Guest blog – A service-based environment? by Jonathan Baker

Jonathan Baker is a graduate of Bath Spa University and Imperial College London and currently a consultant at Collingwood Environmental Planning where understanding what ecosystem services are and what they mean for environmental and planning policy is a fascination. Thoughts on our evolving consideration of the relationship between biodiversity and ecosystem services and what this…

Guest blog – Where are all the women? by Sue Walker

My name is Sue Walker and I’m a freelance writer and interpretation consultant for nature conservation organisations, mostly in Scotland. I have my own blog called ‘Writes for Nature’ www.writesfornature.blogspot.com. My thanks go to Mark for giving me the chance to write a guest blog here. His own pithy, witty and well-informed blogs make him…

Guest blog – Save wildlife. Stop birdwatching! by Andrew Lucas

Andrew works part-time for the Countryside Council for Wales, and is also a part-time postgraduate student at Swansea University. The views expressed here are his own.   Recently, I found myself at some traffic lights when an enormous, gleaming, silver SUV pulled up along side me.  At such moments I am insufferably smug.  Here I…

Guest blog – Every little helps? by Matt Williams

Matt Williams is a campaigner and organiser. He is Co-Director of the UK Youth Climate Coalition and is also undertaking a masters in Development Studies at Cambridge University. He regularly blogs at mattadamwilliams.co.uk    How much is the RSPB’s new partnership with Tesco really benefiting nature? I must preface this blog by stating that I’ve…