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Steve Carver

@landethics.bsky.social
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Wildernista. Rewilding. Geographer. GIS. Old motorbikes. Professor of Rewilding and Wilderness Science, School of Geography @universityofleeds.bsky.social IUCM CEM Rewilding Thematic Group.

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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
Standing waves. They form and dissipate quickly as channels develop.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
theecologist.org/2024/jul/16/...
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A right to roam – but for whom?
As awareness of animal sentience grows the moral and practical case for limiting public access to wild habitats needs to be made.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 20/06/2026
Worth a listen… www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m... on wilderness, wild places and rewilding
bbc.co.uk
BBC Radio 4 - Rare Earth, Into the Wild
Is there any true wilderness left on our planet? Writer Cal Flyn joins Tom and Helen.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Is almost like they don’t want to get elected 🤔
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
That’s me down to a tee apart from the ego. Big fish in a VERY small pond 🙄
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
I thought we all evolved towards crabs 😉
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
But people keep on telling me that sheep promote biodiversity 🤷
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The 75% nonsense still keeps on cropping up. I rarely read Countrysquire Magazine since they took away the comment feature but just as well maybe... countrysquire.co.uk/2025/01/17/t...
countrysquire.co.uk
The Economic and Environmental Benefits of Grouse Shooting in the UK COUNTRY SQUIRE MAGAZINE
BY CHARLES HOFFMAN Grouse shooting is a time-honoured tradition in the UK, deeply rooted in the cultural and historical fabric of rural Britain. Beyond its heritage value, grouse shooting significa…
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Curlew Action @curlewaction.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Read our latest blog by Mary Colwell: Curlews & Rewilding www.curlewaction.org/curlews-rewi... 📷 Peadar Morgan
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Its something we include the in 2021 Guiding Principles for Rewilding paper... doi.org/10.1111/cobi...
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
In light of the fact that the U.S. Forest Service authorized commercial outfitters to use chainsaws in the River of No Return Wilderness with no public notice or public comment process, join this webinar on Thursday, June 11 at 5pm MDT. Register here: www.greatoldbroads.org/events/onlin...
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
I don’t think it’s an either/or… rather a continuum of approaches
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
Progress, yes. Outcomes, well that’s not for us but for nature to decide, otherwise it’s restoration not rewilding.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 20/05/2026
Just no longer as sexy or headline grabbing (and the $$$)
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
One reason why roadless areas matter for Wilderness preservation: Roadless areas provide a de facto buffer to protect Wilderness from the impacts of industrial forest management and other resource extraction occurring on nearby National Forest lands. wildernesswatch.org/why-roadless...
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Why roadless areas matter for Wilderness preservation - Wilderness Watch
We should all be deeply concerned about the most recent challenge to the integrity of America’s national forests—the proposed repeal of the 2001 U.S. Forest Service Roadless Area Conservation Rule. Th...
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
It was quite the fight for us to simply secure a place for recognising the intrinsic value of wild nature in basic principles of rewilding despite opposition from surprising quarters.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 10/05/2026
True. And neither is not mowing your lawn. For international guidelines on rewilding see: portals.iucn.org/library/site...
portals.iucn.org
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
You’re not missing anything!
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
But …https://www.facebook.com/share/1B7bBCYc9W/?mibextid=wwXIfr
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Was Vicarious Liability under the Wildlife and Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2011 not used to prosecute this man’s employer?
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 23/04/2026
It’s a bit like…
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
“The climate crisis is not just a problem of the 1%. It is a problem for the 100%”.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
Funny how some folk call the BBC left wing and others call it right wing. I guess it’s relative?
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Or just don’t feed them at all
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Not keen on the ES model anyway. Some folk frame rewilding as an ecosystem management tool to delivery “services” to humans, apparently ignoring intrinsic value of wild nature. Remember, it ain’t all about us you know! However, ecosystem functions underpin supporting/regulating services right?
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Wilderness Watch @wildernesswatch.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
The Northern Rockies Ecosystem Protection Act is wilderness legislation as it should be—with no special provisions that chip away at the Wilderness Act or weaken the protections Wilderness and wildlife need. Urge Congress to pass NREPA! wildernesswatch.salsalabs.org/nrepa-2025/i...
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Visionary wilderness bill reintroduced in Congress
NREPA will designate 23 million acres of public lands as Wilderness.
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Graeme Purves @gaspurves.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
Wildfire risk, muirburn and the Cairngorms Park for the protection of grouse moor owners | Nick Kempe for Parkswatch Scotland: #ScottishEnvironment🌱 #Muirburn🔥 #Cairngorms⛰️ #SportingEstates parkswatchscotland.co.uk/2026/03/22/w...
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Wildfire risk, muirburn and the Cairngorms Park for the protection of grouse moor owners - parkswatchscotland
Having burned late into the autumn last year, NASA Firms data base (see here) shows Scotland’s grouse moor owners and managers started burning again at the start of March. At the end of this last week...
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Ta!
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 21/03/2026
Well put.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
@universityofleeds.bsky.social
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Not listened to this myself yet but… www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
bbc.co.uk
The Inquiry - How can rewilding help combat climate change? - BBC Sounds
As rewilding initiatives grow there’s a concern some risk doing more harm than good
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Here you go Guy… environment.leeds.ac.uk/faculty/news...
environment.leeds.ac.uk
New book addresses rewilding myths and misunderstandings
Professor Steve Carver wrote a chapter of the book, which debunks misconceptions about rewilding from a range of perspectives.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
3.3% …is that rarer than rainforest?
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
I know someone who could help.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Depends very much on definitions. Just like heather moorland. Remember the "75% of the world's heather moorland is found in the UK" myth? I'm sure you do!
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James Bullock @jmbecologist.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
My letter in the Guardian countering an article by a pro-growth lobbyist from Britain Remade attacking environmental legislation “Ecologists & conservationists would be surprised by his claim that the UK doesn’t & never will build enough to drive nature loss” 1/2 www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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We must protect our natural habitats before they disappear | Letters
Letters: Readers respond to Sam Dumitriu’s article on protecting Britain’s environment
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
Don’t go baiting politicians
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
New thought piece from Jess Fallon in ECOS on how ecological imtegrity underpins recovery. www.ecos.org.uk/advancing-th...
ecos.org.uk
Advancing theory of change models for rewilding: an ecological recovery perspective - ECOS - Challenging Conservation
Abstract Rewilding has emerged rapidly as a response to accelerating ecological degradation, prompting the development of theory of change (ToC) models intended to support its uptake across socially a...
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Hard to tell, but looks like it. We used 15min walk times to NE's ANGST+ data and LSOA population census. Always possible to improve these analyses though.
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Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery @naturerecovery.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Join us this Friday for the last lecture of the series. @domspracklen.bsky.social will ask: Do forests make it rain? Join online/in person (followed by a drinks reception, everyone is welcome) Register & more info: bookwhen.com/oxfordbiodiv... @ecioxford.bsky.social @oxfordgeography.bsky.social
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Agreed. “Conservation” can be more about control in some societies rather than coexistence
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
You just need to look at "conservation" for game to answer that question.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
substack.com/home/post/p-... worth a read!
substack.com
Who Gets to Define “Coexistence”? Wolves, Policy, and the Power of Words
As wolves return across Europe, a quiet debate is unfolding over what “coexistence” really means—and who gets to define it.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Nope
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
I’m retiring shortly. I *won’t* be switching my vote to Reform!
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Dr Charlie Gardner @charliejgardner.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
"I would do anything for my grandchildren"
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Old news… www.wcl.org.uk/mapping-acce...
wcl.org.uk
Mapping access to nature in England
Mapping access to nature in England
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Call for submissions @springernature.com SDG programme collection on: Managing landscapes after land abandonment: afforestation, rewilding and restoration. Deadline for submissions 30 October 2026. www.nature.com/collections/...
nature.com
Managing landscapes after land abandonment: afforestation, rewilding and restoration
This collection invites insights on managing post-abandonment landscapes—afforest, rewild, restore—balancing biodiversity, climate resilience, and equity.
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
New paper just out... A new method for planning long-distance trails using wilderness quality mapping and trajectory data: A case study of the Taihang Mountain National Forest Trail in China doi.org/10.1016/j.je...
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Steve Carver @landethics.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
"Large carnivores, although not limiting total herbivore biomass, shape community composition and size distribution, and promote spatial heterogeneity in biomass consumption (le Roux et al., 2019; Mas-Carrió et al., 2024)." Not in lil'old England they don't.
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