LAND & VEGETATION NEWS

Food Security Case study • The Gallagher Review 24 February 2010

Food Security Case study • The Gallagher Review

Tension over land use is brought into sharp focus by the conflicting demands of food and energy security.To inform policy, the Government set up the Gallagher Review to assess the indirect effects of biofuel production on land use, greenhouse gas emissions, food production and socio-economics.

The local price for a global solution?
02 March 2010

The local price for a global solution?

What is an acceptable level of localised environmental impact to support renewable energy planning applications? Ray Williams explains why planning guidelines for renewable energy infrastructure need to be simplified and argues for an ‘acceptable level of localised environmental impact’ in planning guidance.

Bats in the Landscape
27 January 2010

Bats in the Landscape

New planning guidance means it is no longer simply a case of surveying for bat roost sites in buildings and trees: planners are now looking for the protection of bats in the wider landscape. ADAS Ecologists have developed a method for ensuring bats are fully accounted for in developments involving hedgerow removal.

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OTHER LAND & VEG ARTICLES

New and useful guidance in relation to the Protection of Badgers Act 1992
26 February 2010

New and useful guidance in relation to the Protection of Badgers Act 1992

Badger setts, as well as Badgers themselves are protected by the Protection of Badgers Act 1992. This defines a Badger sett as “any structure or place which displays signs indicating...

Safeguarding food security and meeting societal demands
24 February 2010

Safeguarding food security and meeting societal demands

Ensuring our future food security is arguably the most pressing challenge facing mankind today. It is also one of the most complicated because it is intertwined with so many other...

Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity
24 February 2010

Finding the global solution to food security: sustainable productivity

Food security and the pressure it places on land use and management is fast becoming one of the defining issues of our time. The equation is simple: based on population...

ADAS A+ competition winner
03 February 2010

ADAS A+ competition winner

When A+ was launched a competition was set up for all new registrants. We are pleased to announce that the competition winner was Malcolm Wooldridge from Scottish and Southern Energy...

Demonstrating the benefits of canal dredging.
21 January 2010

Demonstrating the benefits of canal dredging.

ADAS Environmental Consultants provide a range of services to support British Waterways and their contractors. Work has resulted in a more navigable waterway and an enhanced environment at all sites...