Monthly Archives: September 2017

New Natural Areas: time to really make space for nature and people? Guest Blog by Steve Jones

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Miles King

  Over at Mark Avery’s blog, Steve Jones outlined the idea of creating a series of pilot New Natural Areas, a new class of natural landscape to sit alongside National Parks and Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Steve stressed that … Continue reading →

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Guest Blog: Agri-environment – a need for detailed scrutiny, by Steve Peel

Posted on September 4, 2017 by Miles King

            As the process of changing from an European agriculture policy into a UK one starts, I’m delighted to publish a guest blog by former Natural England grassland specialist Steve Peel. Steve looks at how … Continue reading →

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