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This Guardian headline is a bit misleading as the text of the Oceana report shows that the assessment covered 104 stocks, and for getting on for half of them there were too few data to be confident on stock state one way or the other. 20% of stocks were in critical condition and 36% were…

My yesterday was divided between an excellent meeting with World Land Trust trustees and quite a lot of activity with my legal team ahead of next week’s Court of Appeal brood-meddling hearing. On the former, despite the impacts of covid, 2020 was a successful year as far as fund-raising was concerned, but also more importantly,…

Is Scotland ready for the return of lynx? An extensive and impartial study to assess people’s views about the possible reintroduction of Eurasian lynx to the Scottish Highlands is being launched this month by a new partnership of the charities SCOTLAND: The Big Picture, Trees for Life and Vincent Wildlife Trust. Ecological research has shown…