biodiversity

How can planning better serve ancient woodland?

05.12.2017

Victoria Bankes Price MRTPI

ancient woodland | biodiversity | England | Environmental | NPPF | trees | Woodland Trust

It's great that government wants to protect our dwindling ancient woodland, says Victoria Bankes Price, but action is needed now – and planners are integral to that
Green infrastructure is good for society. So why do we struggle to fund it?

06.07.2017

Julia Thrift

biodiversity | climate change | England | Environmental | Green Infrastrcuture Partnership | green infrastructure | Infrastructure - Green

There's plenty of evidence for the benefits of green infrastructure, writes Julia Thrift. So it should be easy to fund, right?
Q&A: Manchester’s urban natural capital pioneer

09.03.2017

Simon Wicks

Anne Selby | biodiversity | England | Environmental | natural capital accounting | North West

Anne Selby is the chief executive of Wildlife Trust for Lancashire, Manchester and Merseyside, chair of the Greater Manchester Natural Capital Group and a qualified...
Call of the wild

31.10.2016

Huw Morris

biodiversity | Environmental | Infrastructure - Green | RSPB | species loss | State of Nature report | UK

The UK’s nature is in crisis and the government is delaying a 25-year plan for the environment in light of the EU referendum result. Huw Morris reports
Planning framework should include biodiversity obligation

08.09.2016

Laura Edgar

biodiversity | England | Environmental | Infrastructure - Transport | NPPF | wildlife

A new report has called for the public and private sector to do more to protect the UK’s wildlife and biodiversity.
Conservationists voice concern over habitat protection in NI

21.07.2016

Roger Milne

biodiversity | Environmental | Northern Ireland | RSPB | rspb ni

The protection of Northern Ireland's wildlife and key habitats could be at risk when the UK leaves the European Union (EU), warns a leading environmental group.
Appeal: Inland leisure marina refused on ecological grounds

02.12.2015

Martha Harris

biodiversity | Business & Enterprise | North West

Permission for an inland leisure marina with up to 235 moorings on land adjacent to the Trent and Mersey Canal has been turned down after an inspector decided that insufficient evidence had been put forward...
Appeal: Ferry crossing car park seen as risk to biodiversity

18.11.2015

Martha Harris

biodiversity | Infrastructure | South East

Permission has been refused for 40 parking spaces to service a reinstated ferry crossing in South Fambridge, Essex, after an inspector ruled that insufficient evidence of the impact on biodiversity had been...