Doug G

Biologist-Nature Educator-Forest School Trainer-Scythe Instructor-Woodworker. Lover of wild places, restoring nature, promoting ecological literacy.

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

Here's a link to a short video I commissioned to highlight the natural wonders of the North East of Scotland, it was filmed and produced by the great team at @ScotlandTBP

https://t.co/uY3dEhAvaR

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

Scything courses finished for another year...
https://t.co/7NnHQ96p0D

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

About *a third* of global fossil fuel CO2 emissions emitted during the Industrial age have occurred in roughly the last 17 years. The previous third was emitted over a period of roughly 26 years. The first third was emitted over a period of about 131 years.

[Prof Jem Bendell 🌍☸️ @jembendell]

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[Alexander Verbeek 🌍 @Alex_Verbeek]

Jane Goodall's last interview released: "Don't lose hope." Today's stories prove she was right.
Take a moment to listen to her words:

https://t.co/gJGbzFjQNx

[Jamie McIntyre @_JamieMcIntyre]

"The delusion is now systemic"

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

@AlbaExplorers Good luck Joe!

[Net Zero Scotland @ScotGovNetZero]

🌻@ScotGov's Nature Restoration Fund (NRF) provides a key vehicle to help Scotland meet its ambition to be Nature Positive by 2030, and to have restored and regenerated biodiversity by 2045.

🦋The Interim Evaluation of NRF examines its impacts: https://t.co/16s8wdaTzv

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Very sad to see Labour govt flogging off allotment sites. Allotments provide sustainable, healthy food, encourage exercise and community spirit, & are rich in biodiversity. 10,000 people are on waiting lists to get one! Idiotic. We need more, not fewer!

https://t.co/TeHJDoDGPe

[Ben Goldsmith @BenGoldsmith]

The big question arising from this bizarre Cairngorms lynx story is not how the poor things got there; but why lynx, a secretive, beautiful British native species no larger than a labrador, have not been officially reintroduced to Britain long ago.

The malevolence of a small rural cabal opposed to any kind of wildlife recovery and the stranglehold it has over weak-kneed government officials cannot be overstated.

The British public overwhelmingly wants the return of beavers and storks and eagles and lynx and vibrant landscapes singing with life. But a few puce-faced individuals, stuck in a mindset of ruthless exploitation and cold dominion over nature, just won’t allow any of it. That’s why nothing ever happens.

Life is short, and you can well see why some people are tempted to take matters into their own hands. Every single wild-living beaver in Britain today is there as a result of unlicensed releases, not to mention goshawks, wild boar and a host of other recovering native species. They returned *in spite of* not because of government. Meanwhile the release of 50 million non native pheasants into the landscape each year is waved through without a shred of paperwork.

The Scottish authorities were so terrified this week of the wrath of rural vested interests that they turned out hordes of police, supported by acquiescent conservation blob employees, with guns and cages and heat seeking night sights and drones to seize a family of semi-tame tabbies unfortunate enough to have been left out in the woods. You’d have thought the police might have better things to do.

Spare your outrage not for the fools who presumably thought they could make a difference by putting them there, but for a rural policy system that is entirely corrupted from top to bottom. And be happy that this particular lynx family is now warm and fed and safe from the keepers’ guns in Edinburgh Zoo.

N.B. If you doubt anything I’ve said - ask yourself why native, vital beavers are *still* illegal in England, in spite of reams of science calling for their return. One Defra minister after the next has promised to legalise beavers before being bullied into silence by shadowy rural lobbyists. What’s the betting there’s no good news on beavers in 2025.

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

@UryRiverPark is a member of the Northwoods Rewilding Network, here is a snapshot of what has happened across the network over the last year.

[SCOTLAND: The Big Picture @ScotlandTBP]

Now in its fourth year, we look back on the collective impact of the #Northwoods Rewilding Network – a collection of farms, small estates, community landholdings and more, all committed to nature recovery. 🌱

Last year, we shared an impressive set of figures delivered by the network, including the ones in this video. From trees planted to nature-based businesses supported, the positive impact of our land partners on nature continues to grow.

This year, we celebrated Northwoods becoming a finalist in the Nature of Scotland Awards. 🏆

Find out more about how Northwoods is #MakingRewildingHappen: https://t.co/fO5DHVzOER

[Dave Goulson @DaveGoulson]

Regarding the recent application by @NFUtweets to allow 'emergency' use of neonics on sugar beet, this image explains the problem: most of the pesticide goes into soils, leaches into waterways, & is taken up by wildflowers & hedgerows. Only 5% in crop.
https://t.co/M3ltdM3U8Z

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

More from the #Scything day at the Tomintoul community meadow...
https://t.co/fZiIwQgJ54

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

BBC Radio Scotland came to the Scything course at Tomintoul in August and recorded us for the Out of Doors programme...
https://t.co/FDxFbpljyB

[Guardian Environment @guardianeco]

Our leaders are collaborators with fossil fuel colonialists. This is the source of our communal dread | Tim Winton https://t.co/VjYMdk9wLx

[Protect the Wild @ProtectTheWild_]

It's baffling – sacrificing our landscapes, tarnishing the environment, all to optimise conditions for red grouse so people can blast them out of the sky for fun.

This isn't the world we want to live in.

RT and follow us if you agree!

[Mar Lodge Estate National Nature Reserve NTS @MarLodgeNTS]

Last week saw a group of folks out learning scything skills in the wildflower meadows that we are developing around the Lodge to benefit biodiversity, improve climate resilience, help sequester carbon, to provide a useful crop (hay!) and of course to look nice .

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

#WorldRangerDay2024

[Plantlife Scotland @PlantlifeScot]

📢NEW REPORT📢
Making the Most of Scotland’s Grasslands
https://t.co/JURenOaAqT

Read about how species-rich grasslands connect Scotland’s unique biodiversity, history & identity
@Floodplainmead @PastureForLife

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

@BobGooday Fine if you have a green candidate to vote for :)

[Doug G @DrWilderness]

Pie nails it :)

[Jonathan Pie @JonathanPieNews]

Election Special 4: The Conservatives.