Chris Dean

Partnership Manager with the Moors for the Future Partnership. RFCC member. IUCN Peatland Programme Board member. Atlantic Isles EUROPARC Director

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

Thank goodness for King Charles. Considering the deep peril faced by people & Nature it’s encouraging that at least one world leader is articulating a fit for purpose perspective. His words galvanised action in Paris in 2015 & hopefully will again now. https://t.co/jerMwLOAzX

[The Pennine Painter @PennineThe]

With even more weather warnings for the northern Pennines ‘Hannah Hauxwell Last Winter’ comes to mind, the lone farmer from Baldersdale, the subject of some 50+ Peter Brook paintings, struggling every year to survive in the face of extreme conditions on her farm at Low Birk Hatt.

[IUCN UK Peatlands @IUCNpeat]

A huge congratulations to @RobStoneman, one of our founders, who has been given a presitigious award by @WildlifeTrusts for his dedication to the advancement of nature conservation within the British Isles.

Find out more: https://t.co/NGXreHXYoZ

[IUCN UK Peatlands @IUCNpeat]

A new report 'The Future of Vegetable Production on Lowland #Peat' has just been published, looking at how land use changes can be carefully planned to protect peat carbon stores with continued vegetable production. You can read it here: https://t.co/qtEX9ZknYY
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[Environment Agency @EnvAgency]

#StormCiarán is due to create very strong winds and heavy rain across England, increasing the risk of #flooding to some areas.

Stay safe and don’t take unnecessary risks.

Sign up for flood warnings: https://t.co/P5d6AxpGKY

[Environment Agency @EnvAgency]

Natural flood management helps to build flood resilience, while also:

💧 improving water quality
🍂 enhancing habitats and biodiversity
🌳 providing green spaces for people

Apply for full funding of your local project before 10 November at https://t.co/vrbSCUh7CS

[South Pennines Park @South_Pennines]

The next #NaturesHolme event will be on 16th January at The Civic in Holmfirth - this is a community open evening for all. You can book your place here: https://t.co/Hf7lGyjFvf
@HolmeRiver

[South Pennines Park @South_Pennines]

The #NaturesHolme Team hosted an Access Workshop last week, where they gathered opinions and ideas from a range of stakeholders to help identify access improvement priorities along various routes across the catchment. The team will share findings in the near future. @HolmeRiver

[Chris Dean @MoorPartners]

Great to see this just imagine the outcome if the recent flood defence had not been put in place. Extensive restoration works to the blanket bogs above also reducing the flood peaks. Landowners, Utilities, National Park and NGO’s making a difference together @moorsforfuture

[Environment Agency @EnvAgency]

During #StormBabet, the River Derwent reached record-high levels.

The flood defence wall we finished reinstating this year, protected 50 homes and businesses in Matlock from flooding.

This is just one of around 76,000 flood assets #TeamEA maintain across England.

[The Pennine Painter @PennineThe]

Monday washing appears in all weathers in Peter Brook’s paintings, with ‘Bitter Cold - Chapel Street’, a large wintry portrayal of Sowerby Bridge, perhaps the most striking, the traditional lines of laundry blowing in what must have been a bone-chilling wind. (@HuddsArtGallery)

[Tony Juniper @TonyJuniper]

Just looking at trends in greenhouse gas emissions & reminded that globally it’s now about 60% up on 1992, the year the UN treaty was first agreed in Rio, with 2022 reaching the highest level ever. To say we are not on track is more than understatement.

https://t.co/LstScNV93A

[IUCN UK Peatlands @IUCNpeat]

Unable to attend this years #PeatConf23?
We will miss you but you can still join us online for the first day plenary sessions wherever you are in the world! Register here ➡️ https://t.co/J9PjlnUcyr
#Peatlands #PeatTwitter

[LIFE IP Peatlands and People @peatlandsLIFEIP]

This Sunday is International Bog Day!

Did you know that Sphagnum mosses are key engineers on your local bog?

Delve into this exciting world to learn more with the Bord na Móna ecology team:
https://t.co/ehDh7fPItq

[Dr. Aaron Thierry @ThierryAaron]

1/ Here's a🧵on why the record shattering extremes in Europe are so unsettling for climate scientists.

It's increasingly looking that we've underestimated the impacts of #ClimateBreakdown...

https://t.co/vMonwth7wP

[IUCN UK Peatlands @IUCNpeat]

Its #BogDay this Sunday! Bogs are rare and special habitats that are irreversibly damaged by peat extraction for horticulture. Thankfully there are now many peat free alternatives that can deliver fantastic results for growers! Learn more here:
➡️https://t.co/WPOBKW6LPK

[Katy Ross @girl_in_a_bog]

Join me on Sunday in FI 🇫🇰 for two free events to celebrate #BogDay
Find out how we do peatland science, learn the difference between a swamp, marsh and bog and join with others around the world in celebrating the brilliance of Bogs @IUCNpeat 🌱
#peatlandsmatter #forpeatssake

[Chris Dean @MoorPartners]

Staged or not put her in charge of the country immediately (and ours for that matter!)

[Omid Djalili @omid9]

Incredible video. Afghan dad jokingly says school is only for boys. Watch his remarkable daughter - who can’t be more than 5 or 6 years old - respond with these arguments.

Afghan girls have been denied access to schools and universities. This little girl's courage represents the collective voice of countless Afghan girls who yearn for equal educational opportunities.

As an advocate for girls' education the father's teasing is simply to highlight an important message: that the Taliban - another backward regime - are harming the people of his country.

It’s time the world is done with them.

Ditto the “Islamic” Republic in Iran #regime

[IUCN UK Peatlands @IUCNpeat]

Did you know that the @UK_CEH estimate that UK #Peatlands contain approximately 3.2 billion tons of carbon! When in good condition they lock away carbon from the atmosphere for millennia. Unfortunately 80% of the UKs peatlands are degraded turning them in to carbon emitters 1/2

[Peak District National Park @peakdistrict]

Our @PeakPark_PPCV conservation volunteers were joined recently by @BarclaysUK for another corporate volunteer day in the #GoytValley.

Despite the challenging weather at times 🌧️ they really got stuck in and made the most of the event. Thank you to everyone who participated. 🙏

[Irish peat ECR @Irish_PeatECR]

Thank you @mapalljohn for a insightful trip and an amazing explanation of blanket bogs .
Some of of our ECR that attended were

@AitovaInNature @richa_marwaha @wahajhb @irishboglife @Alessandra_Acco @c_guilfoyle1
🌧️☔⛈️🌂🍃🌿

#PeatTwitter
#Peatlandsmatter