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Conserving geodiversity

UKW — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 23:08:12 +0000

We are really fortunate this month to have a special guest editorial by Tim Holt-Wilson. Tim has contributed a great series of articles about the importance of geodiversity and the conservation of our geological diversity. Tim writes: Conserving geodiversity is part of the core business of nature conservation. Geodiversity is essentially the abiotic part of [...]

57 UK Environment web sites to close

UKW — Fri, 02 Jul 2010 14:16:22 +0000

The UK Government Cabinet office announced on 24 June 2010 that 75% of the 820+ government web sites will be closed down by 2011 and that the remaining sites should cut costs by 50% and ‘move onto common infrastructures’. A rationalisation of websites set up by public bodies has been undertaken since 2006 when the [...]

Web Hosting for Biological Recording Sites

UKW — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:32:35 +0000

If you are thinking about starting up a web site to present information about biological recording or to support a community of users with a common interest in natural history, such as supporting a Recording Scheme then Blue-Bag working with UKWildlife can provide an ideal soultion for you to quickly get up and running.

Wildlife & Countryside Act 1981 Part 1

UKW — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 17:23:10 +0000

We have finished adding all of the species listings for the Schedules of Part 1 of the Wildlife and Coutryside Act 1981. This includes all of the plant and animal schedules in addition to the bird schedules. We have yet to add the listings for Schedule 10 (Endangered Species Import and Export)

Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 – listings

UKW — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:22:51 +0000

We have just finished migrating the listings of species protected under the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 to the new site (you can find them here – http://www.ukwildlife.com/index.php/wildlife-countryside-act-1981/). There are details of all the schedules, the closed seasons and updates from any variations. Let is know if you find any issues!

Welcome

UKW — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 15:40:28 +0000

Welcome to UKWildlife! For over ten years UKWildlife has supported initiatives to provide access to information relating to the conservation of our natural diversity. We have recently migrated our Wildlife and Countryside 1981 listings to this new site and welcome any feedback you may have. We shall be providing special editorials on a range of [...]