There’s very little booked into either House at Westminster for the week beginning Monday 6th February in relation to the environment or wildlife. There are definitely some interesting debates arranged especially the Opposition Day debate on banking and the debate on Somalia – another oil war brewing perhaps? Where the … Continue reading
The diary for next week in Westminster and the debates and topics connected with the environment and nature. This weeks sees the bill being proposed that could lead to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs being moved to Bristol. The things to look … Continue reading
The annual State of Observed Species report for 2011 has been released by the International Institute for Species Exploration. Highlighted in the report are the latest compilation figures for new wildlife species. The latest full calendar year available, 2009, showed that … Continue reading
The timetable for environmental and nature issues being debated in Westminster next week – week beginning Monday 23rd January 2012 is as follows: Houses of Commons: Monday 23rd January 2012; 2.30 pm @ Main Chamber. Opposition Day: Rising food prices … Continue reading
Grant Shapps is a very competent politician, he very media friendly and come across well. He’s definitely a high contender to replace David Cameron as leader of the conservatives but has he lost the plot with his latest housing policy? Grant Shapps has … Continue reading
There’s a number of debates and select committees sitting next week in Westminster looking at issues affecting wildlife and the environment. It all kicks off on Tuesday morning with a select committee meeting looking at consumer based emissions. Here’s the diary for environment … Continue reading
As we come to the end of another year it’s time to look back and see which blogs of 2011 has been the most popular. The list below shows the top 10 environment and wildlife blogs that have appeared on … Continue reading
Catching up on news back home in the UK it’s good to see that Prince Philip is doing well and has now returned to his family. His illness is a reminder that both he and the Queen are getting older and their reign may … Continue reading
We’re now heading into the last week before Christmas and the end of yet another year. Just like many others I’m now winding down ready for the holidays. As one of the last postings of the year I thought I’d … Continue reading
There are lots of different films that have a wildlife or environmental theme to it. There’s so many it can be hard sometimes to choose which are the best wildlife films or movies with an environmental conscious. This is my list of … Continue reading
Having finally received my 3d glasses from an Amazon 3rd party shop (it took much longer than buying my new smartphone from China – I wonder why China is racing ahead of UK in it’s economy?) I thought I’d sort out some … Continue reading
Wildlife News has just launched our brand new filtered Google search engine. It’s a custom search engine that is aimed at the wildlife and nature sector. Every site that is returned has been manually checked to ensure only the highest … Continue reading
george osborne Having taken a closer look at the Autumn Statement delivered by George Osborne yesterday it does seem that there is finally a small glimpse of a vision being set in place for the economy. Hopefully it will be … Continue reading
If you are a lover of wildlife and nature then obviously you head outdoors at every opportunity to experience nature in it’s full glory. An important part of going outdoors is to ensure that you have an up to date … Continue reading
It may not be as simple as a bit of sticky back plastic but if you’re of a Blue Peter mindset then you too could pimp up the experience of watching Frozen Planet in 3D realism. OK this is a software produced … Continue reading
It may seem a bit early to be recommending Christmas presents for this year but the words are beginning to appear in my web site logs as search terms. With it being such a tough time for many people in the current … Continue reading
Watching the brutality given out by the police at Dale Farm this morning made me ashamed to be British. But this excessive police force is not new. Increasingly the police are targeting protesters in order prevent normal people from having their voice heard … Continue reading
I know that this is blog about wildlife and nature but the quality of society is as important to the environment in which we live as is the natural world. This afternoon when I was out shopping something happened which really brought … Continue reading
Today is a black day for sciences as 6 geologists go on trial in Italy for failing to predict the earthquake that devastated the city of L’Aquila and killed 309 people. The scientists are being charged with manslaughter because they failed … Continue reading
A four year pilot trial is to take place in the New Forest National Park and the Peak District National Park that could see local residents having a far greater say in how the parks are run. The new trial … Continue reading
