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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; Soil</title>
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		<title>Investing in Peatlands &#8211; Demonstrating Success</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/29/investing-in-peatlands-demonstrating-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/29/investing-in-peatlands-demonstrating-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bangor University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BES Annual Symposium 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IUCN UK National Committee Peatlands Programme]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Restoration]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This week ecologists from across the UK, Europe and from as far away as Tibet descended upon Bangor University to consider the major challenges and opportunities facing the restoration and conservation of the globe’s peatlands. The meeting was organised jointly &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/29/investing-in-peatlands-demonstrating-success/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Soil, an essential natural resource often not recognised</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/19/soil-an-essential-natural-resource-often-not-recognised/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/19/soil-an-essential-natural-resource-often-not-recognised/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jun 2012 13:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Natural Capital]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2883</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Soils provide several services to humans (e.g. food, feed, carbon storage, decomposing waste) yet their significance is rarely recognised. A recent study in Vadose Zone Journal points at this problem and suggests a framework that could help integrating soils in &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/19/soil-an-essential-natural-resource-often-not-recognised/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>The Death of British Farmland?</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/26/the-death-of-british-farmland/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/26/the-death-of-british-farmland/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:34:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Soil]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[EU Soil Framework Directive]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Farmland]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[soils]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2735</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday’s meeting of the Cross Party House of Common’s Agroecology Group discussed the potential for soil management practices to influence the future of farming in the UK. The session was chaired by Baroness Miller of Chilthorne Domer and co- hosted &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/26/the-death-of-british-farmland/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Uplands for Carbon Capture Meeting at Aberystwyth University</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/21/uplands-for-carbon-capture-meeting-at-aberystwyth-university/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/21/uplands-for-carbon-capture-meeting-at-aberystwyth-university/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Feb 2012 10:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2547</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[To be held on 25th May 2012 UK uplands store 5.1 billion tonnes of carbon in their soils. Can we use management to support the ecosystem services of uplands and their existing carbon stocks – to benefit for our long-term &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/02/21/uplands-for-carbon-capture-meeting-at-aberystwyth-university/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Challenges for Scotland&#8217;s Biodiversity: From the Soils to the Skies</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/11/challenges-for-scotlands-biodiversity-from-the-soils-to-the-skies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/11/challenges-for-scotlands-biodiversity-from-the-soils-to-the-skies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 18:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Biodiversity]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sustainability]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[BES Scotland Policy Group]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland Biodiversity Strategy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2297</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Interested in discussing the challenges facing Scotland&#8217;s biodiversity to 2020 and helping to inform the development of Scotland&#8217;s draft Biodiversity Strategy? Come along to a meeting in Edinburgh on 8th &#8211; 9th March 2012. BES members can attend for FREE &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/01/11/challenges-for-scotlands-biodiversity-from-the-soils-to-the-skies/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Social capital&#8217; reaps benefits for sustainable agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/09/14/social-capital-reaps-benefits-for-sustainable-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/09/14/social-capital-reaps-benefits-for-sustainable-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Sep 2011 09:15:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Prof. Jules Pretty]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sustainable intensification]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2190</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Professor Jules Pretty gave a fascinating and wide-ranging insight into the sustainable intensification of agriculture on Tuesday afternoon at the BES Annual Meeting; this year&#8217;s BES Lecture. Prof. Pretty suggested that there was an &#8216;emerging consensus&#8217; around the necessity of &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/09/14/social-capital-reaps-benefits-for-sustainable-agriculture/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Climate smart farming at the Royal Society</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/01/climate-smart-farming-at-the-royal-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/01/climate-smart-farming-at-the-royal-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Mar 2011 14:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Carbon Capture]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Population Growth]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=1772</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The 2008 Climate Change Act commits the UK to 80% statutory greenhouse gases emissions (GHG) reduction by 2050. The agricultural industry is responsible for approximately 25%, 50%, and 80% of global anthropogenic emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), and &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/01/climate-smart-farming-at-the-royal-society/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Studies at Odds Over Soil Carbon</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/03/08/studies-at-odds-over-soil-carbon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/03/08/studies-at-odds-over-soil-carbon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 10:48:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Carbon]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=916</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A new study, the results of which have been released as part of the ongoing analysis of data collected as part of the 2007 Countryside Survey, is at odds with a previous accepted analysis of carbon released from soil in &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/03/08/studies-at-odds-over-soil-carbon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Yellow Wagtail Populations Hit By Poor Soil Quality</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/04/27/yellow-wagtail-populations-hit-by-poor-soil-quality/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/04/27/yellow-wagtail-populations-hit-by-poor-soil-quality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:32:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Birds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecology]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=476</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent research has shown that the decline in yellow wagtail (Motacilla flava flavissima) populations may be partly attributed to reduced soil penetrability. Yellow wagtail populations declined by 65% between 1972 and 2006, resulting in the species being placed on the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/04/27/yellow-wagtail-populations-hit-by-poor-soil-quality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>UK Farming Dependent on Soil Health</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/10/23/uk-farming-dependent-on-soil-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/10/23/uk-farming-dependent-on-soil-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ecosystem Services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Soil]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/blog/2008/10/23/uk-farming-dependent-on-soil-health/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Speaking on the Today Programme, Professor Dick Godwin spoke of the overemphasis on environmental issues in farming, rather than growing food for the people. The Royal Agricultural Society of England released a report today warning that England&#8217;s soils are being &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/10/23/uk-farming-dependent-on-soil-health/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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