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	<title>British Ecological Society&#187; Badgers: the debate continues</title>
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		<title>Badgers: the debate continues</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/25/badgers-the-debate-continues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2013 08:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Badgers: the debate continues The threat of bovine TB to cattle is still as great as ever, with the latest statistics release from Defra highlighting its continued presence. The use of badger culling to attempt to reduce the incidence of &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/04/25/badgers-the-debate-continues/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<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>
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		<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>
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		<title>Badger cull: licences reissued by Natural England</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/28/badger-cull-licences-reissued-by-natural-england/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/28/badger-cull-licences-reissued-by-natural-england/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:27:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Badgers and bTB]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3340</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In 2011, it was announced that a badger cull would be implemented to attempt to curb the spread of bovine tuberculosis. Licences were issued last summer, with culls initially scheduled to take place last autumn. Due to the combination of &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/02/28/badger-cull-licences-reissued-by-natural-england/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Forest estate in England to remain in public ownership</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/01/31/forest-estate-in-england-to-remain-in-public-ownership/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/01/31/forest-estate-in-england-to-remain-in-public-ownership/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 12:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[forest cover]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Forests sell-off]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3309</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[For the past two years, the future of England’s forest estate has been uncertain. Proposals to sell-off large areas of forest in early 2011 were quickly withdrawn, but not replaced by reassuring policies. The publication of the Government’s response to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2013/01/31/forest-estate-in-england-to-remain-in-public-ownership/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Is this &#039;Bird Armageddon&#039;?</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/20/is-this-bird-amageddon/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/20/is-this-bird-amageddon/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 16:43:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3213</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Since 1966 UK bird population has decline by 44 million which amounts to just under a million birds a year (over 45 years), which is dismal November news indeed. Yesterday the RSPB published their most extensive survey of the UK&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/11/20/is-this-bird-amageddon/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Natural England Issues First Badger Cull License</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/09/18/natural-england-issues-first-badger-cull-license/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/09/18/natural-england-issues-first-badger-cull-license/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2012 13:21:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=3049</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Natural England yesterday issued the first license to cull badgers, under the Coalition Government&#8217;s controversial plan to allow free-shooting of the animals by consortia of farmers. Rather than vaccinate badgers, as is being trialled in Wales, in England the Government &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/09/18/natural-england-issues-first-badger-cull-license/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>First occurrence of ‘ash dieback’ in Britain</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/11/first-occurrence-of-ash-dieback-in-britain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/11/first-occurrence-of-ash-dieback-in-britain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Jun 2012 12:08:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2863</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A fungal disease caused by Chalara fraxinea was found for the first time in a nursery in South East England. The disease is widespread on the Continent and can kill ash trees. The nursery imported 2,000 ash trees from the &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/06/11/first-occurrence-of-ash-dieback-in-britain/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Homecoming of the short-haired bumblebee after 24 years</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/28/homecoming-of-the-short-haired-bumblebee-after-24-years/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/28/homecoming-of-the-short-haired-bumblebee-after-24-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 May 2012 10:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Following three years of intensive preparations, the short-haired bumblebee (Bombus subterraneus) finally came home today to South East England. Around 50 queens from Sweden were released today at the RSPB’s Dungeness reserve in Kent. The species was last seen in &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/05/28/homecoming-of-the-short-haired-bumblebee-after-24-years/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>New Planning Guidance for England: Analysis by the IEEM</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/02/new-planning-guidance-for-england-analysis-by-the-ieem/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/02/new-planning-guidance-for-england-analysis-by-the-ieem/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Apr 2012 10:01:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/?p=2655</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On 27 March, the UK Government published its final version of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), which sets out the Government&#8217;s planning policies for England and how they should be applied. The final NPPF is an improvement (for nature &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2012/04/02/new-planning-guidance-for-england-analysis-by-the-ieem/">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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		<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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