The Labour Party has launched a new manifesto for wildlife protection, writes Angus Nurse - and a good thing too! But turning the tide for nature will take more than stricter laws and penalties. Ultimately it's about enforcement. And that means prioritising wildlife crime, committing expert officers, and providing resources.
… Wildlife protection depends on enforcement … | 10th March 2015 Comment Natural World Law Wildlife Crime Politics UK foxhunt-cut.jpg The … Labour Party has launched a new manifesto for wildlife protection, writes Angus Nurse - and …
Aerial surveillance is a proven and effective technique in tackling wildlife crime, writes Elizabeth Claire Alberts - so the arrival on the scene of a new wildlife organization dedicated to providing air reconnaissance services to frontline environmental defenders couldn't come too soon.
… Wildlife Air Service spreads its wings … a proven and effective technique in tackling wildlife crime, writes Elizabeth Claire … - so the arrival on the scene of a new wildlife organization dedicated to providing …
At the 'United for Wildlife' conference in Botswana, backed by princes Charles and William, Indigenous organizations from around the world are calling on world leaders to recognize tribal peoples' right to hunt for subsistence.
… Wildlife conference: Tribes demand: 'recognize … | 24th March 2015 News Indigenous Peoples Wildlife Crime Botswana san-hunter-cut.jpg At the 'United for Wildlife' conference in Botswana, backed by …
As we celebrate 'World Wildlife Day' today, there's little for nature's best defenders to be glad of, says human rights lawyer Gordon Bennett. Indigenous Peoples around the world are routinely attacked, starved and cut off from the lands and wildlife they have protected for millennia under a flawed and brutal model of 'conservation'.
… As we celebrate 'World Wildlife Day' today, there's little for … starved and cut off from the lands and wildlife they have protected for millennia … a flawed and brutal model of 'conservation'. Wildlife law enforcement almost always has a …
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.
… We must defend Europe's wildlife laws! Martin Harper | 12th May 2015 … Europe's most important laws for wildlife, the EU's Nature Directives, are … coast managed realignment project. It's a wildlife site in West Sussex that I last …
The discovery of a secret 'fox farm' apparently linked to the Middleton Hunt exposes the lie that is used to justify fox hunting, writes, Dr Toni Shephard: that it's a legitimate means of wildlife control. On the contrary, foxes are deliberately fattened up for the kill, also indicating possible violations of the 2004 Hunting Act, which prohibits the hunting of wild animals, including foxes, with dogs.
… fox cubs explode the myth that hunting is ‘wildlife management' Dr Toni Shephard | 21st … Shephard: that it's a legitimate means of wildlife control. On the contrary, foxes are … of defence, that they provide an essential wildlife management service. It also casts …
Breaking a clear pre-election promise, the government will allow fracking to take place in the UK's most precious wildlife sites and in vital groundwater source areas, writes Adam Vaughan.
… Fracking go-ahead in SSSI wildlife sites, groundwater sources Adam … to take place in the UK's most precious wildlife sites and in vital groundwater source … Campaigners accused ministers of putting wildlife at risk and reneging on their pledge …
Natural England announced today that the wild beavers living on Devon's River Otter will be allowed to remain free under a 're-introduction' licence granted to Devon Wildlife Trust.
… a 're-introduction' licence granted to Devon Wildlife Trust. Beavers living in the River … that a licence will be issued to Devon Wildlife Trust (DWT), permitting "the managed … licence, by September at the latest, Devon Wildlife Trust must develop a management …
Despite a raft of legislation to protect our wildlife, 60% of our key species are in decline, writes Jenny Jones. That's why we need a new and positive approach, going beyond protection to rebuilding flourishing, sustainable wildlife populations. And people too will see the benefits - in our own as is our health and wellbeing.
… Despite a raft of legislation to protect our wildlife, 60% of our key species are in … to rebuilding flourishing, sustainable wildlife populations. And people too will see … a generation, for the benefit of people and wildlife. This call for new laws to restore …
The international pet trade presents itself as responsible and conservation-aware, writes Clifford Warwick - and a key part of the message is the idea that its animals are captive bred. But the truth is very different. Quite apart from the routine cruelty and high mortality, the trade continues to depend on captive wild animals and contributes only negatively to wildlife survival.
… Captive breeding - saving wildlife? Or saving the pet trade? Clifford Warwick | 2nd September 2015 News Wildlife Trade Health 3-cut.jpg The … animals and contributes only negatively to wildlife survival. Captive-breeding wild …
Africa is facing an unprecedented surge in road and railway building with 33 huge 'development corridors' planned that threaten 2,400 of the continent's protected wildlife areas, writes Bill Laurance. We must block the most destructive plans and limit avoidable impacts on natural areas - before it's too late.
… rail projects threaten thousands of Africa’s wildlife reserves Bill Laurance James Cook … threaten 2,400 of the continent's protected wildlife areas, writes Bill Laurance. We must … Africa's natural environments and spectacular wildlife are about to face their biggest …
Soon after Devon's wild beavers on the River Otter escaped capture by zealous officials, they have given birth to two or even three kits - a clear indicator that they are happy in their habitat, and there to stay!
… in their habitat, and there to stay! Devon Wildlife Trust has announced the arrival of … that the beavers have bred" , said Devon Wildlife Trust's Mark Elliott. "The baby kits … as reasons. It was at this stage that Devon Wildlife Trust built a partnership of …
As industrial agriculture continues to erode our wildlife, Dave Goulson challenges the methods and objectives of ever-increasing food production. We need to move towards sustainable, evidence-based farming systems that produce healthy food, rather than allowing the agrochemical industry to reshape our farming, countryside and nutrition to its quest for profit.
… industrial agriculture continues to erode our wildlife, Dave Goulson challenges the methods … is a major driver of the ongoing collapse of wildlife populations. Taxpayers pay billions … an intensive farming system that is scrubbing wildlife from the face of the land. In Europe, …
We all know about the risk to elephants and rhinos from the illegal wildlife trade, but now the helmeted hornbills of Borneo and Sumatra are at risk as online traders find ready buyers for their carved beaks in China.
… Red alert! Hornbills at risk from wildlife trade The Ecologist | 2nd February 2015 News Natural World SE Asia Wildlife Trade China … risk to elephants and rhinos from the illegal wildlife trade, but now the helmeted hornbills …
'Conservation' is destroying those who've nurtured their surroundings for timeless generations, writes Stephen Corry - the Indigenous Peoples who have actually fashioned those precious places that we now mistake as 'natural'. It's time for a new conservation ethic that recognizes them as senior partners - not as 'squatters'' and 'poachers' to be evicted and criminalized.
… Wildlife conservation must support, not … ago, fundraising publicity for the World Wildlife Fund (WWF) posed a very odd question: … claims he wants to clear the zone so that the wildlife will be undisturbed. This is …
An ancient grassland SSSI at Rampisham could be saved following a government decision to put an 'hold' notice on the West Dorset Council's planning consent for a huge solar farm, writes Martin Harper. Now Eric Pickles must 'call in' the case to a public inquiry, or set a truly dreadful precedent for our most precious nature sites.
… part of our national network of precious wildlife sites, sites that are as the nature … While solar panels can even be beneficial for wildlife in places, that's definitely not the … on Rampisham Down. Reacting to the news the Wildlife Trusts described the decision as both …
In the battle to save America's real wild west of unlogged forests, grizzly bears, mountain goats, Bull trout, free flowing streams and roadless wilderness, a single person stands out, writes Jeffrey St Clair, for her dedication, courage and remarkable success: Arlene Montgomery of Friends of the Wild Swan, Montana.
… some vantages - the same. And most of the wildlife the Corps of Discovery saw, described … outright loathing. Fortunately, a couple of wildlife biologists in the region had been … Neither the Forest Service nor Fish and Wildlife Service showed the slightest interest …
It's time to halt the loss of the nation's front gardens to dreary paving, writes Jenny Jones. Green gardens protect against floods, provide homes for wildlife, keep cities cool in summer, and help us all feel happier. Now, with 7 million gardens already paved over, we must protect those that remain.
… protect against floods, provide homes for wildlife, keep cities cool in summer, and help … our health and wellbeing, but also for our wildlife. Three million front gardens in the … from green surroundings. Accelerating loss of wildlife and habitat But it's not just our …
Yellowstone Park is home to America's last pure-bred wild bison, writes George Wuerthner. Yet the Park's management is planning to kill around a thousand of these precious animals this winter. Ostensibly it's to protect cattle on public lands near the park from brucellosis. But bison have never been known to transmit the disease to them. The real reason is to keep all the pasture for livestock.
… bison listed in 1999 resulted in the Fish and Wildlife Service's refusal to consider the … in the United States is found amongst wildlife in the Greater Yellowstone Ecosystem. … up in the park. The majority of animal wildlife's winter range is located outside of …
If you care about the wildlife in our countryside and the welfare of animals, then make your vote count in the general election, writes Joe Duckworth. Backed by Cameron himself, 'country sports' enthusiasts are getting organised to support pro-killing candidates. We must be even more effective in opposing them.
… Making our votes count for wildlife and animals! Joe Duckworth | 21st … UK fox-snare-cut.jpg If you care about the wildlife in our countryside and the welfare of … thoughts that the love, or persecution of, wildlife is not a political issue should be …
The recent death of Ventana the condor in Los Angeles zoo illustrates a simple truth, writes Dawn Starin: wild condors cannot survive so long as the dead amimals they eat are riddled with lead from spent ammunition. With lead poisoning to blame for 60% of condor deaths, it's time to ban lead ammunition across their entire range - and beyond.
… the use of lead-based ammunition for wildlife hunting throughout the state, and … the final necropsy by the National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Lab, Ventana was found to … Sorenson, executive director of the Ventana Wildlife Society, which has been leading the …
David Cameron has called the badger cull is 'probably the most unpopular policy for which I am responsible', writes Dominic Dyer. But unable to break his pledge to landowners and the NFU, he has left Environment Secretary Liz Truss to fudge the issue until election time. Electorally fatal? So events may prove.
… taken centre stage in a wider debate about wildlife protection and animal welfare, which … even put the badger on the front of their wildlife protection and animal welfare … on the need to control the spread of TB in wildlife as well as cattle, it was clear her …
Thirty years after diamonds were first discovered in Botswana's Kalahari desert, the Bushmen have been evicted, and the first diamonds have gone on sale. Happy Valentines!
… 2005 - one of its claims was to protect the wildlife. But, says SI, "its hypocrisy has … International, will host a 'United for Wildlife' conference on the illegal wildlife trade in Botswana. The consortium of …
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.
… species and habitats and building up wildlife numbers, writes Catherine Weller, and … Directives form the basis of European wildlife law. The Habitats Directive alone … When it comes to the already fragile world of wildlife and habitats, undermining laws that …