CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 9 March 2020

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

Discovery of two rare bog mosses made on mid-Wales reserve - Natural Resources Wales

Woodland Trust creates largest native wood in Northern Ireland - Woodland Trust

If we want to bring back farmland birds, restore a farmland pond, new research shows Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust - Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust

New initiative will inspire more people to learn about their local heath - South Downs National Park Authority

Double boost for Freshwater pearl mussels - Forestry and Land Scotland

Restoring an iconic tree species of England’s lowlands - South Downs National Park

The early bird counts the worms - British Trust for Ornithology

Positive connection between nature experiences and happiness - National University of Singapore

Budget 2020 – significant new funding needed to restore nature and tackle climate change - The Wildlife Trusts

750,000 seeds planted in Wales in UK’s biggest seagrass restoration scheme  - Swansea University

Latest UK seabird statistics from the Seabird Monitoring Programme - JNCC

Mammal Photographer of the Year 2020 – we have a winner! - Mammal Society

Keeping Cats Indoors Could Blunt Adverse Effects to Wildlife - NC State University

Together we can create a National Forest the length and breadth of Wales - First Minister Mark Drakeford - Welsh Government

Plea to clean our seas as National Trust reveals strangest items to wash up on its shores - The National Trust

Astonishing 2020 National Parks photography competition – urges us all to protect nature - Campaign for National Parks and The UK National Parks

Scientific Publications

 

Browett, S.S., O'Meara, D.B. and McDevitt, A.D. (2020), Genetic tools in the management of invasive mammals: recent trends and future perspectives. Mam Rev. doi:10.1111/mam.12189

  

L. Jonas Hamberg, Roydon A. Fraser, Derek T. Robinson, Andrew J. Trant, Stephen D. Murphy, Surface temperature as an indicator of plant species diversity and restoration in oak woodland, Ecological Indicators, Volume 113, 2020, 106249, ISSN 1470-160X, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2020.106249

 

Sales, NG, McKenzie, MB, Drake, J, et al. Fishing for mammals: Landscape‐level monitoring of terrestrial and semi‐aquatic communities using eDNA from riverine systems. J Appl Ecol. 2020; 00: 1– 10. https://doi.org/10.1111/1365-2664.13592

P. Warren, C. Land, N. Hesford & D. Baines (2020) Conserving Black Grouse Lyrurus tetrix in southern Scotland: evidence for the need to retain large contiguous moorland habitat within a forest-moorland landscape, Bird Study, DOI: 10.1080/00063657.2020.1726875

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