CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 16 August 2021

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

Pioneering North East project uses nature to reduce flood risk - Natural England

Kicking to see what’s alive: wildlife surveys carried out - Yorkshire Dales National Park

Derbyshire gets first ever pine marten trainee - Derbyshire Wildlife Trust

Canals for all ages: waterways charity launches youth fellowship programme - Canal and River Trust

Record-breaking breeding success for critically endangered native insect - The Royal Zoological Society of Scotland (RZSS)

NRW launches consultation on tackling environmental crime - Natural Resources Wales

Cities are making mammals bigger - Florida Museum of Natural History

Sunflowers power £2 million for nature’s recovery - The Wildlife Trusts

Two decades on, Fix the Fells work is needed more than ever, says National Trust - Fix the Fells and the National Trust

Released, captive reared Curlews phone home - British Trust for Ornithology

Marine disturbance in Cornwall triples in six years - Cornwall Wildlife Trust

University to support microplastics clean-up from local wetlands - University of Southampton

Continued inequalities in use of greenspace - Public Health Scotland

Have your say on NRW’s wild bird licences - Natural Resources Wales Consultation

Scientific Publications

Michaela Roberts, Katherine N. Irvine, Alistair McVittie, Associations between greenspace and mental health prescription rates in urban areas, Urban Forestry & Urban Greening, 2021, 127301, ISSN 1618-8667, doi: 10.1016/j.ufug.2021.127301.

Rasmussen, J.J., Andersen, L.W., Johnsen, T.J., Thaulow, J., d'Auriac, M.A., Thomsen, S.N. et al. (2021). Dead or alive — Old empty shells do not prompt false-positive results in environmental DNA surveys targeting the freshwater pearl mussel (Margaritifera margaritifera L.). Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems, 1– 9. doi: 10.1002/aqc.3677

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