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01-06-2013 19:16 PM
02-06-2013 07:15 AM
| Posted by tony stephens
Good to know warming stress on coral systems, but no political will to act. General population not able to weigh denier vs scientist arguments, and where the politicians' votes lie, they lie. Doubt most corals can adapt to such a rapid rate of warming. Is it too late?
02-06-2013 22:54 PM
| Posted by M J Murcott
As the Earth's orbit changes so does the climate but are humans changing the climate faster than the environment can cope with? - http://youtu.be/aBwAkpRtSxA
01-06-2013 18:05 PM
03-06-2013 10:01 AM
| Posted by Tic
Based upon what he is quoted as saying, it seems Peter Atkins has only a scant knowledge of the work undertaken over the years on the relationship between badgers and bTB - even those who are opposed to the cull suggest that badgers are responsible for 50% of confirmed herd outbreaks in hotspot areas - where 95% of cases occur. There is also an assumption that FMD impacted the whole of the UK - not so - bTB has spread outwards in areas where no culling (and therefore no restocking) took place.
04-06-2013 07:18 AM
| Posted by Mr Brock
The article is incorrect to say "the open season for shooting badgers begins on 1st June". Anyone shooting badgers or otherwise disturbing their setts will still be committing a crime except for licensed marksmen in the narrowly defined cull areas. This was a very irresponsible comment to make and could even be seen as incitement.
05-06-2013 01:50 AM
| Posted by Splinter
Does anyone have any figures on how many cattle herds found to have tb, are those that are 'confined without much ventilation'.
05-06-2013 19:42 PM
| Posted by Roger Mount
Prof. Atkins might be correct in claiming that the badger cull may not make a big impact on bTB( but let's hope he's wrong). However, his reasoning is not correct. The disease was virtually eliminated in the UK by 1960 because of the combined culling of cattle and badgers in affected areas. There was no random shooting of the occasional badger glimpsed during the night. Setts were gassed and destroyed during the day, thereby ensuring close to 100% eradication of badgers surrounding infected herds.
Due to the changed sensitivities of the voting population, successive governments have shied away from what they know is required to beat this disease. In the meantime, farmers go bankrupt, commit suicide and divorce as a result. The RSPCA only care about the welfare of the badger in this situation ( where does its charter say that it can ignore the plight of cattle?)
The Krebs trial, that everyone cites as proof of the ineffectiveness of badger culling, was a joke. The traps were constantly damaged by activists and the badgers released. Worse still, much of the oft mentioned perturbation was simply caused by activists putting the badgers in the trunk of cars and releasing them outside the trial area. Despite the sabotage, there was still a measurable reduction in the disease (which is still so for the trial area some years later).
This disease is not only affecting cattle. It affects goats, pigs, camelids, cats and even sheep in increasing numbers (the of which receive little or no compensation).
The disease is now so widespread that it may only be controlled through vaccination. Unfortunately, a pathetically small percentage of the bTB budget has been spent on vaccine research and accurate field testing for the disease.
Due to the changed sensitivities of the voting population, successive governments have shied away from what they know is required to beat this disease. In the meantime, farmers go bankrupt, commit suicide and divorce as a result. The RSPCA only care about the welfare of the badger in this situation ( where does its charter say that it can ignore the plight of cattle?)
The Krebs trial, that everyone cites as proof of the ineffectiveness of badger culling, was a joke. The traps were constantly damaged by activists and the badgers released. Worse still, much of the oft mentioned perturbation was simply caused by activists putting the badgers in the trunk of cars and releasing them outside the trial area. Despite the sabotage, there was still a measurable reduction in the disease (which is still so for the trial area some years later).
This disease is not only affecting cattle. It affects goats, pigs, camelids, cats and even sheep in increasing numbers (the of which receive little or no compensation).
The disease is now so widespread that it may only be controlled through vaccination. Unfortunately, a pathetically small percentage of the bTB budget has been spent on vaccine research and accurate field testing for the disease.
31-05-2013 09:53 AM
01-06-2013 07:49 AM
| Posted by Tom
"The visit is part of the ‘Nutrient-Wise’ Demonstration project"
30-05-2013 14:04 PM
05-06-2013 00:58 AM
| Posted by ckwr
Possessed of an interest in developing regional complex Biorefinery operations on the NE of Scotland a long straw high yielding variety would be the ideal break crop.
29-05-2013 13:54 PM
29-05-2013 17:51 PM
| Posted by Inna
Great article. Ukraine growing the volume of exported eggs. Prooflink: http://bs-agro.com/index.php/news/ukraine/5597-egg-production-investment
If somebody needs business idea please open the new factory for production of egg packing in Ukraine.
If somebody needs business idea please open the new factory for production of egg packing in Ukraine.
29-05-2013 10:47 AM
04-06-2013 19:55 PM
| Posted by BVance
Try using a picture of a honeybee. This photo is of a syrphid fly.
27-05-2013 09:41 AM
29-05-2013 11:42 AM
| Posted by Rachel Hood
I couldn't agree more. Integration & support are the key words to helping sustain small tourism businesses as a vital part of the rural economy. However the opposite is happening. A few years ago in Cornwall our district councils who were responsible for the tourism role were disbanded (against popular opinion!) and Cornwall Council was formed which in their wisdom decided that tourism in the area wasn't important enough to have a 'department'. They then left the job of promotion to 'Visit Cornwall', a separate 'members only' organisation to which I had belonged years before & left because of its inefficient operation. Visit Cornwall only promote their members,so apart from our own websites & other 'portals' tourism businesses were left with the TIC's (Tourism Information Centres)through which to promote themselves. Two years ago Cornwall Council withdrew funding from several TIC's, some were located in the local libraries so were able to continue to provide a service of sorts whilst others as in the case of Penzance had to close completely. Then the final nail in the coffin, last week Cornwall Council withdrew funding from the rest of the remaining TIC's in Cornwall. If there's one county in England to which tourism is vital it's this one!
Now, Visit England! Since joining them about 10 years ago they have consistently removed themselves from the role of promoting individual tourism businesses, they say they have handed the role over to 'Quality in Tourism' a company contracted to inspect & grade individual accommodation for example. On investigation you will find that this is not the case & is not a route through which visitors can reach a business.
With agriculture,fishing & tourism being the key elements to the economy of Cornwall it's rather silly that the latter is just not recognised by the powers that be.
Now, Visit England! Since joining them about 10 years ago they have consistently removed themselves from the role of promoting individual tourism businesses, they say they have handed the role over to 'Quality in Tourism' a company contracted to inspect & grade individual accommodation for example. On investigation you will find that this is not the case & is not a route through which visitors can reach a business.
With agriculture,fishing & tourism being the key elements to the economy of Cornwall it's rather silly that the latter is just not recognised by the powers that be.
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15-05-2013 11:13 AM
| Posted by Rose Duncan
GARC is a wonderful example of enabling and empowering a whole community and to meet and improve their own health situation. It certainly deserves a "paeon of praise" and to be acknowledeged as an innovative and successful way to approach a project of this nature.
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