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	<title>British Ecological Society &#187; Welsh Assembly</title>
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	<description>Advancing ecology and making it count</description>
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		<title>Welsh Universities Lead in Climate Change Research and Innovation</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/14/welsh-universities-lead-in-climate-change-research-and-innovation/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/14/welsh-universities-lead-in-climate-change-research-and-innovation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 14:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week the Welsh Government held a climate change and sustainability exhibition hosted by Professor Noel Lloyd, Chair of Higher Education Wales and John Griffiths AM, Minister for the Environment and Sustainable Development. The exhibition showcased the work of Wales’ &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/07/14/welsh-universities-lead-in-climate-change-research-and-innovation/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Energy debates in Wales</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/20/energy-debates-in-wales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/20/energy-debates-in-wales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:39:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Renewable Energy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Welsh Labour’s First Minister, Carwyn Jones, is set to ask the UK government to devolve powers to Welsh government when it comes to decisions over clean energy projects in Wales. After a series of public campaigns against the National Grid &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/06/20/energy-debates-in-wales/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Plans to revive badger cull in west Wales</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/22/plans-to-revive-badger-cull-in-west-wales/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/22/plans-to-revive-badger-cull-in-west-wales/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 14:50:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agriculture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Badgers and bTB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Science Policy]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[badgers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bovine TB]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Eight months ago plans to implement a badger cull in west Wales were put on hold following a winning appeal from the Badger Trust. The case has since been revived, and will tomorrow call upon Welsh Assembly Members (AMs) to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2011/03/22/plans-to-revive-badger-cull-in-west-wales/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Organisations Prepare to Celebrate International Biodiversity Day</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/05/21/organisations-prepare-to-celebrate-international-biodiversity-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/05/21/organisations-prepare-to-celebrate-international-biodiversity-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 12:26:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[2010 Biodiversity Target]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organisations around the UK are preparing to celebrate International Biodiversity Day, taking place tomorrow, 22 May. Celebrations began in Wales yesterday, with the start of a three day festival to highlight biodiversity to the public and to encourage individuals to &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/05/21/organisations-prepare-to-celebrate-international-biodiversity-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wales Announces Pilot Badger Cull Will Start This Year</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/01/15/wales-announces-pilot-badger-cull-will-start-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/01/15/wales-announces-pilot-badger-cull-will-start-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:38:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Rural Affairs Minister this week announced that a pilot scheme to cull thousands of badgers in Wales will start later this year, after the badger breeding season has finished in May. The £9m pilot cull will take place &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2010/01/15/wales-announces-pilot-badger-cull-will-start-this-year/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Badger Vaccination to Begin in 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/03/20/badger-vaccination-to-begin-in-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/03/20/badger-vaccination-to-begin-in-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Mar 2009 09:27:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Policy_Team</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Badgers and bTB]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Secretary of State for the Environment, Hilary Benn, has announced (19 March) that next year will see the implementation of the first stage in Defra&#8217;s plan to vaccinate badgers against bovine TB. The disease costs the farming industry millions &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/03/20/badger-vaccination-to-begin-in-2010/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>BES Parliamentary Shadowing Scheme Opens</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/01/26/bes-parliamentary-shadowing-scheme-opens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/01/26/bes-parliamentary-shadowing-scheme-opens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:27:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BES Admin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Science Policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Scotland]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Applications are now welcome for the 2009 BES Parliamentary Shadowing Scheme. The scheme is now in its third year. Since 2007 our ecologists have had the opportunity to shadow two Parliamentary Under-Secretaries (Barry Gardiner MP and Joan Ruddock MP) at &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2009/01/26/bes-parliamentary-shadowing-scheme-opens/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wales&#8217; Largest Wind Farm Approved</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/12/04/wales-largest-wind-farm-approved/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/12/04/wales-largest-wind-farm-approved/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Dec 2008 11:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BES Admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Government yesterday granted assent for the development of Wales&#8217; largest wind farm &#8211; and the second largest in the world &#8211; off the North coast of the country. When complete, in 2014, and fully operational, the wind turbines &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/12/04/wales-largest-wind-farm-approved/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Sustainable Future through &#8220;Creating a Climate for Change&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/26/building-a-sustainable-future-through-creating-a-climate-for-change/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/26/building-a-sustainable-future-through-creating-a-climate-for-change/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 09:29:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BES Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Climate Change]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Science Policy team yesterday attended the final day of the annual Environment Agency conference, which saw Jane Davidson, Minister for Environment, Sustainability and Housing at the Welsh Assembly Government, Ed Milliband, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/11/26/building-a-sustainable-future-through-creating-a-climate-for-change/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>£55 Million Alliance for Biological and Environmental Science</title>
		<link>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/08/06/55-million-alliance-for-biological-and-environmental-science/</link>
		<comments>http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/08/06/55-million-alliance-for-biological-and-environmental-science/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 10:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>BES Admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Research]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Welsh Assembly Government has announced that it will provide £23.5 million to support a £55 million alliance between the universities of Bangor and Aberystwyth. The alliance will bring together Aberystwyth’s Institute for Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences and Bangor’s &#8230; <a href="http://www.britishecologicalsociety.org/blog/2008/08/06/55-million-alliance-for-biological-and-environmental-science/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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