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Pondering the next 25 years for nature as I turn 25

Published on: 13 February 2017

I turn 25 this year, providing timely impetus to consider how the UK’s environment may change over the next quarter-century and how we can ensure that change is for the better.

Bringing farmland ponds to the fore in agri-environment schemes

Published on: 7 February 2017

Government must take bold and decisive action on UK ivory trade

Published on: 6 February 2017

Over the past decade, Africa’s elephants have been brutally slaughtered, in huge numbers, to supply ivory to seemingly insatiable illegal international markets.

An opportunity to deliver healthy green communities

Published on: 3 February 2017

If the rumours are to be believed, the long awaited and much hyped ‘Housing White Paper’ will be published next week. Having been delayed since before Christmas, and subjected to a number of re-writes, it sounds as if the White Paper has been causing some significant headaches within Government.

SuDS and Sovereignty: Parliament pushes back on impermeable paving!

Published on: 2 February 2017

New housing should not be at the expense of wildlife

Published on: 31 January 2017

Given the current housing crisis, a parliamentary bill to help identify and free up more land to build homes and provide upfront information to communities should be welcomed - but is it all good news?

Tougher sentencing needed for wildlife trade crimes

Published on: 30 January 2017

Illegal wildlife trade is a hot topic at the moment – and rightly so. It threatens the extinction of many species as diverse as sharks, pangolins and tigers. It sometimes seems that not a week goes by without hearing of poached rhinos in South Africa or elephants in Tanzania.