Author Dr Tony Whitbread I am bitterly disappointed by the government’s feeble attempt at marine nature conservation coming from the recent announcement about Marine Conservation Zones (MCZs). Defra has now released its long-awaited consultation on the next stages of designation … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread Our local rivers are precious and important for our economy, health, well-being and leisure as well as being vital for wildlife and the wider environment. Multiple pressures, however, impact on this valuable resource; including water abstraction, pollution, … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread A recent House of Commons report is disappointed with the progress made since the Natural Environment White Paper was published. It’s been just over a year since the Natural Environment White Paper (NEWP) came out. I welcomed … Continue reading
Author Mike Russell While my typing finger has been recovering from the last blog, Richard has just posted me the following tweet from Defra. We’ve listened to public concerns, so we are stopping current research and developing new research proposals … Continue reading
UPDATE: Buzzard Joy (30/05/12) Author Mike Russell Well, you people do like your buzzards don’t you? It is so heartening to receive so many comments, outraged by this proposed project and I know Sussex MPs’ ears have been ringing to … Continue reading
UPDATE: Buzzard Joy (30/05/12) Author Mike Russell At last it’s warm; my walk in to work at Woods Mill today was glorious. Birds were in full song and the nightingales serenaded me through the reserve and the local buzzard flew … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread Last year DEFRA led a public consultation on a new Natural Environment White Paper and at the time I wrote several blogs on its background. (See my blog posts from 2010) There were a record number of … Continue reading
Author Tony Whitbread Taking a look at regulation to see if there is anything that can be rationalised is, perhaps, not a bad thing in itself. I don’t like the pandering to popular paranoia that seems to underpin the exercise, … Continue reading
