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Richard Daniel chairs the interactive environmental programme in which he and his guests deal with listener's questions and concerns.
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home.planet@bbc.co.uk
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"Home Planet is the environmental programme for which you set the agenda. We tackle your questions and concerns and try and make some sense out of the conflicting opinions which make up the environmental debate."
Richard Daniel |
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Panel
Derek Moore OBE
Chief Executive, Wildlife Trusts of South and West Wales
Baroness Barbara Young
Chief Executive,Environment Agency for England and Wales
Emeritus Professor Philip Stott
University of London
Topics
Slow worms
Although I've been a very active conservationist for more than 20 years and am now in my 50s, it was not until this summer that I found some slow worms. That discovery has since caused me to reassess my basic assumptions about woodland and grassland management. Could you say why they are considered common enough not to require special attention,
when very few people have ever seen them?
Sulphuric acid and potatoes
The land opposite my house (approximately 28 acres) has been sprayed with a 77 per cent solution of sulphuric acid. The purpose seems to be the destruction of potato tops before harvesting. Immediately after spraying, the air is heavy with the smell of acid, which gives a burning sensation in the nostrils and a foul taste in the mouth. A warning notice tells us to keep household pets away from the land for 96 hours. This practice is widespread in this area, Norfolk, and is legal. What are the affects on bio-diversity? How can this practice be safe or legitimate?
Thrushes
In recent years we've been disressed by what seems to be a nasty disease of the thrush family:
1. Strange behaviour (most noticeably an unusual tameness)
2. Chronic baldness, beginning with breast, wing backs, head and neck.
A couple of years ago we had a "tame" songthrush who would respond to our
calls and appeared very dependant. She just went balder and balder and died. Now we have a "tame" blackbird. We first noticed him in the winter with a strange habit of flicking leaves and scurrying under things, as if he were showing off for our benefit. Could you put a name to this disease if it has been observed before, state its cause and say if there is some remedial/preventative action we could take?
Does meat production harm the environment?
I personally believe that intensive life stock production is the biggest cause of environmental destruction world wide. It is a principal cause of water pollution, rainforest production etc. Why do all major conservation agencies avoid this issue and refuse to point the finger at excessive meat consumption?
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