tis just so aggravating & despondent-making 🤬😭

https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251117-how-many-extra-possums-does-it-take-to-compensate-for-a-dead-platypus

#AusPol #WhyTheFuckIsLabor #HahahahaLiebs #NatsAreNuts #GreensYEAH #VoteGreens #VoteProgIndies #ClimateCrisis #NonLinear #TippingPoints #PositiveFeedbackLoops #FossilFools #RenewableEnergy #ChangeTheSystem #StateCapture #RightToProtest #Biodiversity #WeAreTotallyFscked #Misanthropy #Karma #NativeForests #StopLoggingNativeForests #FsckCapitalism #CognitiveDissonance

tis just so aggravating & despondent-making 🤬😭

https://thepoint.com.au/opinions/251117-how-many-extra-possums-does-it-take-to-compensate-for-a-dead-platypus

#AusPol #WhyTheFuckIsLabor #HahahahaLiebs #NatsAreNuts #GreensYEAH #VoteGreens #VoteProgIndies #ClimateCrisis #NonLinear #TippingPoints #PositiveFeedbackLoops #FossilFools #RenewableEnergy #ChangeTheSystem #StateCapture #RightToProtest #Biodiversity #WeAreTotallyFscked #Misanthropy #Karma #NativeForests #StopLoggingNativeForests #FsckCapitalism #CognitiveDissonance

TIL that hawk moths pollinate night blooming flowers 🥹🌙

#hawkmoth #moth #biodiversity

TIL that hawk moths pollinate night blooming flowers 🥹🌙

#hawkmoth #moth #biodiversity

#BeeBricks become planning requirement for new buildings in Brighton

Amy Frearson | 24 January 2022

"A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees.

"Brighton & Hove Council's policy stipulates that all new buildings above five metres should include bee bricks, as well as #BirdNesting boxes suitable for swifts.

"These bee bricks are the same size as regular bricks, but integrate a series of narrow openings like those where solitary bees are known to nest.

"The aim is to increase opportunities for #biodiversity. With solitary bees making up nearly 250 of the approximately 270 bee species in #Britain, they play an important role in the natural #ecosystem.

" 'Bee bricks are just one of quite a number of measures that really should be in place to address biodiversity concerns that have arisen through years of neglect of the natural environment,' said Robert Nemeth, the councillor behind the initiative.

" 'Increased planting, hedgehog holes, swift boxes and bird feeders are all examples of other cheap and simple ideas that, together, could lead to easy medium-term gains,' he told Dezeen."

Read more:
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/24/bee-bricks-planning-requirement-brighton/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingForPollinators #Biodiversity

"This is a brilliant example of how communities can make a real difference – not just for wildlife, but for the future of our planet."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkj78e3zvo

#SheffieldSwiftNetwork #Sheffield #Birds #Nature #Swifts #WildLife #Community #BirdsOfMastodon #BioDiversity #Nests #SolarPunkSunday

A striking profile of a bush-loving hunter who's trying to draw attention to the impact of feral cat on the biodiversity of native bush in Aotearoa, and provoke action to address is at scale;

https://www.rnz.co.nz/programmes/in-depth-special-projects/story/2019012748/feral-the-advance-of-destructive-wild-cats-across-new-zealand-s-native-heartland

This is the most challenging ethical quandary kiwi vegans face, a classic trolley problem.

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#conservation #biodiversity #BioEthics #AnimalRights

#BeeBricks become planning requirement for new buildings in Brighton

Amy Frearson | 24 January 2022

"A planning law introduced in the city of Brighton and Hove, England, calls for new buildings to include special bricks that provide nests for solitary bees.

"Brighton & Hove Council's policy stipulates that all new buildings above five metres should include bee bricks, as well as #BirdNesting boxes suitable for swifts.

"These bee bricks are the same size as regular bricks, but integrate a series of narrow openings like those where solitary bees are known to nest.

"The aim is to increase opportunities for #biodiversity. With solitary bees making up nearly 250 of the approximately 270 bee species in #Britain, they play an important role in the natural #ecosystem.

" 'Bee bricks are just one of quite a number of measures that really should be in place to address biodiversity concerns that have arisen through years of neglect of the natural environment,' said Robert Nemeth, the councillor behind the initiative.

" 'Increased planting, hedgehog holes, swift boxes and bird feeders are all examples of other cheap and simple ideas that, together, could lead to easy medium-term gains,' he told Dezeen."

Read more:
https://www.dezeen.com/2022/01/24/bee-bricks-planning-requirement-brighton/

#SolarPunkSunday #BuildingForPollinators #Biodiversity

Sheffield Swift Network
https://sheffieldswiftnetwork.org/

#SheffieldSwiftNetwork #Sheffield #Birds #Nature #Swifts #WildLife #Community #BirdsOfMastodon #BioDiversity #Nests #SolarPunkSunday

"This is a brilliant example of how communities can make a real difference – not just for wildlife, but for the future of our planet."
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ckgkj78e3zvo

#SheffieldSwiftNetwork #Sheffield #Birds #Nature #Swifts #WildLife #Community #BirdsOfMastodon #BioDiversity #Nests #SolarPunkSunday

Small pink Caladenia orchid variations near the Mongarlowe River, Monga, NSW. Some interesting variations in flower colour and size in roadside plants on the edge of tall forest. Most plants here are probably closer to C. carnea although C. fuscata is more common to the north around the village of Mongarlowe.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #Monga #Caladenia

Small pink Caladenia orchid variations near the Mongarlowe River, Monga, NSW. Some interesting variations in flower colour and size in roadside plants on the edge of tall forest. Most plants here are probably closer to C. carnea although C. fuscata is more common to the north around the village of Mongarlowe.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #Monga #Caladenia

Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus robertsonii) near Gipsy Point, East Gippsland, VIC.

The flowers are fairly small at this location but they generally feature some of the bushiest beards of the local Calochilus. Only saw the one plant out this year in a dry spring although there were some good patches of red beard orchids out not far away.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #BeardOrchids #Calochilus

Purple Beard Orchid (Calochilus robertsonii) near Gipsy Point, East Gippsland, VIC.

The flowers are fairly small at this location but they generally feature some of the bushiest beards of the local Calochilus. Only saw the one plant out this year in a dry spring although there were some good patches of red beard orchids out not far away.

#Orchids #OzPlants #Biodiversity #Ecology #Botany #Photography #Spring #InTheField #Nature #BloomScrolling #EastGippsland #BeardOrchids #Calochilus

#NewSpecies!
New tree toad from #tanzania just came in:

Nectophrynoides uhehe

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4ABBF54E-F9C4-5236-B8C4-C0E2A865A1EE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.75.e167008
#VertebrateZoology #NectophrynoidesUhehe

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads

#NewSpecies!
New tree toad from #tanzania just came in:

Nectophrynoides uhehe

Treatment: https://treatment.plazi.org/id/4ABBF54E-F9C4-5236-B8C4-C0E2A865A1EE
Publication: https://doi.org/10.3897/vz.75.e167008
#VertebrateZoology #NectophrynoidesUhehe

#FAIRdata
#science #OA #openaccess #biology #taxonomy #ecology #biodiversity #nature #wildlife #conservation #animals #herpetology #herps #amphibia #frogfriday #frogs #toads

50.000€ brauchen die @riffreporter für eine gesicherte Zukunft. Ihr Wissenschafts-, Umwelt- und Auslandsjournalismus bietet Leser*innen gut recherchierte Informationen, die wissenschaftsfeindlicher Desinformation entgegenwirken.

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34.000€ haben Unterstützer*innen schon mobilisiert. Jetzt beginnt der Endspurt – jeder Euro zählt: https://www.startnext.com/riffreporter/unterstuetzer #journalismus #klimaschutz #biodiversity

"Despite bureaucratic and financial challenges, environmentalists in #Germany and #Poland are joining forces to protect the biodiverse #Oder River ecosystem." A story telling what #cooperation and people's #activism can achieve in situations when politicians fail:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-polish-activists-fight-to-get-the-oder-river-clean/a-74685950

#ecosystem #ecology #environment #river #biodiversity #water #pollution #climateCrisis

"Despite bureaucratic and financial challenges, environmentalists in #Germany and #Poland are joining forces to protect the biodiverse #Oder River ecosystem." A story telling what #cooperation and people's #activism can achieve in situations when politicians fail:
https://www.dw.com/en/german-polish-activists-fight-to-get-the-oder-river-clean/a-74685950

#ecosystem #ecology #environment #river #biodiversity #water #pollution #climateCrisis