News and Opinion - British Ecological Society

Defining and delivering resilient ecological networks in England

What would a resilient network look like and how can it be assessed?

Exploring the science behind the food we eat

A science exhibit at the BBC Good Food Show in Birmingham.

'Virtual safe space' to help bumblebees

A computer tool simulates how bumblebee colonies will develop and react to multiple factors including pesticides, parasites and habitat loss.

Raiding the rape field

Predatory beetles and spiders and help farmers control pests.

Securing the natural environment for future generations

A timely symposium organised by the British Ecological Society and the UK’s statutory nature conservation agencies.

Researchers: Fish and anglers should inform water management decisions

Anglers are as diverse as the fish within Nebraska’s largest lakes, and water management decisions made locally may have unintended consequences regionally and statewide.

British Ecological Society launches new journal: People and Nature

An open access journal exploring the relationships between humans and nature.

Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit Consultation

Help the BES respond to the Defra consultation on “Health and Harmony: the future for food, farming and the environment in a Green Brexit".

Finding the Common Ground

Read the BES Agricultural Ecology Special Interest Group's report on finding the common ground for a future agriculture policy.

The Environmental Audit Committee launches inquiry into the 25-Year Plan for the Environment.

Contribute to the BES response to the Environment Audit Committee's inquiry into the 25 year plan to improve the environment.

Scientists grapple with worms to improve co-existence with wildlife in Africa

Livestock grazing alongside wildlife may benefit farmers by reducing parasitic disease.

Native forest habitats promote pollinators and fruit production of Açaí palm in the Amazon river delta

Low impact farming methods benefit both pollinators and açaí fruit production.

A Green Future: Our 25 Year Plan to Improve the Environment; the good, the bad, and the non-committal.

The long awaited 25 year plan for the environment was published in January 2018. Here we draw out the most important issues for BES membership.

A new method to help recover ecological functions and foster the sustainable development of rural areas

Ecologists have developed a new method to prioritize natural sites for restoration actions aimed to improve the provision of ecosystem services.

Gove outlines post-Brexit farming priorities

The UK will seek sustainability in post-Brexit agriculture