CJS News, Headlines from week beginning 1 August 2022

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

New legislation to crack down on illegal hare coursing now in force - Defra

Offshore wind partnership report identifies ornithological knowledge needs - JNCC

Over 100 new and revamped parks to level up towns and cities across the UK - Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

UK horticulture sector reports significant drop in the use of peat - Horticultural Trades Association

Agri-environment measures boost wildlife populations in long-term farm study - UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology

National Trust calls on football fans to name new beaver kits, following England’s historic victory - National Trust

Cheshire nature reserve set to be lost to HS2 - Cheshire Wildlife Trust

Belfast Zoo welcomes endangered giraffe calf to the herd - BIAZA

Research shows potentially dangerous levels of medical drugs for wildlife in British rivers - Buglife

Pandemic face masks could harm wildlife for years to come - Natural History Museum

Scientists envisage climate change will severely impact bird communities by 2080 - Durham University

An extremely rare sea slug has been spotted off the coast of the Isles of Scilly. - Cornwall Wildlife Trust

Protocol launched for responsible investment in natural capital - Scottish Land Commission

Major expansion of woodlands for communities across England - Defra

Restored oysters support marine life - Bangor University

Unprecedented partnership will power nature recovery in the north of England - Heritage Lottery Fund

The value of seagrass to the planet’s future is far greater than appreciated - Swansea University

Community makes history as South Scotland’s biggest land buyout gets over the line to double size of nature reserve - Langholm Initiative

Scientific Publications

Defra statement: Government to hold back data on the state of biodiversity in England

Defra statement: We can now confirm that we plan to publish a reduced publication in 2022 and will be updating data for a limited set of indicators. The following UK and their associated England indicators have been chosen based on data availability, user needs and timeliness:

• A4 Global biodiversity impacts
• B5a Air pollution
• C1 Protected areas
• C4a Status of priority species: relative abundance
• C6 Butterflies
• D1c Pollinating insects
• E2 Biodiversity Expenditure

We do not anticipate that this will lead to missing data for the indicators which are not updated this year, data which would have been published this year will be available in 2023.

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