Mossy Earth

🌱 We have some exciting news from our project aimed at preventing the extinction of several island species on the Selvagens, or ‘Savage’, islands in the Northeastern Atlantic! Over the past year, we’ve been collaborating with a coalition of conservationists and researchers in a race against time to save two plant species and a beetle that are found exclusively on this small, remote Portuguese archipelago. Being entirely restricted to these islands, which have a really low topography and are susceptible to rising sea levels, these species are extremely vulnerable and on the brink of extinction. On an expedition to the Selvagens islands earlier this year, our partners at Instituto das Florestas e Conservação da Natureza (IFCN) discovered only three remaining individuals of the plant Argyranthemum thalassophilum. Following a failed rooting trial to asexually propagate the original population, we’re really pleased to say that recent germination tests conducted at Matur's forest nurseries for E. anachoreta and A. thalassophilum were both successful. This brings us one step closer to saving these two endemic plant species found exclusively on the islands of Selvagem Pequena and Ilhéu de Fora. It also represents an important step toward conserving Deucalion oceanicum, the only beetle of its genus. From here, we can advance our breeding program in the nurseries and begin increasing the number of individuals for each species. Given the limited genetic pool, we’ll need to cross different individuals and offspring over multiple generations. This will allow us to eventually reintroduce enough genetically diverse plants to the islands, enabling the establishment of self-sustaining populations. Although we still have a long way to go to prevent these species from extinction, we are making great progress toward the project's goals. We remain hopeful that we will continue to achieve such promising results! Cheers, Flora

🦉 We’ve been busy at our project in the Amazon rainforest monitoring the wildlife, setting up new camera traps, opening new trails and training future guides from the local community to climb tall trees using rope access. Check out our latest VLOG on our Field Notes channel to see the moment our project manager Fredy spotted the striking Spectacled owl and rare Oil bird, among some other wonderful species. In this new video, Fredy brings you up to speed on all the work. Enjoy this raw update from the Amazon! https://lnkd.in/g3Uvc4hc #amazonrainforest #rewilding #wildplanet

🎙 New podcast episode is live! In this new episode we discuss how our video work supports our rewilding projects as well as our plans for a rewilding documentary. If you are a Mossy Earth Member you now also have an email in your inbox asking you for feedback on this idea so if you have some time to spare, please let us know what you think! You can find the podcast in our Field Notes channel on YouTube and all the usual podcast platforms: YouTube: https://lnkd.in/e-GGtijf Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gEpfpef7 Apple podcasts: https://lnkd.in/evrWPEDA RSS feed: https://lnkd.in/gns-vfZ3

How we are helping manta rays To learn more about this work be sure to watch the full video on YouTube: https://lnkd.in/eF9UVqMa #rewilding #coralrestoration #biodiversity

Yudi’s dream to bring back his local coral reef We’ve built a team in Indonesia to help bring back coral reefs. To learn more about this work be sure to watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/eF9UVqMa #rewilding #coralrestoration #biodiversity

Why corals are fluorescent at night Be sure to watch the full video here: https://lnkd.in/eF9UVqMa #rewilding #coralrestoration #biodiversity

📣 Our new podcast is now available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and anything else that uses an RSS feed! RSS feed: https://lnkd.in/gns-vfZ3 Spotify: https://lnkd.in/gEpfpef7 Apple: https://lnkd.in/gFbRjjxz YouTube: https://lnkd.in/ehiD2VKN In the first episode we discuss the origins of Mossy Earth, the reasons why we’re setting up our landscape scale rewilding hubs and the way we’ll communicate our projects moving forward. We're recording a new episode this week covering our approach to filming and documenting our projects, as well as an idea we have to create a rewilding documentary. Stay tuned!

📣 New video out now! We're creating a metal reef - here's why We've created our very own team in Indonesia to help rebuild coral reefs at scale. Watch the video to learn more about this project! https://lnkd.in/e_pWdag2 #rewilding #rewild #coralrestoration #restorenature #mossyearth

📣 New video coming tomorrow! This project has been in the works for a while now... I think its one of the most interesting projects we have embarked on. Stay tuned! Cheers, Duarte

This week, we welcomed the Restoration Forth team to the Cromarty Seascape project area to collect common eelgrass (Zostera marina) seeds to be used in growth trials in the Firth of Forth. They are investigating whether seeds from certain areas of Scotland fare better than others to inform future restoration efforts. On Tuesday morning, we collected 2,000 seeds from a meadow at Milton of Culloden near Inverness whilst discussing all things seagrass. We are delighted to be able to facilitate this work and contribute towards further developing seagrass restoration in Scotland. Crossing our fingers that the seeds fare well in the Firth of Forth! 🌱 🌊 Learn more about Restoration Forth's work here: https://lnkd.in/eXYghtdM #RestorationForth #CromartySeascape WWF-UK