Archive of: Tony Whitbread
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30 September 2021
PAWS for thought
Dr Tony Whitbread discusses Plantations on Ancient Woodland Sites, an un-appreciated type of ancient woodland. Over-looked by some, dismissed as just plantations by many and often poorly protected by policy they can, nevertheless, be valuable historical and ecological assets.
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12 February 2021
The Economics of Biodiversity
A major review has been produced by Sir Partha Dasgupta, Professor of Economics and Cambridge University – “The Economics of Biodiversity”, looking at the economics of biodiversity, but it in a quite fundamental way.
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22 May 2020
Extraordinary and Challenging Times: a message from our President
A message from Dr Tony Whitbread, President of the Sussex Wildlife Trust
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02 March 2020
There is no wealth but life
If we win the war against nature, we will have crushed the very life support systems on which we depend. This will be our ultimate “Pyrrhic victory”.
So what is driving us towards our own self destruction?
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07 February 2020
Ending the war on nature - Rewilding
Our war against nature is something we are in danger of winning!
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23 January 2020
Tree - to plant or not to plant, that is the question
When is it right to plant trees? And how do we do it right?
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13 January 2020
Trees and the climate emergency
Dr Tony Whitbread tackles the issue raised from his previous blog, as we are in a climate emergency, the priority must be to get the trees in the ground as an emergency action
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07 January 2020
The trouble with trees
The creation of forests and woods can be a major contribution to restoring nature and can draw carbon out of the atmosphere, so helping fight climate change. However, done badly, tree planting and tree regeneration can cause major ecological damage.
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17 September 2019
End of the road for Highways England
Highways England have, once again, served up the same tired old ideas for a bypass around Arundel. Discussed for decades, there seems to have been little progress from a basic mind set that has been shown not to work over and over again.
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29 April 2019
Climate emergency and local democracy
District Council elections are an opportunity to ask your candidates what answers do they have for the climate and ecosystem emergency
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08 April 2019
Restore the natural world and help save us from climate disaster
Restore our battered natural world on a huge scale - far greater than the feeble efforts we’ve seen so far – and this will also draw carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and so help address climate change.
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19 March 2019
The last best hope
Friday 15 March was the day of the biggest climate strike by children and young people yet.