Latest landscape ecology news

The ialeUK committee has been busy keeping us all up to date on the latest landscape ecology news. Here are some snippets from recent posts. Please feel free to comment and submit posts to the Landscape ecology news group and the ialeUK members group!

Landuse policy and wildlife – RSPB

Members may not be aware that the RSPB produces a newsletter that covers their work in relation to land use and policy…

Ash die-back impacts - publications

The JNCC has recently published a series of commissioned reports outlining the impact of Ash dieback disease (Calara fraxinea) on biodiversity…

Climate change in the news

In the light of today's publicity surrounding the UN report on climate change impacts, it may be useful to know that Natural England are looking at helping assess the vulnerability of priority habitats to climate change…

News items from Simon Smart, IALE UK Committee ordinary member

With biodiversity-offsetting in the UK and the fate of ancient woodlands in particular having been in the news lately it seems timely to highlight the World Conference on Ecological Restoration organised by the Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)…

Africa-IALE 2014 Program of Activities (Now Available!)

Harness the power of ICT and knowledge sharing amongst Africa IALE membership to support sustainable development and green economy in Africa…

European Scale Indicator of Bat Population Trends

A prototype European-scale indicator of bat population trends has been developed by the European Environment Agency…

Catchment Management

The principles of Landscape Ecology have been much in the news recently with the discussion around how to manage the flooding that has occurred with the wettest January on record…