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The blog that appeared here on 27 December, ‘Brexit deal: ten words that spell environmental damage‘ pointed out that the non-regression (otherwise known as non-backsliding on environmental protection) clause in our cooperation deal with the EU was very carefully worded, apparently to circumscribe the extent of that non-regression. On the same day (but I think,…

Jay – what a lovely bird! The Wild Justice blog asks the question ‘Is it lawful to kill a Jay under the current 2021 DEFRA general ‘conservation’ licence today? Or tomorrow? Or only much closer to the nesting season? Read all about it here.

Trees for Life crowdfunder to protect Scotland’s beavers raises £60,000 A crowdfunding appeal by Trees for Life to help protect Scotland’s endangered wild beavers has raised almost £60,000 – setting the scene for a court challenge to the Scottish Government’s beaver policy, which the charity says is causing needless loss of beavers’ lives. Trees for…

Since we’re in another fairly strict lockdown I had a glance at these figures which relate to all countries of the world. I’ve ordered them by deaths/million population ( the right hand column) since that seems an interesting comparison. Clearly, different countries will have different systems for recording COVID cases and attributing deaths from COVID…

Have a look at the Wild Justice blog – click here.