A guest blog from author Jules Howard on saving a rare spider Look at the image to the right of this text. This is the only photo that exists of...
30/03/2016
Saving the small things that run the planet
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Wildlife and the EU – it’s about responsibility, not power
Our environment is precious, fragile and in peril. Only by taking more responsibility for our negative impacts on wildlife and investing time, money and resolution into creating and maintaining space...
07/03/2016
Democracy, Evidence, Neonics, Oilseed Rape and Bees
It’s been a busy week for those of us working on the problem of pollinator declines and neonicotinoid pesticides. A week that has highlighted both the level of public concern...
11/12/2015
Wildlife Bill- Initial Buglife Response
Buglife welcomes the new Wildlife Bill, it represents an important step forward in the presentation of a modern and consistent legal framework to protect our precious wildlife. Broadly the Law...
11/11/2015
Will Liz Truss help lifting bees out of the toxic mire?
The harm to bees, birds and aquatic life from neonicotinoids has still not been resolved, and despite the mounting evidence the industry maintains these agrotoxins are both innocent and effective. ...
16/10/2015
Secret Pesticides Documents Revealed
Disclosures Deepen Controversy about Government’s Decision to Evade Bee-killing Pesticide Ban. In July, wildlife NGOs were dismayed, confused and indeed angered by the Government’s decision to allow the use of...
25/09/2015
The wonderful world of spiders
When conservationists talk about saving animals, we do tend to suffer from “vertebratism”, a preference for the cute and cuddly pandas, or the sleek tigers of the world. But conservation...
24/09/2015
In search of a little brown lacewing
After being awarded a grant by the Peoples Trust for Endangered Species (PTES), I have spent my summer walking around Holyrood Park in Edinburgh surveying for the Bordered brown lacewing...
20/08/2015
Sustainable Bug Conservation
Conserving life on earth is essential if we want a happy and wealthy future for the planet, but somehow it does not seem to rise to the top of the...
14/08/2015
Glorious Earthworms
People understand that earthworms are important, we respect and appreciate them; it is hard to hate an earthworm. It is also the case that we largely live in different worlds,...
17/07/2015