14: Golden Eagles, Climate Justice and Scottish Government Ditch Emissions Target
05/02/24 • 12 min
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'.
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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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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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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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15: Invasive Non-Native Species in Scotland and Conservation Actions are Improving Biodiversity
In this episode of Nature In A Nutshell we discuss a new report on how to tackle Invasive Non-Native Species in Scotland, a new study that has found conservation actions are working for biodiversity, and an update on the Sustainable Farming Scheme in Wales.
We also cover how leaving your grass to grow long in your garden can boost butterfly numbers by almost double and the Scottish Government's commitment to creating a new national park by the end of its parliamentary session in 2026.
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:
- Conservation actions are improving biodiversity
- Transition to Sustainable Farming Scheme delayed to 2026
- Long grass in gardens improves butterfly numbers
- Third National Park will go ahead in Scotland
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