Category: Conservation policy

 

Rewilding in the Scottish Highlands – natural regeneration of Caledonian pinewoods versus planting

April 2024
Conservation policy

Comment: The new ‘Locust Years’ of ancient-woodland destruction

February 2024
Conservation policy

Comment: How to build the sustainable economy

November 2023
Conservation policy

Bovine TB and Badgers: a weakened link

May 2023
Conservation policy

The Environmental Improvement Plan – is it fit for purpose?

April 2023
Conservation policy

Progress towards 30×30

February 2023
Conservation policy

The most ambitious environmental programme on Earth?

November 2022
Conservation policy

Comment: Paying for nature

August 2022
Conservation policy

Comment: The Landscapes Review – an opportunity for change?

February 2022
Conservation policy

Rewilding and environmental economics

May 2021
Conservation policy Wilding for Conservation

The English Badger cull: beginning of an end?

April 2021
Conservation policy

Will Natural England survive?

February 2020
Conservation policy

What next for HS2?

February 2020
Conservation policy

Comment: How important is native status? Conservation and ‘alien’ plants

August 2019
Conservation policy

Comment: Pressure mounts against the continuing use of lead ammunition

February 2019
Conservation policy

Tree-felling in Norbury Park: necessary evil or overreaction?

February 2019
Conservation policy

Comment: ‘Biodiversity Accounting’ – a tool for transparency or for dumbing down?

December 2018
Conservation policy

National Parks or Natural Parks: how can we have both?

December 2018
Conservation policy

Beneath the trees – a case study of wild woods and tame fields

October 2018
Conservation policy

The Islay Barnacle Goose management strategy: a suggested way forward

October 2018
Conservation policy

Conservation of mountain woodland in the Cairngorms National Park

August 2018
Conservation policy

‘Natural’ vegetation in Britain: the pollen-eye view

June 2018
Conservation policy

Britain’s natural landscapes – promoting improved understanding of the nature of the post-glacial vegetation of lowland Britain

June 2018
Conservation policy

Something in the air, soil and water: nitrogen, phosphorus and British wildlife

April 2018
Conservation policy

The 25-Year Environment Plan – what promises for nature?

April 2018
Conservation policy

Editorial

February 2018
Conservation policy

Natural capital and nature conservation: an introductory guide

February 2018
Conservation policy

What does ‘traditional’ management really mean?

December 2017
Conservation policy

Editorial: the hammer blow poised above an ecosystem fizzing with life

August 2017
Conservation policy

Changes in bird populations in the UK’s Special Protection Areas: a third decadal ‘health check’

June 2017
Conservation policy

‘Brexit’ – if it were done when ’tis done

December 2016
Conservation policy

Uncertain times – nature conservation in the UK after ‘Brexit’

October 2016
Conservation policy

Naturalised broadleaf trees – a call for a strategic reappraisal

October 2016
Conservation policy

The increasing importance of monitoring wildlife responses to habitat management

February 2016
Conservation policy

Making plants count

April 2015
Conservation policy

Comment: Biodiversity offsetting – setting off on the wrong foot?

October 2013
Conservation policy

Comment: The 2011 Environmental Revolution

October 2011
Conservation policy

The Defra White Paper on the Natural Environment: laudable ambitions, but timid actions

August 2011
Conservation policy

Higher Level Stewardship as Prince Charming

February 2011
Conservation policy

ls nature conservation working for plants?

October 2010
Conservation policy

What has the SSSI improvement programme achieved for nature conservation in England?

October 2010
Conservation policy

Comment: Lapwings, farming and Environmental Stewardship

October 2010
Conservation policy

Editorial: Smaller government, but are big changes afoot?

August 2010
Conservation policy

Comment: Alien plants in Britain – a real or imagined problem?

October 2009
Conservation policy

Comment: Heathland, plantation and the Forestry Commission – a botanical perspective

April 2009
Conservation policy

Sea change: new measures to protect Britain’s marine environment

August 2008
Conservation policy

Comment: European Protected Species – possible implications of changes to UK law

June 2008
Conservation policy

Food, fibre, fuel and fauna – can we have it all?

December 2007
Conservation policy

Comment: Goodbye English Nature, hello Natural England

October 2006
Conservation policy

Seventeen eventful years

April 2006
Conservation policy

Predation and the profitability of grouse moors

June 2005
Conservation policy

Environmental Stewardship

April 2005
Conservation policy

Links with West Africa: people, policy and migratory birds

April 2004
Conservation policy

The quality of nature in England

February 2004
Conservation policy

Comment: Britain’s contribution to global conservation and our coastal temperate rainforest

December 2003
Conservation policy

The UK network of Special Protection Areas for birds

October 2002
Conservation policy

Comment: British wildlife and human numbers: the ultimate conservation issue

October 2001
Conservation policy

Can fish determine the conservation value of shallow lakes in the UK?

October 2001
Conservation policy

Comment: Future directions in agriculture policy and nature conservation

October 2001
Conservation policy

The Coppice for Butterflies Challenge: a targeted grant scheme for threatened species

October 2001
Conservation policy

Comment: Planning for wildlife in new housing estates

August 2001
Conservation policy

From passive to positive – the Countryside Act 2000 and British wildlife

April 2001
Conservation policy

Comment: Should ancient trees be designated as Sites of Special Scientific Interest?

February 2001
Conservation policy

Planning for wildlife – an insider’s guide

October 2000
Conservation policy

Assessing the condition of woodland SSSIs in England

June 2000
Conservation policy

Agenda 2000 – the Common Agricultural Policy reform proposals

February 1999
Conservation policy

Long-term Changes in Grazing in Sutton Park National Nature Reserve

December 1998
Conservation policy

British Biodiversity Overseas – saving the irreplaceable

December 1997
Conservation policy

A Vision for Rural Europe

December 1997
Conservation policy

Trade in British Wildlife – a Review

February 1997
Conservation policy

The Country Councils Five Years on – Watchdogs or Lapdogs?

December 1996
Conservation policy

The Habitats Directive – Selecting the UK Sites

June 1995
Conservation policy

Comment – The Governments Response to the European Union Habitats and Species Directive

June 1995
Conservation policy

List ot Possible Special Areas of Conservation in the UK

June 1995
Conservation policy

Comment: Conservation on the Global Stage – The Habitats Directive, the Biodiversity Convention and the UK

December 1994
Conservation policy

Comment – Nature Conservation and Arable Farming

April 1994
Conservation policy

Conservation or Greening? The Challenge of Post-industrial Landscapes

June 1993
Conservation policy

Kew at Home not Abroad

December 1992
Conservation policy

The Need for Conservation of Sharks and Rays in British Waters

October 1992
Conservation policy

Brock’s Defence – a brief examination of the law relating to Badgers

April 1992
Conservation policy

NCC and After

April 1992
Conservation policy

British Wildlife and the Law

August 1991
Conservation policy

Comment – An Uncertain Future for Official Nature Conservation

December 1989
Conservation policy
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