In the database there are 82 agreements listed. I’m not copying a spreadsheet for you here but I’m sure that Natural England would be happy to provide information to you as they have to me. One wonders why they don’t list them somewhere – 82 in two and a bit years isn’t so many. But…
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Guest blog – Right to Roam by Nick Hayes
I am the author of The Book of Trespass, a polemic that investigates the historic roots of our forced exclusion from nature, and argues why we need to reconnect. I am incredibly grateful to Mark for the opportunity to write to you, and would like to give you a view behind the scenes of our…
Press release – Beavers, Scottish Rewilding Alliance
Call for fresh approach as Scotland’s beaver killing season begins The future of Scotland’s fragile population of wild beavers is at risk as this year’s beaver killing season begins, says the Scottish Rewilding Alliance, a coalition of 24 leading environmental charities, countryside access organisations, businesses and community groups. Scotland’s baby beavers are officially seen as no…
Press release – Beaver Trust
Diverse group call for long-term plan for England’s beavers Government asked to allow wild beaver populations to remain and expand naturally in England Beavers should be recognised as native and given appropriate legal status Robust national management framework with funding and local support is required Licensed releases including from enclosures should be planned on suitable…
Looking back on the last week…
This week of the year has become a busy one in my life in recent years. The run up to Hen Harrier Day, the day itself, the Inglorious 12th and the aftermath of that day create a fair amount of activity. So, how have things gone? Not much grouse shooting this year? There are lots…
Natural England and crowdfunding
Last year I wrote about Natural England asking you for your money, through crowdfunding, to carry out a mixture of tasks which ranged from the daft to what seemed to me to be Natural England’s statutory duties (and therefore what I was paying for through my taxes). Tony Juniper responded to the ENDS report with…
BASC and NE – cosiness
Natural England has a range of memoranda of understanding and partnership agreements with a range of organisations. That’s not unusual (although my experience is that it is only the shakiest of professional relationships that need such generalised written agreements). I’ve asked Natural England about some of these and heard back from them about their agreement…
Labour calls for grouse shooting to be licensed
On the Inglorious 12th, the opening day of the Red Grouse shooting season, Luke Pollard, shadow DEFRA Secretary said: The government has failed to cut wildlife crime and a decade of austerity has left these birds [protected raptors] vulnerable to poaching, with fewer police preventing poaching and fewer officers able to catch those responsible. We…
The Tory response to our e-action – pathetic!
You’ve got to give it to the Tories, they are quite efficient and are already sending out standard responses to their constituents about the future of driven grouse shooting. It’s a shame that the responses, presumably from Conservative Central Office and perhaps with some help from DEFRA, are inaccurate and misleading. I have yet to…
Natural England’s specific general licences from 2019
Recap: Bob Berzins discovered that Natural England had issued what amounted to a general licence for conservation purposes after they had stopped issuing general licences for conservation purposes (sounds odd doesn’t it – see Bob’s guest blogs Natural England licences; a cover up? Part 1 and Natural England licences; a cover up? Part 2). And…