@fbuner

Conservation Scientist, PhD | Wildlife recovery & farmland biodiversity | fact driven | he/him *views & mistakes my own*

 England, United Kingdom
Joined April 2012
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Why cannot more #arablefarmland look this way? If it did, we certainly wouldn't face a #farmland #biodiversity crisis. Seen near Arundel, West Sussex, England.
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Myth or fact? 'The UK is one of the most nature-depleted countries in the world'. This🧵explains how a scientic finding is wrongly used to lament the UK's biodiversity crisis, especially on farmland. bbc.co.uk/newsround/58863097

Biodiversity: UK is one of the world's most nature-depleted countries

A study found that that UK had on average about half its biodiversity left - far below the global average of 75%.

bbc.co.uk
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Therefore, let's continue to research practical solutions that help reverse the decline of biodiversity, include those who manage the land & lobby for policies to pay for it. But let's do it in a civilised way, not a populist one, because only the former will ever be successful.
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@BenGoldsmith @TrooperSnooks @JoeWStanley @TonyJuniper @MeganRural @nvonwestenholz
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I had the honour to host a training day of @BASFAgro 🇭🇺 on #RegenAG for their advisors. Dr. Endre Dobos highlighted the necessity of a paradigm shift in farming. Monoliths from my field and a neighbour’s are now part of the collection to demonstrate the impact of tillage systems.
WRB 2022 Soil Classification System@WRB202214 Nov 2025
Beautiful soil monolith collection from all over the Carpatian basin and other soils. Nice stories from curator and soil geographer Dr Endre Dobos of the University of #Miskolc, #Hungary. The event was a symposium on soil literacy and celebration of the World Soil of the Year.
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How fascinating! theguardian.com/artanddesign…

Sod’s law: what can two turf swaps 40 years apart tell us about Britain’s biodiversity crisis?

In 1983, David Nash dug up a section of Kensington Gardens and swapped it with Welsh grassland. Four decades later, Mike Perry’s reverse swap revealed a striking reversal in the fortunes of urban and...

theguardian.com
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I have spent over 25 years of my professional career to research and demonstrate how to reverse the decline of #farmlandbirds. We know how to do it, but are lacking suitable policies to pay for it. theguardian.com/environment/…

‘Shocking and sobering’: UK bird populations fall to lowest level on record

Nearly half of species are in decline, with farmland birds and seabirds the worst hit, conservation bodies have said

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My colleague @JoeWStanley put into words what I was pointing at in my tweet above. gwct.org.uk/blogs/news/2026/…
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