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Guest Blog by Gavin Saunders: ECOS Review – Challenging Nature Conservation
Long long ago (well from about 2000-2004) I was on BANC Council, and I still write pieces for their journal, ECOS, from time to time (this was the most recent). So it gives me pleasure to have BANC Chair and … Continue reading
Summer: An anthology for the changing seasons
It’s a beautiful late Spring day here in Dorset. The temptation to leave the desk and computer and head off for a walk along the coast is almost overwhelming and I may well succumb shortly. But first I’d just like … Continue reading
West Dorset reject solar farm on landscape grounds
Some readers may recall that last year West Dorset District Council approved proposals for a 25MW solar farm to be built at Rampisham Down, inside the Dorset Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and directly on a Site of Special Scientific … Continue reading
Posted in British Solar Renewables, Rampisham Down, Solar Farms, Uncategorized
Tagged Rampisham, Sadborow lane, Solar Farms
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UKIP farm spokesman Stuart Agnew & his deeply unpleasant views
I have been drawn, reluctantly, back into looking at Stuart Agnew, UKIP’s chemically-challenged farm spokesman, as a result of some undercover filming carried out at his “free-range” chicken farm in Norfolk. Agnew, you will recall, is so worried about the … Continue reading
Posted in Brexit, Stuart Agnew, UKIP, Uncategorized
Tagged chickens, EU referendum, farm labour, Stuart Agnew
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Cameron woos Welsh farmers: it’s all about the exports
This from Today’s Farmers Weekly: EU exit could cost UK’s livestock farmers £330m, says PM Livestock farmers would be forced to pay an extra £330m a year to export their goods abroad in the event of an exit from … Continue reading
Posted in agriculture, Charities campaigning, EU referendum, Uncategorized
Tagged ;, campaigning, charities, EU referendum, farming
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2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 58,000 times in 2015. If it were a … Continue reading
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Storm Desmond, climate change, land use and what it means for Dartmoor
Originally posted on A Dartmoor blog:
My heart goes out to all the people and communities in Cumbria and southern Scotland who have been impacted by the dreadful flooding. In addition the National Trust is a major landowner in the…
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Mynthurst Appeal decision another nail in the Rampisham Solar Farm Coffin?
The big news is that the date for the Rampisham Down Public Inquiry has been set for 13th September 2016. This is quite a long time away and should give all parties enough time to marshal their evidence and arguments. … Continue reading
Posted in Rampisham Down, Solar Farms, Uncategorized
Tagged AONB, Green Belt, Rampisham Down, Solar Farm
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Natural Capital: The Poll
OK so I’ve had a bit of a rant on things like Natural Capital and Ecosystem Services this week; Now it’s your turn. I know quite a few people in the conservation/environment sector read this blog, so I’m going to … Continue reading
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