Support the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve's call to Pledge for Nature! – a new local initiative to galvanise community action for nature’s recovery.
… lapwings and curlews in our farmland, salmon, sea trout and freshwater pearl mussels … curlews are heading towards local extinction. Salmon and freshwater pearl mussels in the Taw …
However much you think nature is worth, it's a lot more, writes Neil Nightingale. According to the BBC's 'Earth Index', published today in the world's financial press, water alone is worth as much as the entire global economy, and a single beaver's landscape and wetland management clocks in at $120,000 a year.
… marine ecology is worth $6,250 a year. Wild salmon come in at a more modest $81, … their price in the shops. But mind - the live salmon is generating that much value every …
Northern Ireland shows just how much we need the EU's laws protecting nature, writes Andy Atkins - and for the Government to enforce them. The province's wonderful natural heritage is at risk from aggressive and often unlawful developments. And the EU nature laws are essential for us to fight off a host of threats - among them sand dredging, gold mining, road-building and over-fishing.
… done for. Populations of otter and Atlantic salmon are at risk too. The peat bog above is …