Farmers + environmentalists are on the same side. We need food + nature + a stable climate to survive. Intensive agriculture is the biggest driver of nature + climate collapse + in turn these threaten food security. Time to stop divisive nonsense + focus on joined-up solutions.

In a blog about our new insight paper, Sam Herbert stresses the many positives of giving nature a voice in decision making:

'Our choices now are not just about saving the trees and birds, they are also about saving ourselves.'

Read in full here: yorksandhumberclimate.org.uk/can-yorkshire-…

'Bringing what is out there and underneath, over to us here. There's such an amazing web of life underneath the seas here - this is something to bring nature into our hearts and minds’

Rachael Bice Chief Exec Yorkshire Wildlife Trust on Paul Morrison's new Sea Oak sculpture for #WildEye

Our teams and volunteers have been busy across Yorkshire building and planting hedgerows. 🌱

#Hedgerows make fantastic habitats for wildlife - read Clare's very first blog for the Trust to find out why. 👇

ywt.org.uk/blog/hedgerow-…

The wonderful Sarah Smout sings the soul of nature into #naturenorth24 conference in Newcastle today. #collaboration Yorkshire Wildlife Trust

Nature's tiny masterpiece - a wonderous mini-world adorns this fence post on Wharram Quarry nature reserve! 💚

📷 Clare Humphrey

Biodiversity Net Gain is now in force.

Rachael Bice, Chair of our Land, Water, Nature, Food panel, said:

'We welcome the implementation of the requirements for Biodiversity Net Gain from new development which marks an important step forward for the recovery of nature...' 🧵
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Our new research finds that spot-on flea treatments on pets are a major source of river contamination with potent insecticides. Also, owners hands are continually contaminated by contact with treated pets. Pls RT (1/2)
theguardian.com/environment/20… Rose Perkins PAN UK

A great thread of the issues of flood risk and defence, land use will need to account for more water with more unpredictable flows in future - and thus our expectations have to change.

This is the Man Down Cornwall campaign video for 2024. It’s a thought-provoking watch, but that’s exactly what we want it to be.

Far too many men suffer in silence and are not able to talk openly about how they feel about themselves, their lives and the world around them.

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We're adding some magic to your Monday with this beautiful starling murmuration. ✨

📷Rich Sykes

A fleet of Japanese Long liners are lying in wait off the coast of Ireland for tuna who have been safe in British waters. With 000’s of hooks on lines that go on for kilometres, they’ll decimate the population of tuna. 💔

In the last two months, Rishi Sunak
has 'scrapped' policies that didn't even exist (e.g. meat tax), and is now proposing legislation that is not legally required to do what he says he wants to do (e.g. on oil & gas licences)

But come the Election, he will no doubt argue that

The glory and importance of elders. Brilliant story on the horse-riding 97-year-old botanist by ⁦Phoebe Weston⁩ - we need more older people in The Guardian (I’ve done my best over the years to tell some of their stories and will continue to try) theguardian.com/environment/20…

A male pintail at North Cave Wetlands last week, captured by Stuart Rapson, who also saw several waders, including redshank & curlew!🦆

Please support our appeal to help keep the wetlands special for the wildlife that call this place home.🙏
ywt.org.uk/appeals/north-…

#NorthCaveWetlands

Climate scientists are tearing their hair out, so why are millions not in the streets demanding #ClimateActionNow ?

Watch and share Nish Kumar helping Dr Friederike Otto rouse the masses in the latest punchy 'Climate Science Translated' video! 🔥🌎

#NoNewOil #ClimateCrisis #Language

Are people reduced to living in tents in our towns and cities exercising a lifestyle choice? I thought it had something to do with successive governments’ failure to tackle the housing crisis - maybe by replacing social housing lost through Right To Buy like they promised?

As you prepare to get toasty by the fire this #BonfireNight , spare a thought for hibernating wildlife, in particular, our beloved #hedgehogs . 🦔

Please ensure you check your bonfires thoroughly before lighting them this weekend. 🙏

ywt.org.uk/blog/bonfire-n…

🌙 In the moonlit woods on #Halloween night, dead man’s fingers - a frightful sight, ghost moths & bats cast an eerie light, goblin spiders webs are a ghoulish delight! 🕸️🦇

Beavers recreate lost wetlands AND reduce flood risks. So why is reintroducing lost wildlife not a priority for UK Gov? Our Director of Policy, Joan Edwards says 'Delaying the return of this species goes against commitments made by the UK Government' 👉bbc.co.uk/news/science-e…