Posts Tagged ‘nature conservation’
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
Discovering the Biodiversity Heritage Library. The amazing Biodiversity Heritage Library is one of the most astonishing resources for those with an interest in biodiversity. It is an open access digital library for biodiversity literature and archives and operates globally for the benefit of all. It is a consortium of natural history, botanical, and research libraries…
Read MoreThe Importance of Bees
The importance of British Bees. The importance of bees and the need to call a halt to their current demise is a complex problem. It will have escaped few peoples notice that there has been an overall decline in the number of British bees over the last fifty years or so and that this pattern…
Read MoreGrow an Oak Tree
Make this the year to grow an oak tree. 2020 has been a unlike any other and sometimes it can be hard to find the positive things. Make 2020 the year you grow an oak tree. So many of us have looked to nature and the natural world to gives us a sense of reassurance…
Read MoreGrowing Wild Flowers from Seed
Growing wildflowers from seed. No matter how small your own patch of green earth is there is always space for a patch of wildflowers and grasses. The benefits of growing traditional British native wild flowers is immense for all our pollinators including the bees and butterflies and it is also important as part of our…
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