Natural England and partners have received the Judges Special Award for Marine Protection (Sandeel fishing ban) from the Blue Marine Foundation 2024 Ocean Awards. A wonderful achievement and international recognition of the hard work that went into this.
bluemarinefoundation.com/2024/05/08/202…

Some important insight in here. Including the estimate “that the global economic impact of land degradation assessed through loss of various ecosystem services, could total the astonishing cost of 6.3–10.6 trillion US dollars annually”. Good grief!

We’re enabling thousands of new homes whilst recovering nature.🏡

Today, with Dorset Wildlife Trust, we've announced the land purchase of Lyscombe Farm in #Dorset through our #NutrientMitigation Scheme.

Read more: gov.uk/government/new…

This morning I lay witness to perhaps 20% of the entire Swift Parrot population.

Thrill and despair in the same scene. To think they could be extinct within a decade.

We need to do more. Their value is greater than that of harvested timber.

Today Natural England Dorset Wildlife Trust private funders, local farmers & other partners meet at Lyscombe Farm in Dorset to mark the start of a new Nature recovery programme there. I will speak about that on BBC Radio 4 Today at 6.50. dorsetwildlifetrust.org.uk/news/dorset-wi…

This mega project cuts across the flyway that runs by the Gulf of Aqaba, one of the most important bird migration routes on Earth. A structure of this scale there will create major impacts. I wonder what the proposed mitigation will be, if anything?

bbc.co.uk/news/world-mid…

The challenges facing British farmers, climate change & food prices. Some important reflections in here. theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Climate experts were increasingly saying that keeping heating below 1.5C is near impossible, yet it remains the global goal. So I asked hundreds of top IPCC scientists what they thought. What they said shocked even me…
🧵 1/n #ClimateCrisis

📢PRESS RELEASE:

#WorldMigratoryBirdDay 2024 campaign highlights the decline of insects important to many species of #migratorybirds .

#ProtectInsectsProtectBirds

Learn more: ➡️worldmigratorybirdday.org/news/2024/pres…

Happy 98th birthday to Sir David Attenborough, a true hero of our time. 🎉

Our President Emeritus, thank you for everything you have done for conservation, our natural world, and for inspiring us all. 💚

Thank you. I am most honoured.

Congratulations to Dr Tony Juniper CBE (Tony Juniper) on being awarded Honorary Fellowship of the Society in recognition of outstanding support for conservation.

Delighted to see that BBC Cambridgeshire still has its World War Two vintage microphone. I first broadcast through this bit of kit 34 years ago, to talk about parrots. Birds again today, with BBC Radio 4 Broadcasting House to mark International Dawn Chorus Day.

Very good to see further investment into the inspiring efforts of National Trust at Wicken Fen in Cambridgeshire, including via a £1.3 million grant from Natural England. Nature recovery at scale, with impressive results already achieved, & more to come. itv.com/news/anglia/20…

Marvellous. More owls, less rat poison!

'Current policies are taking the world to a 2.8 degree temperature rise...that spells catastrophe, yet the collective response remains pitiful.' – António Guterres

There is no time to wait. #ActOnClimate

#climate #energy #renewables

The weather of 2050 is looking insane!

Burning heat waves, extreme droughts, and intense hurricanes.

Take #ClimateAction by signing our climate pledge for the children in your life: weatherkids.org

#WeatherKids

The special sound of the Nightingale!

From our NE West Anglia Team #CastorHanglands NNR. Thanks for sharing Sarah.

The dense thickets of scrub at Castor are managed to maintain a mixed age structure, keeping the habitat in the right condition for this special species.

For anyone who needs a Friday boost, 90 seconds of Nightingale song from Castor Hanglands near Peterborough, the loudest of four heard on a pre-breakfast stroll… #MindfulListening #Spring2024

NE West Anglia Team Langdyke Countryside Trust

Nature loss could slow UK growth 12% by the 2030s, report says.

Of all the good reasons to invest in Nature recovery are a very important set of economic drivers.

Analysis from Green Finance Institute

reuters.com/world/uk/natur…