Category Archives: Biodiversity
Forest Gump and the Skepsies
Sometimes they just write themselves. I’m concerned about misinformation, short sightedness and unclear thinking in any debate. Certainly the climate issue is not uncommon in having background support for agents working to muddy the waters but $100,000,000 can buy a … Continue reading
Michael’s Moot, an extraordinary meeting – honest, constructive and so much cheaper than Doha
OK, OK, OK, I must write up the minutes of this gathering. In fact, I will call it a moot – Michael’s Moot. He called it to discuss the ongoing deterioration in the global forest and the eminent failure of … Continue reading
Die back, die back, as ecology says you should!
This week there’s still loads of stuff about ash die back in the media. Even with the BBC in its death throws as it lurks from scandal to scandal, they find time to talk of the end of our Ash … Continue reading
Ashes to ashes?
Hey, what’s all this about the death of the Ash? All the media in the UK are full of the story and most are quoting Danish arboricultural experts who tell of their recent loss of 90% of their Fraxinus excelsior. … Continue reading
Biodiversity? Who needs it?
Give something a name and it is almost at once compromised. This is an interesting exercise to observe as differing understandings are applied to the new entity. In a short time someone’s really good idea can be wholly or partially … Continue reading
Five Trillion Trees 