Ben Goldsmith
@BenGoldsmith
“The idea of wilderness needs no defense, only defenders.” ~ Edward Abbey
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Once absent across most of Europe, wolves made a remarkable comeback thanks to legal protection ✨
👎 European Commission proposal to lower their protection can undo the decades of conservation work!
Sign WWF France 🐼's petition to protect wolves in Europe: wwf.fr/petition-loup
‘Meet Britain’s new nature defenders: guerrilla guardians who don’t own the places they protect but care for them anyway’
Very proud to be one of the chapter authors of Wild Service, a new anthology book by Right to Roam & friends, published today!
m.cmpgn.page/kqCFTs
Rewilding charity Heal Rewilding is hosting a two-day Into the Light event on Friday 10 and Saturday 11 May, at their beautiful 460 acres Somerset site; talks and panels, finance for nature and the nature tech, stories of hope about wilder nature, go go. tickettailor.com/events/healrew…
80% of dairy farms in Wales (and two thirds in England) in breach of environmental regulations in recent years, data released to RiverActionUK (and seen by @theENDSReport) reveals
(Context is that farming is biggest contributor to river pollution)
endsreport.com/article/186986…
St George’s Day, 🏴 & the five year anniversary of me arriving to be Chair Natural England.
It’s been a busy half decade, but quite a lot has happened, with huge potential for positive progress during the coming years.
Here’s a blog on all that ⬇️
naturalengland.blog.gov.uk/2024/04/23/a-h…
In the most recent episode of Rewilding the World I’m joined by Andy Whitworth of Osa Conservation, an organisation which is busy rewilding Costa Rica’s ever wilder Osa Peninsula.
It’s an area where Andy and his team are focused on plans to reintroduce white-lipped peccaries,
Wildlife Services, often known as the killing arm of the Dept. of Agriculture, recently published their 2023 program data detailing the number of animals killed and the methods used. The numbers were as staggering as always with 1.4 million animals killed nationwide. tinyurl.com/4jacypvn