Trust raises concern over badger cull pilots 21oct13  National Trust Press Office

Stop badger cull immediately, says Natural England science expert Prof David Macdonald warns extending duration 'would make the outcome even less predictable and even more unpromising' - Damian Carrington 21oct13  Environment   The Guardian

Monsanto Big data lets global corps bet on the threat of climate change 24oct13  via Gwen tweet: Gwen Harrison ‏@harrison_gwen Looks like Monsanto's new game will increase no. of people with a vested interest in continued climate instability:http://tinyurl.com/omupws3

GM Monsanto: Owen Paterson  the minister for GM hype 24oct13  Zac Goldsmith   Comment is free   The Guardian  <<< brilliant!

BO: Rob Yorke Black Gull storify http://storify.com/blackgull/tweets-of-biodiversity-offsetting-workshop-at-the?utm_campaign=website&utm_source=email&utm_medium=email

BO: Medway Core Strategy – Undeliverable Because of Nightingales – A pragmatic decision  25jun13 Andrew Lainton  Decisions, Decisions, Decisions

BO: Biodiversity Off-setting and Invertebrate Conservation 2sep13  Save Our Woods (SoW)

BBC News 17sep13 - Short-haired bumblebee nests in Dungeness

Bites reported across London and Kent as south east sees influx of Britain's most poisonous spider - Home News - UK - The Independent 
Rising temperatures are forcing false widow spiders up north

Spider bite  Mother-of-four rushed to hospital after bite swelled into a pus-filled boil and exploded   Mail Online 14sep13 Pholcus ph

Insect leg cogs a first in animal kingdom   Nature News & Comment 12sep13

Ladybird Larvae eating blackfly by HappyNatureGarden - YouTube - I doubt if the blackfly are happy while being eaten? They don’t seem to be much aware of their fate - such suckers.

Testicle-eating fish, the Pacu, found in Paris with fears it could be coming to the UK Small piranha-like fish was found in European waters for the first time in August FELICITY MORSE WEDNESDAY 04 SEPTEMBER 2013 - UK - News - The Independent

FACTORY FARMING video: http://www.filmsforaction.org/watch/without_saying_a_word_this_6_minute_short_film_will_make_you_speechless/

*** New Studies Confirm Pesticide Exposure Major Contributor to Declining Honey Bee Populations – EcoWatch 29jul13 Cutting Edge Environmental News Service "Researchers at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and University of Maryland have found that low levels of pesticide exposure from crop pollination make honey bees more susceptible to the deadly gut parasite Nosema ceranae, contributing to declines in bee populations."

BEES & SYNGENTA: Government bee scientist behind controversial study joins pesticide firm 26jul13  http://m.guardian.co.uk/environment/2013/jul/26/government-bee-scientist-pesticide-firm?CMP=twt_fd 

The trust said the land was rich in wildlife and it also had concerns about proposals to use "biodiversity offsetting". Lioncourt Homes said the land was recognised as a "particularly sustainable location for development"."

If the UK government really wants to adopt the slogan "feed the world and save the planet" as policy goals rather than just PR gloss for a corporate agenda, then it should be supporting the ecological farming solutions offered by the United Nations International Assessment of Agricultural Knowledge, Science and Technology for Development (IAASTD), and the UK all-party parliamentary group on agroecology.   Governments around the world can move us towards a resilient and ecological agriculture by prioritising the resource needs and knowledge of the world's small-scale ecological farmers. We must support ecological farming systems that can address climate change. And finally we have to recognise the interrelated principles of food sovereignty and the right to food.   .