Sian John is Tidal Lagoon Power’s (TLP’s) Environment Director and Royal HaskoningDHV’s Director of Environment in the UK. A strong advocate of marine conservation and sustainable development, Sian is currently leading the implementation of TLP’s visionary Ecosystem Enhancement Programme. Hailing originally from NZ, she loves the sea. As a regular contributor to Coastal Futures,…
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Rewilding, reforesting, down south
FC England is consulting on the future of its forests in an upland area, in a National Park – did you immediately think of Dartmoor? I bet you didn’t. See here and here for interesting, conservation-oriented takes on the proposals and the links that will allow you to express a view – by 19 July….
Truss misleads over waterfowl science
There is a very good article in today’s Times by Ben Webster with the headline ‘Lead ammunition to stay despite poisoning danger‘. Liz Truss, perhaps as one of her last acts, and indeed one of her first (as the least effective Environment Secretary ever), announced that people shooting birds for fun would not be required…
M&S in the news for planning to sell high-lead grouse meat
Chris Packham’s video which asks M&S not to sell grouse meat shot with lead in their stores, stating that he will boycott M&S if they do, and asking people to sign the petition to ban driven grouse shooting, has made the news. Perhaps for readers of this blog, the most interesting piece of the…
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56,000 signatures to get a debate in parliament ton the future of grouse shooting! We are on a roll! Brighton Pavilion joins the ‘200 club’. And the following join the ‘100 club’: Bognor Regis and Littlehampton Nick Gibb MP Mid Derbyshire Pauline Latham MP Dover Charlie Elphicke MP Cheltenham Alex Chalk MP Buckingham John Bercow…