Peatland restoration value hits £470m, outpacing grouse shooting as an income source for landowners A new analysis has shown that trading carbon by restoring upland peatlands could be worth more than four times the economic value of grouse shooting. Amidst reports that grouse moors may face another uncertain season, new market analysis released by Terra…
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Guest blog – Enforcement of the Burning Ban by Bob Berzins
Enforcement of the Burning Ban – a long road to justice My life has changed a lot over the last couple of years and it now seems normal to chat to a police officer sitting at my kitchen table. He was taking a witness statement from me about harassment from gamekeepers. I explained what I…
Wainwright prize longlists announced
https://wainwrightprize.com/news/james-cropper-wainwright-prize-2022-longlists-announced/ Here are three interesting lists of books which have been compiled by these three interesting lists of judges. The 2022 James Cropper Wainwright Prize for Nature Writing longlist is: Otherlands: A World in the Making, Dr Thomas Halliday (Allen Lane) 12 Birds to Save Your Life: Nature’s Lessons in Happiness, Charlie Corbett (Penguin) Goshawk Summer:…
What you think of the new RSPB logo
I asked what you thought of the new RSPB logo and this is how you responded: Those figures ought to please the RSPB – a majority of people are positive and very few hate it. And let’s be clear, everyone will get used to it. This poll wasn’t a carefully selected representative sample of the…
Sunday book review – Rhythms of Nature by Ian Carter
Ian Carter has written often on this blog (see this collection of blogs on Wild Food, and this other collection about getting away from it all, as well as on rewilding, fox hunting and Hen Harrier reintroductions) and I have reviewed his previous books Human Nature, and Red Kite’s Year. Given that, it would be…