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Summer 2024 was the coolest in a decade. 40 years ago it would have been anomalously warm for many areas. Shifting perceptions in a rapidly warming climate.

Always nice to have a letter in @FarmersWeekly No one’s pretending that reducing emissions from farming and land use is easy, but it’s much better than the alternative And done well (and early), there are lots of opportunities for win-wins

ICYMI, we mapped opportunities for onshore renewables across the UK, and found that there's easily enough space to meet net zero energy targets without compromising other objectives from land: https://t.co/FoNLcomam3 Eagerly awaiting the government's Strategic Spatial Energy Plan

Great to Josh's hard work pay off with a publication. We reckon there is ample space for onshore renewables to be deployed without meaningfully impact food or nature. So, no excuse for development in silly places. As with all land-use decisions, we need to be strategic.

I’m pleased to share our newest paper: “Ambitious onshore renewable energy deployment does not exacerbate future UK land-use challenges”. https://t.co/898igbaZT8 1/8

Delighted to see our new @RSPBScience paper out. In a declining upland population #Whinchat are more likely to persist further from enclosed farmland in mid altitude valleys that contain a v low density of trees & a mixed bracken & ericaceous field layer https://t.co/YXMT1xj9ZY

The UK is getting hotter and wetter. 50 years ago 28°C happened 4-6 times a year in England - now 12-20 Number of very wet days almost doubled in some counties https://t.co/SkWp2s9We7 If only we’d been warned decades ago we could have been more prepared. Oh, we were.

National Farmers Union boss Tom Bradshaw backs UK solar farms, and warns MPs against making "sensationalist" claims about food security. "It’s a small amount of land which is being taken out of production," he told @POLITICOEurope https://t.co/22Ayd47lhF

Jailed Activists 🤝 Overcrowded Prisons

"The truth is that we, as a country, have not thought about the role of our land enough in recent years. We hope that will be driven by the land use framework" - more from @Ed_Miliband in the Commons today on crucial importance of land to reaching net zero

📢Call for abstracts open #BOU2025 Frontiers in ornithology https://t.co/GCIo2QoSv0 Deadline: 2 Sept 2024 ⬇️ See keynote lineup below #ornithology

Before agroforestry: 9 Skylark territories. After* agroforestry: 2 Skylark territories + 19 territories of 10 other bird species. So is agroforestry good or bad for birds? (*Reesults representative of 18ha of arable land in Lower Saxony)

What are wood pastures? Why are trees pollarded? How can abandoned pollards be recognised? Why are wood pastures so rich in insects, lichens, fungi and bats? More videos https://t.co/EwDttWgsb7…

Tomorrow!

🌿 How can we balance local values with national tree cover targets? Find out on 4th July at our next webinar! Hear insight from experts @melissa__minter & @alixzelly from the STAND on stakeholder-led land-use scenarios. #Conservation #SustainableLandUse

📢 FUNDING OPPORTUNITY Applications now open for our Small Research Grants and Career Development Bursaries Funding #ornithology around the globe Deadline: 31 October 2024 ➡️ Research Grants: https://t.co/6T77vv1b4S ➡️ Bursaries: https://t.co/iWKeHEe23D

This indicates that diversionary feeding is a useful tool to intervene when unwanted nest predation is occurring, without needing to compromise wider conservation goals. Find the pre-print @ https://t.co/XH8P4wFXnX (6/6)

A great time at #treescapes24, fantastic work being done by teams across the UK and beyond. Proud of the STAND team's work on reconciling national #tree expansion targets with local realities with an interdisciplinary approach #forests #nature #landscape #skills #research