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Wildlife and environment charities have often bemoaned the lack of leadership from individuals in high level positions of power and influence.  On the 24 May 2015 the Pope produced an...

03/07/2015

In a momentous decision an unprotected wildlife site, home to a globally endangered spider, has been saved from destruction. The failure of the state to adequately protect endangered wildlife meant...

19/06/2015

The new UK Government has been painfully slow to appoint a minister for the Natural Environment who will be responsible for fixing pollinator declines and has yet to confirm that...

05/06/2015

The EU has started a review of the Habitats and Birds Directives. There are profound concerns that the intention of the UK and other national governments is to weaken the...

22/05/2015

As I write the final results are just in and the Conservative Party have a clear, but small, 5 seat majority, which is however 99 more seats than the next...

08/05/2015

Bee decline is the number one environmental concern of the UK public and we are in the midst of a slew of new and shocking evidence about the impact of...

24/04/2015

A reappraisal of a Government scientific study has raised serious concerns about the scientific integrity of the pro-neonicotinoid UK Government – were civil servants distorting science so that it supported...

30/03/2015

The internet today has been thrumming with a news story about a lady from Bristol, some bananas from Tesco, and a deadly spider from Costa Rica.  But what is the...

14/03/2015

As Spring starts to take hold in Glasgow, the Toryglen meadow project comes to an end, but something new is bursting forth from it like a phoenix from the flame!...

02/03/2015