• The future of the EU Nature Directives hangs in the balance
    This Wednesday, European Commissioners (including UK Commissioner Sir Julian King) will decide whether to save the EU’s flagship environment laws - the Birds and Habitats & Species Directives. This decision...
  • An update on the review of the EU Nature Directives
    As we enter the final week of the EU Referendum campaign, I thought I would offer a brief update on the future of the the Birds and Habitats Directives (the Nature Directives). In May, I reported here...
  • The power of nature, the power of the EU Nature Directives
    On Saturday afternoon, I stood on a shingle beach with waves crashing against the shore. I always feel invigorated by the power of the sea and this was a great way to clear the head following the surprising...
  • The Nature Directives remain vital for our shared nature
    Our natural world and the wildlife that depends on it is just as important now as it was on 22 June before referendum on whether we stay in or leave the European Union. It will be some time before the...
  • The Habitats Directive
    Normally arcane pieces of environmental legislation are for the super-specialists and lawyers – but last week’s Autumn Statement by George Osborne, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, has propelled the role...