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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; Development</title>
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		<title>Planning for &#039;No Net Loss&#039; of Biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/08/planning-for-no-net-loss-of-biodiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/08/planning-for-no-net-loss-of-biodiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Feb 2013 10:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity offsetting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Planning]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3325</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A briefing note published by the Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology this week (POSTnote 429) is critical of the quality of information, local authority decision-making, monitoring and research concerning the incorporation of biodiversity into planning decisions in England. Despite &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/08/planning-for-no-net-loss-of-biodiversity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Sandy’s trying to telling us something</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/10/30/sandys-trying-to-telling-us-something/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/10/30/sandys-trying-to-telling-us-something/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Oct 2012 18:13:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Technology]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Select Committee]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CO2 targets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Extreme weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Global warming]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nuclear Power]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3174</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With ‘Sandy’ raging for all she’s worth across the pond, flooding the streets of New York and making the headlines for the all the wrong reasons; we should remind ourselves of the increasing frequency at which extreme weather events have &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/10/30/sandys-trying-to-telling-us-something/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Science has an important role to play to tackle food insecurity in a changing climate</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/08/16/science-has-important-role-to-play-in-tackling-food-insecurity-in-a-changing-climate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/08/16/science-has-important-role-to-play-in-tackling-food-insecurity-in-a-changing-climate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2012 10:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drought]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Poverty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2985</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The input of research scientists will be essential in addressing the issue of food insecurity in the face of a rapidly changing climate. This is the message from a new article produced by members of the Commission on Sustainable Agriculture &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/08/16/science-has-important-role-to-play-in-tackling-food-insecurity-in-a-changing-climate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Planning for a Healthy Natural Environment</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/10/planning-for-a-healthy-natural-environment/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/10/planning-for-a-healthy-natural-environment/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[All Party Parliamentary Group on Biodiversity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Infrastructure]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Planning Policy Framework]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NPPF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[planning]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) when launched earlier this year was welcomed cautiously by environmental NGOs. The final content was widely acknowledged as an improvement on previous iterations, with guidance to local authorities clear that the pillars of sustainable &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/07/10/planning-for-a-healthy-natural-environment/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BES President Professor Georgina Mace talks to PLoS about Rio+20 and progress in the &#8216;limits to growth&#8217; debate</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/20/bes-president-professor-georgina-mace-talks-to-plos-about-rio20-and-progress-in-the-limits-to-growth-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/20/bes-president-professor-georgina-mace-talks-to-plos-about-rio20-and-progress-in-the-limits-to-growth-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jun 2012 14:08:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BES President]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Georgina Mace]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Limits to growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Population Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio+20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable development]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2888</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[BES President Professor Georgina Mace yesterday talked to the Public Library of Science’s (PLoS) Biology Podcast about the upcoming challenges faced at the Rio+20 talks, and considered whether recent papers on environmental limits to population growth show progress in this &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/20/bes-president-professor-georgina-mace-talks-to-plos-about-rio20-and-progress-in-the-limits-to-growth-debate/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Members Wanted for Defra Darwin Committee</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/14/new-members-wanted-for-defra-darwin-committee/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/14/new-members-wanted-for-defra-darwin-committee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:28:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Defra]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darwin Expert Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Darwin Initiative]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2876</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Defra is looking for eight new members for its Darwin Expert Committee. This is a Committee made up of independent experts which advises Ministers on funding proposals received under its Darwin Initiative. They are particularly seeking individuals who have good &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/14/new-members-wanted-for-defra-darwin-committee/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Westminster debate: Rio+20 and the future of sustainable development on the International Day of Biodiversity</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/22/westminster-debate-rio20-and-the-future-of-sustainable-development-on-the-international-day-of-biodiversity/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/22/westminster-debate-rio20-and-the-future-of-sustainable-development-on-the-international-day-of-biodiversity/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 16:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Development]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Parliament]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[APPG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[development goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Earth Summit]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2818</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[An All-Party Parliamentary Group for International Development &#38; the Environment (APPG IDE) meeting was held today in Westminster to discuss challenges facing policy-makers ahead of the UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro in June this year. The APPG IDE &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/22/westminster-debate-rio20-and-the-future-of-sustainable-development-on-the-international-day-of-biodiversity/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Allowing Humanity to Flourish in a Crowded World</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/27/allowing-humanity-to-flourish-in-a-crowded-world/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/27/allowing-humanity-to-flourish-in-a-crowded-world/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 09:48:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economics]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Energy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food Security]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Land use]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Population Growth]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[People and the Planet]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2740</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Royal Society yesterday published &#8216;People and the Planet&#8216;, a report which marks the end of nearly two years of work by a group including both the British Ecological Society&#8217;s current President, Professor Georgina Mace FRS and a past-President of &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/27/allowing-humanity-to-flourish-in-a-crowded-world/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Government to Publish National Planning Policy Framework</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/27/government-to-publish-national-planning-policy-framework/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/27/government-to-publish-national-planning-policy-framework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Mar 2012 09:39:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[England]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government will this afternoon publish the long-awaited National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which will simplify over 1,000 pages of planning guidance into just 50 pages and set out a &#8216;presumption in favour of sustainable development&#8217; that will apply across &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/03/27/government-to-publish-national-planning-policy-framework/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Navigating the Perfect Storm: the international challenge of food, water and energy security</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/16/navigating-the-perfect-storm-the-international-challenge-of-food-water-and-energy-security/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/16/navigating-the-perfect-storm-the-international-challenge-of-food-water-and-energy-security/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:46:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Conference]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Perfect Storm]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rio+20]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sustainable development]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2519</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2009, Professor John Beddington, Chief Scientific Adviser to the Government, used the term ‘perfect storm’ to describe the critical combination of food shortages, water scarcity and insufficient energy resources facing the world’s population, predicting these would come to a &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/16/navigating-the-perfect-storm-the-international-challenge-of-food-water-and-energy-security/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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