British butterflies the subjects of pioneering research
The study, published in the journal Molecular Ecology,
reveals that climate change is causing certain species to move and
adapt to a range of new habitats.
Poisonous mushrooms flourishing in mild British weather
kill pet dog
A family watched their pet dog die in agony after he
ate a toadstool which are flourishing across the British countryside
thanks to the mild winter weather.
Government mugging of England’s wildlife protection
Not content with proposing to sell off vast swathes
of the Public Forest Estate and introducing a presumption in favour
of ‘sustainable development’ in their planning bill, the
‘greenest government ever’ has bowed again to pressure
from developers ...
Turtle doves and partridges among wild birds in steep
decline in Britain
Farmland birds in Britain have declined to their lowest
numbers ever recorded, despite efforts in some parts of the country
to protect them from damaging changes to their habitats.
Pheasant releasing is the driving force for retaining
hedges rich in wildlife
New research by the Hampshire based Game and Wildlife
Conservation Trust shows that pheasant releasing is one of the main
incentives for managing and planting hedgerows in England, thereby
conserving a wide range of wildlife.
British butterflies are heading north as global temperatures
rise, new research suggests.
The study, published in the journal Molecular Ecology, reveals
that climate change is causing certain species to move and adapt to
a range of new habitats.
Report casts doubts on Government’s carbon
forecasts for HS2
A new report shows that, contrary to Government forecasts,
High Speed 2 (HS2) could in fact cut carbon emissions, but only
if specific policies are put in place.
A bid to secure a national nature designation for
Breckland has failed, prompting frustrated calls for the under-appreciated
landscape to be given wider recognition.
Fears have been raised that one of Yorkshire’s
most famous scenes will be blighted by a vast new offshore wind
farm being built five miles off the region’s coastline.
The Ochils under threat of industrialisation by more
wind turbine plans
The Ochils, currently a draw for walkers of all abilities,
will be “fatally compromised” if the latest wave of
wind turbines plans gain planning consent.
I just wrote this for former Labour biodiversity
minister Barry Gardiner MP’s IPOAK website – I don’t
know when he’ll post it but you can read it here now.
George Osborne is not a climate sceptic, the Energy
and Climate Change Secretary, Chris Huhne, was obliged to pronounce
yesterday, in the face of growing criticism of the Chancellor's
commitment to Britain's environmental agenda and in particular to
UK plans to combat global warming.
A programme to rally the UK to help tackle the crisis
facing nature has received overwhelming support, with people taking
over one a million steps in just six months.
Scientists set to revise species count from 10 million
to 100 million
Evolutionary biologists have long-since believed there
are about 10 million different species on earth, but that figure is
set to be revised upwards, with predictions it could be as high as
100 million.
A brighter future for Europe’s rarest migratory
songbird
Aquatic Warbler, the rarest and the only globally threatened
passerine bird in mainland Europe, is facing a brighter future thanks
to six years of intensive work within a LIFE project ...
"No one is allowed to sleep until we find it.''
Ecologist Dr James Smith is half joking but the force of his voice
suggests he is determined, even a bit desperate.
The state government has come out with the final notification
of Bhimgad Wildlife Sanctuary in Khanapur taluk giving recognition
to the efforts of Belgaum forest division on Thursday.
New EU fisheries fund: a shift towards sustainability?
On Friday 2 December, the European Commission has made
a step in retargeting EU fisheries subsidies towards sustainable fishing
and supporting marine life and ecosystems, while increasing transparency
and conditionality of the fund.
U.N. climate chief sees air clearing
on cut pledges
The U.N.'s climate chief said on
Saturday she believes countries can snap the deadlock that has lasted
for years and sign up to fresh and binding commitments to cut greenhouse
gases, after a week of climate talks between nearly 200 countries.
China gave U.N. climate talks a lift on Friday by
confirming it may sign up to a legally binding deal to cut emissions
of heat-trapping gases, a move that could help rescue talks about
the future of the Kyoto Protocol, observers said.
Japan believes extending Kyoto Protocol emission
cuts is not nearly enough to tackle the greenhouse gas blamed for
global warming and is looking for a fresh deal that covers all major
emitters, its climate envoy said Friday.
India said the world should concentrate on extending
the Kyoto Protocol limiting greenhouse gases, joining the U.S. and
China in rejecting a European Union proposal for talks aimed at
drawing up a new treaty.
Climate fund talks in disarray as US refuses to sign
deal
Emergency talks are continuing this morning in a
bid to rescue a proposed climate fund which is central to securing
meaningful resolutions from the UN's climate change conference in
Durban.
Thousands of anxious environmentalists, hard-eyed
negotiators and bemused journalists gathered in Durban this week
for the UN’s annual climate-change circus.
The Arctic has entered a new era. The region has
shifted to conditions of warmer air and water, less ice cover on
the sea and more vegetation growing on land, says an international
team of scientists in this year's Arctic Report Card
UN aviation body probes four main climate change
options
The United Nations body that oversees civil aviation
is considering four main options to address greenhouse emissions
from jetliners, and has not yet made any decisions, a spokesman
said on Thursday.
