Increasing The Pine Marten Population
A project is under way to boost the Pine Marten population in the UK. During the Mesolithic era the Pine Marten was the second most common carnivore in the UK. By 1915 they...
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Category: Conservation
Too Close to Home
Hen Harriers. A bird that often finds itself in the headlines and usually, due to the plight this species faces, the headlines are rarely positive. As many of us know, and many of...
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In a Jam: Wildlife Trafficking On The Rise
Traffic and trafficking. Two very different words, which spark thoughts of two entirely different scenarios. On the one hand there is traffic, thoughts of slow moving cars, being stuck on a road for...
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HS2 Project Told To Stop Cutting Into Ancient Woodland
Transport Secutary Grant Shapps has told the ambitious HS2 project that they must stop cutting into ancient woodland ‘unless absolutely necessary’ whilst a review of the project is undertaken. With concerns that the...
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None of Your Business?
‘It’s finally happened, you’ve both lost your minds!’ There I was, staring at my boyfriends phone, gazing intently at a message from his mother, with a rather unpleasant photo attached to it. A...
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The Threat of Invasive Species Across the UK May be Greater than You Think
Non-Native and Invasive Non-Native Species (also known as NNS and INNS respectively) are very rarely talked about, but the damage that they are doing locally and globally is pretty incredible. The main difference...
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The Amazon Rainforest Fires: Where Are We Now?
The Amazon Rainforest is still burning weeks after it the full extent of the situation was realised. Astronauts on the International Space Station and NASA satellites which have been tracking the inferno have...
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Climate Change: Why Saving The UK’s Peatlands Is Crucial
I pull off the highest road in Yorkshire at the somewhat optimistically named Viewpoint. I’m almost 2,000 feet above sea level – high above Wharfedale on one side and Wensleydale on the other,...
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Isle of Wight UNESCO Biosphere Reserve
The Isle of Wight has become a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve UNESCO Biosphere Reserves are unique areas of environmental significance in which communities strive to work hand in hand, innovatively and responsibly to protect...
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Wildcats To Be Reintroduced To The UK
An attempt is underway to reintroduce the wildcat back into England and Wales after it became extinct 150 years ago. The European wildcat, whilst native to Europe, is actually a subspecies of African...
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