Lisa Chilton, CEO of the National Biodiversity Network [NBN] writes about Thor, the walrus which recently paid a visit to the UK’s eastern shores, brought a smile to many faces and managed to disrupt new year celebrations. Lisa begins: “In this monthly (or thereabouts) Nature Positive blog, I’m going to share happy tales from the…
Laure Cugnière, Fiona M. Jones & Ignacio (Nacho) Juarez The polar regions are immensely special, but are rapidly changing due to direct human disturbances, like fishing activity and habitat degradation. Penguins and other seabirds are key environmental health indicators as well as the most threatened group of birds globally. Near the top of the food…
Henricus Peters reviews Flames of Extinction: the race to save Australia’s threatened wildlife by John Pickrell. A carefully researched and deeply empathetic portrayal of the battle to save Australia’s precious wildlife as we cook our planet”. Gaia Vince, author of ‘Adventures in the Anthropocene’ is certainly correct in this statement. John Pickrell has upturned seemingly every possible rock…