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201213 | Extinction Rebellion 'toxic' river samples Gwithian Cornwall
Submitted by via InYourArea ... on Mon, 14/12/2020 - 17:30.
13th December read more »
Grow More Trees: Autumn Seed Search | Cornwall Wildlife Trust
Submitted by via Cornwall Wi... on Thu, 08/10/2020 - 12:27.
201007 | Grow more trees - collect acorn and other tree seeds to grow tree saplings now
Submitted by via Cornwall Council on Thu, 08/10/2020 - 12:22.
Grow more trees - collect acorn and other tree seeds to grow tree saplings now
Last updated: 07/10/2020
When’s the right time to plant a tree? Twenty years ago! When’s the best time to collect acorns and other tree seeds? NOW!
200926 | It Takes Just 2 Minutes to Sow a Seed
Submitted by via InYourArea on Mon, 05/10/2020 - 13:23.
It Takes Just 2 Minutes to Sow a Seed
September 26, 2020 1 CommentBut a whole family to plant a forest.
We need you. The planet needs you. And now is the time to act. read more »
200928 | Environmental charity 2 Minute Foundation calls on supporters to help plant a new forest 'Planting trees helps to rest
Submitted by via InYourArea on Mon, 05/10/2020 - 13:12.
Environmental charity 2 Minute Foundation calls on supporters to help plant a new forest
'Planting trees helps to restore nature, capture carbon and create an ecosystem for insects, birds and all kinds of species to thrive in' read more »
The Forest for Cornwall (Koos rag Kernow)
Submitted by via Cornwall Council on Thu, 01/10/2020 - 00:00.
Forest for Cornwall Programme
The Forest for Cornwall, conceived by Cornwall Council, is an ambitious tree planting project with the principle aim of fighting climate change.
When complete we hope it will cover approximately 8,000 hectares - that’s about 2% of Cornwall’s land area.
The Forest for Cornwall is not a single area of new forest. read more »
200817 | Nearly 5,000 Cornish badgers are about to be shot
Submitted by via InYourArea ... on Mon, 17/08/2020 - 12:37.
Nearly 5,000 Cornish badgers are about to be shot and there is nothing the Prime Minister, his wife, or Cornwall Council can do about it
200724 | Ground-breaking bovine TB cattle vaccine trials given the go-ahead
Submitted by via InYourArea ... on Mon, 27/07/2020 - 17:17.
Ground-breaking bovine TB cattle vaccine trials given the go-ahead
A cattle vaccine could spell the beginning of the end of controversial badger culling read more »
150301 | Cornwall Wildlife Trust support badger vaccination as the best option for Cornwall
Submitted by Cornwall Wildli... on Mon, 27/07/2020 - 17:09.
Cornwall Wildlife Trust support badger vaccination as the best option for Cornwall and have begun our vaccination programme on our North Cornwall nature reserves, as well as the West Cornwall vaccination programme, covering the entire Penwith peninsula. We work with farmers, vets, academics and others as part of the Cornwall TB Eradication Group, a group initiated by Defra.
Badger Vaccination - The Science read more »
Bees Go Quackers!!
Submitted by via Hayle Pump on Mon, 29/06/2020 - 13:53.
Scientists using highly sensitive vibration detectors have decoded honeybee queens' "tooting and quacking" duets in the hive.
Worker bees make new queens by sealing eggs inside special cells with wax and feeding them royal jelly. When ready to emerge the queens quack -but if two are free at the same time, they will fight to the death. So when one hatches, its quacks turn to toots, telling the workers to keep the queens , still quacking , captive. The queens responding to each other can be plainly heard.
It has been assumed that the queens were talking to other queens -possibly sizing one another up vocally to see who is strongest but there is another explanation.
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