• Loss of tree species has cumulative impact on biodiversity
    A new paper published today has shown that diseases affecting different UK tree species have a multiplying effect on the loss of associated biodiversity. In today’s blog, Paul Bellamy, Senior Conservation...
  • Bring back the moth: How tiny winged wildlife is helping restoration work
    Blog by Ellie Dimambro-Denson, Monitoring Officer, Cairngorms Connect. With funding from the Endangered Landscape Programme , Cairngorms Connect has an ambitious 200-year vision to restore and enhance...
  • Using high-resolution snow models to investigate climate change impacts on montane biodiversity
    Guest blog by Alex Priestley, PhD student in snow science at the University of Edinburgh School of Geosciences as part of the NERC-funded E3 Doctoral Training Partnership . Our uplands are home to species...
  • A survey of features compromising the expansion and integrity of Caledonian pinewoods
    For his sabbatical last year, Principal Conservation Scientist Ron Summers carried out a survey of the remaining fragments of Caledonian pinewood in Highland Scotland. His aim was to observe management...
  • How is environmental DNA helping monitor biodiversity in Gola?
    Nearly 5,000m away, the Gola Rainforest National Park in Sierra Leone is one of the largest remaining blocks of Upper Guinea Forest. With such a large area, biodiversity surveying can often be tricky...