I get a bit worried about the current UK obsession with biodiversity offsetting in spite of the process largely being shown to be ineffective in Australian studies (http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/mar/11/owen-paterson-bidiversity-offsetting). The very idea that you can take a complex (often mature) ecology and simply compensate for its eradication by 'creating' something broadly similar seems to have multiple dangers.
This blog may help people explore some of the 'hidden' issues involved in certain media treatments of environmental and scientific issues. Using personal digital images, it's also intended to emphasise seasonal (and other) changes in natural history of the Swansea (South Wales) area. The material should help participants in field-based modules and people generally interested in the natural world. The views are wholly those of the author.
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