Conservation & Environment News - Week 29/04/08 - 05/05/08

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Urban planning needs green rethink - BBC News 29/04/08

The focus on greening homes and offices is ignoring the wider landscape of our towns and cities, argues Martha Schwartz. In this week's Green Room, she says 21st Century urban spaces must undergo a green revolution.

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CEH Launches Five Year Science Strategy - Centre for Ecology and Hydrology 01/05/08

CEH, part of the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC), launched its Science Strategy for 2008-2013, Integrated Science for Our Changing World, on 30 April 2008. The launch event was held at the Royal Society in London, the UK’s national science academy, with many stakeholders in attendance.

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Plan for greener dairy industry - BBC News 02/05/08

The dairy industry and environment ministers are to give details of how they intend to reduce the effects milk production has on the environment.

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Mayday call for at-risk riverfly - BBC News 04/05/08

A mayfly is making a comeback on rivers in the central belt of Scotland following years of decline.

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Climate change could hit tropical wildlife hardest - Reuters 05/05/08

Polar bears may have it relatively easy. It's the tropical creatures that could really struggle if the climate warms even a few degrees in places that are already hot, scientists reported on Monday.