Categories: News

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Stories from the general news media that are of interest to network members.

A Plague of Snakes

Our friends in Australia can’t get a break from a series of almost biblical plagues. Drought. Wildfires. Mice. and now… snakes? Booming mouse numbers have provided a rodent smorgasbord which, combined with the environment’s continued fightback from drought making for more cover, has created perfect conditions for snake species’ to […]

Enviro news – bits and pieces

Some of the headlines that have come across our desk in the last month: Inspiring Student in France Creates Environmental App to Motivate Others to Make a Difference Daily – A new report from the Cambridge Sustainability Commission reveals that the world’s wealthiest 5% were responsible for well over a […]

The Blue Bird of Happiness – not just a metaphor

This story is for anyone who needs to justify spending money on equipment for birding… or birdseed… or anything else related to our feathered friends. It turns out that birds can bring more happiness than money does. Check it out here: In our pursuit of that elusive thing called happiness, […]

Global Food Security declines… again.

From one of our recent newsletters (we get a lot of them): Food security declined for the second year in a row according to the Economist Intelligence Unit, after having improved every year since 2012 to 2019. While the top seven slots go to European countries, overall North America is […]