My brother introduced me to E O Wilson, whose book The Diversity of Life was required reading on his biodiversity and conservation degree. I borrowed the book and loved it. Wilson’s latest book is a novel, and now that we’ve both read it, I thought it might be interesting to write a joint review… Paul: E.O. [...]
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How the cuts are affecting the environment sector
Last year, I spent the best part of 9 months looking for work in the UK’s Environment sector. During that time, I came to realise that as a result of the new Government initiatives and budget cuts, the people, businesses and organisations which are working to sustain and protect our natural environments are in dire [...]
Property development for birds
It’ll be nesting season in Britain soon. Here are some things to help the birds near you.
Taking Scottish salmon to the Chinese market
Scotland recently signed a major trade deal with China, upping its exports of fresh salmon. Great for the economy, but the deal ignores the major problems around salmon farming.
UK’s forests not for sale after all
I said this was going to be a positive week, so I’m pleased to be able to report something of a victory today. Campaigners have been celebrating the government’s decision to cancel all talk of selling off England’s national forests. It was talk, still. Despite the anger, the plans hadn’t got any further than asking [...]
Join the fish fight
Half of all the fish caught in the North Sea are thrown back dead. That’s not very sensible, considering we already overfish the area something chronic. Fish Fight is a campaign to put a stop to the Common Fisheries Policy guidelines that are responsible for that waste. It will be unveiled in detail in January, [...]
Living beyond our means: the Living Planet Report 2010
This weekend I’ve been browsing the WWF’s annual Living Planet Report for 2010. They’ve been producing the reports since 1998, and it’s been one of the influences behind Make Wealth History in the past, showing the inequity of our resource use and the over-shooting of the planet’s capacity. Here are some highlights:
Plankton, oxygen, and how little we really know about our planet
A few weeks ago I read a book called Seasick, which looked at the effects of climate change on the oceans. In it, I learned that plankton create 50% of the world’s oxygen and are a major carbon sink, but that we don’t know how warming waters and rising Ph levels in the seas will [...]
London’s bird city
Not sure what the human residents will make of it, but the wildlife should appreciate it – artists have created a bird city in the trees on an estate in London. It’s part of a series of ‘secret garden’ art projects that highlight the biodiversity of the city, and it should provide a home for [...]
Ending biodiversity loss by 2010… erm, make that 2020
In June 2001 the heads of the EU announced their intention to halt biodiversity loss by 2010. The following year the UN took up the challenge to “achieve by 2010 a significant reduction of the current rate of biodiversity loss”, a pledge they renewed in New York in 20o5. Halfway through 2010, designated the International [...]
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