It may be doubted by many but 33,000 species of stinging (aculeate) wasps are helping us humans.
Wasps
Why Common is Crucial ?
“Generalist” plants and pollinators play a crucial role in maintaining biodiversity and may also serve as buffers against some impacts of climate change
Giant Amphibious Centipede Discovered
Researchers from Tokyo Metropolitan University and Hosei University have discovered a new species of large, tropical centipede of genus Scolopendra in Okinawa and Taiwan.
Orkney Islands Council Set to Sign The Global Biodiversity Framework : The Edinburgh Declaration
The Edinburgh Declaration recognises the ‘need for transformative change across terrestrial and marine ecosystems’ and ‘the significant implications that the loss of biodiversity and climate change has on our livelihood and communities’.
Creating Bamff Wildland Using Conservation Grazing
Sheep have been removed from the fields, and after a fallow year this land will be linked to the woods and beaver wetlands to form a single rewilding zone – the first of its kind in Scotland.
Wildlife Diversity Key to Limiting Future Pandemics
“When we erode biodiversity, we favour species that are more likely to be zoonotic hosts, increasing our risk of spillover events.”
Simbister Farm, Thurso: Improving Sustainability & Biodiversity
Planting nearly 24,000 metres of hedgerows alongside a range of agri-environment areas on their farm, the Sutherland family has dramatically improved the sustainability and biodiversity of Simbister.
Housing Development Gets Go Ahead in Greenfield, St Andrews
A development of 16 houses is to go ahead in Toab, twice the recommended density for the area.
Scotland’s Strong Crofting Tradition
““Crofting is a way of life. Once it goes, there is no going back.”
The ‘Conservation Hierarchy’ : Supporting Nature
“Empowering everyone – individuals, organisations and governments – to build a world in which nature and people can thrive together”
