My NGO disinvestment policy

You might remember the list of New Year resolutions I suggested. Did you adopt any of them? Have you kept any of them? Did you try #4 – review the wildlife NGOs of which you are a member, and dump the low performers? I’ve taken that a bit further. I’ve cancelled all my Direct Debits…

President Juniper

Tony Juniper is the new President of the Wildlife Trusts. Tony says ‘It is a huge honour and privilege to be declared as the new President of The Wildlife Trusts.  This organisation is the very backbone of conservation in the UK and the work being undertaken right across the country, in the places where we…

It’s behind you – oh no it isn’t

Last Wednesday I asked five wildlife conservation organisations what they thought was the best thing that Defra had done for wildlife in 2015. After a bit of sucking of teeth they came back with these thoughts, three of which refer to Rory Stewart’s words on Thursday (would Plantlife, Butterfly Conservation and RSPB have been stumped…

A pertinent quote

  One of the many good things about writing a blog is that one learns things from the wise comments of one’s readers. This quote was posted by reader, Northern Diver (and I am very grateful to him or her) on my blog Too little, too late about NGO feebleness: ‘You have two babies very…

Too little, too late

The RSPB and the Wildlife Trusts have just woken up to the fact that this government isn’t doing much for the environment – and doesn’t intend to – and that it is the job of NGOs to put pressure on decision makers to do the right thing.  The best time to put on the pressure…