Looking Forward to Pollinator Awareness Week
Next week is Pollinator Awareness Week. Pollinators are vital to our societies. Honeybees, bumblebees, solitary bees, hoverflies, beetles, butterflies and moths all provide pollination services for us and usually at no financial cost to us. Next week we will be making the case for our pollinators and the natural environment that supports them.…
Why spending time outdoors make us happier
Ever wondered why spending time outside seems to make you happier? Well, the folks over at happify have created a simple but effective infographic to help explain.
Norwich River Wensum Strategy proposed
A new River Wensum Strategy is being developed to raise the profile of this important river through Norwich.
Opportunity with the Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust
The Essex and Suffolk Rivers Trust is about to start its first suite of enhancement projects and they are looking for a Project Officer to work with the East Suffolk Catchment Partnership.
LEED Toolkit
We’d like to introduce you to LEED – The Local Environment and Economic Development toolkit. This was an early collaboration between Wild Anglia, New Anglia LEP, both county councils and Defra, and that group has now completed its task.
Natural Capital Committee complete their hatrick of reports
The Natural Capital Committee may not be the first place you turn to when you log on in the morning, but it is perhaps one of the most important outcomes of the 2011 White Paper, The Natural Choice. Over the last three years, the NCC has been quietly beavering away to produce a robust and…
Well I never…
Was loving NBIS’s June bulletin and decided to post to share, then saw the final news item -it’s priceless … http://www.nbis.org.uk/sites/default/files/documents/E-bulletinJune2014.pdf – Haidee
Pick one – or several
Wow, great events here from Norfolk Wildlife Trust – based in Norfolk’s Bure Valley ‘Living Landscape’ area. Choose from practical tasks (where you might wield a rake), evening talks, and informative walks … These are excellent opportunities to get to know the nature that’s all around us. click to find out more…Further information – Haidee
Nature and Growth webinar 15 July – join up and join in!
Wild Anglia Chair Richard Powell discusses Nature and Growth with New Anglia LEP in a webinar on 15 July 2014 1-2pm. Organised by Ecosystems Knowledge Network – “The webinar is for those promoting local economic development, nature conservation and ecosystem restoration, and green infrastructure at the local level throughout the UK. This includes Local…