CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 30 November 2020

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

UK Outdoors welcomes government’s roadmap to restarting outdoor education at Easter 2021 - Outdoor Industries Association

Government unveils path to sustainable farming from 2021 - Defra

NFU responds to Defra's agricultural transition roadmap -

New Government farming announcement will frustrate farmers and fail to help nature fast enough - The Wildlife Trusts

First beaver dam appears on Exmoor after 400 years - National Trust

NRW flies high to capture 3D Wales - Natural Resources Wales

New report reveals good news for rare breeding birds - British Trust for Ornithology

Huge potential for nature-based jobs boost - NatureScot

Breaking new ground with eco drive to bring the country’s verges to life - Highways England

Western Link threatens probable largest barbastelle bat colony in UK - Norfolk Wildlife Trust

Letter to Natural Capital Committee on small waters - Freshwater Habitats Trust

Safeguarding Scotland’s marine environment - Scottish Government

RSPB Scotland welcomes seabird safe havens, but questions why Orkney sites are missing - RSPB

Iconic species protected by marine designations - NatureScot

125,000 seabirds to benefit from expansion of protected site - Natural England

National Parks England launch joint ambitions for the next decade - National Parks England

Taskforce launches action plan towards a green and just COVID-19 recovery for Wales - Natural Resources Wales

Horror at destruction of nationally important UK river - The Wildlife Trusts

Soaring invertebrate life at Three Hagges Woodmeadow bucks global trends - Woodmeadow Trust

Wildlife Trust launches vision of wildscape to replace bleak Broadmarsh - Nottingham Wildlife Trust

Europe's breeding birds get long-overdue stocktake - British Trust for Ornithology

Scientific Publications

Oldekop, J.A., Rasmussen, L.V., Agrawal, A. et al. Forest-linked livelihoods in a globalized world. Nat. Plants (2020). doi.org/10.1038/s41477-020-00814-

Javier Antunez-Sanchez, Matthew Naish, Juan Sebastian Ramirez-Prado, Sho Ohno, Ying Huang, Alexander Dawson, Korawit Opassathian, Deborah Manza-Mianza, Federico Ariel et al A new role for histone demethylases in the maintenance of plant genome integrity eLife 2020;9:e58533 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.58533

Duncan EM, Davies A, Brooks A, Chowdhury GW, Godley BJ, et al. (2020) Message in a bottle: Open source technology to track the movement of plastic pollution. PLOS ONE 15(12): e0242459. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242459

Roman, L., Schuyler, Q., Wilcox, C. & Hardesty, B. D. Plastic pollution is killing marine megafauna, but how do we prioritize policies to reduce mortality? Conservation Letters. DOI: 10.1111/conl.12781

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