From Rewilding Britain Thanks to significant river restoration projects, kingfisher sightings in the capital have increased by 450% since 2000. London has 400 miles of riverways, three-quarters of which are encased below ground in concrete and metal tubes. Since 2000, more than 20 miles have been restored. These rewilding efforts have also seen an increase […]
Are wildlife groups “collaborating in the destruction of nature” or working in partnership to deliver more green infrastructure on the ground? Commentator George Monbiot argues the former in this powerful piece.
The Wildlife Trusts’ ‘Beavers are back, but their future is not secure. The Wildlife Trust are calling for a beaver strategy for England. The Wildlife Trusts have pioneered the reintroduction of beavers to Britain ever since Kent Wildlife Trust released these industrious creatures into a fenced area of fenland in 2001. Then followed the Scottish […]
Ali Morse, Water Policy Manager at the Wildlife Trusts uses this blog to introduce the key pressures facing the water environment and how best they can be tackled using a holistic approach. May 2020 Managing the freshwater environment is indeed a tricky balance; we expect our waters to support wildlife, provide drinking supplies, take away […]
BBC: A seafood salesman has been given a two-year suspended jail sentence for smuggling an estimated £53m worth of endangered live eels out of the UK. Gilbert Khoo, 67, transported the eels from London to Hong Kong, hidden underneath chilled fish, between 2015 and 2017, a court heard. He was caught after Border Force officers […]
A WARNING SIGN FROM OUR PLANET: NATURE NEEDS LIFE SUPPORT Plummeting numbers of mammals, reptiles, amphibians, birds and fish around the world are an urgent sign that nature needs life support. Our Living Planet Report 2018 shows population sizes of wildlife decreased by 60% globally between 1970 and 2014. For the last 20 years, scientists from ZSL, WWF and other […]
Many of you will be aware of the alarming rate of decline of much of the UK’s wildlife affecting terrestrial and freshwater environments in particular. The Walk for Wildlife and the Manifesto for Wildlife address these issues very directly by providing a wide range of ideas for action. The links below will take you to […]
Defra & Natural England’s response to George Monbiot in the Guardian George Monbiot writes in the Guardian today raising concern over the functions of Natural England. He cites the recent (June) House of Lords NERC Act 2006 committee report that highlighted reductions to the budget of Natural England. The government responded to the committee report in May. Defra response […]