Of 22 sites being held on a waiting list, before designation, 14 were at risk from development. That's 64% of potential SSSI's, and the wildlife living within them, at risk of being lost.
Read the full report on our blog: wildjustice.org.uk/unprotected-...
NEW REPORT: Today we publish Unprotected Nature, a report revealing Natural England's failure to designate any new protected sites.
Read about it in the Guardian here: www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thanks - I couldn't agree more. A new approach to the natural world is definitely needed, with public funding a critical element
Thanks for this - it's a real problem across the UK. So sorry to hear about loss of sites in NI. Lack of funding for the core business of statutory bodies seems to be at the heart of this, coupled with focusing resources on 'strategic' initiatives such as the Nature Recovery Fund.
Link to full report. Thanks to @patrickbarkham.bsky.social for a really clear article, fellow researchers @kierachapman.bsky.social and Rob Davies, and Jamie Robins of Buglife and @savemiddlewick.bsky.social
wildjustice.org.uk/unprotected-...
Natural England failing to protect valuable sites. Our report for @wildjustice.bsky.social shows that nearly 2/3 of sites waiting to be designated as SSSIs were under threat from development. One site in Thurrock will be directly destroyed. www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Thank you to everyone at the @thetcpa.bsky.social who helped with this event, especially Hugh Ellis and Jeanette Aves. We had a packed room, eager to talk about renewing the purpose for planning. We're looking forward to taking the purpose we created out to the wider world!
🥾 Just shy of 200 people joined us up at Moscar Moor today to mark the start of the shooting season and united around our call for this huge grouse shooting estate in the Peak District to be taken into community ownership.
And lovely to see the data and code available under a CC0 licence too! doi.org/10.5061/drya...
Completely agree - a garden is never going to replicate specialised habitats. I guess the message of providing as wide a mix as possible of plants, shrubs, and habitats is good tho, and gets us beyond the argument that all insects require is a patch of Rudbeckia!
Fascinating research from colleagues at @sheffielduni.bsky.social on impact of urbanization on moth and hoverfly populations
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
For thousands of years, we have been parasitised, exploited and destroyed by elites. Our survival depends on overthrowing them.
Fascinating article by @dpcarrington.bsky.social
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
And another example from the French Alps where the marmots gamble, but where there aren't meadows full of Monarch butterflies!
Chapman, K. & Tait, M., (2025) “Commodification, labor, abstraction: Three key concepts to understand the many-headed hydra of biodiversity offsetting”, Journal of Political Ecology 32(1): 6186. doi: doi.org/10.2458/jpe....
@pollenetwork.bsky.social
Really looking forward to it!
I am looking forward to discussing why the UK is so crap at looking after #biodiversity at the Byline Festival with Alexa Culver, @kitstoner.bsky.social, @malcolmtait.bsky.social and @carexnigra.bsky.social @bylinetimes.bsky.social
Visit the website to find out more: lnkd.in/eXfAnf3k
Read our response to Defra's consultation on improving the implementation of #Biodiversity Net Gain for minor, medium and Brownfield development.
@skomerisland.bsky.social just put a BRILLIANT gay birds post up on Facebook, in celebration of Pride. And they are copping hate for it in the comments.
So please lets show them some love on here by dropping them a follow and a supportive tweet!
Mine truly captures the majesty of these creatures. Let's see who wins!
"the struggle between local residents and festivalgoers deserves less scrutiny than the tensions between austerity, profit and urban public space." @michaelchessum.bsky.social on Brockwell Park and YIMBYism
Uggly Fences www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ju...
Battleship grey of the battleship of a moth - the Poplar Hawk-moth
I thought at the time of the Spring Statement that the OBR estimates on housebuilding were extremely optimistic...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Triangular shaped moth with light brown and green camouflage markings resting on stone.
Triangular moth with green-brown and pink markings resting on stone
A nice couple of moths yesterday: Lime Hawkmoth and Elephant Hawkmoth. Both relatively common, but nonetheless very beautiful
It was great to speak on this great podcast. Excellent hosting from @itsbethperry.bsky.social and @goodfellowtom.bsky.social - we covered a lot in a short time, including the problematic way that the government is talking about newts and bats blocking development!
At Urban Radar @malcolmtait.bsky.social & @kierachapman.bsky.social in conversation with Tom Goodfellow and Beth Perry talk about their recent report on biodiversity and planning, and why it's so important to rethink our planning approaches if we want to turn things around.
lnkd.in/enVHKU6g
And no mention in the working paper about local authority housing targets being raised in the current system if housebuilders fail to build speedily...
A rather belated admission from Government that housebuilders benefit from building slowly. Reheating quite a few existing ideas, and a lot rests on councils and housebuilders agreeing build out rates.
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Best discussion on housing, planning and nature that I've heard in a long time.
Thanks for mentioning our research on housebuilders failing to put in ecological features - given the news on swift bricks, I think we need to continue to shout about this failure!
Very frustrating news! Despite our research showing that 75% of bird boxes were not installed, despite being required in planning consents, apparently this isn't enough to move towards mandatory provision of swift bricks
