“No one would think of tearing down a quarter of England’s medieval churches. But that’s precisely what we have done with our hedgerows.”
The stitching that holds the fabric of the countryside together Read More
This article was originally written for Ecolibrium Now – a collection of essays, poems and artwork in support of the late Polly Higgins’ Law of Ecocide campaign – but came to mind again as the dire results of this year’s Butterfly Count (2024), organised by the Butterfly Conservation Society, were released: with the average count just 7 butterflies, the
Reflections on a butterfly cabinet Read More
Two compelling, if deeply depressing, reports on the state of our natural world here in the UK and globally have been published over the last month: the UK State of Nature 2016 compiled from data on 8,000 UK wild fauna and flora provided by 50 UK nature conservation and research bodies; and the latest Living Planet
Counting every species population bar our own! Read More
The farming community overwhelmingly voted for Brexit – polls conducted by Farmers’ Weekly, AgriChat and others consistently showed nearly 60% of farmers wanted to leave the EU, giving their main reason as wishing to ‘take back control’ [i]. With 55% of total farm income in the UK coming from the EU single farm payment and
Post-Brexit Agriculture – from CAP to BAP? Read More
