<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; Policy_Team</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/author/policy_team/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org</link>
	<description>Advancing ecology and making it count</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 13:20:51 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en-US</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Innovations in Marine Education</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/09/innovations-in-marine-education/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/09/innovations-in-marine-education/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 09:09:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dale Fort]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FSC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[marine education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Trust]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teachers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[teaching]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wildlife Trusts]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Innovations in Marine Education This blog is by Jen Cooper, who was a BES Undergraduate Fellow in 2012. She recently completed a BSc Honours in Marine Biology at the University of Liverpool and will be starting a PhD at Sheffield &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/09/innovations-in-marine-education/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/09/innovations-in-marine-education/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Natural Resources Wales is launched</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/03/natural-resources-wales-is-launched/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/03/natural-resources-wales-is-launched/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Apr 2013 10:28:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural resources wales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nature]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3381</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Today marks the official launch of a new body to manage the natural environment in Wales. Natural Resources Wales brings together three previously separate organisations &#8211; Forestry Commission Wales, the Countryside Council for Wales and the Environment Agency Wales &#8211; &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/03/natural-resources-wales-is-launched/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/03/natural-resources-wales-is-launched/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Defra programmes and policies: an update</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/25/defra-programmes-and-policies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/25/defra-programmes-and-policies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 13:56:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity offsetting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[APPG Conservation and Wildlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CITES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COP16]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LEPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LNPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Marine Conservation Zones]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEWP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Richard Benyon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the past year, there have been a range of new initiatives from Defra to protect and enhance the natural environment, ranging from biodiversity offsetting to reviewing their public bodies. The all-party parliamentary group on Conservation and Wildlife met on &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/25/defra-programmes-and-policies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/25/defra-programmes-and-policies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Greening the Common Agricultural Policy: MEPs vote on environmental measures</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/21/greening-the-cap/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/21/greening-the-cap/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Mar 2013 11:07:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Common Agricultural Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[EU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lawton review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[European Parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MEPs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural Environment White Paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEWP]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the wider EU budget review for the period 2014-2020, the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has been under scrutiny over the past two years. In its current state, the CAP accounts for 40% of the EU budget, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/21/greening-the-cap/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/21/greening-the-cap/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Assessing the impacts of ash dieback</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/15/assessing-the-impacts-of-ash-dieback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/15/assessing-the-impacts-of-ash-dieback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Mar 2013 11:44:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forestry Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Forests]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ash dieback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chalara]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dothistroma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dutch elm disease]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tree Disease]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3362</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Spring is almost upon us, and early signs of budburst mean that trees will soon be in leaf. Warmer temperatures and leafing trees will both have implications for ash dieback, the disease found last year in ash trees in the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/15/assessing-the-impacts-of-ash-dieback/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/15/assessing-the-impacts-of-ash-dieback/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Environmental Stewardship and farmland birds: the evidence base</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/12/environmental-stewardship-and-farmland-birds-the-evidence-base/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/12/environmental-stewardship-and-farmland-birds-the-evidence-base/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 16:45:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land use]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3357</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Declines in biodiversity have been observed across many habitats in the UK over recent decades. This is especially true in farmland habitats. Changes in practices have led to huge increases in productivity in farms, but this has come at the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/12/environmental-stewardship-and-farmland-birds-the-evidence-base/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/12/environmental-stewardship-and-farmland-birds-the-evidence-base/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Business and the environment: Ecosystems Market Task Force release final report</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/07/business-and-the-environment-ecosystems-market-task-force-release-final-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/07/business-and-the-environment-ecosystems-market-task-force-release-final-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Mar 2013 14:54:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[UK]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Water]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[white paper]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystems Market Task Force]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NEWP]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Payment for Ecosystem Services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3352</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The value of the environment for business is often underestimated. Although the business world uses natural services and products for operations, it does not always understand its true reliance on nature and the need to value it correctly. Overcoming this &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/07/business-and-the-environment-ecosystems-market-task-force-release-final-report/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/07/business-and-the-environment-ecosystems-market-task-force-release-final-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Knowledge Exchange Course in London &#8211; Half Price for BES Members</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/06/knowledge-exchange-course-in-london-half-price-for-bes-members/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/06/knowledge-exchange-course-in-london-half-price-for-bes-members/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Mar 2013 15:59:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BES]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[LWEC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Living with Environmental Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maya Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy Training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Members of the BES can benefit from a 50 percent discount on a new knowledge exchange course, taking place at our headquarters, Charles Darwin House, London, on 20th May 2013. Run by two well respected researchers in the field of &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/06/knowledge-exchange-course-in-london-half-price-for-bes-members/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/06/knowledge-exchange-course-in-london-half-price-for-bes-members/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Natural England &#8211; Science Advisory Committee Members Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/natural-england-science-advisory-committee-members-wanted/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/natural-england-science-advisory-committee-members-wanted/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 17:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Job Opportunity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Natural England]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Volunteering]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Natural England would like to appoint senior academics with national expertise in an area of science key to the delivery of Natural England’s purpose. Applications are welcome from experts across the natural sciences and conservation, including interests such as Ecosystem &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/natural-england-science-advisory-committee-members-wanted/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/natural-england-science-advisory-committee-members-wanted/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The science of science and innovation policy</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/the-science-of-science-and-innovation-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/the-science-of-science-and-innovation-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2013 09:24:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[BIS]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Policy Lunchbox]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2010 Spending Review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science & Innovation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[science policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPRU]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3336</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Nearly £5 billion of public funding is spent on science and innovation in the UK each year. Despite cuts in other sectors, this level of funding was frozen in the 2010 Spending Review, guaranteeing “flat cash&#8221; until 2014. Another one-year &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/the-science-of-science-and-innovation-policy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/03/01/the-science-of-science-and-innovation-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>