Climate change…A Green Disagreement Part 4
Posted on | August 18, 2010 | 2 Comments
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In the fourth instalment of our debate, Peter Taylor responds to comments made in Part 3 and discusses the relationship between science and policy, academic credentials and ‘Climategate’. We welcome your questions and comments. Please use the form at the bottom of the page to send us your thoughts.
Climate Change…A Green Disagreement. Part 3
Posted on | July 15, 2010 | 6 Comments
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In the third installment of our debate, Alastair McIntosh looks in more detail at some of Peter Taylor’s arguments from Part 2. We welcome your questions and comments. Please use the form at the bottom of the page to send us your thoughts.
Climate Change…A Green Disagreement Part 2
Posted on | June 23, 2010 | 5 Comments
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Below, Peter Taylor responds to Alastair’s earlier post. We welcome your questions and comments. Please use the form at the bottom of the page to send us your thoughts.
Climate change…a green disagreement. Part 1
Posted on | June 23, 2010 | 4 Comments
Alastair McIntosh, author of Hell and High Water, kicks off our debate with a challenge to Peter Taylor, author of CHILL. Peter’s response will follow in about a week, but in the meantime we invite you to post your own questions and comments below.
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The End of Tradition? Conference 15th to 17th September
Posted on | June 13, 2010 | No Comments
The End of Tradition? Aspects of Commons and Cultural Severance in the Landscape.
15th to 17th September 2010 to be held at Sheffield Hallam University, Pond Street Campus, Sheffield UK.
The international conference will address topics fundamental to the conservation of these wonderful and iconic landscapes. We will cover the lessons of history and landscape change, of cultural change and abandonment. Read more
Calling All Conservationists – Update
Posted on | June 7, 2010 | No Comments
Please note the deadline for contributing to the research study “The Nature of Conservationists: How well do organisational and individual aspirations match?” is next Wednesday, 16th June. See our earlier post for more information.
North Sea Cod Stocks Rise! (Or Possibly Fall)
Posted on | May 14, 2010 | No Comments
According to the Independent, cod “was being caught sustainably off the shallow cold waters of north and eastern Britain for the first time in a decade.” A rare piece of good news and a triumph for ecological value over market value?
Calling all nature conservationists
Posted on | April 27, 2010 | No Comments
Calling all Nature Conservationists – Research Study
How well do organisational and individual aspirations match?
This study, commissioned by VINE (Values in Nature and the Environment), will explore the nature of nature conservationists.
Two MSc students are investigating the aspirations of nature conservation organisations and their staff, and individual’s experiences of working in this field.
Costing the earth
Posted on | April 9, 2010 | No Comments
The BBC Radio 4 programme Costing the Earth yesterday discussed ‘ecosystem services’ and the UK’s National Ecosystem Assessment (NEA). Read more
Part time diplomas in Environmental Conservation
Posted on | April 6, 2010 | No Comments
Recruitment has begun for the 2010-11 Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Environmental Conservation at Oxford University. These are two-year part-time undergraduate level courses leading to an Oxford University qualification. Read more
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