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The University of Manchester responds to the urgent need to restore global biodiversity as it launches new master's course
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Applications are now open for a unique and innovative postgraduate course that will explore how we can transform the fortunes of biodiversity, launched by The University of Manchester.
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- The threat of large-scale fly-tipping (article by Rob Symons, Operations Director, CRJ Services) Pollution
In 2022/23 there were 42,000 large fly-tipping incidents in England alone. This cost hard-pressed local authorities £13.2 million (compared to £10.7 million the previous year) and created a threat to human health, wildlife habitats and the wider environment. Defined as being at least one tipper lorry load in size, large fly-tipping incidents also create a barrier to land development, improvement and restoration.
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Applications are now open for a unique and innovative postgraduate course that will explore how we can transform the fortunes of biodiversity, launched by The University of Manchester.
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A Northern English biodiversity tech start-up company, AgriSound, has won European funding for a research and development project set to change the pollination of commercial crops to harness the power of mason bees, claiming they will exist sustainably in the wider ecosystem.
Published in NatureWildlife Trust and wind farm developer partner to create big seagrass restoration off Humber Estuary
Yorkshire Wildlife Trust and Orsted's Hornsea Project Four offshore wind farm are teaming up to develop what could become the largest seagrass restoration project in the UK and Europe, aiming to restore up to 74 acres of lost meadow in the Humber Estuary. Seagrass is a valuable habitat for the marine food chain and able to sequester large amounts of carbon.
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Litter is a particular problem on England's motorways and A-roads, where verges and safety barriers form corridors where litter builds up at an alarming rate. National Highways is responsible for collecting litter from England's motorways and a small number of A-roads. Local authorities are responsible for litter clearing on most A-roads.
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Despite thirty years of campaigning against extraction and increased public outcry, peat continues to be sold in vast quantities for amateur and professional horticultural use, with huge consequences for nature and climate.
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A new WWF report, that draws on decades of data to map global whale migration routes or 'blue corridors', highlights the escalating threats, such as entanglement in fishing gear, to these sentinel species. And WWF is calling for a new conservation approach to address threats across these marine superhighways.
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Timely prevention strategies for invasive species could in future save trillions, as new research has found that the damage costs by invasive species are at least ten times their current management expenditure.
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Hundreds of thousands of British tree saplings are set to be protected with first bio-based and biodegradable tree guards manufactured at scale by Tubex, a major UK manufacturer of the familiar polypropylene tree establishment protectors. The new tree guards are available for sale now.
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The prospects for the endangered European eel in England's Wessex region counties have been given a boost as man-made barriers are set to be removed or redesigned to allow their crucial migrations.
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A new network from charity Rewilding Britain aims to spearhead a massive and rapid rewilding across Britain, in its first three years aiming to catalyse the return of nature to 300,000 acres, an area the size of Greater Manchester or the North York Moors National Park.
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