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  • Fight to save the UK’s only naturally occurring cloud forest receives new funding

    Jos Ashpole
    Jos Ashpole
    Last week we introduced our Action for Nature blog which will showcase conservation stories from the UK and further afield. In today's blog, we're heading to St Helena in the South Atlantic to learn about the island's important cloud fore...
    • 10 Aug 2022
  • Action for Nature – sharing our stories

    Jos Ashpole
    Jos Ashpole
    The RSPB is involved in a wide range of work to secure a brighter future for nature both within the UK and internationally. Conservation Programmes Director, Jo Gilbert introduces a new series of blogs that will shed light on how the RSPB and pa...
    • 5 Aug 2022
  • Curlews in crisis: one year on

    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    For this year’s World Curlew Day, Thursday 21st April 2022, amongst the enjoyment of this beautiful yet gravely threatened bird, comes an update on the ambitious conservation delivery project, Curlews in crisis (Curlew LIFE). The project is app...
    • 21 Apr 2022
  • The conservationist's dilemma: an update on the science, policy and practice of the impact of predators on wild birds (8)

    martinfowlie
    martinfowlie
    As we have written in previous years, the decision to introduce any form of predator control (lethal or non-lethal) is something we never take lightly. It’s always based on evidence and guided by the RSPB’s Council-agreed policy. The RSPB...
    • 20 Sep 2021
  • G7 Commentary - Nature compact success or failure?

    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    For the first time the G7 has made a nature-positive commitment to halt and reverse the loss of biodiversity by 2030. This is unprecedented. Never before we have seen nature prioritised in a way that recognises the importance of a healthy natural wor...
    • 14 Jun 2021
  • A big step for international whale conservation - sei whale Key Biodiversity Area in Falklands

    Heather Mitchell
    Heather Mitchell
    By Michelle Winnard, Communications Officer, Falklands Conservation  Sei whale by Caroline Weir, Falklands Conservation In a big step for international whale conservation, the Falkland Islands have been confirmed as a hotspot for a globally end...
    • 12 May 2021
  • Rejecting aluminium from Ghana's Forests

    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    As Ghana weighs economic benefits of mining bauxite for aluminum, multi-billion-dollar global companies support community groups calling for protection of critical forest. Natalie Hall, RSPB Senior Advisor for International Site Policy explains. Atew...
    • 3 Feb 2021
  • Taking ‘Favourable Conservation Status’ out of the ‘too difficult’ box

    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    Vanessa Amaral-Rogers
    Favourable Conservation Status (FCS) is a concept enshrined in international, European and national nature protection laws. Head of Sites Conservation Policy, Kate Jennings explains the idea of identifying what good looks like for habitats and s...
    • 13 Feb 2020
  • After the hurricane - Improving small island resilience and self-sufficiency in habitat monitoring and management in the UKOTS

    Heather Mitchell
    Heather Mitchell
    Clearing up: Credit Louise Soames Blog by Lyndon John (RSPB) and Louise Soames The 2017 Atlantic hurricane season dealt devastating blows to the Caribbean region, particularly for the Caribbean UKOTs. The islands of Anguilla, British Virgin Islands...
    • 20 Jun 2019
  • Victory for Harapan Rainforest

    Heather Mitchell
    Heather Mitchell
      Beautiful Hutan Harapan forest is a precious remnant of the rainforest that once covered much of Sumatra (Photo: RSPB-images/Steve Roland) Hutan Harapan is one of the last remaining areas of dry lowland Sumatran forest and is among the most th...
    • 12 Apr 2019
  • Rila Mountains: The Final Piece in Bulgaria's Protected Area Network for Birds

    Heather Mitchell
    Heather Mitchell
    Daniel Pullan, our International Casework Manager writes: I was thrilled last week when my Bulgarian colleague Irina Mateeva told me that the Bulgarian Government had designated the last part of the Rila Mountains as a Special Protection Area. This a...
    • 4 Apr 2019
  • A net gain for nature

    Simon Marsh
    Simon Marsh
    How can built development leave the natural environment in a better shape than it was before? This is the question at the heart of Defra’s recent consultation on ‘biodiversity net gain’. We know from the State of Nature 2016 report ...
    • 1 Mar 2019
  • What will the new NPPF mean for places, people and nature?

    Steph
    Steph
    On Tuesday the Government published a new National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) for England. You can see our previous commentary on the draft version here , here and here . The NPPF sets out the Government’s planning policies for England...
    • 27 Jul 2018
  • Save Lodge Hill: Thank you for your help, and next steps

    Sara H
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
    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
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