Scientist hopeful for eel’s future as Ely celebrates
As Ely in Cambridgeshire celebrates its annual Eel Festival this weekend, what is the future of the now critically endangered fish that provided the city with its name? Eels are…
Revealing the denizens of the forest
Forest mammals live in a multidimensional space which they negotiate in myriad, ingenious ways. Many of them operate as much in the vertical dimension as in the horizontal, yet only…
Paris leads coalition of EU states to demand actions against UK ban on bottom fishing
According to French government sources, nine EU countries will meet in Brussels at the start of the week to discuss the impact of the UK’s decision to ban bottom fishing…
Low-intensity grazing is locally better for biodiversity but challenging for land users, study shows
A team of researchers led by the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), Leipzig University (UL), and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) has investigated the motivation and…
Woman plants thousands of trees after buying fell
Thousands of trees have been planted on a fell after it was bought by a community interest company that plans to turn it into a nature reserve. Sally Phillips bought…
Mangroves: we used freely-available satellite images to track climate-resilient forests
Mangroves are one of most important ecosystems on the world’s coasts. They absorb the impact of storms, prevent erosion, provide food and safety for fish and other animals and can…
Sheep herded with special collars to protect birds
Moving away from physical field and farm boundaries is an interesting concept. See excerpt below: Grazing sheep are being fitted with collars to help them create nesting environments for threatened…
Hen Harriers Disappearing
8 more satellite-tagged hen harriers vanish – Natural England ‘forgets’ to mention them in latest press release On Saturday, Natural England published a press release providing details about this year’s…
Climate change: Farms face job losses without net zero support
This is a major focus for Earth and Leaf. Welsh government is taking a lead with the sustainable farming scheme but has failed to carry farmers with them. Extract below:…
Glyphosate weedkiller damages wild bee colonies, study reveals
The critical ability of wild bumblebees to keep their colonies at the right temperature is seriously damaged by the weedkiller glyphosate, research has revealed. Glyphosate is the most widely used…
In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch
In Sierra Leone, local fishers and foreign trawlers battle for their catch Overfishing isn’t a new problem in West Africa, where industrial fishing boats from across the world harvest massive…