Some of the steep slopes on the north facing slopes under Pillar seem to be greening up with natural tree regeneration. We need to carry out a survey of what species and how they are doing. Any climbers interested in helping?

Our #BoxOfficeBears project is the coming together of multiple fields from performance to ancient DNA. It would be the poorer without any of them. Huge power in physical reinterpretation of archives, stories to inform modern understanding. There should be no Arts/Science divide.

Belatedly posting a few pics from our creative mapping #RGSIBG2023 LIVINGMAPS workshop as part of Mapping for a Changing World yesterday A big thanks to all who came and contributed with such fantastic mapping and discussion!

The qgisprocess package is now on CRAN: buff.ly/3PaZ23O Now you can also read qgisprocess cheetsheets (created by Antony Barja) at buff.ly/3QPIEa3. #rspatial #qgis #rstats

The Woodland Trust🌳 Conservation Research Programme is at the #AgroforestryShow! Come talk to us about trees on farms research and our PhDs, research collaborations, policy expertise and partnerships.

We are still looking for placement partners in Arts and Cultural Organisation in and around Manchester who would be happy to host a 20 day placement with one of our postgrad students in this coming academic year! Further details below: artsjobs.org.uk/events/26657

Interesting behaviour as red admirals come down to feed off the weeping sap of a freshly beaver chewed willow trunk! 🦫 🦋

🌳 Exciting news! Registration for Future Treescapes 24 is now open! 🌳 Join us as we unlock the future of UK treescapes, celebrating achievements and shaping policy for a greener tomorrow. Register today and secure your spot! #FutureTreescapes24 treescapes24.zohobackstage.eu/FutureTreescap…

The UKTreescapes CASTOR Treescapes project has been researching riparian woodland as both valuable edge habitat and ecological corridors. To model edge AND connectivity, Claire Holt, Jonny Huck, Ewan McHenry and I had to come up with a new approach: link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Some exciting news coming from @PlanningUOM - we have a series of new positions in urban planning and environment. The first one - a Lecturer in Urban Planning is now live - details can be found here 👇 jobs.ac.uk/job/DGS956/lec…

Great week in Berlin and Leipzig with MSc #greeninfrastructure students looking at park history, water management, urban ecology and nature led regeneration - lots of cool insights from students and Matthew Dennis and James

We’ve still got a couple of spaces free for our CASTOR Treescapes landscape perceptions literary walking workshops in Askham on Wednesday and Thursday - details here! eventbrite.co.uk/e/landscape-pe… #lakedistrict

Lecturer in Urban Planning at The University of Manchester - it’s the final countdown. The closing date for application is this week - 16th May. Come and join our great team of planners, urban designers, environmental managers and real estate colleagues. jobs.ac.uk/job/DGS956/lec…

Sharing the joy of wild rivers with South Crosland C.E. (A) Junior School children this afternoon. The future’s in good hands!

New red squirrel documentary out on 27th May! Featuring staff and students from National School of Forestry UoC University of Cumbria Alumni Association #conservation #redsquirrel #cumbria #forestry

A mechanistic approach to weighting edge-effects in landscape connectivity assessments | Landscape Ecology link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Working through audio & transcripts of people storying their relationships with trees & landscapes in #ColneValley for CASTOR Treescapes UKTreescapes. A rather lovely follow-on from yesterday's #Ecopedagogies2024 symposium. Sigh. #TreeLove

New CASTOR Treescapes paper on how fragmentation effects are moderated by landscape context: link.springer.com/article/10.100… UKTreescapes

Land-cover gradients determine alternate drivers of mammalian species richness in fragmented landscapes | Landscape Ecology link.springer.com/article/10.100…

🌳 Biodiversity loss is an ever-growing issue prevalent across the UK. 🔬 Matthew Dennis explains how a rebalancing of reforestation strategy that incorporates landscape context will prove vital in tackling this issue. 👉 Read the article here: ow.ly/V9vX50SWzsp