Becky is a marine scientist who has worked in the fisheries industry in the Southern Oceans as an observer and been closely involved with conservation issues around fishing as Director of Falklands Conservation between 1997-2005. After this, following a return to the UK, Becky worked for the RSPB in Eastern England until 2013, when she…
Author: Mark
Born Bristol, UK
Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats.
NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University
Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011
Guest blog – Ask not…., by Paul Sterry
Paul Sterry is a passionate conservationist and has been writing about natural history and photographing wildlife for the last 40 years. He founded the international competition Bird Photographer of the Year and is a trustee of the charity Birds on the Brink. Ask not what nature can do for you, ask what you can do…
Press release – RSPB, Scottish Wildlife Trust and WWF in Scotland
RESEARCH SHOWS NATURE’S RECOVERY CAN CREATE 7,000 NEW JOBS IN SCOTLAND Leading environmental charities highlight huge potential for nature jobs in Scotland but warn investment is falling behind New research from leading Scottish environment charities, published today, shows that backing their plan for nature’s recovery could create up to 7,000 new jobs, contributing to Scotland’s…
#stateofnature counter now live -55,000 signatures, Day 3
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Guest blog – Proxy Records, by Tim Reed
Although an ornithologist by training, Tim Reed has a background in monitoring and data quality- starting with standardising management planning and data recording for the statutory sector, moving on to developing the widely-used Common Standards site condition model. After a long period introducing peer-reviewable data and biodiversity and ecosystem reporting models in big corporates around…
Letter to my MP
Dear Mr Pursglove, I wrote to you on 15 September 2020 about three matters of trust. Having received your reply to the last of these three matters recently I’d just like to share my thoughts with you, please. The first matter was that lots of Conservative MPs claimed, in a standard letter sent to hundreds…
Guest blog Curlew Recovery Partnership by Mary Colwell
Mary Colwell is an award-winning radio, TV and internet producer winning 14 awards over the last 10 years, including a Sony Gold in 2009. She is also a radio presenter and feature writer for The Tablet. Mary has written six previous guest blogs here (A Natural History GCSE, 23 November 2012; Shared Planet, 15 January 2015;…
#stateofnature – please sign here
Thank you! to the thousands who have already signed the #stateofnature petition https://bit.ly/3kjLIsX Numerical updates will be available in a while. Supported by this lot:
#stateofnature campaign – what they say
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Nature is trouble. We need new laws to protect it – Stanley Johnson, Daily Telegraph Promises to stop the decline of nature mean nothing unless action is taken – Steve Backshall, Independent GREEN LAW DEMAND: Boris’ father backs crusade to reverse decline in nature – Daily Express Boris Johnson’s father Stanley calls for nature pledge…
Press release – Wildlife and Countryside Link
Major new campaign to protect nature launches today backed by 50+ nature organisations, plus celebrities and political figures PM called on to lead the way globally on commitments to nature by putting nature promises into law ahead of hosting global talks Public urged to sign petition to show support for legally binding nature protections –…