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Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Save a butterfly, grow honeysuckle
That's the headline advice from the Guardian in an article about the decline about the decline of butterfly species across Britain.
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That's the headline advice from the Guardian in an article about the decline about the decline of butterfly species across Britain.
He said the worst hit counties had suffered a "double whammy" of being relatively flat and so suitable for farming as well as being in the south-east development boom. "[The extinctions are] the result of either urban spread, lack of woodland management or intensive farming practices. Sadly these counties in the east of England lack any serious hills which could have provided a refuge from the plough."
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Monday, July 03, 2006
The allotmenteers vs the Olympics
The Manor Garden Society Allotments, date back at least 80 years, having been bequeathed for the public good by a local philanthropist, Major Villiers. Now, however they are under threat from the developments surrounding the London Olympics and could be compulsory purchased to make way for a footpath. The tenants have been offered alternative plots but the site is available for only seven years.
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The Manor Garden Society Allotments, date back at least 80 years, having been bequeathed for the public good by a local philanthropist, Major Villiers. Now, however they are under threat from the developments surrounding the London Olympics and could be compulsory purchased to make way for a footpath. The tenants have been offered alternative plots but the site is available for only seven years.
The scheme also threatened a nature reserve next door. She said: "It's crazy to be talking about a green Olympics and to be annihilating the nature.
"The London Development Agency and the mayor [Ken Livingstone] launched a food strategy and bio-diversity strategy to increase access to fresh food, particularly in places like east London, but all they're talking about is deleted [if we lose the allotments]."
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