CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 20 January 2020

A round up of the top countryside, conservation, wildlife and forestry stories as chosen by the CJS Team.

We are declaring a planetary emergency - Natural History Museum

Police Scotland launches new wildlife crime investigators course - Police Scotland

The 2019 breeding season; a year to remember for Blackcaps and Blue Tits - British Trust for Ornithology

New waste crime taskforce will tackle 'blight on our countryside' - NFU

Small predators lose out from human land use - University College London (UCL)

Woodland Trust chief delivers stark warning as charity publishes emergency tree plan for the UK - Woodland Trust

Local water availability is permanently reduced after planting forests - Cambridge University

Trust pledges to support 20,000 young Scots to connect with wildness - John Muir Trust

Natural capital tool launched to help protect the environment - Defra

Worrying research published by Featured Charity: the Mammal Society. Hedgehog mortality on roads: Mammal charities identify worst areas for hedgehog road deaths -

Major shift in UK land use needed to deliver Net Zero emissions - The Committee on Climate Change

Change how we use land, says new climate change report: our response - CPRE

Environmental bodies set joint vision to tackle climate change - Natural England

Buzzard poisoned in Peak District National Park - RSPB

Help Our Kelp - Byelaw Update - Sussex Wildlife Trust

National Trust calls on Government to back natural climate solutions, as charity ramps up efforts to tackle the ‘greatest threat to its places' - National Trust

Assessing risk of chemicals to wildlife is huge challenge that requires a new approach - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH)

Brilliant iridescence can conceal as well as attract - University of Bristol

Scientific Publications

Pattrick Jonathan G., Symington Hamish A., Federle Walter and Glover Beverley J. The mechanics of nectar offloading in the bumblebee Bombus terrestris and implications for optimal concentrations during nectar foraging. R. Soc. Interface doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2019.0632

Roel van Klink, Jitske van Laar-Wiersma, Oscar Vorst, Christian Smit. Rewilding with large herbivores: Positive direct and delayed effects of carrion on plant and arthropod communities. PLOS doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0226946

Garibaldi, L.A., Sáez, A., Aizen, M.A., Fijen, T. and Bartomeus, I. (2020), Crop pollination management needs flower visitor monitoring and target values. J Appl Ecol. Accepted Author Manuscript. doi:10.1111/1365-2664.13574

Martin, A.R. and Lea, V.J. (2020), A mink‐free GB: perspectives on eradicating American mink Neovison vison from Great Britain and its islands. Mam Rev. doi:10.1111/mam.12178

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