Iceland has had a general election and the results of it may have implications for whaling, climate change action and the composition of the EU. Iceland is a small country geographically with a very small population – its land area is just under half of that of the UK but its population is less than…
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Guest blog – Nature conservation and climate change: are we doing enough? by Olly Watts
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Olly Watts has been with the RSPB for more than 25 years, involved with how climate change affects nature, and what the nature conservation should do about that, for much of that time. He’s also been involved with peatland conservation for many years and is eagerly awaiting the end to using peat in our gardens….
This blog (10) – from here on
This blog, Standing up for Nature, is run by Mark Avery and has provided content for over a decade: 8,443 posts so far and 8.2m pageviews. From now on, 21 April 2021, this blog will post only at weekends with authored posts by Mark Avery, guest blogs and book reviews. All existing content will remain….
This blog (6) – your comments
A blog without comments looks like it isn’t read or doesn’t interest the world. Over the last decade this blog has received just under 76,000 comments on its over 8,000 blog posts – in round numbers that’s around 20 comments a day and getting on for 10 comments per post. I’ve read every single one…
This blog (2)
Things that happened during the last decade: 2011: First blog here First guest blog here by the still unknown-to-most-people, Mr White – the first of nearly 400 guest blogs published to date (this blog will still accept guest blogs) I travel across the USA and then come back I start writing a monthly column for…
This blog (1)
If you visit this blog a week today, on 22 April, you won’t find a new post here as this blog is downsizing for 6 months – and then I’ll decide what to do next. If that comes as a complete shock to you, as it has to a few people I’ve spoken to over…
British Wildlife April 2021
This is a particularly good issue of the almost always particularly good British Wildlife. From Peter Marren, arguing for Swanscombe Peninsula to be protected, to Twitcher in the Swamp demonstrating that he (is Twitcher a he? I believe so) has supernatural powers to write about nature conservation in a sardonic but meaningful way, it is…
The future of this blog
This blog is 9 years, 11 months and 1 day old. On 21 April it will undergo a significant downshift for at least six months. From 22 April I will not normally post any material from Monday-Friday inclusive. At weekends I will post any guest blogs that have captured my attention and I will continue…
Professional? Or professional foul?
This is an interesting report in a local newsletter. I feel that, whatever the rights and wrongs of this particular case, this is a significant issue. Carrying out weak environmental assessments for developers is a gravy train.
The EU – remember them?
Well done LPO!