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Press release from EuroNatur and Riverwatch – Goldman Environmental Prize goes to activists defending Balkan rivers

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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…

Utterly feeble DEFRA action greeted with joy by Tony Juniper and gritted teeth by Julian Glover

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The following statement was made by the Secretary of State for DEFRA, George Eustice MP, in parliament on Thursday: Statement In May 2018, Defra commissioned Julian Glover and an independent panel to consider how we might improve the management of our National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONBs). Their report, the Landscapes Review,…

Climate Change Committee 2021 report

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The massively impressive latest report by the Climate Change Committee was published on Thursday. I will never read all of it – who will? But I have skimmed through som parts of it and my eye alighted on this rap over DEFRA’s knuckles on their inadequate measures to limit damage to peatlands from burning; That…

Sunday book review – The Glitter in the Green by Jon Dunn

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I remember my first hummingbird. I was sitting on a log in a forest in Canada hoping to see a Beaver (I didn’t) when I heard a whirring sound behind me. I turned, wondering whether I was about to eyeball a large dangerous insect, and was relieved and delighted to see a Ruby-throated Hummingbird feeding…