Conservation & Environment News - Week 25/09/07 - 01/10/07
UN climate summit - Greenpeace 25/09/07
New York, United States — The good news: The biggest environmental gathering of government leaders in many years showed the world is finally waking up to the urgency of climate change. The bad news: Time is running out.
Set aside decision risks environmental harm - Natural England 29/09/07
Responding to the government’s announcement on set aside today following on from the EU decision to reduce the land required to be set aside from agricultural production to 0%, Natural England and the Environment Agency have warned that loss of set-aside land on a large scale will be bad for the environment and biodiversity and regret there will be no safeguards in place to ensure that the environmental legacy of set aside is maintained.
Changes to deer legislation - Natural England 01/10/07
Changes to the law affecting deer management in England and Wales come into effect on 1 October 2007. These include new provisions for licensed control of deer in certain circumstances to prevent serious damage to the natural heritage or to prevent risk to public health or safety.
Set-aside lifeline hauled back in - RSPB 01/10/07
The decision today to scrap a measure that has helped farmland birds across Europe will damn many species to further declines.
Scheme to boost beaver population - BBC News 01/10/07
A plan to reintroduce beavers to the Scottish countryside has been launched by two conservation groups.
Wednesday, 19 December 2007
Conservation & Environment News - Week 18/09/07 - 24/09/07
Bitterns nest in the Fens for the first time since before the Second World War - Natural England 21/09/07
The recovery of the bittern - one of Britain’s most threatened birds - has taken a tentative step forward in 2007 with news that male bitterns were recorded at more sites than any other year since 1990, when detailed annual monitoring began.
Advice and reassurance for Agri-Environment Agreement holders - Natural England 21/09/07
Joint note from Natural England and the Rural Payments Agency – 21 September 2007
Moor project 'to protect raptors' - BBC News 20/09/07
A pioneering moorland experiment has been launched which could signal an end to the historic conflict between conservation and countryside economics.
Bitterns nest in the Fens for the first time since before the Second World War - Natural England 21/09/07
The recovery of the bittern - one of Britain’s most threatened birds - has taken a tentative step forward in 2007 with news that male bitterns were recorded at more sites than any other year since 1990, when detailed annual monitoring began.
Advice and reassurance for Agri-Environment Agreement holders - Natural England 21/09/07
Joint note from Natural England and the Rural Payments Agency – 21 September 2007
Moor project 'to protect raptors' - BBC News 20/09/07
A pioneering moorland experiment has been launched which could signal an end to the historic conflict between conservation and countryside economics.
Tuesday, 11 December 2007
Conservation & Environment News - Week 11/09/07 - 17/09/07
Conservation union finds 16,300 species threatened -Reuters 12/09/07
From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapagos Islands, more than 16,300 species are threatened with extinction, the World Conservation Union said on Wednesday in its annual Red List.
Conservation union finds 16,300 species threatened -Reuters 12/09/07
From the lowland gorillas of Africa to corals of the Galapagos Islands, more than 16,300 species are threatened with extinction, the World Conservation Union said on Wednesday in its annual Red List.
Conservation & Environment News - Week 04/09/07 - 10/09/07
Conservation alone 'is not enough' - BBC News 10/09/07
Ahead of Wednesday's publication of the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species, Dr Richard Leakey argues that conservation alone cannot save threatened species such as the mountain gorilla. In this week's Green Room, he calls for action on humans' needs as well.
Conservation alone 'is not enough' - BBC News 10/09/07
Ahead of Wednesday's publication of the 2007 Red List of Threatened Species, Dr Richard Leakey argues that conservation alone cannot save threatened species such as the mountain gorilla. In this week's Green Room, he calls for action on humans' needs as well.
Monday, 10 December 2007
Conservtation & Environment News - Week 28/08/07 - 03/09/07
Fires: Counting the eco-cost - BBC News 28/08/07
Look at the dramatic pictures, and it would be easy to conclude that the forest fires currently raging across regions of Greece would bring dramatic changes to landscapes and wildlife.
Fires: Counting the eco-cost - BBC News 28/08/07
Look at the dramatic pictures, and it would be easy to conclude that the forest fires currently raging across regions of Greece would bring dramatic changes to landscapes and wildlife.
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