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Policy Priorities
Policy Priorities Find out more about the British Ecological Society’s current major policy priorities by following the links below. Selecting our policy priorities The BES’s policy priorities have been selected for being either; i) issues emerging on the policy horizon, or ii) issues which … Continue reading
Defra Consults on New Indicators to Measure UK’s Progress on Sustainable Development
Environment Secretary Caroline Spelman has launched a new consultation to gather responses to a set of proposed Sustainable Development Indicators designed to help measure the UK’s progress towards economic, social and environmental sustainability. “These new indicators will help us take … Continue reading
A healthy environment for a healthy population
The link between the environment and health has been acknowledged as long ago as the 19th Century when Edwin Chadwick made the connection between poor health and sanitation in London, leading him to champion a programme of social reform. However, … Continue reading