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Dave Goulson is Professor of Biology at the University of Sussex, specializing in the ecology and conservation of insects, particularly bumblebees. He has been warning about the toxicity of pesticides and their threat to biodiversity for many years.
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As part of ‘The People’s Manifesto for Wildlife – Revisited’ podcast series, Charlie Moores spoke with Miles King, an ecologist who acted as Minister for Food and Farming – and as agriculture utilises 71% of the UK’s land area, that was always going to be an important role…
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As part of the ‘The People’s Manifesto for Wildlife – Revisited’ podcast series, Charlie Moores spoke with consultant solicitor Carol Day of the law firm Leigh Day (who have represented, for example, Wild Justice in landmark cases to challenge poor decisions or flawed policies that threaten to harm our wildlife).
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Dr Mark Avery is a conservationist, author, founding director of WildJustice, and a contributor to the People’s Manifesto for Wildlife as the Minister for Upland Ecology. Charlie Moores spoke with Mark in Buxton (on the edge of the Peak District National Park in Derbyshire) for the podcast series ‘The People’s Manifesto for Wildlife – Revisited’ the day before Hen Harrier Day 2019.
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Nesting birds and the law
Snares: legally binding
The Madagascar Pochard | The world’s rarest duck
Devon and Somerset Staghounds filmed cracking whip over a deer’s head
Egg thief Jeffrey Lendrum denied early release
The Independent | Boris Johnson said he ‘loved’ fox hunting
Another dead Buzzard reinforces the lie of ‘national parks’
Gamekeeping’s war on wildlife
Cubbing | An autumn sickness
A quick note to Alexander Armstrong