The annual review of the UK's biodiversity indicators has been recently published. The 18 indicators have been expanded to 24 and some indicators have been refined.
In late Spring, Natural England published a review of carbon storage by habitat. It makes a series of general recommendations that can be widely applied and could increase carbon stocks.
The ialeUK conference Landscape Ecology: linking environment and society is rapidly approaching so a reminder to all that we hope to see as many members as possible at the 2012 conference in Edinburgh.
In the 60 years of Queen Elizabeth II’s reign, mammal populations in Britain have undergone many changes. While some furry royal subjects such as rabbits and foxes have grown in numbers over the decades, other iconic native species such as the red squirrel and hedgehogs have suffered a dramatic decline.
The Environment Agency is warning that September is the peak growing season for problem plants known as ‘invasive non-native species’. People who are out and about can help track them down using an App called ‘PlantTracker’.
London’s first Amphibian and Reptile Atlas underlines the need for more information on the whereabouts of London’s species and the vital role of the public in helping to secure a future for these threatened species.
Every ten years, the Countryside Council for Wales is required by law to review the maps of open access to mountain, moor, heath, downland and registered common land in Wales.
It has been a busy couple of months for those of us interested in things at a landscape scale. Not only have the Nature Improvement Areas been launched in England, but the ialeUK committee have been thinking long and hard about what we do and how we do it!
