Luke Steele
@Lukesteele4
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Working to protect + restore Britain’s natural heritage 🇬🇧🌳 | Executive Director of @WildMoorsUK🎙️| Studying PhD, Environmental Law and Policy ⚖️ ✡️ 🏳️🌈
Yorkshire
Joined October 2011
It's a new year with a future for the UK's uplands worth being optimistic about. Together, we can: 🐦Boost wildlife, habitats and communities 🌳Support landowners and farmers delivering public goods ⛰️Unlock the potential of designated landscapes ⚖️End unsustainable practices
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Amazing to think this peatland restoration site is only a year old. Place is rewetting nicely following skilful interventions. That’s some prime dunlin real estate there!
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Many of England's most important nature sites are failing, with a significant number in a depleted state. The new @OfficeforEP review rightly favours moving broadly beyond a narrow features-based system to consider wider ecological processes when restoring designated sites.
Protected sites in England offer a golden opportunity to drive nature’s urgently needed recovery but are failing to deliver the outcomes needed, says our latest report 👉 https://t.co/pyKV2m5N5B
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As tree planting season opens, we're celebrating progress towards a future filled with trees. 🌳 More trees mean cleaner air, more wildlife habitats, and green jobs. #NationalTreeWeek @ForestryComm
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Great to see the National Estate for Nature group commit to publishing estate management plans by April 2026. Together, the group members manage 10% of England’s land, including vital upland habitats like peatlands, woodlands and ancient grasslands. https://t.co/KZmpLBgXrw
defraenvironment.blog.gov.uk
The National Estate for Nature group has taken an important step forward in its mission to drive nature recovery across England’s major estates. Read this post to find out more.
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Business can be a powerful force for good in restoring nature. This major investment in restoring degraded upland peatlands by Diageo will boost carbon storage, reduce flood risk for communities and support land-based jobs. https://t.co/N3LdtBSbOq
sustainabilitymag.com
Diageo is investing up to $6.5m to restore peatlands, boosting carbon storage, biodiversity and water resilience while rethinking peat use across Scotland
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Breeding for success🧡 Since 2015, lead partner of Saving Wildcats, @rzss, has been managing the UK's captive wildcat population to support the recovery of their species in the wild. In that time, over 200 kittens have born within the conservation breeding programme ⬇️
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Sir David Attenborough has thrown his support behind a major bid by @WildlifeTrusts and @NorthWildlife to buy the 9,500 acre Rothbury Estate. If successful, it would become England's largest ever land acquisition for nature restoration.
A rare chance to turn the tide for nature before it’s too late 💚 Sir David Attenborough backs the #RothburyAppeal to protect 9,500 acres of wild upland in Northumberland. But time’s running out 🌳 Learn more: https://t.co/bQbkuq74eE
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Welcome Home! After 738 agonizing days in captivity, Omri Miran, Matan Angrest, Ziv Berman, Gali Berman, Guy Gilboa-Dalal, Alon Ohel, and Eitan Mor are returning to us to the embrace of their families who worked tirelessly for their release, to their friends, and to an entire
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Big news: Pine martens are BACK in Exmoor! After 100+ years, 19 animals have been reintroduced as part of the Two Moors Pine Marten Project. They will restore balance to our woodland, find out more 👉 https://t.co/I3KOvinNvN Made possible by @HeritageFundUK
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Yesterday we were proud to stand with thousands in Trafalgar Square to commemorate the second anniversary of October 7th 2023, remember the lives lost and call for the release of all hostages. This was made even more poignant as we also paid tribute Melvin Cravitz and Adrian
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On Yom Kippur— the holiest day for Jews— a synagogue in Manchester became a crime scene. Two murdered, more injured. This is what happens when hate is normalised, when Jew-haters are allowed to roam free. It has to stop.
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On the holiest day of the year we are attacked at a Manchester synagogue. Our children walk to school behind barbed wire protected by guns. Yet some still answer this atrocity with “what about…” This is my country, the sanctuary my grandfather found after surviving the
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"What you do makes a difference, and you have to decide what kind of a difference you want to make." — Farewell, Dr Jane Goodall. Your life’s work has been a profound source of inspiration and an enduring call to action for our natural world.
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The Board of Deputies wishes you a Shanah Tovah Umetukah, a sweet and healthy new year!
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DAERA Minister @AndrewMuirNI has launched Northern Ireland’s first Peatland Strategy setting out a pathway for peatland conservation and restoration. More info: https://t.co/hpVZfvyhKz
@niexecutive @NationalTrustNI @RSPBNI @DiscoverCAFRE @AFBI_NI @EnvironmentNI @UlsterWildlife
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An enjoyable visit to Dennis Morris’ ‘Music and Life’ Exhibition at @TPGallery. Incredible collection of images capturing the raw energy of music and culture.
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HUGE NEWS! SCOTTISH WILDCAT KITTENS BORN IN THE WILD 😺🏴 For the second year running, newborn Scottish wildcat kittens have been spotted in Cairngorms National Park… with five litters recorded! 🌿 That’s over 30 kittens born in the wild following the reintroduction of 28
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One more step for Nature recovery in England marked with an extension to the Ingleborough National Nature Reserve in Yorkshire. This beautiful area hosts a wealth of scarce wildlife. The @NaturalEngland team is very proud to work with such wonderful partners in making this happen
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