This job is pretty well hidden on the WWT website – it took me a while to find even though I’d been told it was there.
An opportunity – closing date 1 March
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Category: THE WILDLIFE NGOs – RSPB, Wildlife Trusts Wild Justice, BSBI etc
Wild Justice writes to DEFRA
See the Wild Justice blog for a copy of the letter giving DEFRA a prod.
RSPB press release – where those 2 billion trees should go
New maps reveal how the UK could deliver the 2 billion trees recommended by government advisors New research analysing soil types in the UK can be used to determine where woodland expansion could be focused in the future as the UK plans for 2bn new trees The analysis warns that planting the wrong type of…
Woodland Trust hacking
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This comment was posted today on my post of 27 January about the Woodland Trust website being hacked and I reproduce it here because I think it’s interesting (and sounds plausible); It’s the same virus that hit SEPA (see https://www.sepa.org.uk/about-us/cyber-attack/), who to be honest are being a lot more forthcoming with informing the public about…
Craig Bennet of Wildlife Trusts digs into peat failings of government
Ten minutes into Farming Today Craig Bennet is talking about the government’s failure to publish its Peat Strategy for England. It’s well worth a listen. He says the right things, and says them well. Top marks overall. He ended on a bit of a low note though when Anna Hill asked whether conservationists and farmers…
Omnishambles
Have you ever had a colleague at work who promises everything but consistently delivers work which is of poor quality and usually arrives late too? They’re the worst aren’t they? They may be well-meaning, they may be the life and soul of the party and great fun socially but they are a total waste of…
Thank you!
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Thank you to the regular reader and occasional commenter on this blog who sent me a nice card and a cheque for £25. He, for it was a he, said he’d won this on the Premium Bonds and would like to give it to me to split between Wild Justice and the World Land Trust,…
RSPB press release – Art of Saving Species exhibition
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Springwatch’s Gillian Burke has guest-curated a collection of pieces for the Art of Saving Species exhibition which launches online today. There are few people who would claim Monday mornings are their favourite time of the week but with little to look forward to on weekends the gloomy winter dark mornings are even harder to bear….
RSPB statement on Public Accounts Committee report: achieving long term environmental goals
RSPB Chief Exec Beccy Speight says: This inquiry has laid bare the urgent need for Government to get a grip on the nature crisis. Ten years after pledging to ‘improve the natural environment within a generation’ the reality is that 15 per cent of the UK’s wildlife is at risk of extinction. Positive words and…
Wild Justice asks GWCT…
… to fact check Secretary of State, George Eustice’s statements on gamebirds for scientific accuracy – click here.