The end of the Natural England website
Way back in 1995, when Naturenet began – yes fact fans, that was nearly twenty years ago – there were very few official government websites about anything – certainly not
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Isle of Wight Natural Area profile: what it is and why you should read it
The government’s advisor on the natural environment, Natural England, has just published the long-awaited Natural Character Area profile for the Isle of Wight.Sounds dull? It isn’t. NCA profiles are being
Read moreShould we pay £375,000 to poke buzzards out of their nests?
Something’s gone badly wrong at the Greenest Government Ever. To say I’ve been profoundly disappointed at the environmental performance of the Coalition – in comparison to its glowing promises – is only the
Read moreGovernment websites: Natural England disputes DEFRA’s announcement
In a previous post (Government pro-chips website batters National Parks, Naturenet 30 June 2010) I pointed out the list of government websites controlled by DEFRA which are to close, which
Read moreA stroll by the beach
A few papers have picked up the latest development in Natural England’s mission to open up coastal access around England. Perhaps not surprisingly, news of the death of Bobby Robson
Read moreNatural England: former EN website was hacked
Naturenet reported on 7 April about the problems with the former English Nature website. A fortnight later and it’s still broken – so what’s the story? Chris Moos, Natural England’s
Read moreNatural England website spurns former English Nature data
Oh dear – a bit of a cock-up on the technical front over at Natural England. All former English Nature web pages now look like this
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Coastal right of access – what’s all this about ‘spreading room’?
It’s been a couple of months now since Natural England announced the proposals to create a new right of access to the coast of England, similar to that which already
Read moreNatural England to recommend right of access to England’s coast… and pay for it?
It seems remarkable, but just a short while after the end of the seemingly interminable hurly-burly of creating the open access land facilitated by the Countryside and Rights of Way
Read moreNatural England… reading the runes
Today The Ranger attended a seminar across the water in Winchester, to talk about the biodiversity of Hampshire. Of particular interest were some of the obiter remarks by Merrick Denton-Thompson,
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