Brilliant to work with @NatDuffus on this important paper. The culmination of several years' work examining how the BNG Metric lines up with primary invertebrate field data @oxmartinschool@NatureRecovery. 1/2
@DannyYee@rail_guns 100% . We need more homes but clearly space is precious, emotional & contested. It's heartbreaking to see sprawls of car-centric, badly insulated 2up2downs being built in areas that could provide 2-3x the homes with more imagination
Great summary of a very complex problems. Failures on all sides to address needs. Those needing homes lose. Those trying to protect green space may temporarily cheer but we still build low density inappropriate housing and fail to collaborate on a vision for people and nature.
As we reported yesterday, Oxford City Council's Local Plan has been rejected by PINS. In a long read, we look at why, and it may surprise you. 🤯 🏡
https://t.co/fpZhdmriL9
This crowdfunder is flying! £4,225 in 4 days, if we keep this up we'll hit £50,000 in no time! Donations are being doubled now so please go hard and help us make this amazing woodland/wetland on the River Avon near Bath. https://t.co/i45dGGdrcM
Our Oxford Nature Seminar Series starts again in early October. Amazing topics ranging from the planetary importance of animal poop, the mesmerizing allure of swifts, a global theory of biodiversity response to global change, lessons from recent mammal declines in Malaysia....1/4
Today in the Guardian, I & other ecologists (@CharlieJGardner) argue for assisted colonisation (aka assisted migration) to allow UK ecosystems & species cope with rapid climate change
We’ve got to start addressing these issues rather than just pushing them to one side
"Nature will get its voice back at the heart of Government, because without nature there is no health, no wellbeing, no economy" @SteveReedMP tells @DefraGovUK summer reception
In taking forward our mission for Nature’s recovery the @NaturalEngland Board relies on advice from its Science Advisory Committee. We need some new members. Might you have the skills & knowledge needed, & be willing to share those to help? See here ⬇️
https://t.co/97JrSI8VAH
Riparian Woodland offers much potential to improve our freshwater environment. Today, we published a new UKFS Practice Guide on creating Riparian Woodland to benefit water.
FR’s Tom Nisbet talks about the significance of the new guidance ⬇
🔗 https://t.co/PmpoTuIJTS
Fantastic to see #NatureRecovery as one of the 5 core principles for Defra, alongside cleaning the UK's waters, supporting farmers, and promoting resilient rural and coastal communities
@NatureRecovery