Biodiversité

MPs have passed a motion making the UK parliament the first in the world to declare an “environment and climate emergency”. The symbolic move – recognising the urgency needed to combat the climate crisis – follows a wave of protests launched by the Extinction Rebellion strikers in recent weeks. Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for the motion to “set off a wave of action from

Mainstream political and policy debates have failed to recognise that human impacts on the environment have reached a critical stage, potentially eroding the conditions upon which socioeconomic …

Conservation charities estimate cost of dealing with predators at £2bn a year, and warns this may spiral without strong prevention measures

A snapshot of the UK’s research infrastructures in 2017, drawing on new data from an extensive online and telephone survey of 135 research infrastructures in the UK.

Each year, we produce a report that reviews the latest survey results to give a valuable picture of the state of the UK's bird population.

Animals from six of the deepest places on Earth found to contain man-made fibres and plastic in their stomachs, scientists have shown.

A new study by BirdWatch Ireland, published in the latest issue of its annual scientific journal, Irish Birds, has found that the number of waterbirds wintering in Ireland has declined by 15% over the past five years. More alarming is the comparison over a longer time period, which shows that our wintering waterbirds have declined by almost 500,000 individuals (40%) since the mid-1990’s, a truly shocking finding.

Experts from across the globe will come together at the University of Stirling in a series of keynote talks, sessions and workshops, to share their knowledge on the impact that wind energy has on wildlife and discuss the upcoming challenges for this dynamic industry.

« L’ennemi de mon ennemi est mon ami »
comment un prédateur peut rééquilibrer une biodiversité perturbée
Interview de Xavier Lambin, professeur à l’Université d’Aberdeen

Et si les solutions aux problèmes des espèces envahissantes se trouvaient dans une nature forte et restaurée ? Telle est la conclusion d’une étude menée sur la martre des pins et dirigée par les chercheurs de l’université d’Aberdeen. Le retour de ce prédateur a en effet contribué à diminuer la population d’écureuils gris, une espèce envahissante venue des États-Unis, et favorisé le retour de l’écureuil roux autochtone.

Dans le cadre du programme européen Interreg Samarch, une équipe de l’Agence française pour la biodiversité prévoit de suivre les déplacements de poissons migrateurs. Les premiers résultats du terrain valident le protocole de détection et de capture-recapture des poissons concernés.

Du 16 au 18 mai 2018, le Forum international SAMARCH, organisé par Normandie Grands Migrateurs au Mont Saint-Michel, a permis la rencontre entre scientifiques et gestionnaires français et britanniques.

Modest pollution in many English rivers is enough to kill 80% of eggs, increasing concerns over insects which are vital to all ecosystems

The dates are in! Join us for Big Garden Birdwatch 27 - 29 January 2018. Registration opens 13 December 2017! Find out more

Chancellor to announce call for evidence on possible measures to cut use of plastics such as takeaway cartons and packaging