Legal killing of 1-in-5 Scottish beavers spotlights need for fresh approach across Britain The killing of 87 beavers in Scotland – one fifth of the country’s population – proves there is an urgent need for humans to live more sympathetically alongside beavers across Britain, the Beaver Trust said today. The Trust said lethal control of…
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Press release – the Beaver Trust
Over 60 Leading Wildlife and Conservation NGOs Support Faster Beaver Restoration More than 60 leading conservation, wildlife and nature organisations have come together to support an appeal by Beaver Trust to speed up the restoration of beavers to Britain. “The loss of beavers from our natural environment has coincided with a dramatic decline of the…
Guest blog – The Bureaucrats and the Beavers by Derek Gow
Derek Gow is a farmer. A previous guest blog here, about rewilding his farm (and much else besides), Winds of Change 4 February 2019, was one of the most popular posts on this blog in all time. His second guest blog, I must tell you something of the Beaver was about the subject which he…
Tim Melling – Malayan Porcupine
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Tim writes: The name implies that this is a tropical species but it also occurs throughout the Southern Himalayas, so also goes by the name of Himalayan Porcupine (Histrix brachyura). Its scientific name translates as short-tailed porcupine, even though its tail is quite long, but this distinguishes it from the Long-tailed Porcupine (Trichys fasciculata), which…
Guest blog: Nature’s Climate Rebels by Eva Bishop of the Beaver Trust
I work on climate, ecological and environmental issues, with a history in renewable energy and conservation. But most things I do now are in response to the climate emergency; I want to help people and wildlife adapt because I believe things are going to get a lot worse, pretty quickly. As a personal response I…
National Trust celebrates its 125th anniversary with new ambitions – press release
National Trust outlines fresh ambition in landmark speech by Director General Charity will become carbon net zero by 2030 20 million trees to be planted and established over ten years to tackle climate change, creating new woodland ‘one and a half times the size of Manchester or equivalent to 42 new Sherwood Forests’ Ambitious plans…
Launched today
This report, launched at 11am today at an event hosted by the Green Party, is different. It is written by a small group of wildlife enthusiasts, none of whom has worked at a high level in nature conservation but all of whom are respected authorities on the natural world. The authors are Patrick Barkham (Guardian…
Press release – Nature of Scotland Awards
Celebrating the champions of Scottish Nature Last night the winners of the Nature of Scotland Awards 2019 were announced by Gordon Buchanan. RSPB Scotland and co-sponsor Scottish Natural Heritage were proud to celebrate some of the people and projects from across the country that are doing their best to save nature, at the eighth annual Nature of Scotland Awards. The awards presentation was held at the Sheraton…
Election watch (14) – A Labour plan for nature
At last! A serious and detailed plan for nature from a political party; 46 pages on how government can, and a Labour government would, save nature. Here are some quotes, rather a lot of quotes, from the document followed by my analysis of whether it is any good or not. I am pretty sure that…
Press release – National Trust to release Beavers in England
National Trust announces first beaver reintroductions The National Trust has announced plans to release Eurasian beavers at two sites in the south of England next spring to help with flood management and to improve biodiversity. The beaver reintroductions will be the first made by the conservation charity, linking to its ambitions to create priority habitats…