Biodiversity UK news 2008

*Marine and Coastal Access Bill published, December 5 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, December 5 The Bill includes a new network of marine conservation zones and a new right of access for people to walk round the English coast for the first time. topic, topic
*Wildlife indicators show improvements, November 27 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, November 27 
*Sea Eagles in Norfolk? November 22 Natural England, November 22 place
*Soil Association calls for urgent ban on dangerous pesticides linked to honey bee deaths, September 29 Soil Association, September 29 
*Government to spend 2 years auditing England’s natural resources – its wildlife, habitats and ecosystems, July 21 Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, July 21 The project - aiming for the most comprehensive picture ever of England’s natural environment, the benefits it provides to society, and how it is changing - is to involve a a wide range of partners such as Natural England, the Forestry Commission and the Environment Agency. 
	Puffins added to the list of dwindling North Sea birdlife - June 4 Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, June 4
*The European beaver will be reintroduced to Scotland for the first time in more than 400 years. Up to four beaver families to be released in Knapdale, Argyll, on a trial basis in spring 2009. May 25 The Scottish Government, May 25 place
*Nationally important wetland to become a ‘wildlife highway, April 24 The Wildlife Trusts, April 24 
*Attenborough launches project to stem butterfly decline. March 13 Guardian Unlimited Environment, March 13 Conservation initiative aimed at reversing 'silent natural disaster' 
*Decline in the condition of lowland heaths, January 21 Natural England, January 21 
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