
Tony Whitbread
@tonywhitbread2
Ecologist, interested in ecosystems and natural functioning. Views are my own.
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11-10-2012 21:01:56
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🌍 We must better prepare the country for a future of more extreme weather and put nature at the heart of our response to climate breakdown. We need decisive action now. Read my call for a National Adaptation Plan in Left Foot Forward 👇 leftfootforward.org/2024/12/keir-s…









‘Sweden begins wolf hunt as it aims to halve endangered animal’s population’ [to a pitiful 170 individuals] Imagine if the outcry if this were Sri Lanka killing leopards, or Botswana lions, both much trickier animals to live with. Shame, shame on Sweden. theguardian.com/environment/20…

Good to see Steve Reed MP Defra UK in speech to Oxford Farming Conference conf spell out very clearly that "Without #nature, we cannot have long-term food security". It's so obvious that you would have thought it shouldn't need saying. But it did So #ThankYou




"The UK environment secretary, Steve Reed, is pursuing legal action against a group of anglers who are trying to restore the ecosystem of a river." More on this staggeringly stupid decision in today's The Guardian by Sandra Laville theguardian.com/environment/20…

Overshoot has consequences: "The world is in a genuine predicament, trapped between the toughest of rocks and most unyielding of hard places—decisive action would destroy the world as we know it; inaction could destroy the world as we know it. " buildingsandcities.org/insights/comme…


“About 70% of the flights in this country are taken by just 15% of the population.” With Rachel Reeves expected to back a third Heathrow runway, George Monbiot says it’s time for a ‘frequent flyer tax’ instead.
"The obsession with growth is insane. We live on a planet with finite resources....We are one species, on one planet, with one last chance to sort it out and we've got to do it now!" says Chris Packham Extinction Rebellion UK 🌍 #HeathrowExpansion Stop Heathrow Exp

On Labour’s announcement of a broad, national conservation on land use… I think you’ve got this one wrong Robbie Moore MP. Labour is doing good here and Conservatives ought to support it. It was the last Conservative government that originally committed to launch a national
