Wildlife and Biodiversity

28-Jul-08

Calculating Carbon Savings from Wind Farms on Scottish Peat Lands - A New Approach June 2008	“A New Approach has been developed to calculate the impact of wind farm developments on the soil carbon stocks held in peats. This provides a transparent and easy to follow method for estimating the impacts of wind farms on the carbon dynamics of peat lands.”
The Economic and Social Aspects of Biodiversity: Benefits and Costs of Biodiversity in Ireland June 2008	This report looks at the relationship between biodiversity and agriculture, forestry, aquaculture, infrastructure, health and climate change. The report finds amongst other things that there are substantial net social and economic benefits from biodiversity.
The Wetland Vision Project July 2008	This initiative has been launched by the Environment Agency, Natural England, the RSPB, English Heritage and the Wildlife Trusts and focuses on how wetlands can be developed over the next 50 years
UK's Wide Survey of the Countryside	The survey will take place over 600 square kilometres of the English, Welsh and Scottish countryside, collecting information on soils, rivers and ponds, plants, and various habitats. The results of the survey will be available in autumn 2008.
Ecosystems Communications Research	Defra has published a qualitative research on the public understanding of the concepts and language around ecosystem services and the natural environment
House of Commons: Env Audit: Halting Biodiversity Loss

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