#Peatlands

Magnus Davidson

If you wonder why a lot of us got put out with Extinction Rebellion's claims of the Spaceport being built in the Flow Country, it's because many of us look

Deforestation in Indonesia is devastating the wildlife and bio-diversity of the country and is adding to climate change.#39CSustain @39CSustain Approximately 15% of the world's mammals, birds and plants live in

Our new paper in @nature "Overriding water table control on managed peatland greenhouse gas emissions"https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03523-1(1/6)#PeatTwitter #PeatPaper https://twitter.com/UK_CEH/status/138488869678531

Harriet Bradley

HarrietBirdlife

THREAD on content of what EPP-RE-S&D MEPs have negotiated on the #FutureofCAP and why this surrender to intensive agriculture interests must be stopped "Maintenance", not protection, of #peatlands means taxpayers

1/7 New paper: ‘A cautionary tale about using the apparent carbon accumulation rate (aCAR) obtained from peat cores’: http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-88766-8. A follow-up to: http://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-53879-8.

Dr. Merritt Turetsky

I this image & want to tell you why. Yesterday I asked people to interpret what this was. There is a wealth of information in this single image -

Thread The Atlantic rainforests of the west coast of Scotland are amongst the richest habitats for wildlife in Britain They are internationally important for mosses, liverworts and lichens which

In this week’s @farmersjournal we’ve an interview with @peatyGHG on the unintended consequences of draining peat soils and how it leads to C02 emissions from the soilhttps://www.farmersjournal.ie/the-unintended-climate-consequences-of-d

Harriet Bradley

HarrietBirdlife

THREAD Worrying that much media are reporting favourably on EU Council's CAP deal. Please look at what lies beneath Ag minister @JuliaKloeckner deal and how it is is similarly dangerous

deer populations have 'irrupted' (undergone explosive population growth) in Scotland and across the world wherever their predators have been exterminated. by contrast, persistent irruptions have never been documented in areas

African Rainforests will suffer from a totally new climate of unprecedented heat from 2025 onwards with staggering consequences for all life on Earth. The most intact rainforests cover 6 countries.

Tim Searchinger

What does it mean and how can a country's agriculture achieve carbon neutrality. WRI's report out today on how to do that in Denmark. Blog here. https://www.wri.org/insights/how-make-agriculture-carbon-neutral-lessons-denmark - Link

Dr. Merritt Turetsky

It's the perfect morning for a permafrost twitter-tour! So what is permafrost? Permafrost is frozen ground that remains in a frozen state for multiple years. But it's way more complicated

Kabupaten Lestari

#SummaryOfTheEvent at #GLFBiodiversity Sustainable Districts Association (LTKL) with @CIFOR session at the @GlobalLF 2020 titled "LESSON FROM INDONESIA : BUILDING A NATURE BASED ECONOMY THROUGH JURISDICTIONAL APPROACHES" @Bappenas

Environment Matters

Welcome to the #Pyrocene threadOctober saw the highest level of #wildfires in Brazil, with an area equivalent to the size of Denmark burnt through in the #Pantanal https://uk.reuters.com/article/us-brazil-environment-idUKKBN27H1J1 Meanwhile

AndrewLRJackson

THREAD on €100m+ peatland restoration Huge kudos to all for this. Important to put decision in full context as there are vital lessons & cautionary notes• Access to justice for