cultural indifference, according to this 'informal poll'

as a highly urbanised country, the UK has highly regulated food safety system geared around reared/farmed livestock

alas, by default wild meat is untraceable and impossible to label as to how it lived, what it ate etc

to clarify, not copper tip, as in butterfly

but copper, as in bullet

(as practiced by this wildlife conservation NGO www.rspb.org.uk/helping-natu...)

#wildlife habitat #conservation 🧪

indeed we do

meanwhile in Paddington….

what owl?

an excellent report synthesising a nexus of issues, including farming, forestry and other land uses which require attention now, rather than later

much to digest, including a ‘call’ for political leadership

reposted link

my scratch is how planning authorities interpret the strict definition* of whether planning permission is required or not

/ pragmatically enabling or precautionary principle stymieing //

*any engineering operations, including moving of soil, spoil etc

the link reposted robyorke.co.uk/2015/07/a-pr...

pic : slow worm not related to the pond!

though I would argue that Jake is articulating in-field land ‘sharing and sparing’: by increasing crop productivity within the ‘tractor sprayer designed’ area this enables sparing of land for ‘wild’ nature elsewhere

though technically, strictly speaking…https://robyorke.co.uk/2015/07/a-precautionary-pond/

I sense that we might have airbrushed some of the history about how much we know about birds…. an extraordinary account! #ornithogy

"would allow statutory undertakers such as power and water companies, railways and highways to do what they like in national landscapes..."

incorrect from Charles Clover, as primary legislation such as the Water Industry Act 1991 unaffected (oh, and rural ppl in Nat Parks still require water)

Interesting paper

I do have a wry smile about the innate fear about planting non-native conifers in the UK when there were quite a few ‘native’ conifer species ‘back in the day’ (as in the Jurassic one]

how easy is the process of getting planning permission for these works?

gotcha!

my punt would be, as most green spaces are within 15 minutes, the higher number of post-pandemic people who have been working from home, just want/need to get out more!

"Reasons for visiting a green and natural space
Getting fresh air and physical health and exercise were the main reasons..."

I may be pedantic, but the survey is about 'access to green and natural spaces' - less about 'access to nature' per say?!

“Agrivoltaic is the dual use of land for agriculture and solar energy generation and can therefore be an opportunity….”

#farmland #biodiversity