13: Neurodiversity Special
04/13/24 • 35 min
In this episode of Nature In A Nutshell, we welcome Helen Musgroves from Lexxic and Lea Nightingale, CIEEM's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer to discuss all things neurodiversity in the environment sector and how managers can foster a culture of neuro-inclusivity within their teams.
We also discuss the EU's Restoration Law and how it's facing collapse and the joint legal challenge from the Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) and Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS).
Nature In A Nutshell is brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). We are the leading professional membership body representing and supporting ecologists and environmental managers in the UK, Ireland and abroad.
Visit our website: https://cieem.net/
Show notes:
- Lexxic
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- CIEEM and Lexxic's webinar on neurodiversity
- Green Jobs for Nature website
- Green Jobs for Nature Instagram
- Green Jobs for Nature TikTok
- European parliament votes for watered-down law to restore nature
- UK Environmental Watchdogs Launch Coordinated Investigation
- OEP Launches Investigations into Special Protection Areas for Wild Birds
- Government to pilot ‘water credits system’ to allow major house building in water-stressed Cambridge
- The scale and geography of the net zero economy in the UK
- Over £1M in new funding awarded to aid red squirrel recovery in Scotland
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In this episode of Nature In A Nutshell, we welcome Helen Musgroves from Lexxic and Lea Nightingale, CIEEM's Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Officer to discuss all things neurodiversity in the environment sector and how managers can foster a culture of neuro-inclusivity within their teams.
We also discuss the EU's Restoration Law and how it's facing collapse and the joint legal challenge from the Office of Environmental Protection (OEP) and Environmental Standards Scotland (ESS).
Nature In A Nutshell is brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). We are the leading professional membership body representing and supporting ecologists and environmental managers in the UK, Ireland and abroad.
Visit our website: https://cieem.net/
Show notes:
- Lexxic
- Neurodiversity Celebration Week
- CIEEM and Lexxic's webinar on neurodiversity
- Green Jobs for Nature website
- Green Jobs for Nature Instagram
- Green Jobs for Nature TikTok
- European parliament votes for watered-down law to restore nature
- UK Environmental Watchdogs Launch Coordinated Investigation
- OEP Launches Investigations into Special Protection Areas for Wild Birds
- Government to pilot ‘water credits system’ to allow major house building in water-stressed Cambridge
- The scale and geography of the net zero economy in the UK
- Over £1M in new funding awarded to aid red squirrel recovery in Scotland
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12: Ecological Restoration, BNG, New Northern Ireland Government & New Marine Protections
In this episode of Nature In A Nutshell, we welcome James Hicks and Tim Graham from CIEEM's Ecological Restoration and Habitat Creation Special Interest Group to talk about the recently published Good Practice Guidance for Ecological Restoration, to help ecologists and environmental managers to design and deliver robust ecological restoration projects.
We also discuss Biodiversity Net Gain (BNG) going live in February, the new Northern Ireland Government and Environment Minister, new marine protections, Scotland farming subsidies, and a new environmental watchdog in Wales.
We also cover the positive news of the Michael Mann lawsuit and black rhinos on the rise in Kenya.
Nature In A Nutshell is brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). We are the leading professional membership body representing and supporting ecologists and environmental managers in the UK, Ireland and abroad.
Visit our website: https://cieem.net/
Show notes:
- CIEEM's Ecological Restoration and Habitat Creation Special Interest Group
- Good Practice Guidance for Ecological Restoration document
- Biodiversity Net Gain updates on CIEEM's website
- CIEEM's Biodiversity Net Gain training
- CIEEM's Spring Conference on Biodiversity Net Gain
- Andrew Muir named as Environment Minister for Northern Ireland
- New NI environment minister backs creation of new ‘independent environmental protection agency’
- Minister Muir pledges urgent action on Lough Neagh
- O’Dowd reaffirms commitment to promoting biodiversity and protecting the environment
- CIEEM's Ireland Conference on Environmental Policy and Legislation in Ireland
- Welsh Government Consulting on Environmental Watchdog, Environmental Principles and Nature Recovery Framework
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14: Golden Eagles, Climate Justice and Scottish Government Ditch Emissions Target
In this episode of Nature In A Nutshell we discuss new research on Golden Eagles, climate justice news in Switzerland and the not-so-good news from the Scottish Government who have recently announced they're ditching their greenhouse gas emission targets. We also look at the environmental priorities of the new First Minister for Wales and the recent discovery that the Javan Tiger 'still exists'.
Nature In A Nutshell is brought to you by the Chartered Institute of Ecology and Environmental Management (CIEEM). We are the leading professional membership body representing and supporting ecologists and environmental managers in the UK, Ireland and abroad.
Visit our website: https://cieem.net/
Show notes:
- New study of golden eagles in Scotland
- Swiss women’s climate injustice court win ‘could pave way for legal action in UK’
- Stop Climate Chaos Scotland Press Release: Weakening Scotland’s climate legislation an ‘abject failure’ and Scottish Government’s response ‘wholly inadequate’
- How green is Wales' new first minister Vaughan Gething?
- ‘The Javan tiger still exists’: DNA find may herald an extinct species’ comeback
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