CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 17 February 2020

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

Trial finds benefits to people and wildlife from beavers living wild in English countryside - University of Exeter

Study reveals where London’s hedgehog hotspots are, and where help is needed - People's Trust for Endangered Species (PTES)

Freshwater insects recover while spiders decline in UK - University College London (UCL)

Scientists make fresh call for policy makers to protect pollinators - Trinity College Dublin

Bisterne lapwing recovery recognised in Purdey conservation awards - Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust

You are what you eat, but what feeds your food? - WWF

'Lost world' wildlife haven now under protection as public help raise £1 million - Woodland Trust

Gamekeepers and wildlife new report - National Gamekeepers’ Organisation

Consultation launches for ‘Future Flora’, a new project aiming to transform the plant supply chain - Landscape Institute

Defra sets out review into releasing gamebirds on protected sites - defra

Record numbers take part in citizen science to protect whales and dolphins off Scotland’s west coast - Hebridean Whale and Dolphin Trust

Puffin numbers stable despite last summer’s wash-out as sufficient pufflings successfully hatch on Farne Islands - National Trust

Seabird declines may be slowing - Scottish Natural Heritage

Habitats survey completed in Westmorland Dales - Yorkshire Dales National Park

Scientific Publications

David Tickner, Jeffrey J Opperman, Robin Abell et al Bending the Curve of Global Freshwater Biodiversity Loss: An Emergency Recovery Plan, BioScience, biaa002, doi.org/10.1093/biosci/biaa002

McLachlan Jessica R. and Magrath Robert D. Speedy revelations: how alarm calls can convey rapid, reliable information about urgent danger Proc. R. Soc. B. doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2772

Schwenk Kurt and Phillips Jackson R. Circumventing surface tension: tadpoles suck bubbles to breathe air Proc. R. Soc. B doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2019.2704

Ross T. Shackleton, Llewellyn C. Foxcroft, Petr Pyšek, Louisa E. Wood, David M. Richardson, Assessing biological invasions in protected areas after 30 years: Revisiting nature reserves targeted by the 1980s SCOPE programme, Biological Conservation, Volume 243, 2020, 108424, ISSN 0006-3207, doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108424.

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