The Scottish government has announced that its wild beaver populations will be given the full protection of both UK and EU law. The decision has been welcomed by campaigners who point out all the benefits of beavers to biodiversity, water management and flood control. Now, they say, England and Wales should follow suit.
… Scotland's wild beavers win legal protection Oliver Tickell | 24th November 2016 News Beavers Scotland UK EU Mammals Biodiversity … campaigners who point out all the benefits of beavers to biodiversity, water management and …
Beavers are Britain's native aquatic engineers and their return to sites in Scotland and England is doing wonders for the local environment, write Nigel Willby & Alan Law: restoring wetlands, recreating natural river dynamics and ecology, filtering farm pollutants from water, and improving habitat for trout and other fish.
… Give beavers permanent British residence! Nigel … 28th February 2016 Comment Water Biodiversity Beavers UK Scotland EU Law Conservation beaver-trees-cut.jpg Beavers are Britain's native aquatic engineers …
Wildlife campaigners welcome new legislation and call for a 'sensible' beaver re-introduction to British waterways.
… that will provide legal protections for beavers in England and could pave the way for … incentives for landowners to make space for beavers on their land. Beavers are key to creating thriving wetland …
In 2020 the fate of Devon's River Otter wild beavers will be decided. With Chris Packham backing the campaign to save the species and the protection of beavers into Scotland recently getting the go-ahead, the outlook is bright for the species.LAURA BRIGGS reports
… is crowdfunding for the reintroduction of beavers Laura Briggs | 13th January 2017 News Wildlife Beavers Conservation Crowdfunding beaver.jpg … In 2020 the fate of Devon's River Otter wild beavers will be decided. With Chris Packham …
Legal killing of 1-in-5 Scottish beavers spotlights need for fresh approach across Britain.
… Brendan Montague | 1st June 2020 News Beavers Beaver Trust Scotland Nature … Legal killing of 1-in-5 Scottish beavers spotlights need for fresh approach across Britain. The killing of 87 beavers in Scotland – one fifth of the …
A new residential course and practical guide will help those considering reintroducing beavers to their land.
… the Beaver Michelle Dibb | 31st May 2019 News Beavers Conservation Education Science & … will help those considering reintroducing beavers to their land. There are now around 1000 beavers living in Great Britain. This is the …
The mammals were hunted to extinction for their meat, fur and scent glands in the UK by the beginning of the 16th century but have since been reintroduced.
… Beavers are back in Essex Sam Russell | 2nd … century but have since been reintroduced. Beavers have been born in Essex for the first … since been reintroduced. A pair of Eurasian beavers were brought to the Spains Hall Estate …
‘Small-scale, incredibly cautious and very slow’ is how Derek Gow sums up the Government’s approach to nature conservation.
… News Visionaries Green Living Conservation Beavers Water Voles visionaries_derek_gow.jpg … The UK has been reluctant to reintroduce beavers to the countryside, but Gow is … in West Devon is home to the first licensed beavers in the UK – 26 of them. Seventeen are …
What remains of the once mighty Caledonian Forest is fast being eroded by an ever-increasing population of deer. Without reintroducing their natural predator, the wolf, to the wilds of Scotland, the forest and its ecosystem is in danger of disappearing forever. By Jeremy Smith
… Yellowstone, in 1996 there was one colony [of beavers]; now there are over nine,’ he … ‘And because the willow has come back, the beavers have taken advantage of that. They’ve … which affected willows.’ What’s more, the beavers’ dams slow the water’s flow, improving …
Bernie Krause has spent a lifetime recording the sonics of nature. But, as Laurie Tuffrey finds, his quest to record the elusive sound of the wild finds practical application in conservation
The Great Animal Orchestra: Finding the Origins of Music in the World's Wild Places Laurie Tuffrey | 5th April 2012 Reviews Conservation Books Reviews Sounds Music Nature Amazon California Bernie …
The first great bustards born in the wild in the UK since 1832 hatched last week. The reintroduction of this and many other species is invigorating the countryside, but eradicating foreign invaders - animals and plants - is equally important
… and diverse. Why should we reintroduce beavers or red kites or import insects to kill …
From Catalonia in the South, through the Ariège and Béarn, to the Basque country in the North, both locals and tourists are used to seeing Nationalist slogans daubed in white paint on Pyrenean mountain roads. But now a new clarion call is vying for their attention: Non Ours (no bears) and Mort aux Ours (death to the bears.)
… to one of the proposed trial sites said: ‘Beavers are a destructive pest and that’s why … in wetland mammal conservation, says beavers are integral not only in improving … to put sponges back into the landscape and beavers would do this for us.’ Although not …
Although the total biodiversity in Europe
is still decreasing, a recently published report brings the welcome news that many of the larger wildlife and bird species are making a strong recovery. Anna Taylor reports.....
Wildlife comeback in Europe Anna Taylor | 24th October 2013 News Conservation Natural World bison.jpg Once extinct in the wild, the European Bison has made a remarkable recovery. Although the total …
Europe's most important laws for wildlife, the EU's Nature Directives, are under threat in from a recently launched 'review', writes Martin Harper. The official purpose is to make the laws more effective, but in reality it's all part of the Commission's agenda to strip away regulations that impede business in its pursuit of profit.
… government's decision to welcome free-living beavers back to Devon earlier this year - perhjaps decisively as beavers are listed for the highest level of …
From Eastern Europe, Luke Dale-Harris argues that the extent to which the findings of a recently published report can be considered positive depend on one's perspective of rewilding.........
Wildlife Comeback across the EU Luke Dale-Harris | 7th October 2013 Comment Natural World Conservation imperialeagle.jpg Populations of 38 species, including the Imperial Eagle (Aquila heliaca), have …
The red squirrel, wildcat and the grey long-eared bat are all under severe threat, according to the first comprehensive review of their populations for more than 20 years, writes CATHERINE EARLY
One in five British mammals face extinction Catherine Early | 13th June 2018 News Wildlife Conservation Research Chris Packham re_squirrelchelenhaden.jpg The red squirrel, wildcat and the grey …
Everyone is talking about rewilding at the moment. The debate around it is shaking up the conservation sector and public interest in it is huge, with a growing movement of people advocating the restoration of our degraded ecosystems. But what does it really mean to rewild? And how would you go about doing it if you actually have some land?
Introduction to Rewilding Kara Moses | 14th July 2017 Comment Rewilding Courses Conservation Land Management vision for nature.jpg Everyone is talking about rewilding at the moment. The debate around …
The EU's Nature Directives have been doing a great job of protecting Europe's most threatened species and habitats and building up wildlife numbers, writes Catherine Weller, and the UK knows it. But now it's the Directives themselves that are under threat. Other EU countries are standing up for them - but not the UK.
… are now nearly 3,000 in the wild. Eurasian beavers, grey seals and the Iberian ibex are …
Some of us are fortunate enough to have close relationships with the nature around us, writes John Aitchison. But what about everyone else? We must find ways to make people feel like old friends with wildife near and far, and feel that their wild homes and habitats are extensions of our own. And hence, that they are as deserving of our care as human neighbours - if not more so.
… should belong in this country , like the beavers , lynx and wolves that used to live …
Rewilding is held back by quibbles over its precise definition and scope - we need simply to embrace it.
Finding meaning in rewilding Gordon Eaglesham | 15th July 2019 News Rewilding Conservation Nature Thought Leaders wildflower.jpg Rewilding is held back by quibbles over its precise definition and …
The first blows may be struck on Canadian ice, but it's at the checkout that the coup de grace is delivered. Andrew Wasley explores the UK companies profiting from the trade in seal fur
… coyotes, wolves, bobcats, opossums, nutria, beavers, otters and other fur-bearing animals. …