Hi Carl
I'm not quite sure what you mean about "being green". It's about conservation and
biodiversity, not about not being "green" and it's hopefully becoming less easy to be a a
sentimental "bunny-hugger", blind to the bigger picture, in the UK. The UK signed up to the
1992 UN Convention on Biological Diversity, The Habitats Directive (Europe) and recently signed
up to the new UN target set at Nagoya to halt biodiversity loss and restore ecosystems by 2020,
plus we have (for the moment -see below), in place many other national and local biodiversity
targets. I see absolutely no difference between the UK trying to remove damaging species, and
I stress damaging, and the efforts being made in Australian to remove non-natives. We have
our fair share of damaging non-natives, the impact of which is probably as serious and
significant in our crowded island with little space left for natural and semi-natural habitats
and the wildlife they support.
The really important thing to be worrying about in the UK at the moment is not the removal of a
relatively small number of individual animals but the new coalition government's "Red Tape
Challenge" which is basically looking to remove 278 regulations which protect species,
biodiversity, climate and habitats.
Priorities, that's the important thing in these days of austerity. A few parakeets getting the
bump is not something worth expending worry on, in my view.
Liz
Cumbria, UK
-----Original Message-----
From: Carl Clifford
Sent: Monday, April 25, 2011 3:53 AM
To: Birding-Aus Aus
Subject: Parakeets Get the Shove in the UK
The UK Dept of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has
declared two species of Parakeet persona non grata. DEFRA has
announced plans to remove the UK population of Monk Parakeet, by
relocation, nest destruction or shooting. See
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-13181503
DEFRA has also declared open season on Rose-ringed Parakeet, removing
their protected status and allowing landholders to shoot them without
a licence. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/8284962.stm
&
http://news.bbc.co.uk/local/surrey/hi/people_and_places/nature/newsid_8286000/8286707.stm
It certainly is becoming less easy being green in the UK.
Cheers,
Carl Clifford
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