Horizons Regional Council’s Post

A few highlights from the Accelerating Nature-based Solutions Conference during a session led by World Vision on Farmer Managed Natural Regeneration (FMNR): Reaching 1 Billion Hectares.

🦋𝐄𝐮𝐫𝐨𝐩𝐞-𝐰𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐁𝐮𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐥𝐲 𝐒𝐮𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐲 - 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐨𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐝! 𝑾𝒉𝒚 𝒄𝒐𝒖𝒏𝒕 𝒃𝒖𝒕𝒕𝒆𝒓𝒇𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔? Butterflies are good indicators for the quality of habitats as they are sensitive to change in habitat quality, land use and landscape structure. Therefore, the EU decided on the uptake of the Grassland butterfly index as one of three indicators for agricultural ecosystems. Counting butterflies means understanding the health of our landscapes and where we need to improve it and avoid further degradation. This is why we need you to get involved! 🔸𝑾𝒉𝒂𝒕 𝒘𝒊𝒍𝒍 𝒃𝒆 𝒅𝒐𝒏𝒆 𝒘𝒊𝒕𝒉 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒃𝒔𝒆𝒓𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏𝒔❓ 🔸𝑯𝒐𝒘 𝒄𝒂𝒏 𝒚𝒐𝒖 𝒑𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒊𝒄𝒊𝒑𝒂𝒕𝒆❓ ▶️For answers and more information click here 👉https://lnkd.in/dewMFC8p

People and elephants have similar needs and where they live in close proximity, competition can arise over limited resources resulting in negative human-elephant interactions and conflict. Competition for space is a root cause of human-elephant conflict, therefore spatial planning is essential to find long term soultions to reduce conflict. Our research findings provide clear rationale for careful land use planning and policies that recognize elephant pathways as protected habitats and enable farmers to plant fields in areas that can be better protected from elephants. See this great IUCN SSC Human-Wildlife Conflict & Coexistence Specialist Group anFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) case study about our work to learn more https://lnkd.in/drMV7qNP.

A new prospective fishery improvement project has landed on FisheryProgress. The Chile Southeast Pacific swordfish - gillnet FIP joins the platform with the goal of improving the sustainability of this vital Chilean fishery. Specifically, FIP stakeholders will work to strengthen stock assessments, address bycatch and protect key species, increase research on ecosystem impacts, and more. Check out more of what this FIP will work on via its profile here: https://lnkd.in/e_9UQgb4

Soil gives us 95% of our food, cleans our water, and even stores more carbon than all the world’s forests combined. Yet, we’re losing it 10x faster than it can regenerate. So, why should YOU care? Because no matter your job title—CEO, teacher, engineer, or artist—you stand on it. 🎥 Watch this conversation to see why soil is everyone’s business:https://lnkd.in/ddGkn8A2 NANCY G,Asmeret Asefaw Berhe, British Society of Soil Science, Commonland, African Wildlife Foundation, Coalition of Action 4 Soil Health (CA4SH), Betty Kibaara,Nashipae Orumoy, Natalie Cash, Jonathan Gichuru Mwangi Jonathan R Whittaker , Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa (AFSA), Ester Miglio, esther bett, Gill Shaw

In recent years, China has been at the forefront of halting desert spread through ambitious afforestation projects. While some critics see deserts as vital ecosystems, I believe these initiatives offer groundbreaking solutions to the alarming desertification that threatens agriculture and habitats globally. 👉 Check out my recent article on desertification and learn more about these crucial efforts. https://lnkd.in/g5Sypbvp

🚜 A recent analysis of at-risk ecosystems in the United States found that nearly half are threatened due to agricultural expansion*. One way to restore American ecosystems? Reimagine our food system. 🌱 The new analysis shows that a 50% shift toward alternative proteins—meat made from plants, cultivated from cells, and produced via fermentation—could enable the restoration of cropland acreage in 64% of threatened ecosystems, including grasslands, forests, and wetlands. ➡️ This shift would enable the restoration of 47.3 million acres of land, representing 13% of the U.S. National Task Force’s goal of restoring 30% of lands and waters by 2030. Learn more 👉 https://bit.ly/4ckiqnd *Comer et al. 2022

Situated between the north-eastern municipalities of Torre de Moncorvo and Alfândega da Fé is Portugal’s Sabor river. This 150,000 hectare wildE case study area began a natural process of rewilding following the abandonment of mass cultivation practices in the 1940s. 🏞️🌿 Using aerial photos from the last 60 years, the research team at BIOPOLIS-CIBIO are analysing different plots of land to understand how vegetation has changed and recovered over time, how long restoration may take and what this process may look like. 💡 Find out more about the case study and how it is helping us to develop climate-smart rewilding across Europe in our latest blog: https://bit.ly/3BAhBtX

📌 Green Heritage project has selected fourteen case studies to analyze the status of the relationship between climate change and intangible cultural heritage in each project partner country 🌎 This month it is the turn of the "mandra" of Lemnos! The intangible cultural heritage of the "mandra" of Lemnos describes an organizational system of primary production, i.e., agriculture and animal husbandry, and refers to a holistic management approach that consists of practical experience and traditional knowledge, symbolic and social relationships that are passed from one generation to the next; it creates a unique relationship between people and their land. You can find an in-depth discussion at the link below: https://lnkd.in/dpEqKNgY

Thriving in a challenging world Organisations that understand all the roles and relationships within the areas that they operate and use this insight to create value that serves all interested parties are those that most readily thrive in a challenging world. This requires a shift from focusing solely on shareholders and customers to considering a broader range of involved parties, including colleagues, suppliers, community, and ecology. Join the exploration and discussion in the series of articles on Teaming for Sustainable Outcomes Here is the link to Part 3 – The Power of the Whole https://lnkd.in/exH3YSEX