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16/09/24 More farmland conservation needed for wild birds, legal challenge halts forest, flood repairs outstanding

Britain’s declining wild bird populations will only recover if more farmland is set aside for conservation, says the RSPB.

Britain’s declining wild bird populations will only recover if more farmland is set aside for conservation, says the RSPB.

A legal challenge to a new forest on a vast moorland in the Scottish Borders has forced its owners to stop planting.

As the Met Office predicts another autumn and winter of destructive floods, a number of flood defences in England damaged during last winter's storms are yet to be fixed.

Presented by Caz Graham and produced by Beatrice Fenton.

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Mon 16 Sep 2024 05:45
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