
St Helena Peaks National Park
@sthelenapeaksnp
Upscaling endemic habitat restoration for biodiversity, water security, and people under the UK-funded St Helena Cloud Forest Project
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https://www.sthelenatourism.com/st-helenas-cloud-forest-project/ 19-08-2022 13:10:43
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It's ๐๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฐ๐๐ซ๐๐ง๐๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐๐๐ค ๐ง โค๏ธโ๐ฉน While most of the Peaks National Park is closed to protect our endemics, we encourage the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ of St Helena to get out in nature this week. Check out the PNP walks at Harding's and High Peak๐ #SHCFP


#DYK our endemic cloud forest plants are uniquely adapted to intercept mist? ๐ณ๐ง๏ธ The ๐ฌ๐ง-funded ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ aims to restore/expand this habitat to secure the island's water security ๐ง๐ก๏ธ #SHCFP #MondayMotivation rb.gy/c9wygs

Just like us, every one of our rare #endemic cloud forest invertebrates are #๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐๐ฅ๐ฒ๐ฌ๐๐ข๐ง๐ญ - found nowhere else in the world ๐ We are future-proofing this habitat through our ๐ฌ๐งfunded Cloud Forest Project! ๐ซถ๐ธ๐ญ๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฒ ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐'๐ฌ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ธ๐ญ๐ซถ #SHCFP


๐๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐๐ฅ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐๐ข๐จ๐๐ข๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ๐ Learn about how our ๐ฌ๐งfunded ๐บ๐ ๐ฏ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ท๐๐๐๐๐๐ supports #HarmonyInNature and #SustainableDevelopment in our ๐ง๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐rb.gy/c9wygs


๐๐ก๐๐ญ ๐๐ง ๐ก๐จ๐ง๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ! ๐๐ When commemorating ๐๐ก ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ท๐๐ฆ 2025, His Majesty King Charles III made special mention of our UK-Funded St Helena Cloud Forest Project and the conservation efforts of our local community ๐ธ๐ญ๐ See what he had to say ๐ #SHCFP


Interested in becoming Connect Saint Helena Ltd's new ๐๐๐ญ๐๐ซ ๐๐๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐ข๐๐ง for the St Helena Cloud Forest Project? Here's 'A Day in the Life' of former postholder, Robert George: rb.gy/tkgl7v #SHCFP Call 22255 to APPLY!

โThese ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ and we are the ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ looking after themโ ๐ซถ Another #FeelGoodFriday post to #MeetTheTeam working on the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office funded St Helena Cloud Forest Project ๐ณโ๏ธ Say hello to Richard ๐๐ #SHCFP


Itโs ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ฒ! On St Helena Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office funding allows us to protect the last natural #cloudforest on British soil for water, wildlife and people on the UKโs 2nd oldest #OverseasTerritory through our ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฌ๐ง๐ค๐ธ๐ญ #SHCFP


๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐ข๐ซ๐จ๐ง๐ฆ๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐๐ Today we encourage action for the protection of our environment. Let's celebrate the efforts of our community in protecting our #cloudforest habitat through the ๐ฌ๐งfunded ๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ โ๏ธ๐ณ๐ก๏ธ


๐ข Our partners in the MET Station have recently upgraded 2 of the ๐๐ฎ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ๐๐ญ๐ข๐ ๐๐๐๐ญ๐ก๐๐ซ ๐๐ญ๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ within the Peaks National Park! ๐ Look out soon when we'll share the ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ก๐๐จ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐ค๐ฌ so you can check out this data in real time ๐ #SHCFP


๐๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ข๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก๐ญ: ๐ ๐๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐ฟ๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐กโ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ก๐ข๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ฑ Our ๐ฌ๐ง-funded project is #restoring cloud forest habitat to #unlockopportunites for future generations #SHCFP


Excited to share the latest #StHelenaCloudForestProject film by What The Saints Did! It tells the story of the journey of a raindrop from our #endemic cloud forest to the ocean, exploring the water cycle and the vital role our cloud forest plays in it: youtube.com/watch?v=eWXZwBโฆ

Sorry to 'bug' you๐คญ This ๐๐ง๐ฌ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ค we're celebrating our flagship #endemic inverts๐ชฒ while learning how St Helena National Trust are ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐๐, ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ and ๐ก๐๐๐โ๐๐๐ under our ๐ฌ๐งfunded ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ! #SHCFP #InsectWeek


Meet the critically endangered ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐ค๐ฒ ๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐, ๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐ ๐ก๐ชณ This renowned #endemic nocturnal woodlouse (up to 10mm) is restricted to the high central ridge and glows under ultraviolet light ๐ฃ๐ฆ#SHCFP #InsectWeek


How does the #SHCFP learn more about our amazing #insects? ๐ญ For that we commend our partners in St Helena National Trust whose superstar invert team conduct day/night surveys to keep an up-to-date picture of the movement of these incredible species ๐๐ #InsectWeek


Building green skills among ๐๐ก ๐ป๐๐๐๐๐'๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ข๐กโ is key to our ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ซ๐๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ง๐ led by St Helena National Trust, Bug Clubs support survey and observation skills, while mentoring activities offers insight into conservation jobs ๐#SHCFP #InsectWeek


Meet our majestic ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง ๐๐๐ข๐ฅ ๐๐ฉ๐ข๐๐๐ซ, ๐ด๐๐๐ฆ๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ ๐ ๐ท๐ก This #endemic species is gold with a distinctive sail-shaped abdomen! The St Helena National Trust is learning more about it's movement throughout the Peaks National Park๐ณ #SHCFP #InsectWeek


The incredibly rare ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ฐ๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐ซ, ๐๐๐๐๐ก๐โ๐๐๐๐๐๐ ๐๐๐ ๐ข๐๐๐๐๐ ๐ฆ is found exclusively on our False Gumwood trees. Safeguarding this special invert is critical to St Helena National Trust & @StHelenaGovernment ๐ก๏ธ #SHCFP #InsectWeek


๐๐๐ชฒ๐ฆ Enjoyed learning about our flagship inverts for #InsectWeek? Our ๐ฌ๐งfunded project is working to safeguard these extremely rare cloud forest species for the future - ๐กโ๐๐ ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ก๐๐๐๐ ๐จ Our ๐๐ ๐๐ง๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ญ๐๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ ๐๐๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ is coming soon ;) #SHCFP


Why not #satisfy your curiosity this #Sunday by learning all about the ๐๐๐ข๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ from our #endemic cloud forest to the ocean through the latest ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฃ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ข๐ฅ๐ฆ produced by What The Saints Did? #SHCFP youtube.com/watch?v=eWXZwBโฆ