NEWS AND COMMENT: The World Wildlife Fund-UK’s Living Planet Report 2022 makes shocking reading. The headline is that humans have wiped out almost 70% of animal populations in about half a century. This is the equivalent of losing the combined total of all the people …
The former UK High Commissioner to India and the head of the UK’s Environment Agency, Sir James Bevan, will say in a speech that there is a biodiversity crisis and it poses a threat to human survival. He will say: “The biodiversity crisis won’t just …
This is raw nature at work. It is a reminder of how terrible nature can seem through human eyes. Psychopathic nature. No conscience. Just survival. The three cheetah cubs enjoy playing with the fawn. It is not a pleasant type of play but hunting play. …
The beautiful owl is back in the news. People are fascinated by this wonderful bird’s ability to fly so silently; a silent beast gliding through the woods. Noise has become an issue to people in general, I believe, because people are more sensitive about the …
It is a troubling picture: a gradual decrease in awareness of nature and biodiversity since about the middle of the 19th century. It indicates a gradual disconnect from nature which I would suggest is a major reason why the planet is in the state it …
NEWS AND COMMENT: Many beautiful trees have been cut down to make way for the doomed and already outdated HS2 rail link. I have written before about oak trees being felled causing great distress among nature lovers. HS2 is outdated already because the Covid-19 pandemic …
Here’s the video. It’s eight hours long so you won’t watch it but he kicks off very quickly with the central issues so you will get into it very quickly. For those who are unsure, Antonio Guterres is the Secretary General of the United Nations …
I think this is good news for animal advocates, nature lovers and conservationists. Elizabeth Bonnin has been elected the first female president of Wildlife Trusts. Gillian Burke, another presenter from the BBC, has been appointed vice-president. Liz Bonnin presented a controversial BBC One programme last …
NEWS AND VIEWS: Tim Smit, 66, the creator of the Eden Project in Cornwall, UK, said that if natural history was taught in schools from the age of 5 to the age of 19, people would not damage the planet as they do now. That, …
