NATURALISTS FOR

PALESTINE

We, the undersigned, are a group of naturalists, conservation & nature NGOs, TV presenters, nature writers, influencers, wildlife photographers, filmmakers, nature nerds & lovers, all convened through a deep conviction that, if we claim to care about the planet, then we must care about the people too.This has been brought into horrifyingly sharp focus by the
ongoing genocide and ecocide of Gaza.

“Peace built without addressing the root causes of the conflict (right of return, settlements, Palestinian recognition) will not bring peace; it will only bring a ceasefire based on continued injustice which will ultimately lead to more bloodshed.The wounds of the genocide in Gaza will not heal until Israel takes responsibility for it and is held accountable for it. Instead, Israel is celebrating the fact that it got off Scot free with a genocide in Gaza.” - Shael Ben-Ephraim, Israeli academic and diplomat writing on diplomacy & Middle East politics and history

UPDATE:
Thank you to everyone who has added their name to the Naturalists for Palestine statement. In less than two weeks, we now have over 800 signatories, and counting!We launched in the same week that the latest ceasefire came into effect but with multiple ceasefire violations (see here and here), Naturalists for Palestine remains committed to seeing an end to Israeli apartheid, the full liberation of the Palestinian people, and oppressed people around the world.

OUR STATEMENT:

We, the undersigned, are a group of naturalists, conservation & nature NGOs, TV presenters, nature writers, influencers, wildlife photographers, filmmakers, nature nerds & lovers, all convened through a deep conviction that, if we claim to care about the planet, then we must care about the people too.This has been brought into horrifyingly sharp focus by the ongoing genocide and ecocide of Gaza.

We believe it is paramount that the sector urgently recognises, and remains steadfast in seeking justice for, the extreme human suffering taking place on a mass scale. Legal experts and genocide scholars, as well as some of our most respected NGOs, have all concluded that genocide, war crimes, collective punishment and ethnic cleansing are being committed in Gaza, West Bank, and other Occupied Territories. And these are all violations of international law (see sources and evidence).We recognise that a system that degrades, diminishes, impoverishes, threatens, and kills human life, will be doing exactly the same thing to non-human life.And so we also believe there is an urgent need for the nature sector to express outrage at the ongoing ecocide: from damage to ecosystems at a local scale (i.e. deliberate contamination of water courses, herbicidal warfare, destruction of seedbanks, flattening and bulldozing of landscapes all as described in this Forensic Architecture report); to the global climate crisis with carbon emissions from just the first 120 days of the onslaught on Gaza, estimated to be greater than the annual emissions of up to 36 individual countries and territories.The forces that harm people, harm nature; the forces that harm nature, harm people. These things are inextricably linked.And so we, Naturalists for Palestine, commit to speaking out against the atrocities happening in Palestine and beyond.We also call upon the sector to recognise the ongoing genocide in Gaza, and both the humanitarian and environmental harm resulting from it.Together, as organisations and individuals, we can advance a cultural shift in the nature sector; one that recognises that social and environmental justice are intertwined, and one that speaks out against war crimes and genocide - be it in Palestine or Sudan or Congo or Ukraine or anywhere.Naturalists for Palestine are Naturalists against genocide, we are Naturalists for peace the world over.

Signatories:

ORGANISATIONS:

CitySprout Game CIC - Max Moorcroft (Director) & Ruby Scott-Geddes (Director)
Climate Justice for Palestine Belfast
Decolonising The Outdoors - Aileen Lees, Founder and facilitator
Earthly Education
Friends of the Cam
Frome Beaver Watch
Grass Roots Forest School CIC - Sarah Allen (Director) & Sally McCaffrey (FS Lead)
Humane Wildlife Solutions
Insure Our Survival
Mammal Society - Matt Larsen-Daw (CEO)
Merry Earth Collective
MerseyWilders
Nature Over Natter - Tammie Esslemont & Louise Moore (Co-founders & Directors)
Oxford University Nature Conservation Society (OUNCS)
Queer Birders Norfolk
Raptor Aid - Jimmi Hill (CIO)
Right to Roam
The Species Recovery Trust - Dominic Price (Director)
The Stubbornly Hopeful Club
Wild Card - Annie Randall

INDIVIDUALS:

Note: Some signatories may be added anonymously, but their roles will have been verified.

Amir Khan - NHS Doctor, Bestselling Author & Broadcaster
Chris Howard - Wildlife TV Producer & Director
Gillian Burke - Podcaster, Writer & Biologist
Greta Santagata - Filmmaker
Leif Bersweden - Botanist & Author
Lira Valencia - Content Creator
Lucie Hackney - Project Manager & Sustainability Business Strategist
Lucy Lapwing - Naturalist & Communicator
Megan McCubbin - Wildlife Presenter & Author
Nadia Shaikh - Naturalist & Director for Right to Roam
Nick Gates - Producer Director, Author & Naturalist
Ryan Dalton - Conservation Podcaster & Naturalist
Sean McCormack - Vet, Conservationist & Presenter
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Aara - Comms
Abbie Ferrar - Biodiversity Coordinator
Abbie Merritt - Outdoor Communications
Abeed Salman Khalil - Biologist, Entomologist
Abigail Boisot - Artist
Abigail E - Environmental Sciences Student
Abigail Stein - Research Consultant
Adam O'Hare - Wannabe Wildlife TV Presenter
Addolorata Cottano - Retired Housewife
Adriano Palazzi - PhD student & Fish Biologist
Afrika Priestley - Data & Research Officer
Agata Rucin - Environmental Communicator
Aiden Dempsey - Lepidopterist Lover
Aileen Lees - Photographer & Writer
Aimee - Artist
Alan Tilmouth - Ornithologist
Alana Scott - Communications & Campaigns Lead (Mammal Society) & Freelancer
Alena Walker - Writer & Freelance Creative
Alex Griffiths - Community Engagement Officer, Ecologist & Citizen of the Earth
Alex Keen - Ecologist
Alex Lees - Ecologist
Alex Minton - Wildlife Filmmaker
Alex Morss - Ecologist, Author, Journalist
Alex Petrie - Librarian
Alex Pigott - Conservationist
Alexi Francis - Illustrator & Nature Writer
Alexis Tinker-Tsavalas - Naturalist, Wildlife Photographer & Student
Alfie - Zoologist
Alice Davidson - Zoo keeper and Conservationist
Alice Johnston - Photographer
Alice Simons-denville - Nature Educator
Alice Vassallo - Zookeeper
Alice Verity - Wildlife film student
Alice Walker - Author
Alicia Warner - Photographer/Videographer
Aliya Hashmi - Wildlife Artist & Conservation worker
Alyana - Naturalist
Alyssa Matanin - Environmental Scientist
Amanda Bluglass - Filmmaker
Amber Anderson - Student of Wildlife and Conservation Management
Amber Baker - Ecologist
Amdeep Sanghera - Social Scientist
Amel Hursham - Marine Biologist
Amelia - Marine Conservationist
Amelie Summer - Veterinary Surgeon
Amira - Conservationist & Ecologist
Amy Barker - Earth Science Museum Educator
Amy Bell - Student
Amy Hammond - Conservationist & Campaigner
Amy Trewick - Ecologist
Amy-Jane Beer - Writer
Amy - Ecologist
Anais Pedron - Media Officer
Andrea Goring - Gardener
Andrea Tirrell - Ecologist & Botanist
Andrew Crawford - Volunteer Naturalist
Andrew Nash - Ex-biomedical Scientist, Wildlife Advocate
Andy Beedle - Retired Business Development Director & Birdwatcher
Andy Brewster - Volunteer Conservationist
Andy Maciver-Redwood - Organic Farmer
Andy Parsons - Nature lover
Angela Dawn - Artist, Writer, Content Creator
Angela Lister - Social Care
Anjali Patel - Project Manager
Ann Haigh - Veterinarian & Wildlife Biologist
Anna Carey - Urban Naturalist & Community Builder
Anna Cruddis - Animator & conservation enthusiast
Anna Kellagher - Marine Biologist
Anna Lukala - Photographer / Visual Artist
Annabel Ross - Audio Presenter for Nature & Wildlife
Annabel Rushton - Conservationist
Annabelle Jones - Nature School Leader
Anne McNamee Corbett - Writer
Anne Tomlin - Botanical Artist
Anne Watson - Mum & Nature Nerd
Annie - Biochemist
Annie - Conservationist
Anthony Gray - Wildlife Gardener
Anthony V. Capildeo - Author
Antonio Rodrigues - Ecology Student
Aoife de Bhál - Forager and nature guide
Ardi Nadhira - Conservation Volunteer & Environmental Consultant
Arpita Mukherjee - Concerned citizen
Aruna Dayal - Montessori Naturalist
Ash Fox - Nature Artist
Ashleigh Whiffin - Entomologist
Ashvi - Environmental Planning Advisor
Aurora de Castro - Ecologist
Ayesha Ahmed-Mendoza - Conservationist
Aysha Yilmaz - Artist
Azra - Veterinary Nurse student
Barbara Spence - retired
Barry Jobson - Botanist
Barry O'Dowd - Ecologist
Beatrice McWilliams - PhD in Ecology
Beck Kaplan - Photographer
Becky de Kleer - Student
Bella Catanzaro - Activist, Ecologist, Mycologist & Artist
Ben Greig - Amateur Naturalist
Ben Hoare - Children's Nature Writer
Ben Maciver-Redwood - Accountant
Ben Rea - Sales Assistant
Beth Denro - Charity worker
Bonnie Hargreaves - Nature loving retiree
Brad Taylor - Policy & Campaigns Officer
Bradley Smith - Ecologist
Bret Charman - Wildlife Photographer
Brian Murray - Invertebrate Zoologist
Brittany Kohler - Entomologist
Bronwen Evans - Editor
Bruno D'Amicis - Wildlife Photographer & Author
Bryher Mackenzie - Children's Author
Bryony Gardner - PhD student
C Daniels - Sustainable designer and grower
Callan Denham - Ecologist
Callie Broaddus - Conservationist
Callum Matheson - Nature lover
Cameron Galloway - Teacher
Cansu Turkoglu - Zoologist
Cantiran Léo - Naturalist
Cari Johnson - Activist, shark and ocean conservation
Carla Drane - Nature Lover & Nature Reserve staff member
Carmen Haselup - Nature nerd
Carmen Obied - Underwater Cinematographer & Archaeologist
Carol Barker - Nature Reserve Volunteer
Caroline Duncan - Volunteer
Caroline Heredia - Architect
Caroline Lucas - Writer & Campaigner, former Green MP
Carolyn Weston - Retired
Carolyne Culver - Councillor & Birdwatcher
Casper Rocher - Ranger
Cassandra Fushia - Author
Cat Kutz - Conservation Communicator
Cat - Nature lover
Cath Palgrave - Orchard Carer
Catherine Anne Hodsman - retired natural history artist & entomological art teacher
Catherine Clarke - Ecological Gardener
Catherine Mason - Ecologist and Community Environmental Engagement Officer
Cathy Terry - Curator
Caz Walker - Lichenologist
Cenix C. Callejo García - Biologist & Wildlife Rehabilitator
Charlie T - Naturalist, Ecologis & Artist
Charlotte Bird - Senior Bat Advisor
Charlotte Johl - Ecology Graduate
Charlotte Lindsay - Student
Charlotte Maddix - Policy Advocate for Wilder Nature
Charlotte Murray - Botanical Illustrator
Charlotte Nunan - Zoology student
Chiara Bettega - Ornithologist
Chloe Ennis - Sustainability specialist, breathwork facilitation and coach
Chris Cant - Lichenologist
Chris Gibson - Conservationist, Author, ethical human being
Chris Hamilton - Birder
Chris Moss - Nature Consultant
Chris Ormandy - Psychology
Chris Packham - Broadcaster & Environmental Campaigner
Chris Sharpe - Citizen Science Leader
Chris White - Human being, Photographer, Wildlife lover
Christi Nickey - Farm Manager & Educator
Christine Moore - Nature lover
Ciara Finn - Engagement Officer for an Environmental Charity
Claire Ford - Community Organiser
Claire Kimberley - Nature lover
Claire Laila Dines - Ecologist
Claire Parker - Yoga teacher & nature nerd
Claire Reid - Scottish Wildlife Trust Volunteer
Claire Reid - Volunteer
Claire Taylor - Historian
Clive Weston - Eco-psychologist
Cole Brautigam - Conservationist & Ecology Student
Colm Baker - Concerned human
Connor Meadows - Youth Officer, Conservation Educator & Podcaster
Cori Birkin - Ecologist, Youth Engagement
Corinne Pinfold - Volunteer with Merry Earth Collective
Corrado Alessandrini - Ornithologist
Costanza Zanghi - Behavioural Ecologist
Cushla McDonald - Grower
Daisy Davie - Student
Dakota Waddle - Barista
Dan Bellinger - Environmental Education Coordinator
Daniel Burt - Ecologist
Daniel Daye - Engineer
Daniel Plunkett - Ecologist & Ornithologist
Danielle Hinchcliffe - Senior Lecturer of Conservation Biology & Ecology
Danielle Tweedie - Birder
Danusia Auton - Chef
Danyele Higgins - Social Media Manager
Dara McAnulty - Naturalist & Writer
Darren Archer - Volunteer (bats)
David Bavin - Conservation Scientist & Facilitator
David Botcherby - Ecologist
David Bottomley - Retired GP
David Fineberg - Conservationist
David Hanks - Nature Officer
David Heyes - PhD student
David Holmes - Ecologist
David Indge - Filmmaker
David Kinchin-Smith - Species & Habitats Officer
David Smith - Rewilder
Day Moodley - Animator & Illustrator
Deb Scriven - Mature student in Animal Care
Debbie Banyard - Retired
Deborah McLaughlin - Activism & Campaigns Officer
Deborah Peters - Passionate advocate for all nature
Deena Sandell - Healer
Deirdre Ryan - Concerned human
Denzil Dean - Community Organiser
Devon Liddell - Nursing student
Divya Anantharaman - Conservationist, Taxidermist & Artist
Domini Calder - Environmental Educator
Dominic Woodfield - Ecologist
Doug James - Retired
Doug Lane - Ecological Landscaper, Permaculture Activist, Rewilder
Duong Au - Environmental Science Student
E M Hoey - Researcher
Eav Brennan - Environmental Educator & Artist
Eben Myrddin Muse - Access & Conservation Officer
Edward Dietze - Retired
Edward Fyles - Student
Eilidh C - Naturalist
Elaina Kelly - Horticulturalist & Marine Scientist
Elanor Sims - Ecologist
Eleanor Hamilton - Wildlife Filmmaker
Eleanor Hervieu - Ecologist
Eleanor Hilton - Wildlife Filmmaker
Eleanor Miller - Maintenance worker
Eli Atkinson - Student
Elizabeth Grundy - Nature lover & peace loving earthling
Elizabeth Rixen - Environmental Analyst
Ella Curry - Ornithologist & Entomologist
Ella Downing - Education mental health Practitioner
Ella Farley - Naturalist
Ellen Bradley - Campaigner
Ellen Green - Creative with an environmental charity
Ellen Monaghan - Biodiversity Training Officer
Ellie Cashin - Nature enthusiast & Volunteer
Ellie Dimambro-Denson - Ecologist
Ellie Gateley Nature nerd
Ellie MacDonald Project Officer
Ellie Southgate - Nature enthusiast
Ellie - Artist
Eloise Richards - Nurse
Em - Student
Ema Phillimore - n/a
Emily (Emmeline) Hardisty - Marine Biologist, Filmmaker, Founder of Voices of Water Foundation
Emily Major - Creative Activist
Emily Simpson - Ecologist
Emily-Jane Bradshaw - Ceramicist & Jeweller
Emma Agnelli - Marine Biologist
Emma Atkins - Conservation Volunteer & Ornithologist
Emma Bungay - Conservationist & Gardener
Emma Butler - Conservation Communications Professional
Emma Cameron - Author
Emma Dakin - Youth Engagment Officer
Emma Hyde-Nero - Campaigner
Emma McKinney - Secretary, ex-Nurse & Volunteer
Emma Miller - Student
Emma Onyejekwe - Vet Nurse & Citizen Scientist
Emma Reynolds - Author, Illustrator, Science Communicator
Emma Steel - Scientist
Emma Tuckey - Nature Reserve Manager
Emmott Baddeley - Conservation Worker
Enrique Herrero - Graphic Designer & nature nerd
Eoghan Daltun - Author
Eric Schechter - Mathematician (retired)
Erika Medina - Naturalist & Social Worker
Erin Robertson - Naturalist, Educator & Poet
Esther ODonnell - TV Production Manager
Eva Forster - Wildlife Photographer
Eva Gibeau - LA birding club founder
Fabian Harrison - Naturalist & Producer
Fabio - Wildlife Photographer
Fatima Fawaz` - Teacher
Feather Rose - Artist
Femke Kramer - Assistant Professor & Convenor of Environmental Humanitites Network
Fern Bromley - Ecology Researcher
Ferozah Mahmood - Engagement Officer
Ffion - Wildlife Conservation student
Filipa Quadrado - Wildlife Illustrator
Finlay Sleath - Filmmaker
Fintan Kelly - Environmental Advocate
Fiona Carlton - Ecology Worker
Fiona Hughes - Nature Connection & Forest Bathing Guide
Fiona McCreadie - Charity Worker
Fiona Morton - Forest School Practitioner
Flo Bound - Conservationist
Flora Blackwater - Organisational Development Professional
Francesca Read-Cutting - Marine Biologist
Francesca Soster - Marine Ecologist
Fraser Waters - Student
Freddie Emms - Youth Nature Advocate & Campaigner
Freddy Crisp - Gardener
Freya-Rose Topple - Artist
Gabrielle Booth - Mother
Gavin Thurston - Wildlife Cinematographer
Gayla Trail - Writer & Author
Gemma Shooter - Conservation Communicator
Genevieve Hinchliff - Conservation Comms Professional
Geoffrey H - Photographer & Lichen Recorder
George Cook - Conservationist & Content Creator
George Hassall - Environmental Science Student
George Monbiot - Writer
Georgia Baker - Customer Service
Georgia Merrell - Environmental Scientist
Georgia Moore - Fundraiser
Georgina-Kate Adams - Environmental Writer
Gerry Tissier - Ecologist
Gill Lewis - Author
Gillian Eastwood - Disease Ecologist
Giulia Valentini - Birdwatcher
Gliselle Marin - PhD Biology candidate
Gordon Flower - Retired Conservationist
Grace Kinney-Broderick - PhD. Candidate Bird Researcher & Amateur Wildlife Photographer
Graeme Davis - Conservationist
Graham Thorpe - Volunteer
Graihagh Guille - Ecologist
Grant Williams - Student
Gruff Evans - Digital Creator
Gurvinder Uppal - Campaigner
Guy Shrubsole - Campaigner & Author
Hallie Rounthwaite - Educator & Conservationist
Hannah Coburn - PhD student
Hannah Dillon - Teacher
Hannah Gittings - Chartered Accountant
Hannah Judd - Graduate
Hannah Needham - Nature Finance Consultant
Hannah Sassoon - Permaculture human
Hannah Stitfall - Wildlife Filmmaker, Presenter, Author & Content Creator
Hannah - Science Communicator
Hannibal Rhoades - Anthropologist
Hareem Rizwan - Animal Welfare
Harris McCutcheon - Youth Panellist for prominent eNGO
Harry Hirst - Ecologist
Harry Jenkinson - Right to Roam, land & nature rights activist
Harry Munt - Student
Haydn Fox - Assistant Warden
Hayley Garner - Content Creator
Hayley Pavis - Ecologist
Heather Hickman - Nature nerd
Helen Kemp - Editor
Helen Sanderson - Gardener
Helen Shaw - Social Worker
Helen Wallace - Ecologist
Helen Williams - Wildlife conservation volunteer
Helen Wrigley - Teacher
Helena Craig - Conservationist
Helena Craig - Environmentalist
Helena Hale - Animal Behaviourist & Researcher
Hendrikus van Hensbergen - Conservationist & Writer
Henk Loobuyck - Gardener
Henri Truchassout - Ecologist
Henry Morris - Writer
Hinal Mukeshkumar - Ecologist
Hiroko Spooner - Nurse
Holly Astle - Nature Illustrator
Holly Gray - Policy Officer & Campaigner
Holly Gray - Policy Officer & Campaigner
Holly Maughan - Science Teacher & Wildlife Photographer
HZ - Environmental Scientist & Photographer

Iain Green - Wildlife Wonder Founder
Iain Hysom - Ecologist
Ian Bradley - Ecologist
Ian Brownlee - Nature Volunteer
Ian Donovan - Wildlife Conservationist
Ian Hepburn - Ecologist & Nature Campaigner
Ida Ghorbani - Environmental studues student
Imogen Rutter - Conservationist
Indy Kiemel Greene - Wildlife Guide
Inés Forrest - Zoologist
Ingrid Eftedal - Professor
Iona Cunningham-Eurich - Ecology Researcher
Irene Vertua - Ornithologist
Isabella Roberts - Postgraduate Student
Isla Mitchelson-Coghlin - Student
Isobelle Stothert - Nature Photographer
Izzy Mcleod - Environmental Educator
J Harris - PTA
Jack Baddams - Ornithologist
Jack Forrester - Entomologist, Macrophotographer & Educator
Jack Wootton - Freshwater Ecologist
Jai - Animal Management student
Jake Zarins - Conservationist
James Brakeley - Geochemistry Technician
James Minchin - Conservationist
James Ormerod - Amateur naturalist, birdwatcher and wildlife recorder
James Stevens - Wildlife Filmmaker & Guide
Jamie Asante - Personal Trainer
Jamie Bamber - Project Manager
Jamie March - Trainee Warden
Jana - Sustainability Leader
Jane Callister - Proponent of justice and a voice for nature
Jane Hunter - Artist, Nature Lover, Campaigner, Marine Mammal Medic
Janelene - Assistant Gardener
Janet McNulty - Retired
Janine Connor - Woodland Officer
Janine Phillips - Retired health professional
Jasmine Smith - Nature Reserve Warden
Jason Reeves - Ecologist
Jasper Ryall - Student
Jaye Brighton - Community Activist
Jenna McDermott - Ecologist
Jennifer Czerniakiewicz - Field recordist, musician
Jennifer Jones - Soil Scientist & Author
Jennifer Sankey - Chef
Jennifer Thompson - Environmental Communicator
Jenny Bortoluzzi - Environmentalist & Marine Scientist
Jenny Hawley - Nature policy & advocacy
Jess Duffy - Conservation Biologist & Researcher
Jess Jones - Photographer
Jess Painter - Ecologist, Writer and film programmer
Jess Snell - Nature Education & Forest School Facilitator
Jess - Nature nerd
Jesse Hurlburt - Educator
Jessica Blackwell - Nurse
Jessica Dunlop - Farmer
Jimmi Hill - Conservationist
Jo Gilks - Forest School Leader & Permaculturist
Jo Riggall - Conservation Advocacy Professional
Jo Scrivens - Community Meadow Creator
Jo Weston - Nature lover & pigeon rehabber
Jo - Land worker & Chef
Joe Marcroft - Ecologist
Joe Wilkins - Ecologist and Rights of Nature Campaigner
John Quincey - Conservation Volunteer
Johnathon Miller-McCall - Naturalist & Content Creator
Jon Moses - Campaigner, Director for Right to Roam
Jonathon Porritt - Author
Jordan Hau - Sustainable Architectural Designer & Naturalist
Jorge Moore - Student
Joseph Griffin - Conservationist
Josephine Peters - Nature lover
Josh Ashbee - Nature Restoration Contractor
Joshua Mica-Hawkyard - Ecologist
Joshua Pedley - Wildlife Guide
Joshua Styles - Ecologist
Joshua Taylor - Student of Environmental Biology
Joycelyn Longdon - Researcher & Author
Jude Bucktrout - Student & Amateur Naturalist
Judith Birkett - Retired Teacher
Judy Hindle - Conservationist
Judy Kelly - Documentary Maker
Julia Bedford - Herbalist & Forager
Julia Karla - Artist
Julie Horton - Performance Coach
Julie Ireland - Biology Teacher
Julie Read - Environmental Learning Officer
Juliet Maxted - Conservationist and Science Communication MSc Student
Kae Wrenn - Aspiring Ranger
Kaitlin Winslade - Wildlife Educator
Karen Kearney - Biodiversity Volunteer
Karis Zenna - Graphic Designer & Environmentalist
Kassandra Decloux - Avid Birder
Kat Oliver - Ecologist
Kat Soutar - Forest School Leader
Katarzyna Nowak - Conservation Scientist
Kate Allberry - Conservation Scientist
Kate Bradbury - Writer
Kate Fox - Flower Farmer
Kate Maciver-Redwood - Parent & Farmer
Kate Merry - Nature Engagement
Kate Rawles - 'Adventure Plus' environmental author/advocate
Kate Wilkerson - Graphic Designer
Kathleen Kraus
Kathryn Young - Nature lover
Kathy Kohl - Volunteer
Katie Horgan - Community Ecologist
Katie Monk - Naturalist
Katy Bell - Zoologist & Conservation Biologist
Katy Roberts - Teacher of 'one health' soil and ecology
Keira Malik - Producer Director & nature lover
Keith Pursall - Nature reserve volunteer
Kelly Hedges - Conservationist
Kelsey Lafferty - Mother & Naturalist
Ken Hes - Game Development
Kerry Haselup - Technical Manager
Kevin Cumming - Rewilder
Kevin Duffy - Teacher
Kian Hayles-Cotton - Ecological Scientist & Naturalist
Kim Somerville - Campaigner
Kimberley Pearson - Therapist
Kira Fuller - Science Communicator
Kirst - Illustrator (Merløreli)
Kirsteen MacKenzie - Marine Ecologist
Kirsty Macdonald - Environmental Consents Manager
Kirsty North - Ecologist
Kit Lloyd - Illustrator
Kit Thompson - NHuman Rights Lawyer & Nature Lover
Kristina OConnor - Ornithologist
Kristina Turner - Conservation/Wildlife TV/Nature Comms
Kristine McCann - Ecologist & Animal Care Technician
Laetitia Nunny - Animal Welfare Researcher
Larissa Cooper - Ecologist
Laura Kerr - Volunteer
Laura Krusin Entomologist
Laura Lovell - Mum & nature lover
Laura Smith - Environmental Campaigner
Laura Torrado Blanco - Entomologist
Laura Veck - Nature lover
Lauren Abdel-Razek - Development Expert
Lauren Blackwell - Yoga Teacher & Carer
Lauren Field - Museum Curator
Lauren Rebecca - Forest School Leader
Lauren Taylor - Woodland Advisor
Laurence Whitaker - Filmmaker, Communicator & Storyteller
Leòdhas Massie - City Councillor & Environmental Management student
Lewis Carr - Nature campaigner
Lewis Gospel - Ecologist
Lewis Winks - Right to Roam Campaigner
Lex Silentium - Wildlife Rehabber
Lexie Mulligan - Wildlife Conservation student
Liam Kelly - Comms Director
Liam Mead - Organiser
Lila Gilmour - Research Manager
Lilia Taghizadeh - Student
Liliana Tarrant Snedden - Activist, Zoologist, Student
Lilli Hill - Gardener
Lilly Mackenzie - Marine biologist
Lily Anderson - Wildlife Illustrator
Lily Moffatt - Assistant Producer/Producer
Lily Walwyn - Conservationist, Naturalist & Ranger
Linda Wood-Thomas - Gardener
Linden Taylor - Ecology PhD Student
Lindsay Giffen - Independent Advocacy Worker
Linus Monaghan - Ecology student
Lisa Hopwood - Conservation Volunteer
Lisa Kerslake - Ecologist
Lisa Stuart - Amateur Naturalist
Lisa - Plant shop owner
Lisa - Sanctuary Owner
Liz Barnsby - Nature lover
Lizzi Walton - Retired Teacher
Lizzie Every - Community Engagement Officer
Logan Walker - Communications Officer
Lola Karpf - Campaigns & Content Officer
Lorcan Moriarty - Landscape Architect
Lottie - Environmental Student
Louise Enderby - Conservation Scientist
Louise Moore - Nature project co-founder
Luc Teugels - Bird Counter
Lucia Oliveira - Veterinary Nurse
Lucie Machin - Environmental Filmmaker
Lucy d'Auvergne - Conservation Biologist & Artist
Lucy Hetherington - Trainee Ranger
Lucy Mead - Ecologist
Lucy Prescott - Conservation Volunteer
Lucy Taylor - Nature lover
Lucy Wallace - Wildlife Guide
Lucy - Conservation worker
Luke Cooper - Gardener
Lydia Hemmings - Geologist
Lyn Farmer - Amateur nature lover & Information Officer
Lynn Hughes - Learning Manager
Maddy De Marchis - Environmental Communicator & Campaigner
Mahler Meyerrose - Environmental Justice Enthusiast
Maia-Maria Payne - Activist
Mandy - Dog Walker
Margi Bryant - Researcher & Writer
Maria Celenza - PhD student
Maria Payne Vlahogiannis - ethical design & marketing, and vocal coaching
Marianne Kettunen - Biodiversity policy expert
Marie Claire Gatt - Avian Ecologist
Marijne - Artist
Mario Alvarado - Biologist
Marion - Retired
Mark Duffell - Botanist, Ecologist, Educator
Mark Norman - Teacher & Nature Nerd
Mark Pitt - Ecologist
Mark Robins - Ecologist
Mark Taylor - Writer
Marta Rabanales Scott - Assistant Researcher
Martin Allen - Botanist
Martin Harris - Ecologist & Biodiversity Records Officer
Martin Harvey - Entomologist & biological recorder
Martin Pachmann - Doctor
Martina Farrow - Gardener
Mary O’Gorman - Ecologist
Matt Batten-Harris - Conservation Contractor
Matt Brierley - Wildlife Filmmaker
Matt Jarvis - Filmmaker
Matt Mears - Zoologist
Matt Phelps - Ecologist
Matteo Galbiati - Biologist & Wildlife Photographer
Matthew Hulse - Researcher
Matthew Hunt - Amateur Ecologist
Matthew Stanton - Lawyer
Matthew Starling - Ranger
Matthew Walker - Plant guy
Matthias Owen - Student
Max Moorcroft - Conservationist
Max Mudie - Mycologist
Max Page - Landscape Garden Designer
Maximiliaan Beeldens - Policy Officer for species protection
Mayla Westward - Educator & Facilitator
Meg Griffiths - Conservationist
Meg Watts - Rewilding Msc student
Megan Shersby - Conservationist
Melissa Ramsay - Behavioural ecology researcher
Melody - Volunteer
Meredith Palmer - Conservationist
Mia Canestrini - Wolf expert & Science Communicator
Michael Dunn - Environmental humanities scholar
Michelle Barrett - Conservation charity worker
Mike Mills - Nerd of the wild
Mike Stuart - Mountain Guide
Mike Williams - Naturalist & Landscape Historian
Mingyu Sung - Researcher, Activist & Author
Miranda Vincent - Artist
Mo Aboukar - Senior Procurement Manager
Molly Adams - Birder & Author
Molly Brown - Interdisciplinary Conservation Scientist
Molly Moody - Gardener
Molly Palmer - Artist & Community Gardener
Mónica Doblas Bajo - Entomologist
Moriah Casey - Education Program Manager
Mostafa El Toukhy - Botanist
Mukesh Gauthaman - Naturalist
Mya-Rose - Environmentalist & Author
Myung-hye Chun - Conservationist & Naturalist
Naomi Johns - Ornithologist
Nashwa Humaira - Zoology Student
Natalie Fée - Author & Founder of City to Sea
Natasha Nazarenko - Ranger
Natasha Sephton - Eco-therapist
Natasha Steele - Student
Nathalie Araujo - Volunteer
Nellie - Student
Nera Cornell - Ecologist & Artist
Niamh Dornan - Peatland Project Officer
Nic Chester - Nature Writer
Nic Harrison - Forest school practitioner & botanist
Nichola Andersen - Activist
Nicholas Bendo - Aquatic Research Facility Technician
Nicholas Thompson - Lawyer
Nicholas Wright - Ecologist
Nick Langley - Editor & Amateur Naturalist
Nick Patel - Nature Guide
Nicky Jenner - Conservationist & Writer
Nicky Orr - Outdoor Learning
Nicola Shanks - Conservation Volunteer
Nicola - Mum
Nina Jones - Protected Area Warden
Nina Papadomanolaki - Climate Scientist
Noah Klein - Naturalist & Community Organiser, Living Earth
Noel Sweeney - Landscape Designer
Nor Daley - Community Nurse
Nora Wallaya - Conservation Adviser
Nuriya Shoro - Communications Professional
Oliver Raymond Barker - Artist and educator
Olivier Dupont - Nature Educator
Oliwia - Student
Olwen Rowe - Writer & Nature Nerd
Owen Robertson - Ecology & Evolutionary Biology student
Pamela Marchant - Artist
Patrick Chadwick - Filmmaker
Paul Bamford - Retired
Paul Cohen - Software Engineer, CTO & Birder
Paul Meek - Wildlife Photographer
Paul Powlesland - Lawyer for Nature, River Guardian, environmental campaigner
Paul Saunders - Veterinary Surgeon
Paul Steer - Retired Nurse
Paul Waters - Retired
Pauline Lozoya Hocking - Teacher
Penny Fidler - CEO, NeuroScientist, Engagement Specialist
Pete Cooper - Species Restoration Ecologist
Peter Adriaens - Ecologist
Peter Anderson - Teacher
Peter Morrow - Concerned member of the public
Petter Sverke - Naturalist
Philip Wilson - Ecologist
Philippa Edwards - Film & Television Editor
Pieter Van Dorsselaer - Editor
Pieter Vantieghem - Entomologist
Pim Niesten - Wildlife Filmmaker & DoP
Piranesi O'Hare Evans - Queer Naturalist
Polly Atkin - Writer, Bookseller
Poppy Silk - Wild Card Campaigner
Poppy - Photographer & Graphic Designer
Presha Soogrim - Conservationist
Punk Wildlif - Photographer

Rachael Cavanagh - Citizen Scientist
Rachael Knott - Adult Social Care Coordinator
Rachael - Ecological Farmer
Rachel Allingham - Biologist
Rachel Ball - Wildlife Guide
Rachel Cambell - Creative Practitioner
Rachel Davies - Conservationist
Rachel O'Donohoe - Local Authority
Rachel Summers - Forest School Practitioner
Rafela FitzHugh - Teacher
Rebecca Downey - Community Organiser
Rebecca Jones - GP & Author
Rebecca Law - Nature Reserves Officer
Rebecca Owens - Conservation volunteer and wildlife conservation graduate
Rebecca Pearce - Environmentalist, Wildlife Gardener & Writer
Rezvan - Naturalist
Rhian Rowson - Naturalist
Rhiannon Lloyd - Conservation Volunteer
Rhiannon Pierce - Landscape Architect
Rhys - Ecologist
Ria Poole - Business Consultant, Research Fellow & Artist
Riccardo Muraro - Ecologist, Biodiversity Educator & Wildlife Gardener
Richard Moyse - Naturalist
Richard Pederick - Lecturer & Naturalist
Robert Helson - Musician
Robert Macfarlane - Writer, Professor of Environmental Studies
Robert Page - Teacher
Roberto Gonzalez Riva - Técnico en Salud Ambiental y consultor educación ambiental
Rochelle Meah - Postdoctoral Researcher
Róisín Moriarty - Climate Researcher
Roisin Norris - Environmental Manager student
Roisin Taylor - Co-Director, UKY4N & Farmer
Rory Crawford - Community-led Urban Nature Manager
Rory Francis - Flower Growers & Floristry
Roshni Parmar-Hill - Community Officer and Nature lover
Rosie Aldridge - Environmental Geographer
Rosie Pope - Associate Ecologist
Rosie - Ecologist
Ross Gillespie - Nature lover
Ross McNally - Writer & Conservation Volunteer
Ross Symonds - Ecologist
Rowan Schofield - Wildlife Garden Designer
Rowena Staff - Naturalist & Gardener
Ruairi Brogan - Environmental Policy Officer
Ruby Batt - Rewilder
Ruby George - Marine Ecologist
Ruth Quinn - Conservation Officer
Ruth - Doctor
S. Sivanesan - Ecologist
Sadhbh Breslin - Charity Fundraiser
Sajida - Outdoor Education
Sally Hodson - Currently unemployed due to disability
Sally Theobald - Art Technician
Sam Crick - Founder of Advocacy for Pigeons
Sam - Psychologist & nature lover
Samantha - Nature guide and writer
Samuel Griffiths - Public Engagement
Saqib Yasin - Teacher
Sara Davies - Horticulture Careworker
Sara Gomez - Child Counsellor
Sara King - Ecologist
Sara NiMurchú - Farm Hand
Sarah Anne Stevens - PhD Student
Sarah Barnes - Flower Growers & Floristry
Sarah Benjamins - Biologist and Urban Planner
Sarah Crowder - Bird writer
Sarah Deere-Jones - Trustee
Sarah Hawkes - Naturalist
Sarah Hunter - Nature Writer & Poet
Sarah Kane - Marine Naturalist
Sarah Macdiarmid - Organic Gardener
Sarah McGuckin - Ecology Conservation student
Savannah Jones - Ecology & Conservation volunteer
Sean McDermott - Ecologist
Şeniz Mustafa - Urban Beaver Officer
Sennen Powell - Youth Council Member, Wildlife Artist & Photographer
Seren Peregrine - Conservation Advisor
Shani Kitchen - Retired health professional
Sheena Langford - Nature Reserve Warden
Shirley Beedle - Retired teacher and concerned granny
Shirley Broughton - Landscape Architect
Sian Knott - HR professional
Sian Vincent Catchment Project Officer
Sicily Fiennes - Researcher
Silvia Ceppi - Conservation Biologist
Simone De Santis - Biogeographer
Siobhan Dempsey - Conservation charity worker
Sivan Gordon-Buxbaum - Naturalist Educator
Sofia Horner - Student
Solomon Hendrix - PhD Student
Sophia Austen-Meek - Operations manager, catering
Sophie Baker - Nature Writer & Editor
Sophie Cron - Ecologist
Sophie Darlington - Wildlife Cinematographer
Sophie Ricardo - Science Communications
Sophie Thomas - Ecologist
Sorcha Goody - Conservation Officer
Steph Leow - Conservationist
Steph Robertson - Ecologist
Stephanie Rogers - Insect Scientist
Stephen Barlow - Ecologist
Stephen Hackett - Birder
Steve Micklewright - CEO Rewilding Charity
Steven Lipscombe - Rewilder
Stewart O Sullivan - Laboratory Analyst
Sue Allen - Retired, volunteer for nature
Sue Dancey - Amateur Naturalist
Sue Gibson - Wildlife Cinematographer
Sue Kullai - Writer
Sue Lansbury - Artist
Sue Law - Naturalist
Susan Buckingham - Environmental Writer
Susan Hodgkinson - Volunteer Ranger
Susan Nelson - Concerned Human Being
Susannah Peel - Illustrator
Susie Phillips - Lecturer & Researcher
Suzanne O'Brien - Wildlife Conservation MSc Student
Suzy Davenport - Artist
Sylvia Davidson Lichenologist
Taalu Barry - Student
Taliah Gustafson-Gwadery - Sustainable Business Owner
Tallulah Laidlaw - Ecologist
Tamar - Nature Recovery Officer
Tanuvi Joe - Poet and climate journalist
Tanya Barrett - Administrator
Tee Christie - Forager & Chef
Teresa Verney - Ecologist and performer
Terry Pratley - Financial Services
Thea Wright - Teacher
Theodore Brook - Research Scientist
Thomas Grove - Marine Ecologist
Thomas Phillips - Carer & Conservation Management Graduate
Thomas Williams - Student of Environmental Science
Tim Brighton - Nature lover, member of RSPB, BTO & Cornwall Butterfly Conservation
Tim Mackrill - Conservationist
Tim Mccann - Nature Officer
Tom Francome - Filmmaker
Tom Jeffreys - Writer
Tom Lathan - Author
Tom Richards - Wildlife Documentary Producer
Tony Mobbs - Labourer
Tony Sharps - LEEF fellow
Trevor Jones - Conservationist
Val Bailey - Hogspital Volunteer
Valeree Catangay - Illustrator & Climate Strategist
Vanessa Coates - Series Producer
Vanessa Overton - Gardener
Vanna Bartlett - Naturalist, Artist & Author
Veritie Turner - Community Organiser
Verity Healey - Community Artist, Educator, Writer & Nature Lover
Vicki Hird - Environmentalist & Author
Vicky Faulkner - Forest School Leader & Director
Vincent Pingram - Care Manager
Viola Ross-Smith - Ecologist and science communicator
Virginia Caddick - Surgeon & Scientist
Virginia Crichton - Nature lover
Vojta Hybl - Nature illustrator
Warwick Lobban - Wildlife Gardener
Wendy Seaton - Volunteer for Wildlife Trust
Wil Goodridge - Botanist & Wildlife Gardener
Will Hawkes - Researcher, Entomologist, Author & Conservationist
Will Johanson - Conservation Worker
William Harmon - Student
William Watson - Farmer
Willow Dalehite - Zoology PhD student
Yashni Vithlani - Training & Events Intern
Yasmin Solveig Tvede - Author
Yassine D - Consultant
Yilk Whimbrel - Editor
Yusra Motin - Youth Trustee
Zabby Allen - Editor, Writer, Artist & Volunteer
Zak Hassi - Nature Communicator
Zelfa el Khazen - Carpenter
Zephie Begolo - Artist
Zoe Albion - Student and Science Communicator
Zoë Matthews - Artist
Zoe Watson - Earth Science & Physical Geography student
Zunaira Malik - Educator

Anonymous - Biology Student
Anonymous - Conservationist & Wildlife Communicator
Anonymous - Artist & Conservationist
Anonymous - Cameraman
Anonymous - Carer
Anonymous - Ecologist
Anonymous - Ecologist
Anonymous - Ecologist
Anonymous - Ecologist, craftsperson & tree enthusiast
Anonymous - Human & canine bodyworker & zoopharmacognosy practitioner
Anonymous - Illustrator
Anonymous - Marine biology student
Anonymous - Nature nerd
Anonymous - Ranger
Anonymous - Student Zoologist
Anonymous - Student
Anonymous - Teacher
Anonymous - Volunteer Conservationist
Anonymous - Writer, rewilding gardener, health profession
Anonymous - Zoologist

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The hard truth is that this is too little, too late, for too many. But for the approximately one million people who are still alive in Gaza, having survived over 700 days of one of the most intense bombardments in human history, and being displaced to an area with inadequate food, water, shelter or sanitation, the nature sector must speak out.In September 2025, a UN commission concluded that Israel has committed genocide in the Gaza Strip.Legal experts (including UK Judges and Lawyers) and genocide scholars, as well as some of our most respected NGOs, have all concluded that genocide, war crimes, collective punishment and ethnic cleansing are being committed in Gaza, West Bank, and other Occupied Territories - all are violations of international law.This includes reports by Médecins Sans Frontieres, Amnesty International, and even the Israeli human rights organisation B'Tselem who have published a report called "Our Genocide".This has prompted statements from leading eNGOs Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace to issue statements relating to the atrocities being committed in Palestinian territories.There is also evidence which demonstrates an ongoing ecocide. From damage to ecosystems at a local scale (i.e. deliberate contamination of water courses, herbicidal warfare, destruction of seedbanks, flattening and bulldozing of landscapes all as described in this Forensic Architecture report); to the annihilation of farmland and agriculture; to the global climate crisis with carbon emissions from just the first 120 days of the onslaught on Gaza, estimated to be greater than the annual emissions of up to 36 individual countries and territories.Pressure is growing even from within Israel, with over 550 Israeli ex-security officials, including former heads of Mossad and Shin Beit, signing an open letter calling for “an end to the Gaza war”stating objectives have been achieved; and that “it’s time to bring the hostages home”.

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