Standing up for Nature
Heal reaches agreement with Direct Line Group on major loan facility for rewilding site acquisitions in England £3m package of financial support will accelerate charity’s plans The nature recovery charity Heal Rewilding announced today that it has reached agreement on a £3 million package of financial support from Direct Line Group. This arrangement means that Heal…
Bailey is 10 and has had a good idea. His idea is to have a fundraising day at schools on a day a year where pupils can pay £1 to get off wearing school uniform – and the £1 goes to animal causes, not to people causes. He is seeking support for his good idea…
Every five years (isn’t quinquennial a lovely word?) the UK statutory agencies review various lists of ‘protected’ species. A regular review is a good idea for any biological list, including lists of conservation priority. However, in this case, the recommendations have led to uproar as the statutory agencies have ganged up on a range of…
Olly Watts has been with the RSPB for more than 25 years, involved with how climate change affects nature, and what the nature conservation should do about that, for much of that time. He’s also been involved with peatland conservation for many years and is eagerly awaiting the end to using peat in our gardens….
Sylvans Car Park, 11am
This is a brilliant book – it goes straight into my shortlist of Books of the Year for this blog. Any book that starts with the author eating snake and quaffing beer in Madagascar is a bit special. The author states that he is obsessed by Swifts, but actually, if he is, he hides it…
This is a good book about Swifts – and those birds are flying about outside as I write this review. But then, they are always flying about somewhere, as the title of the book, and the contents of the book, make clear. This is a bird which is on the wing most of its life,…
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Emma Marsh, Director, England, RSPB, says: The Westminster Government has issued an underwhelming statement on the future of England’s National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). More warm words and not enough of the action needed. There is huge public demand for these places to be at the heart of the fight against…
I blogged about the River Vjosa in Albania back in March, and if you missed this wonderful video then, have a look at it now; This week sees the prestigious Goldman Environmental Prize going to a campaigner defending free-flowing rivers in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Press release from Euronatur and Riverwatch: Goldman Environmental Prize for the…