Tag Archives: biodiversity

Biodiversity recording for NGO’s. NB

Posted on November 9, 2012 by niallbenvie

The increasing trend amongst NGO’s, highlighted by a colleague recently, to use staff or volunteers to provide images for their publications more often than not ends up compromising them. That may sound sweeping but a glance at any number of … Continue reading →

Posted in Meet Your Neighbours, workshops | Tagged biodiversity, biological recording, conservation, field studio, Meet your Neighbours, NGO staff training, Niall Benvie, photography training, photography tuition, Scotland, UK | 7 Comments

We’re Deaf to Doom & Gloom. CB

Posted on January 6, 2012 by claybolt

A recent post on the Scientific American Blog EvoEcoLab really stuck a chord with me. The article is entitled The (Mis)use of Messaging in Biodiversity Loss Prevention. The crux of the essay is that the typical environmental messaging of species … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment, Uncategorized | Tagged biodiversity, Clay Bolt, ethics, evoecolab, guilt, monetary conservation, pressure, protection, scientific american | 12 Comments

Meet my neighbours. NB

Posted on September 19, 2011 by niallbenvie

This is the last panel for the meantime in my “Biodiversity begins at home” series for Meet Your Neighbours. These are topside neighbours here in east central Scotland; here are some underwater ones.

Posted in Meet Your Neighbours | Tagged Angus, biodiversity, Brechin, Elinchrom Ranger Quadra, field studio, local wildlife, Meet your Neighbours | Leave a comment

Meet Your Neighbours in Austria – and a little how-to. NB

Posted on September 13, 2011 by niallbenvie

Here is the penultimate panel in the series of 6 “Biodiversity begins at home” panels for Meet Your Neighbours . Following a response to an earlier post, I should point out that I don’t spend hours carefully cutting out the … Continue reading →

Posted in Meet Your Neighbours | Tagged Austria, biodiversity, composite, field studio, Meet Your, Meet your Neighbours, Smart Objects, white background, Wild Wonders of Europe | 4 Comments

An Apollo Mission – persistence wins through. PHD

Posted on July 25, 2011 by paulhd

In those moments (or milliseconds) of honest self-reflection, most naturalists would acknowledge an element of obession in their nature – I regard it as an integral part of the fun of dreaming of things to do; those challenges we pose … Continue reading →

Posted in Articles, Insects and Spiders | Tagged alpine meadows, Apennines, Apollo butterfly, biodiversity, Blue-spot hairstreak, Lycaena virgaureae, Mt Terminillo, Parnassius apollo, Satyrium spini, Scarce Copper, wide-angle close-up | 8 Comments

Campanilismo – my belltower’s bigger than yours! PHD

Posted on June 14, 2010 by paulhd

There is an excellent, thoughtful article in the Independent of Friday 11 June 2010 by Michael McCarthy entitled The Tragic Loss Of Britain’s Wildlife. He writes that he has spent his life hearing the complacent cry “Britain’s xxxx is the … Continue reading →

Posted in Comment | Tagged 20:20 Vision, biodiversity, campanilismo, cornflowers, impoverishment, lady's slipper orchid, Michael McCarthy, parochialism, rape of the land, The Independent | 7 Comments

The Gargano Peninsula…the ultimate natural rockery. PHD

Posted on April 28, 2010 by paulhd

All naturalists have their favourite ‘spots’ and when it comes to orchids I admit both to loving the discovery of new places but also to getting a lift to the soul from re-visiting certain ‘old haunts’. In truth, if I … Continue reading →

Posted in Notes from the field | Tagged biodiversity, endemics, Gargano, limestone, Ophrys fuciflora ssp lacaitae, Ophrys lacaitae, Ophrys sipontensis, Ophrys sphegodes ssp sipontensis, orchids, Peschici, rockery, Vieste | 4 Comments