu...) I’m curious around livestock stocking rates and tree planting densities as to ‘can we have both’?! ps shorten your list, plant more trees instead
keep experimenting with trees / agroforestry, silvo-pasture / especially as it’s often not as easy as it’s made out to be #environmental #dialogue
some context (nature, not just wildlife) www.bankofengland.co.uk/banknotes/he...