https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TH8Q8Ki9fCA Moving on (at least for the moment) from thinking about river and freshwater flooding I want to reflect on where we are heading in terms of coastal change, rise in sea levels and the impacts this will have on all of us, wherever we are geographically. Sea level rise is not and should notContinueContinue reading “Rising Sea Levels and Changing Coastlines”
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Rewilding: to subsidise or not to subsidise?
I have recently been having a number of conversations with others relating to the need to engage farmers and landowners with the rewilding debate. The rewilding campaign has, perhaps predictably, been led from within the conservation movement itself and has perhaps sidelined and isolated many of those who actually manage the majority of land -ContinueContinue reading “Rewilding: to subsidise or not to subsidise?”
The Charter for Trees, Woods and People
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x-47n2Fg5IU The Woodland Trust along with 48 other organisations are calling for a new national charter for trees to be signed in 2017, the 800th anniversary of the Charter of the Forest, signed in 1217 by Henry III. Due to be launched in November 2017, the charter will be created using the shared memories, storiesContinueContinue reading “The Charter for Trees, Woods and People”
History, Environment and Complexity
I have been away from the blog for a couple of weeks due to a particularly busy period of deadlines and other projects. As a ‘doer’ I tend to fill my life with projects and get involved as much as I can, in so much as I usually always have a few voluntary projects onContinueContinue reading “History, Environment and Complexity”
How to prevent future flooding: it’s not a case of nature v people
Several storms have resulted in widespread flooding across the UK over the past couple of months, with Cumbria, Lancashire, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire and parts of Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland among the worst affected. Cities such as Leeds and York were forced to a standstill. We certainly can’t control the weather and climate change isContinueContinue reading “How to prevent future flooding: it’s not a case of nature v people”
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