Biodiversity UK news 2008




 * Marine and Coastal Access Bill published, December 5 The Bill includes a new network of marine conservation zones and a new right of access for people to walk round the English coast for the first time. topic, topic


 * Wildlife indicators show improvements, November 27


 * Sea Eagles in Norfolk? November 22 place


 * Soil Association calls for urgent ban on dangerous pesticides linked to honey bee deaths, September 29


 * Government to spend 2 years auditing England’s natural resources – its wildlife, habitats and ecosystems, July 21 The project - aiming for the most comprehensive picture ever of England’s natural environment, the benefits it provides to society, and how it is changing - is to involve a a wide range of partners such as Natural England, the Forestry Commission and the Environment Agency.


 * The European beaver will be reintroduced to Scotland for the first time in more than 400 years. Up to four beaver families to be released in Knapdale, Argyll, on a trial basis in spring 2009. May 25 place


 * Nationally important wetland to become a ‘wildlife highway, April 24


 * Attenborough launches project to stem butterfly decline. March 13 Conservation initiative aimed at reversing 'silent natural disaster'


 * Decline in the condition of lowland heaths, January 21

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