We visited Golitha Falls for the first time last week in an attempt to burn off some of the Christmas overindulgence! Golitha Falls is a National Nature Reserve located within a steeply sided wooded valley on Bodmin Moor. It has been designated as a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) due to its impressive woodland flora, with over 120 bryophyte…
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The Association of Local Government Ecologists (ALGE) has published ‘Ecological Capacity and Competence in English Planning Authorities: What is needed to deliver statutory obligations for biodiversity?’ The report shows that many local planning authorities do not currently have either the capacity and/or the competence to undertake the effective, and in some cases necessarily lawful, assessment of planning applications where biodiversity…
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This series on Good Working Practices provides an outline and pointers to relevant areas of employment law, health and safety, social responsibility for employers of ecologists and environmental managers and employee responsibilities and rights. The following are the key areas covered by this guidance: remuneration, working hours, health and safety, equipment provision, accommodation provision, maternal and paternal rights, employee and volunteer…
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The BIG Challenge is a CIRIA Biodiversity Interest Group (BIG) initiative, launched on 15th October 2013, which invites you to add one new biodiversity enhancement to your construction site, development or existing building. Enhancements can be simple and include adding hanging baskets planted with native wildflowers, creating bug hotels, rain gardens or initiatives such as creating biodiversity champions in your…
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Lee Ecology has been asked to quote for a series of ecological surveys to take place at a large site next summer. Booking surveys in early can potentially avoid delays as our diaries become rather full once the main survey season is underway!
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