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Dolphins and fish: nature moves into spaces left empty by Italian coronavirus quarantine – video
Video shared on social media shows clear and calm water in Venice as animals take advantage of the lockdown in Italy to move into usually crowded spaces. Dolphins and wild boar have been spotted as ports and roads have been quiet as the country remains under strict quarantine at least until 3 April
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Farmers call for 'land army' to sustain UK food production during coronavirus crisis
Leaders and unions concerned about acute labour shortage suggest retraining those put out of work
Farming leaders have raised concerns about a lack of available labour because of the coronavirus, with one calling for a “land army” to be recruited from people put out of work by the crisis.
Restrictions in place because of the virus are likely to prevent many of the 60,000 seasonal labourers who come to the UK each year to work on farms from travelling, and the supply of domestic workers is also expected to be reduced.
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Coronavirus: Government is 'distilling best science'
Extinction Rebellion protesters stay away from court over Covid-19 fears
One defendant did not attend hearing into last year’s protests as she was self-isolating
Dozens of Extinction Rebellion protesters failed to attend their court hearings after the campaign group told them to stay away due to the coronavirus crisis.
Forty-nine people were due to appear at City of London magistrates court on Friday charged in connection with a series of environmental demonstrations held in the capital last October.
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The week in wildlife – in pictures
The pick of the world’s best flora and fauna photos, including a rare kākāpō and orphaned chimps
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Norfolk road report rewritten to remove warning of risk to bats
Survey said proposed Western Link threatens endangered barbastelles in Wensum Valley
An ecological report revealing that a new road would imperil one of Britain’s rarest mammals was rewritten to remove the warning.
The proposed Western Link road in Norwich will cut through a maternity roost of barbastelle bats and put at risk a wider “super colony” that lives and feeds in the Wensum Valley.
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'Nature is taking back Venice': wildlife returns to tourist-free city
With the cruise ships gone and the souvenir stalls closed, the coronavirus lockdown has transformed La Serenissima’s waterways
Look down into the waters of the Venice canals today and there is a surprising sight – not just a clear view of the sandy bed, but shoals of tiny fish, scuttling crabs and multicoloured plant-life.
“The water is blue and clear,” said Gloria Beggiato, who owns the celebrated Metropole Hotel a few steps from St Mark’s square and has a view over the Venice lagoon. “It is calm like a pond, because there are no more waves caused by motorised boats transporting day-tripper tourists. And of course, the giant cruise ships have disappeared.”
Continue reading...Mexico's deadly toll of environment and land defenders catalogued in report
At least 83 murdered in 2012-2019, with a third of attacks targeting opponents of energy mega-projects
At least 83 Mexican land and environment defenders were murdered between 2012 and 2019, while hundreds more were threatened, beaten and criminalized, according to a new report.
Latin America is the most dangerous continent in the world to defend environmental, land and human rights, with Brazil, Colombia, Mexico, Honduras and Guatemala ranking worst.
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