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In the last of a four-part series exploring the traditional salt pans of Southern Spain and Morocco, writer @JulianHoffman discovers how migrating #birds ‘stitch’ continents together and in doing so make the differences of the world seem smaller. https://t.co/bvOISbzTV8

#Climatechange can make you feel all is lost, but solutions like kelp forests show there is a way forward. We just have to persuade those who hold the power to adopt them, writes @maddyharland.

As a damning report on the state of immigration detention in the UK is released, Lush Times writer @Katie_Dancey talks to a grassroots group in Manchester which is campaigning for a more humane asylum system.

It's a special Lush Times column for #Brexitday. Meshing together the netting of hedgerows and Brexit. "A Net Loss" https://t.co/JA4nWeoLf9 @M_Z_Harrison @GeorgeMonbiot @TonyJuniper @ChrisGPackham @CarolineLucas @KerryMP @martinRSPB @holland_tom @GreenJennyJones @WaterVole

How did one of the toughest bans on ivory sales in the world come about? @LushTimesEN talks to @IFAWUK's David Cowdrey on conservation, wildlife, and the Ivory Act: https://t.co/FXsGMtRqA9 #wildlifeconservation #ivoryban

The Bulgarian Biodioversity Foundation has high hopes for a salt pan project that provides a safe home and breeding ground for shy Dalmatian pelicans whose numbers have been under threat, writes @WordsbyBriggs

Lush Times columnist @MilesKing10 wonders if the poisoned chalice that is #Brexit was only ever a cynical ploy to side-step legislation in favour of profit? In which case, no wonder nobody can agree on how, when, or if to leave.

Buying salt from one of Croatia’s smallest salt pans doesn’t just help support the local economy but also helps protect the birds living there, writes @WordsbyBriggs. https://t.co/dV93XyB1ii

In the third part of my series for @LushTimesEN I wrote about the whales and dolphins of the Strait of Gibraltar, the perilous crossing of people over its waters and the memorial circles of silence along the shore.

Behind rose oil and rose absolute, lies a long tradition of rose cultivation in Isparta, Turkey. Hear from the farmers, learn about the challenges they face, and meet the Syrian refugees working as rose pickers.

Perfumier and head of ethical buying @Si_at_lush tussles with the legacy of Britain’s post-colonial history which can unwittingly haunt even the most collaborative of projects.