Royal Society for the Protection of Birds

...UK's leading scientific research bodies have joined forces to warn of "dangerous, long-term and potentially irreversible climate change". The Royal Society, the Met Office and the Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc) said the...

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...studying climate change have issued a strong statement about the dangers of failing to cut emissions of greenhouse gases across the world. The Royal Society, Met Office, and Natural Environment Research Council (Nerc) say the science of...

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...of Britain's most prestigious scientific organisations united to call for urgent action in the fight against global warming. The Royal Society, the Met Office and the Natural Environment Research Council warned that evidence was growing...

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...free sexual health check-ups: given the interests of the average punter, this was probably a sensible idea. Meanwhile, the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds have shaken off the mantle of establishment respectability and are...

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...these prejudices are due an overhaul. For the news is that on the quiet there has been a birdwatching revolution. A recent survey by the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) spells it out: six million Britons now enjoy birdwatching...

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...consultation with scientists, conservationists and the fishing industry. But Dr Sharon Thompson, a senior marine policy officer with the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds, feared the Government is already dragging its heels. "For...

In this article: Atlantic salmon, Killer Whale, Harbour Porpoise, Endangered species, Marine Conservation Society, and England

...1 per cent a year. Pension providers say they can increase charges at any time. David Pitt-Watson, author of Tomorrow's Investor, the Royal Society of Arts report into charges on personal pensions, says: 'People have not clocked how...

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...which often rear the birds in captivity and depend on them to attract sporting parties. However, conservation groups including the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB) Scotland is opposed to licences being granted for any birds of...

In this article: Bird of prey, Buzzard, Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Scotland, Revenue, and Game and Wildlife Conservation Trust

...has been growing controversy over the place of alternative theories in schools. Professor Michael Reiss was sacked last year as the Royal Society's director of education after arguing that creationism and intelligent design should be...

In this article: Michael Reiss, Charles Darwin, Britain, Institute of Education, Royal Society, and London

For now, at least,the hype is muted. Yesterday's Royal Society report takes care not to repeat the claims, put forward by some proponents of the technology that genetic modification can itself end world hunger. Indeed it condemns such...

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