Stories from Europe's last primeval wood. Tour guide in Białowieża Forest. Wolf and beaver ecologist.
Project manager at @mriBialowieza. PhD from Warsaw Uni
Sep 16, 2023 • 22 tweets • 3 min read
A thread about nature conservation in the Polish October general election campaign🧵
I decided to explore what the major parties’ manifestos say about nature.
They reveal a change in government could welcome a new era for Polish nature ⬇️
All three democratic opposition parties promise big, positive changes. They will govern together in a coalition should they win.
Whereas, both the right-wing parties promise no expansion of nature protection provisions.
Here follows a party by party list of election pledges
Aug 18, 2023 • 55 tweets • 12 min read
The ecological impact of wolf reintroduction to Britain. A wolf ecologist’s view🧵.
Wolf reintroduction to Britain is again a hot topic in the media. So I want to share what we know about the wolf’s ecological impacts in a model European system, Białowieża Primeval Forest.
The knowledge learned during our research may help you decide whether the benefits of having wolves around outweigh their costs.