Month: September 2024

A new study has found that around 244 million tonnes of carbon, is stored in the top 10cm of mud on the ocean floors around the UK. This is vast, and by looking after this mud, we are likely to benefit the amount it can store very positively. What is more crazy, is that this mud sequesters another 13 million tonnes each year. The total carbon emissions of the UK is around 406 million tonnes a year, meaning that our sea mud is absorbing more than 3% of the carbon emissions we release. All of the UK trees, are only thought to absorb around 18 million tonnes per year, suggesting that with some work mud may sequester more carbon than trees (and is certainly not far behind. On land soil also sequesters vast amounts of carbon, which is thought to currently store over 4 billion tonnes of carbon, just in the UK.

Finding ways for all of these natural processes to work better (perhaps undoing damage we have done to these things, could greatly increase the carbon caught.

Trawlers which are dragged along the bottom, as well as other disruption of these habitats, allow the carbon out. However, what is clear, is that, while we desperately need the worlds rainforests to stay standing, there are places in our own country, which also store huge amounts of carbon.

How have you cut your emissions in recent years.

There is a significant number of different species of Langur. I hope in the future, to be able to see many of these species for myself in the wild, for the time-being, this website will increase information where I can.

If all people who travel the world, would spend just one of the days in their trip seeing the local wildlife, the finances to support all these species would likely be there already.

Some of my most exciting moments, have been when I have encountered an animal. Very often, these encounters have not happened where they should have. I have encountered bears and wolves amongst others, outside reserves.

These have often been the most exciting moments on those trips. Should more people search them out, and pay a small price for those encounters, there would be few places on earth where animals would be killed. Should each farmer with wildlife on his land, take a small amount of money each week from those coming to see the wildlife, it would be well worth the hassle to work around it, for the primary use of the land (the growing of crops, or raising of livestock).

Even in countries like the UK, there is wildlife to see. From incredible encounters with badgers and foxes, to following hares across the Welsh hills, or watching whales and dolphins from the UK coast. Very often, in the places where people are hardest up, there is wildlife around the people. Our aim, here, is to create a marketplace for the buying and selling of these encounters, be it access to where the wildlife is, a place to stay or a ride (car boat or something else).

We’re aiming to put put some videos, in the hope to bring word, but please spread word, we are finally at a point where everything needed is in place. Our primary focus, is to link those who live alongside wildlife with those who want to see it, join us, list your wildlife (it only takes a few minutes). We’re also eager to tell peoples story. This is primarily aimed at those listed, but we are interested about all news about the natural world, and are eager to publish stories from all over the place. Do join us – you do not need to write in English (or indeed speak English). The website is equipped with translators, so provided you write clearly in your own language, it should make sense in any

I have been away for the last few weeks. After a week in the UK, we headed to holland, and while the first part of our trip was largely for the children, we then headed into Eastern Holland for a wilder part.

Here, the wolf returned after a 150 year absence.

We spent our time in the region around the Veluwe national park. This is one of the few wild areas of the Netherlands, and of the known 9 packs of wolves, 7 are found within the Veluwe.

While there, I visited a free hide a number of times, and although I did not see the wolves, it was still a fantastic place to visit (seeing red deer, roe deer and wild boar). He has a fascinating tiktok channel, one of the videos which I include to the right. He is a regular at the hide, and has seen wolves around 50 times (so by no means every time).

There is a slight issue with the situation in this area. The Veluwe covers around 420 square miles, (do not be confused by the Veluwe Hoge national park – odd that it is allowed the name as it is a private venture).

This is where private ventures in conservation have issues.

The Veluwe Hoge national park has a very well put together page, and is far easier to find than the actual national park. However, it is there to make money. As such, they are quite against wolves.

Note: this video is currently not playing properly. Click the full screen and it will redirect you to the tiktok page in question