No let-up in net loss of UK’s nature The UK’s wildlife continues to decline according to the State of Nature 2019 report. The latest findings show that since rigorous scientific monitoring began in the 1970s there has been a 13% decline in average abundance across wildlife studied and that the declines continue unabated. Following the…
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Press release – State of Nature Partnership (Scotland)
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Urgent action needed to halt continued decline of Scotland’s wildlife. Scotland’s wildlife continues to decline, according to the most comprehensive State of Nature report ever produced. The latest findings show that in the five decades since consistent scientific monitoring began there has been a 24% decline in average species abundance across monitored wildlife. The report…
Guest blog – World Land Trust Big Match Fortnight by Andrew Langley
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World Land Trust’s Big Match Fortnight 3 October is the start of World Land Trust’s Big Match Fortnight, ending on 17 October, which this year is raising funds for their Scorched Earth to Forest Haven appeal. This appeal is aiming to raise £575,000 to begin transforming 246 acres of barren slopes in an area of…
Wild Justice replies to Defra’s offer of a review of gamebird releases
Wild Justice’s legal challenge of gamebird releases has forced Defra to agree to a review of this activity and its impacts on sites of nature conservation importance (Special Areas of Conservation and Special Protection Areas for birds). It is fairly important to note that this review would not apply only to gamebird releases inside the…
The Glover review (2) – the National Landscapes Service
The fairly new idea of a National Landscapes Service is poorly sketched out here – I’m attracted by the idea but I’m mostly attracted by my idea of what it should be as I am not at all sure what this report is recommending. In various places (see most particularly pp138-39) the NLS is setting…
Press release – Campaign for National Parks
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Ambitious proposals in “biggest shakeup” – findings of the Glover review renew vision for National Parks Major changes to the running of National Parks have been proposed today in an independent review of England’s designated landscapes led by Julian Glover. Campaign for National Parks, the only national charity that campaigns to protect, enhance and promote…
Hold the front page?
What do various website’s home pages say about the climate strike? Here are four websites where the message is prominent and positive; And here are some websites where one might have expected some mention of the climate strike but there isn’t…
The RSPB cohort
I was listening to Today this morning to hear John Humphrys’s last programme (and rather moving it was too) and so I caught an interview between JH and the new Woodland Trust CEO, my former colleague Darren Moorcroft. Congratulations to Darren – I wish him every success. But it got me thinking about all the…
Press release – Campaign for National Parks
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A wake up call in our National Parks for our politicians Campaign for National Parks, the only national, independent charity dedicated to protecting and enhancing the National Parks in England and Wales, has urged Government to demonstrate leadership on the future of National Parks. The call follows the first day of the UK National Parks…
BTO review of general licence species in Scotland good review, poor summary
It’s worth having a look at this blog on the Wild Justice website. A review of the impact of various avian predators (currently covered by General Licence 1 in Scotland) was carried out by the BTO for SNH. The review looks pretty good but its summary is quite misleading – it is the equivalent of…