It is a feathered friend which, more than any other, represents
the bird protection movement in this country - the emblem of the RSPB and holding
a special place in the hearts and minds of conservationists.
There
is a strange absence in the air — and one slowly realises that there are no robins
singing. They have fallen silent because they are all going into the moult.
British birds will suffer from the disappearance of set-aside
land
Remember those obscene European
food mountains? I'll bet you always thought they were for the birds. If so, as
it turns out, you were more right than any of us realised.
The RSPB has raised "serious
concerns" about the Flixbrough Grange windfarm development, revealing rare birds
live in the area of the proposed development.
The Peak District National Park faces disfigurement if the High
Court fails to stop four 335ft (102m) wind turbines being built on its doorstep,
it was claimed yesterday.
Clean coal technology support proposed in new Energy Bill
An Energy Bill was today proposed for the forthcoming session
of Parliament as part of the government's plans to "lead the world in breakthrough
clean coal technology".
Proposed farm legislation such as the electronic identification
of sheep and disease cost and responsibility sharing could put sensitive habitats
under threat, according to the NFU.
Devon
Wildlife Trust has awarded the first of its capital works grants to a landowner
in North Devon as part of the charity's Working Wetlands project.
Environment: green jobs to rise to
a million by 2017
Among the many
jobs proposed in Gordon Brown's statement today, 400,000 will have a green tinge
by 2017. That will take the total British employment in the sector to more than
a million.
Desperate
bid to save finches that changed the world
British
conservationists are to launch an ambitious project to safeguard the future of
a colony of Galapagos finches which inspired Charles Darwin to formulate his radical
theory of evolution.
Forestry review calls for tougher
sanctions against loggers
Forestry
agreements set up by the Federal Government have done little to protect the environment
from logging, a review of Australia's national environmental laws has found.
Government must secure stronger
protection for rainforests say MPs
A
committee of MPs has warned that developed countries must change their patterns
of consumption in order to prevent deforestation and tackle climate change.
"Bagh
Bachao, Jungle Bachao, Bharat Bachao" is the rallying cry of NGOs and activists
across India, and they're right: Save the Tiger, Save the Forest, Save India.
New grassroots approach helps conserve Fijian forest
The people of Kadavu (Fiji) could become a model for other Pacific
Island nations following a new BirdLife conservation initiative that is helping
to protect forests in island countries around the region.
Staples
such as cassava on which millions of people depend become more toxic and produce
much smaller yields in a world with higher carbon dioxide levels and more drought,
Australian scientists say.
Extinction risk to plant biodiversity may occur at lower levels
of atmospheric CO2
Scientists have
traced a sudden collapse in plant biodiversity in ancient Greenland, some 200
million years ago, to a relatively small rise in atmospheric carbon dioxide which
caused a rise in the Earth’s temperature.
Obama 'confident' on Senate action on climate bill
President Barack Obama said Monday he was confident the Senate
would move forward on a bill imposing historic US caps on greenhouse gases already
passed by the House of Representatives.
Consumers will need
to pay more for energy if the UK is to have any chance of developing the technologies
needed to tackle climate change, according to a group of leading scientists and
engineers.
Victory on climate change boosts
president's position
The epic battle
over universal health care is still to be fought, but Barack Obama moved to capitalise
on a defining moment of his presidency yesterday ...
Australia's planned carbon-emissions
trading scheme got a lift Sunday when the opposition Liberal Party withdrew its
threat to block enabling legislation passing through parliament.
Australian
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd on Sunday hailed as an example to Australia the U.S.
House of Representatives passage of a bill to reduce greenhouse gas emissions
in the United States
