CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 13 July 2020

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

Green recovery at the heart of this year’s Bees’ Needs Week - Defra

England’s B-Lines network will give pollinating insects a boost - Buglife

Survey shows nearly 40% of arable soils ‘degraded’ - Rothamsted Research

England’s first reintroduced Pine Martens have kits! - Forestry England

Multi-billion pound investment as government unveils new long-term plan to tackle flooding - Defra

Road verges could be havens for pollinators - University of Exeter

New experiment tests link between nature and wellbeing - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

Urban Green Newcastle partnership supports young people into employment - Urban Green Newcastle

Tree planting does not always boost ecosystem carbon stocks, study finds - University of Stirling

Partnership working strategy for city’s street trees is unveiled - Sheffield and Rotherham Wildlife Trust

MPs to consider how the Government can enhance healthy ecosystems - Environmental Audit Committee

Woodland Trust response to today’s announcement by Sheffield City Council on the halting of healthy tree felling - Woodland Trust

Breeding success for rare birds in south Wales - Natural Resources Wales

Nature Lovers Chalk Up Over 2000 Sightings in Support of Exmoor Conservation Projects - Exmoor National Park Authority

Our MMO Story - the next ten years - defra Corporate report

National Trust sites prove successful breeding grounds for peregrine falcons - National Trust

Scientific Publications

Essl, F, Lenzner, B, Bacher, S, et al. Drivers of future alien species impacts: An expert-based assessment. Glob Change Biol. 2020; 00: 1– 14. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.15199

 

Napper et al: The efficiency of devices intended to reduce microfibre release during clothes washing Science of the Total Environment, DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2020.140412.

 

Daniels B, Jedamski J, Ottermanns R, Ross-Nickoll M (2020) A “plan bee” for cities: Pollinator diversity and plant-pollinator interactions in urban green spaces. PLOS ONE 15(7): e0235492. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0235492

Voigt, U., Siebert, U. Survival rates on pre-weaning European hares (Lepus europaeus) in an intensively used agricultural area. Eur J Wildl Res 66, 67 (2020). doi:10.1007/s10344-020-01403-z

 

Canova, L., Gazzola, A., Pollini, L. et al. Surveillance and habitat diversity affect European brown hare (Lepus europaeus) density in protected breeding areas. Eur J Wildl Res 66, 66 (2020). doi: 10.1007/s10344-020-01405-x

 

Mattia Brambilla, Franco Rizzolli, Alessandro Franzoi, Michele Caldonazzi, Sandro Zanghellini, Paolo Pedrini, A network of small protected areas favoured generalist but not specialized wetland birds in a 30-year period, Biological Conservation, Volume 248, 2020, 108699, ISSN 0006-3207, doi: 10.1016/j.biocon.2020.108699.

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