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8 April 2002 |
The conference hopes to build on the Convention on Biological Diversity agreed 10 years ago at the Rio Earth Summit in Brazil |
Wildlife protection under review |
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6 April 2002 |
... thrushes in the more disturbed fragments had more asymmetry |
Asymmetrical birds may soon be at risk |
| "Close contact with nature is essential to everyone's quality of life" |
Grants awards pass £3m for local nature |
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Paradise preserved - protecting our sepulchral heritage |
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5 April 2002 |
"These substantial three-year grants offer long-term solid support to voluntary groups" |
Wildlife projects awarded £4.2 million |
| Friends of the Earth says more than three-quarters of Britain's top firms have failed the Prime Minister's challenge |
Government under pressure over firms' 'green reporting' |
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| "You could put the system in a river or factory process stream to monitor the mixtures flowing through it" |
Electronic 'tongue' developed for environmental monitoring |
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30 March 2002 |
The chalk grassland is home to species
such as the Adonis blue butterfly, bee orchids and late spider orchids
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Byers gives free rein to Folkestone white horse |
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29 March 2002 |
The group fears Mr Byers' decision
will pave the way for planning permission for airports, and roads in other
wildlife sites
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Byers in environmental row |
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28 March 2002 |
Most bass at places like the Manacles and Runnelstones are little more than a kilo |
Mid-water trawling detrimental to sea bass |
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27 March 2002 |
"Together we can deliver more sustainable food and farming industries which contribute to thriving rural economies and protect and enhance our environment" |
Meeting on the future of food and farming |
| An Organic stewardship scheme should be set up immediately |
Soil Association urges action on 4 key areas of the Curry Report |
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| Around 60 protesters from Peat Alert have set up camp on the edge of the moor |
Peat Alert demonstrators arrested |
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26 March 2002 |
In stretches of the rivers Aire and Nene all male fish have been feminised |
Action on river pollution from Pill |
| A condition of the deal is to allow peat extraction to continue on Hatfield moor |
Peat stripping must stop now, say protesters |
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| Hyperspectral imaging allows almost instantaneous data collection |
Hyperspectral remote imaging: a better ecology tool |
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25 March 2002 |
"We do not dispute that rigs attract fish - they are magnets, but not necessarily breeding grounds, which they need to be to justify them being called reefs" |
Anger at BP plan to abandon equipment in North Sea |
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24 March 2002 |
Ministers agreed that creating a network of significant undisturbed areas by 2004 was the only way to prevent further decline |
Ministers agree to tackle bycatch |
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23 March 2002 |
... chemicals contained in waste water
from oil platforms stunted the growth of the fish and disrupted their
breeding patterns
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| Over-fishing threatens to wipe out species such as cod, hake, haddock and mackerel |
North Sea states urge halt to plundering of fish |
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| Although the commission said it welcomed the Government’s Planning Green Paper, it had some concerns |
Planning system fails the public, says commission |
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22 March 2002 |
... beam trawling ... has wiped out
many seabed species
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North Sea in crisis as skate dies out |
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21 March 2002 |
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Greenbelt 'must be used for 84,000 new homes a year' |
| ... current beach litter levels are at unacceptable levels, posing a threat to wildlife |
Beach litter 'at unacceptable levels' |
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20 March 2002 |
The targets include installing 1,000 bat roosting and hibernation boxes, creating 250 new protection measures for otters and 20 artificial otter holts and creating 150 new ponds as hibernation sites for newts |
Highway BAP announced |
| The two-stage scheme by British Waterways will restore or build over 300 miles of canals |
UK unveils massive canal revamp |
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19 March 2002 |
Land in this area has a market price
of about £3,000 an acre but the RSPB believes the outlay can be justified
for wetland habitat creation
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Wetlands plan to save birds |
| Fish farms and the culture of foreign shellfish have brought in pests, but the main problem is alien species transported in ballast |
Exotic species threaten North Sea wildlife |
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| "Very strong winds cause the seabed, where the starfish are feeding on shellfish, to be disturbed and the starfish are washed ashore" |
Thousands of starfish washed up |
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18 March 2002 |
It found that, on average, just under 50 per cent of the male fish had developed eggs in their testes |
Male fertility fears over pollution in water supply |
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17 March 2002 |
"If it is licensed it will result
in the suction dredging of hundreds of millions of tons of the seabed
and the associated marine species that live there"
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Marine life put at risk by plans to dredge the Channel's seabed |
| A statutory authority would be set up to licence and police the pursuit |
Fox hunt deal will outlaw hare coursing |
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16 March 2002 |
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MPs approve marine wildlife bill |
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14 March 2002 |
The wildlife indicator shows a rise in woodland bird species population but no rise for farmland birds |
UK quality of life barometer rises - Meacher |
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13 March 2002 |
... at least a third of England's 33,500 pig, dairy and poultry farmers ... will have to export a large share of the 80 million tons of animal manure produced in Britain |
Farmers warn Beckett over 'EU manure mountains' |
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12 March 2002 |
The ministers are concentrating their fire on the EC's Habitats Directive |
Blair backs plans to build on wildlife sites |
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"We need to look at things on
a much larger geographical scale, particularly with the challenges of
global warming"
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| "The more fragmented the industry gets, with little groups setting up all over the country, the more difficult it will be to balance supply and demand" |
Organic business 'fragmented' |
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11 March 2002 |
Patrick Moore, the founder of Greenpeace
International - who has since turned against the extremists in the environmental
movement - has launched a vigorous campaign to defend Lomborg and his
views
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Glum greens vs eco-optimists in global mudfight |
| "We are running the risk of actually losing stocks completely" |
IVF plan hatched to save salmon |
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10 March 2002 |
Grazing and burning the heath and
heather is better for the wildlife, deer, grouse, lapwings and curlews
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Let's keep it wild and woolly |
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