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Save Lodge Hill: Thank you for your help, and next steps
Sara H
Medway Council's latest consultation into their draft Local Plan, and in particular their plans to allocate large areas of land within and right next to Britain's best site for nightingales at Lodge Hill, is now closed (25 June 2018). Over...
26 Jun 2018
Fate of Coul Links now in the hands of Scottish Government URGENT call to action
Andre Farrar
Those of you following the campaign to Save Coul Links will know that we’re part of a group of conservation organisations fighting to stop proposals for a golf course on this triple protected wildlife site. Coul Links is one of the Scotland’s...
22 Jun 2018
Updated - BTO confirm that Lodge Hill is the UK’s best site for breeding nightingales
Sara H
Update: Posted 11.25am Monday 25 th June: We’ve updated our blog below to reflect our further analysis of BTO’s independent report since its release on Friday. It is useful to understand that where the BTO 's report refers to ‘Lodge...
21 Jun 2018
#SaveCoulLinks - an urgent update from a vital campaign
Andre Farrar
My colleague, Kate Bellew, Senior Conservation Planner at RSPB Scotland has just posted this blog following an important meeting held by Highland Council to decide on the fate of Coul Links. Given the significance of the case - I'm reproducing...
12 Jun 2018
Planning Policy Wales: Securing a brighter future for nature in Wales
Simon Marsh
Following my blog 11 days ago on the draft National Planning Policy Framework for England, I'm delighted to introduce this guest blog on Planning Policy Wales by my colleague Christopher O'Brien. Guest blog by RSPB Cymru Senior Policy Officer...
21 May 2018
Three decades fighting for peatlands
Andre Farrar
Wherever peat soils form - there is a conservation story - often of loss and damage, occasionally of restoration and hope. They form a fragile home for distinctive and often threatened wildlife and the properties of the peat provide life-giving benefits...
16 May 2018
Building a Britain Fit for the Future (3)
Simon Marsh
Today we submit our final response to the Government’s consultation on a revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England. You can see our previous commentary on it here and here . The changes to the NPPF are wide-ranging, and most...
10 May 2018
A future for Thorne and Hatfield Moors built on campaigns of the past
Andre Farrar
Wherever peat soils form - there is a conservation story - often of loss and damage, occasionally of restoration and hope. They form a fragile home for distinctive and often threatened wildlife and the properties of the peat provide life-giving benefits...
4 May 2018
Building a Britain Fit for the Future (2)
Simon Marsh
Back in March I blogged about the launch of the revised National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) and gave our initial views. Two months later, following detailed analysis, expert judgement and legal opinion, we’re much clearer about our views and...
2 May 2018
Nature Scorecard - how is the UK measuring up as we head for the EU exit?
Andre Farrar
RSPB's Senior Policy Office, Alistair Taylor, runs the rule over the latest assessment of how European countries are implementing the laws that protect nature. Just last week the importance of legal protection for Britain’s special places...
26 Apr 2018
Bringing bogs back to life in our hills
Andre Farrar
Wherever peat soils form - there is a conservation story - often of loss and damage, occasionally of restoration and hope. They form a fragile home for distinctive and often threatened wildlife and the properties of the peat provide life-giving benefits...
26 Apr 2018
Challenges in communicating science - a case study at sea.
Andre Farrar
In science communications, as papers are published and projects reach their conclusion, we finally have the chance to shout about what we have done and why the world is different today. But, we also realise that sometimes good science is only of interest...
20 Apr 2018
The Great Wash has been designated for its importance for wildlife - good news? Yes, but there's a twist.
Andre Farrar
It’s almost invariably good news when a special site for wildlife gets legal recognition and is designated. But the Greater Wash Special Protection Area (SPA) – which was classified as an SPA by DEFRA ministers on 28 March begs some questions...
19 Apr 2018
Want to know about peat bogs? Here's a primer
Andre Farrar
Wherever peat soils form - there is a conservation story - often of loss and damage, occasionally of restoration and hope. They form a fragile home for distinctive and often threatened wildlife and the properties of the peat provide life-giving benefits...
19 Apr 2018
Cutting of Primeval Forest Judged Illegal by European Court
Andre Farrar
Dan Pullan, our International Casework Manager reacts to today's great news from the European Court of Justice Some good news today – the European Court of Justice, which is the final arbiter of EU law, has judged that Poland is breaking...
17 Apr 2018
Living in the margins; the life of a modern nightingale
Sara H
Adrian Thomas, our #SaveLodgeHill campaign manager, explains some of changes that have been affecting nightingales, and the work underway to help them - and how you can go and experience them for yourself in the next six weeks. And remember to send your...
13 Apr 2018
Let Natural England Champion the Wildlife: and why not start with Bowland Fells?
Andre Farrar
The Forest of Bowland regularly finds itself on the front line of intense efforts to reconcile the pressures of landuse, practically the intensive management of moorland to support the driven grouse shooting industry, with the need to conserve the areas...
11 Apr 2018
Road to nowhere - track threat to Walshaw Moor
Andre Farrar
Our Senior Conservation Officer, Tim Melling has been involved in our work to tackle the threats to Walshaw Moor for several years - here he gives us an updated and provides an urgent call to action. We need your help to put a stop to a planning application...
27 Mar 2018
RSPB welcomes Government decision to refuse permission for opencast coal mine in Northumberland
Andre Farrar
This is a short initial reaction to today's news that Secretary of State Sajid Javid has decided that permission should be refused for the proposal for an opencast mine at Druridge Bay in Northumberland. The refusal of permission as a direct consequence...
23 Mar 2018
Dearne Valley's green heart listed for greater protection
Andre Farrar
It is fantastic to see that Natural England is considering protecting a list of nationally important wildlife sites . Protected wildlife sites are a national asset, covering beautiful flower rich meadows, seabird colonies and expansive moorlands. All...
21 Mar 2018
Campaign Update - Save Lodge Hill
Sara H
Edit on 1 May 2018: Medway Council have extended the consultation deadline to 25 June 2018 . Please tell them today to Save Lodge Hill . The battle to Save Lodge Hill is so important and has such far reaching consequences for wildlife that it...
20 Mar 2018
Building a Britain Fit for the Future
Simon Marsh
Six years ago there was something of a revolution in the world of English planning policy when the former Coalition Government launched its National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which reduced about a thousand pages of policy into a succinct document...
7 Mar 2018
#SaveLodgeHill: Please get ready, we may need your help again
Steph
Adrian Thomas, #SaveLodgeHill Campaign Manager, brings us up to date on the threat to the UK's only site protected specially for nightingales, whose numbers have fallen by 91% in the last 40 years. Last year, 12,500 of you sent letters to Medway...
8 Feb 2018
The 3 Cs and Nature
Simon Marsh
There’s something about alliterating names which is strangely popular. Take CCC, for example. No, I don’t mean County Cricket Club or even the Committee on Climate Change, but Congestion, Capacity, Carbon . That’s the title of the National...
15 Jan 2018
Doom that gloom ... visit British South Georgia
Heather Mitchell
Blog written by Sacha Cleminson (RSPB's Senior Policy Officer (International)) All picture credits Sacha Cleminson Gloom, gloom and doom. Threats. Decline. Inaction and mass extinction. Urgh, sometimes being a nature lover can be a drag as...
3 Jan 2018
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