Climate change is subtly altering average yearly and
seasonal temperatures on land and water and looks set to have a significant
impact on Northern Ireland's coastal ecology
First batch of grey partridges take flight from Fingal
farm
The first results of an ambitious nature conservation
project has literally taken flight with the release of the first batch
of native Grey Partridges from a Fingal farm.
Experts come together to discuss how to make landscapes
work for pollinators
Buglife and a number of conservation organisations,
farming groups and research institutions met in York this week to
discuss how strips of permanent wildflower-rich habitat called B-Lines
could help landscapes work better for pollinating insects in the future.
A new study by the University of Leeds is the first
to prove that major roads significantly reduce bat numbers, activity
and diversity – raising serious issues for how road construction
projects mitigate their impact on these protected species.
Conservationists called on Thursday for possession
of poisons used to illegally kill wildlife to be outlawed, as a
report showed dozens of birds of prey were killed last year.
CAP plans could damage agri-environment schemes -
Kendall
The NFU has called on the EU Commission to give a
clear commitment that farmers in agri-environment schemes will not
be penalised by its Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) reform plans.
One of Britain’s biggest wildlife charities
has been accused of trying to persuade children that landowners
are “criminals” by depicting the villain in a cartoon
strip as a wealthy estate owner.
Trump to fight Scottish wind-farm on every possible
front
Donald Trump is furious about a proposed off-shore
wind-farm near his £750 million golf resort development in
Menie on the Scottish Aberdeenshire coast - so much so that he has
written a letter to Alex Salmond.
The European Commission has asked France to address
the uncontrolled expansion of green algae on its coasts, threatening
to take the country before the European Court of Justice if the response
is deemed insufficient in the next months.
Frogs need all the help they can get. With the IUCN
Red List estimating that 41 percent of amphibians are endangered,
frogs are currently the world's most imperiled animal family.
New study reveals coral reefs may support much more
biodiversity
Smithsonian scientists and colleagues conducted the
first DNA barcoding survey of crustaceans living on samples of dead
coral taken from the Indian, Pacific and Caribbean oceans.
WWF launches ‘investment scheme’ to secure
future of the Coral Triangle
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has launched a
new regional campaign that encourages individuals to buy virtual property
across the Coral Triangle, the world’s centre of marine life.
Interpol on Wednesday launched a new campaign to coordinate
the global fight against tiger poaching, warning that failure to protect
the endangered cats would have economic and social repercussions.
Groups sue U.S. over GMO crops in wildlife refuges
Environmental and food safety groups filed suit on
Wednesday against the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, demanding
it end the cultivation of genetically modified crops on Midwestern
wildlife refuges.
A pair of breeding kiwi birds introduced eight months
ago into a remote valley overlooking Milford Sound are "a picture
of health", Department of Conservation (Doc) Te Anau rangers
said.
The state government has decided to permit four per
cent construction in the proposed biodiversity parks (BDP), but the
environmentalists are not prepared to let go of the hills so easily.
Vulnerable islands urge climate deal before end-2012
A group of island states most vulnerable to global
warming have lashed out against rich nations for wanting to delay
a new international climate pact until years after the Kyoto Protocol
on curbing carbon emissions expires in 2012.
Climate talks: China calls on developing countries
to 'step up'
Developing countries must step up with concrete plans
to cut carbon emissions to break the deadlock in beleaguered UN
climate talks, China's top climate change official has told the
Guardian.
Shipping’s share of UK carbon emissions could
rise from about 2.5 per cent to as high as 25 per cent by 2050 without
decisive action, according to the carbon emissions watchdog.
Hogan shifts policy on climate change as Bill 'not
a priority'
A radical shift in policy on climate change is to
be outlined by Minister for the Environment Phil Hogan today, when
he announces that a climate change Bill is not a priority.
Britain should move forward with developing carbon
capture and storage (CCS) demonstration projects to help meet climate
change targets, the government's advisory group on climate change
said, just weeks after a UK project was canceled.
