Light pollution is now recognised as having significant adverse impacts on humans and wildlife, as well as wasting energy and adding to atmospheric carbon levels.
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Ecological Survey Calendar
Nature doesn’t work to our timetables, but local authority ecologists will expect that surveys will have been conducted at the optimum time for the subject species.
Road versus Bats
Plans to install a dual-carriageway ring road near Norwich could decimate habitats supporting a large colony of extremely rare bats. Are mitigation measures or is re-routing the solution?
Great-crested Newt Licence
This newt is the most highly protected amphibian in Britain and the most secretive in its habits. Licensed ecologists must employ a range of survey techniques to confirm its presence or absence.
“Mini Forests” Spreading
“Mini forests” might make a valuable contribution to improving the biodiversity of nature within developments on housing and industrial estates, but can’t replace existing forests and woodland.
UK Environment Act 2021
The Environment Act 2021 provides umbrella coverage for a range of supporting legislation within each of UK’s nations.
Ancient Honeybees Discovered
The discovery of ancient bees is a reminder of the wonders still hidden in our habitats and that we should preserve and integrate them into development plans, rather than tearing them down.
The Age of Nature
If they are to avoid “bad press”, architects, planners, developers and builders will need to increase provision for our natural world in their projects, whether large or small.
Impact of Aberbargoed Development
Proposals to build houses next to the Aberbargoed Grasslands Nature Reserve, SAC and SSSI required more than usually detailed ecological surveys.
Habitat Units Restore Marine Ecosystems
Retrofittable devices can re-instate and improve the marine biodiversity lost by development of our coastal areas.
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