New era for restoring natural environment

951614161 bd4jt S New era for restoring natural environmentThe Coalition Government’s White Paper on the Natural Environment provides a real opportunity to lay the foundations of nature conservation for the 21st century, according to The Wildlife Trusts.

The conservation organisation’s comments come ahead of a public consultation and set out its recovery plans for the UK’s wildlife and fragmented habitats on land

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Listen up! Children to tune in to the sounds of nature

826347888 PgBcE S Listen up! Children to tune in to the sounds of natureMost of us can picture a hedgehog, blue tit or grasshopper, but what does one sound like?

Members of the Wildlife Watch, the Wildlife Trusts’ network of groups for children, are now able to find out thanks to some new state of the art

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Cheviot Hills to be restored to their former glory

925188094 aJXrj S Cheviot Hills to be restored to their former gloryNorthumberland National Park and The Linhope Estate will restore large tracts of  the Cheviot Hills  to upland heath An exciting new conservation project is about to get underway in Northumberland National Park.  The 14,000 acre Linhope Estate, which includes a substantial part of the Cheviot Hills and much

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