Scientific consensus on lead

Scientists occasionally produce consensus statements on issues. These are designed to be statements on what the science is and what it might mean. Here’s one on lead ammunition: ‘We, the undersigned, with scientific expertise in lead and human and/or environmental health, draw attention to the overwhelming scientific evidence, summarised below, on the toxic effects of…

Trust

My December Birdwatch column nudges the National Trust towards doing a bit more for nature – after all it is a massive land owner with a massive membership. My case is not that the National Trust does nothing, nor that it does nothing of any value, but that it could, and should , be doing…

Government attacks your right to environmental justice

This blog has made occasional attempts to highlight the attacks by this government on access to environmental justice (eg Guest blog by Carol Day Fifty shades of Grayling, 14 March 2014 but also UK fails to provide citizens with access to environmental rights, 12 June 2015). These matters are terribly dull but terribly important. They…

Guest blog – GWCT confused by Dr Ruth Tingay

Dr Ruth Tingay is a raptor conservationist with field experience from North & Central America, Europe, Africa, Central and SE Asia. She studied the critically endangered Madagascar Fish Eagle for a PhD at Nottingham University and is a past president of the Raptor Research Foundation. She’s currently researching the illegal persecution of raptors & its…

Inglorious listed as a nature book of the year – twice

It’s always nice to be noticed and praised – and that’s what book of the year lists do – see mine here. So, it was obviously very pleasing to see Inglorious listed in two book-of-the-year lists yesterday – the Guardian and The Times.  In both cases Inglorious was nestling in with lots of good reads…